Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2024-02-14

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Feb 14
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Feeder Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 0▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 230▼ 78 vs year ago 264 · −29.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
86 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 53▲ 19 vs year ago 67 · +28.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Dairy bull calves traded 15.00 lower. Beef cross bull calves traded 10.00 to 50.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $218.21/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −480.68 against this barn's trailing median of $698.89.
Average price
$218.21
8 head · 317 lb average
Value per head Derived
$691
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−39.06
vs NY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2317218.216918thin
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 sale8 hd
218.21
—
NY average3 barns · 151 hd
257.28
−39.06
This barn, trailing median35 sales
698.89
−480.68
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—Average1,345124.441,6746thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,684106.221,78929
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,53695.921,47333
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,31584.331,10913
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,483150.502,2321thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,483135.642,0122thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,459138.592,0225thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,501179.902,7007thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,339172.332,3076thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,297163.302,1187thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,565178.072,7879thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,438170.492,45215
SteersSelectAverage1,460160.892,3497thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196381.49/cwt33
BullsNumber 294293.40/cwt13
BullsNumber 380245.72/cwt6
BullsUtility9886.67/cwt3
HeifersNumber 2102485.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 187335.03/cwt5

Every lot

49 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2248232.50/cwt232.50–232.505771
Steers—Medium and Large 2265220.38/cwt200.00–240.005842
Steers—Medium and Large 2326238.68/cwt237.50–240.007782
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2236208.31/cwt195.00–222.504922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2276225.00/cwt225.00–225.006211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2319226.02/cwt220.00–240.007214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2511200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0221
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,1011
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Medium and Large 2322137.50/cwt137.50–137.504431
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,438170.49/cwt166.00–174.002,45215
Steers—Select1,460160.89/cwt157.00–165.002,3497
Steers—Choice and Prime1,565178.07/cwt175.00–184.502,7879
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,297163.30/cwt160.00–166.502,1187
Heifers—Choice1,339172.33/cwt168.00–174.502,3076
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,501179.90/cwt176.00–186.002,7007
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,345124.44/cwt121.00–127.501,6746
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31584.33/cwt79.00–89.001,10913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,53695.92/cwt90.00–101.001,47333
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,684106.22/cwt102.00–114.001,78929
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,459138.59/cwt133.00–141.002,0225
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,483150.50/cwt150.50–150.502,2321
Dairy Heifers—Select1,483135.64/cwt134.00–137.502,0122
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Number 172150.00/cwt150.00–150.001081
Heifers—Number 187125.00/cwt125.00–125.001091
Heifers—Number 191190.00/cwt190.00–190.001731
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross93605.08/cwt600.00–610.005632
Heifers—Number 2Beef Cross93470.00/cwt470.00–470.004371
Heifers—Number 2Beef Cross110500.00/cwt500.00–500.005501
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Number 3Beef Cross66350.00/cwt350.00–350.002311
Bulls—Number 3Beef Cross71350.00/cwt350.00–350.002491
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross73546.99/cwt510.00–585.003992
Bulls—Number 276305.00/cwt305.00–305.002321
Bulls—Number 376195.00/cwt195.00–195.001481
Bulls—Number 282258.54/cwt235.00–280.002123
Bulls—Number 184357.63/cwt340.00–400.003008
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross85400.00/cwt400.00–400.003401
Bulls—Number 385189.65/cwt180.00–200.001612
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross88600.00/cwt600.00–600.005281
Bulls—Number 194362.46/cwt325.00–415.003417
Bulls—Number 294248.39/cwt225.00–295.002334
Bulls—Number 394200.00/cwt200.00–200.001881
Bulls—Utility97100.00/cwt100.00–100.00972
Bulls—Number 2100305.00/cwt305.00–305.003051
Bulls—Utility10060.00/cwt60.00–60.00601
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross105475.00/cwt475.00–475.004991
Bulls—Number 1105368.90/cwt325.00–400.0038712
Bulls—Number 1113356.68/cwt325.00–375.004033
Bulls—Number 2114250.00/cwt250.00–250.002851
Bulls—Number 2121310.00/cwt310.00–310.003751

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.