Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-12-04

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Canandaigua, New York · Sat, Dec 4
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1980
Receipts
715 head
403 vs last sale 312 139 vs year ago 854 · 16.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Feeder Sale Number 1 Feeder Steers sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Number 1 Feeder Heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Number 1 Feeder Bulls sold 2.0-3.0 lower on a light test. Supply heavy. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.23/cwt on 180 head.
Average price
$124.23
180 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514132.53681110
Medium and Large 2499111.2055570
One grade step is worth $21.33/cwt here — about $126 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 sale180 hd
124.23
NY average1 barns · 180 hd
124.23
+0.00
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

72 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1274126.00/cwt126.00–126.003452
BullsMedium and Large 1572137.00/cwt137.00–137.007842
BullsMedium and Large 1434130.66/cwt130.00–131.005673
BullsMedium and Large 1541127.98/cwt127.00–130.006923
BullsMedium and Large 1620124.19/cwt122.00–131.007704
BullsMedium and Large 1472136.53/cwt130.00–141.006445
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added623139.71/cwt135.00–144.0087020
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added448141.00/cwt141.00–141.006322
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added518142.35/cwt141.00–145.007376
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added668143.00/cwt143.00–143.009556
Dairy SteersLarge 242063.00/cwt63.00–63.002653
Dairy SteersLarge 247270.58/cwt67.00–73.003335
SteersMedium and Large 1729125.49/cwt125.00–128.009156
SteersMedium and Large 1426137.44/cwt137.00–138.005857
SteersMedium and Large 1654136.61/cwt132.00–140.0089310
SteersMedium and Large 1840118.00/cwt118.00–118.009911
SteersMedium and Large 1204139.00/cwt139.00–139.002844
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added478143.94/cwt140.00–150.0068817
SteersMedium and Large 1574132.25/cwt131.00–134.007595
SteersMedium and Large 1895115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0291
SteersMedium and Large 1358141.00/cwt141.00–141.005052
SteersMedium and Large 2612113.33/cwt111.00–118.006943
SteersMedium and Large 2581122.34/cwt121.00–125.007116
SteersMedium and Large 1639134.56/cwt130.00–136.008604
SteersMedium and Large 2361117.00/cwt117.00–117.004221
SteersMedium and Large 282182.49/cwt82.00–83.006778
SteersMedium and Large 1483135.55/cwt134.00–137.006557
SteersMedium and Large 1522135.99/cwt132.00–138.007108
SteersMedium and Large 2650108.00/cwt108.00–108.007022
SteersMedium and Large 1304140.00/cwt140.00–140.004261
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added364142.94/cwt141.00–144.005204
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added593143.00/cwt143.00–143.008485
SteersMedium and Large 2535124.00/cwt124.00–124.006631
SteersMedium and Large 287690.00/cwt90.00–90.007881
SteersMedium and Large 2497130.00/cwt130.00–130.006462
SteersMedium and Large 2301107.00/cwt107.00–107.003221
BullsMedium and Large 2363105.48/cwt104.00–107.003832
BullsMedium and Large 2323121.60/cwt120.00–123.003932
BullsMedium and Large 2570112.38/cwt110.00–120.0064114
BullsMedium and Large 1322129.61/cwt126.00–135.004178
BullsMedium and Large 2430121.00/cwt121.00–121.005201
BullsMedium and Large 2275117.00/cwt117.00–117.003221
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added336138.50/cwt138.00–139.004652
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added511134.70/cwt134.00–136.0068817
HeifersMedium and Large 1367128.98/cwt128.00–130.004732
HeifersMedium and Large 1222131.75/cwt129.00–134.002922
BullsMedium and Large 2477125.59/cwt117.00–127.005997
BullsMedium and Large 2513115.66/cwt112.00–120.005936
HeifersMedium and Large 2461120.00/cwt120.00–120.005534
HeifersMedium and Large 2412112.99/cwt107.00–116.004666
HeifersMedium and Large 2337103.34/cwt100.00–106.003483
HeifersMedium and Large 2267115.35/cwt111.00–120.003083
HeifersMedium and Large 2612107.72/cwt100.00–111.006598
HeifersMedium and Large 2686100.86/cwt100.00–101.006927
HeifersMedium and Large 1580129.01/cwt122.00–131.007489
HeifersMedium and Large 2358116.20/cwt110.00–121.004164
HeifersMedium and Large 2706102.00/cwt102.00–102.007202
HeifersMedium and Large 2200120.00/cwt120.00–120.002401
HeifersMedium and Large 2532108.10/cwt100.00–116.0057514
HeifersMedium and Large 2570106.00/cwt106.00–106.006046
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added431122.00/cwt122.00–122.0052612
HeifersMedium and Large 1468130.00/cwt129.00–131.006082
HeifersMedium and Large 1516127.43/cwt125.00–130.006582
HeifersMedium and Large 1644126.00/cwt126.00–126.008111
HeifersMedium and Large 1428132.00/cwt128.00–139.0056515
HeifersMedium and Large 1658134.00/cwt134.00–134.0088212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added623132.09/cwt125.00–138.0082315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added471131.60/cwt128.00–140.0062012
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added558136.00/cwt136.00–136.007595
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added382135.03/cwt134.00–138.005164
HeifersMedium and Large 1309134.85/cwt134.00–135.004177
HeifersMedium and Large 1777125.00/cwt125.00–125.009713

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.