Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Feeder Sale Number 1 Feeder Steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Number 1 Feeder Heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Number 1 Feeder Bulls sold 5.00-6.00 lower. Supply light. Demand good. Supply included: 100% Feeder Cattle (29% Steers, 52% Heifers, 19% Bulls). Feeder cattle supply over 600 lbs was 39%.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.39/cwt on 106 head.

Average price

$131.39

106 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$10.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.84

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	133.95	740	81
Medium and Large 2	473	123.07	582	25

One grade step is worth $10.89/cwt here — about $158 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 sale106 hd

131.39

—

NY average4 barns · 172 hd

121.54

+9.84

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

48 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	115.29/cwt	110.00–118.00	781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	115.05/cwt	110.00–120.00	428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	357	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	115.78/cwt	110.00–120.00	654	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	112.70/cwt	110.00–114.00	529	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	666	103.51/cwt	102.00–105.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	118.02/cwt	116.00–120.00	489	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	121.20/cwt	120.00–122.50	400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	397	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	129.17/cwt	119.00–135.00	745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	126.24/cwt	119.00–136.00	659	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	130.15/cwt	130.00–131.00	606	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	125.61/cwt	117.50–130.00	526	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	123.22/cwt	114.00–126.00	692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	112.40/cwt	109.00–116.00	753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	806	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	731	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	751	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	622	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	818	93.98/cwt	93.00–95.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	134.86/cwt	131.00–139.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	253	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	145.69/cwt	137.00–150.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	881	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	118.85/cwt	112.00–120.00	883	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	139.65/cwt	136.00–145.00	638	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	138.77/cwt	130.00–143.00	738	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	130.82/cwt	120.00–137.00	492	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	136.87/cwt	132.00–140.00	773	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	914	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	233	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	131.50/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,015	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	150.41/cwt	145.00–157.00	835	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	139.71/cwt	136.00–145.00	900	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	149.99/cwt	140.00–158.00	721	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,092	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,012	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	104.02/cwt	100.00–108.00	957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	145.02/cwt	140.00–147.50	493	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	126.98/cwt	117.00–130.00	1,125	7

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 Mar 20, 2021

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	110.00–118.00	115.29
3	—	467	123.00	123.00
2	—	622	125.00	125.00
2	—	414	116.00–120.00	118.02
2	—	330	120.00–122.50	121.20
1	—	397	129.00	129.00
5	—	577	119.00–135.00	129.17
5	—	522	119.00–136.00	126.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	677	135.00	135.00
8	—	772	130.00–134.00	131.50
11	—	555	145.00–157.00	150.41
11	—	644	136.00–145.00	139.71
20	—	481	140.00–158.00	149.99
1	—	354	143.00	143.00
1	—	535	144.00	144.00
1	—	706	130.00	130.00
1	—	843	120.00	120.00
2	—	920	100.00–108.00	104.02
4	—	340	140.00–147.50	145.02
7	—	886	117.00–130.00	126.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	372	110.00–120.00	115.05
2	—	317	112.50	112.50
1	—	513	116.00	116.00
7	—	466	130.00–131.00	130.15
6	—	419	117.50–130.00	125.61
5	—	562	114.00–126.00	123.22
2	—	670	109.00–116.00	112.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	253	140.00	140.00
2	—	627	125.00	125.00
3	—	442	137.00–150.00	145.69
7	—	694	127.00	127.00
7	—	743	112.00–120.00	118.85
9	—	457	136.00–145.00	139.65
11	—	532	130.00–143.00	138.77
14	—	376	120.00–137.00	130.82
19	—	565	132.00–140.00	136.87
1	—	233	142.00	142.00
7	—	809	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	565	110.00–120.00	115.78
3	—	469	110.00–114.00	112.70
2	—	666	102.00–105.00	103.51
2	—	524	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	625	129.00	129.00
7	—	522	140.00	140.00
5	—	578	130.00	130.00
5	—	471	132.00	132.00
2	—	818	93.00–95.00	93.98
2	—	418	131.00–139.00	134.86

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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