Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale Number 1 Feeder Steers 300-600 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 higher. Number 1 Feeder Heifers 300-600 lbs sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Supply very light. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $99.44/cwt on 139 head.

Average price

$99.44

139 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$481

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$2

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$20.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.12

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	448	106.26	476	92
Medium and Large 2	555	86.09	478	47

One grade step is worth $20.17/cwt here — about −$2 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale139 hd

99.44

—

NY average5 barns · 181 hd

88.33

+11.12

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

47 lots · USDA AMS · Canandaigua Stockyards Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale - Canandaigua, NY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	327	123.98/cwt	117.50–131.00	405	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	99.89/cwt	95.00–102.50	516	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	113.89/cwt	101.00–135.00	492	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	129.06/cwt	117.50–136.00	479	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	559	106.97/cwt	100.00–125.00	598	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	125.19/cwt	116.00–140.00	590	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	102.87/cwt	99.00–115.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	727	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	408	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	133.27/cwt	127.50–137.00	489	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	127.78/cwt	125.00–137.00	617	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	499	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	311	94.72/cwt	77.50–112.50	295	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,007	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	121.58/cwt	118.00–132.50	704	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	286	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	326	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	95.73/cwt	92.00–100.00	370	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	821	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	837	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	762	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	686	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	122.27/cwt	110.00–129.00	636	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	112.99/cwt	112.00–114.00	809	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	649	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	93.19/cwt	85.00–100.00	314	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	92.88/cwt	87.50–100.00	436	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	83.45/cwt	80.00–90.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	424	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	90.35/cwt	77.50–97.50	327	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	90.76/cwt	77.50–107.50	374	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	726	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	610	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	83.46/cwt	67.00–88.00	565	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	108.83/cwt	95.00–117.50	363	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	200	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	105.91/cwt	100.00–110.00	431	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	107.70/cwt	99.00–116.00	619	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	108.49/cwt	101.00–121.00	520	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	101.21/cwt	99.00–117.00	519	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	777	77.97/cwt	72.00–88.00	606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	90.65/cwt	78.00–102.50	295	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	282	75.77/cwt	70.00–85.00	214	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	357	107.27/cwt	97.00–112.50	383	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	106.32/cwt	96.00–112.00	431	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	307	1

How this sale compares

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.

New York feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Canandaigua Stockyards Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale - Canandaigua, NY

Sat Dec 21, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Albany, NY (LS-KT)

Receipts 372Last week 923Year ago 0

Compared to the last sale Number 1 Feeder Steers 300-600 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 higher. Number 1 Feeder Heifers 300-600 lbs sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Supply very light. Demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	327	117.50–131.00	123.98
3	—	517	95.00–102.50	99.89
4	—	432	101.00–135.00	113.89
7	—	371	117.50–136.00	129.06
8	—	559	100.00–125.00	106.97
21	—	471	116.00–140.00	125.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	78.00–102.50	90.65
3	—	282	70.00–85.00	75.77
3	—	357	97.00–112.50	107.27
5	—	405	96.00–112.00	106.32
1	—	450	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	623	99.00–115.00	102.87
4	—	661	110.00	110.00
5	—	332	123.00	123.00
5	—	367	127.50–137.00	133.27
1	—	413	125.00	125.00
23	—	483	125.00–137.00	127.78
3	—	839	120.00	120.00
4	—	579	118.00–132.50	121.58
6	—	520	110.00–129.00	122.27
10	—	716	112.00–114.00	112.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	499	105.00	105.00
1	—	536	85.00	85.00
2	—	311	77.50–112.50	94.72
3	—	286	114.00	114.00
3	—	387	92.00–100.00	95.73
5	—	821	102.00	102.00
6	—	762	90.00	90.00
2	—	552	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	649	80.00	80.00
3	—	337	85.00–100.00	93.19
3	—	469	87.50–100.00	92.88
3	—	575	80.00–90.00	83.45
7	—	362	77.50–97.50	90.35
7	—	412	77.50–107.50	90.76
8	—	726	84.00	84.00
9	—	677	67.00–88.00	83.46
1	—	200	75.00	75.00
4	—	777	72.00–88.00	77.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	377	112.50	112.50
26	—	334	95.00–117.50	108.83
2	—	616	100.00	100.00
10	—	407	100.00–110.00	105.91
10	—	575	99.00–116.00	107.70
18	—	479	101.00–121.00	108.49
23	—	513	99.00–117.00	101.21
1	—	292	105.00	105.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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