Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2024-01-31

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Jan 31
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Feeder Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
219 head
▲ 219 vs last sale 0▲ 219 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
77 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 0▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Holstein bull calves traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Beef bull calves stayed steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −576.56 against this barn's trailing median of $698.89.
Average price
$122.33
3 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−152.84
vs NY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2597122.337313thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
122.33
—
NY average2 barns · 42 hd
275.18
−152.84
This barn, trailing median35 sales
698.89
−576.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

35 sales
1196935674414median 698.8903/0404/2907/0109/0210/28
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $1,182.00, low $427.65, median $698.89 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,794124.452,2334thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,679103.911,74518
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,52095.951,45840
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,35385.971,16322
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,461146.322,1388thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,578144.802,2852thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,458175.342,5565thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,391167.412,3297thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,252158.691,9875thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,487174.462,59416
SteersChoiceAverage1,479166.242,4599thin
SteersSelectAverage1,437154.142,21512

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196397.65/cwt23
BullsNumber 291323.68/cwt12
BullsNumber 382288.61/cwt8
HeifersNumber 189400.00/cwt3
HeifersNumber 282137.52/cwt6

Every lot

42 lots · USDA AMS · Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1721175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469130.00/cwt130.00–130.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2647122.00/cwt122.00–122.007891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2676115.00/cwt115.00–115.007771
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,437154.14/cwt150.00–159.002,21512
Steers—Choice1,479166.24/cwt161.00–169.502,4599
Steers—Choice and Prime1,487174.46/cwt170.00–178.502,59416
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,252158.69/cwt155.50–160.001,9875
Heifers—Choice1,391167.41/cwt164.00–170.002,3297
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,458175.34/cwt170.50–178.002,5565
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,794124.45/cwt110.00–133.002,2334
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,35385.97/cwt80.00–90.501,16322
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52095.95/cwt91.00–101.001,45840
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,679103.91/cwt102.00–111.001,74518
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,461146.32/cwt143.50–151.002,1388
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,578144.80/cwt144.00–145.502,2852
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross76550.00/cwt550.00–550.004181
Heifers—Number 2Beef Cross77450.00/cwt450.00–450.003471
Heifers—Number 27867.50/cwt67.50–67.50532
Heifers—Number 28482.57/cwt80.00–85.00692
Heifers—Number 29175.00/cwt75.00–75.00681
Heifers—Number 193120.00/cwt120.00–120.001121
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross97530.00/cwt530.00–530.005141
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Number 3Beef Cross74469.46/cwt450.00–490.003472
Bulls—Number 276220.17/cwt215.00–225.001672
Bulls—Number 377162.99/cwt125.00–200.001262
Bulls—Number 3Beef Cross82480.00/cwt480.00–480.003941
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross83625.00/cwt625.00–625.005191
Bulls—Number 384181.98/cwt170.00–195.001532
Bulls—Number 186354.16/cwt335.00–385.003055
Bulls—Number 287252.66/cwt210.00–300.002204
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross88560.00/cwt560.00–560.004931
Bulls—Number 293246.61/cwt220.00–275.002292
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross94535.00/cwt535.00–535.005031
Bulls—Number 194365.71/cwt325.00–400.003448
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross97600.00/cwt600.00–600.005821
Bulls—Number 3100200.00/cwt200.00–200.002001
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross102545.00/cwt545.00–545.005561
Bulls—Number 1104384.06/cwt365.00–420.003996
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross109570.00/cwt570.00–570.006211
Bulls—Number 1111350.00/cwt350.00–350.003891
Bulls—Number 2117300.00/cwt300.00–300.003511

This sale against other markets

New York weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New York auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.