Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2025-05-07

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, May 7
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Feeder Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▼ 17 vs year ago 25 · −68.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 180▲ 25 vs year ago 161 · +15.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
81 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 67▲ 13 vs year ago 68 · +19.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers sold 3.50 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady. Holstein bull calves 10.00 to 35.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb bulls averaged $200.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$200.00
1 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$922
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−88.40
vs NY average

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 3461200.009221thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
200.00
—
NY average3 barns · 17 hd
288.40
−88.40
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,755172.733,0313thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,498140.542,1052thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,216134.671,6383thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,114121.001,3481thin
Dairy Bulls—Average1,586183.922,9173thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,709140.412,40023
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,446137.191,98423
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,319117.571,55022
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,465188.502,7621thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,147178.492,0472thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,337170.872,2853thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeHigh1,434217.603,11914
HeifersChoiceLow1,418202.352,86913
SteersChoice and PrimeLow1,519216.273,28615
SteersChoiceAverage1,468206.693,0346thin
SteersSelectAverage1,471196.322,8886thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197933.17/cwt39
BullsNumber 293696.26/cwt11
BullsNumber 380526.16/cwt4
HeifersNumber 1941,129.04/cwt7
HeifersNumber 277480.00/cwt1

Every lot

51 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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Large 3461200.00/cwt200.00–200.009221
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3927174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,6131
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 3981170.50/cwt168.00–173.501,6733
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers900–950Large 3946165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5611
Dairy Heifers1050–1100Large 31,088180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,9581
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,468206.69/cwt205.00–209.503,0346
Steers—Select1,471196.32/cwt193.00–200.002,8886
Steers—Choice and Prime1,487218.47/cwt215.00–225.503,24911
Steers—Choice and Prime1,608210.23/cwt209.50–211.003,3804
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,413205.61/cwt203.00–210.502,9058
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,426216.46/cwt213.00–220.003,08712
Heifers—Choice1,426197.13/cwt192.00–200.002,8115
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,479224.45/cwt223.00–226.003,3202
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,755172.73/cwt167.00–176.003,0313
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,114121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,3481
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,216134.67/cwt134.00–135.001,6383
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,498140.54/cwt139.00–142.002,1052
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,304115.66/cwt111.00–121.001,50818
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,315148.27/cwt143.00–155.001,9503
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,385126.15/cwt123.00–129.001,7474
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,466135.53/cwt130.00–140.001,98720
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,696141.54/cwt134.00–147.002,40117
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,719130.30/cwt128.00–132.002,2404
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,804151.05/cwt149.00–153.002,7252
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Bulls——1,586183.92/cwt180.00–187.002,9173
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,147178.49/cwt178.00–179.002,0472
Dairy Steers—Select1,337170.87/cwt170.00–172.502,2853
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,465188.50/cwt188.50–188.502,7621
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers70–80Number 277480.00/cwt480.00–480.003701
Heifers80–90Number 183700.00/cwt700.00–700.005811
Heifers80–90Number 1Beef Cross861,246.55/cwt1,215.00–1,280.001,0722
Heifers90–100Number 1Beef Cross981,140.00/cwt1,140.00–1,140.001,1171
Heifers100–110Number 1Beef Cross1021,190.07/cwt1,185.00–1,200.001,2143
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls70–80Number 275706.49/cwt700.00–710.005303
Bulls70–80Number 1Beef Cross771,260.00/cwt1,260.00–1,260.009701
Bulls70–80Number 378524.81/cwt510.00–540.004092
Bulls70–80Number 179760.00/cwt760.00–760.006001
Bulls80–90Number 381527.50/cwt515.00–540.004272
Bulls80–90Number 1Beef Cross831,177.50/cwt1,100.00–1,255.009772
Bulls80–90Number 185808.71/cwt775.00–850.006876
Bulls80–90Number 289704.92/cwt650.00–740.006273
Bulls90–100Number 1Beef Cross951,211.83/cwt1,170.00–1,290.001,1513
Bulls90–100Number 295735.00/cwt735.00–735.006981
Bulls90–100Number 196810.68/cwt760.00–850.0077811
Bulls100–110Number 1103819.92/cwt810.00–825.008454
Bulls100–110Number 1Beef Cross1041,183.14/cwt1,130.00–1,215.001,2306
Bulls100–110Number 2104692.21/cwt685.00–700.007202
Bulls110–120Number 1112805.09/cwt800.00–810.009022
Bulls110–120Number 2116652.58/cwt635.00–670.007572
Bulls110–120Number 1Beef Cross1171,004.94/cwt1,000.00–1,010.001,1762
Bulls120–130Number 1125615.00/cwt615.00–615.007691

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.