Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2022-12-17

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Canandaigua, New York · Sat, Dec 17
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1980
Receipts
440 head
753 vs last sale 1,193 440 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last feeder sale number 1 feeder steers 500-600lbs sold 12.00-13.00 higher, 700-900lbs sold 20.00-22.00 lower. Number 1 feeder heifers 450-550lbs sold 2.00-3.00 higher, 600-700lbs sold 10.00-12.00 lower. Number 1 Feeder bulls too light to test. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.26/cwt on 111 head.
Average price
$142.26
111 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$719
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.22/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 1491151.1874250
Medium and Large 2518134.9569961
One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about $43 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 sale111 hd
142.26
NY average1 barns · 111 hd
142.26
+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

52 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 1372155.00/cwt155.00–155.005771
BullsMedium and Large 1514152.50/cwt152.50–152.507841
BullsMedium and Large 1557147.50/cwt147.50–147.508221
BullsMedium and Large 1431142.50/cwt142.50–142.506142
BullsMedium and Large 1318158.57/cwt152.50–167.505043
BullsMedium and Large 1484152.50/cwt152.50–152.507383
SteersMedium and Large 1607176.54/cwt167.50–184.001,07210
SteersMedium and Large 1678175.04/cwt162.50–185.001,18719
SteersMedium and Large 1887132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1713
SteersMedium and Large 1532179.17/cwt177.50–180.009538
SteersMedium and Large 1422158.75/cwt157.50–160.006702
SteersMedium and Large 1701142.50/cwt142.50–142.509992
SteersMedium and Large 2568155.41/cwt147.50–162.0088313
SteersMedium and Large 2309150.00/cwt150.00–150.004641
SteersMedium and Large 2638135.00/cwt135.00–135.008613
SteersMedium and Large 2666145.77/cwt140.00–152.509713
SteersMedium and Large 2924110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0164
SteersMedium and Large 2524154.81/cwt145.00–158.008115
HeifersMedium and Large 1484159.62/cwt154.00–162.507739
HeifersMedium and Large 1517154.71/cwt152.50–160.0080010
SteersMedium and Large 2801117.50/cwt117.50–117.509413
SteersMedium and Large 2440142.53/cwt137.50–147.506274
SteersMedium and Large 1480158.39/cwt155.00–160.007603
SteersMedium and Large 1587180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0573
HeifersMedium and Large 2482140.85/cwt132.50–142.5067916
HeifersMedium and Large 2528133.68/cwt130.00–140.0070617
SteersMedium and Large 2866114.70/cwt112.00–117.509932
SteersMedium and Large 2478147.50/cwt147.50–147.507054
HeifersMedium and Large 1379144.31/cwt140.00–157.5054711
HeifersMedium and Large 1634142.50/cwt142.50–142.509031
HeifersMedium and Large 2568133.72/cwt130.00–137.507602
HeifersMedium and Large 2629131.24/cwt130.00–132.508252
SteersMedium and Large 1785143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1231
SteersMedium and Large 1842135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1371
HeifersMedium and Large 2660137.50/cwt137.50–137.509087
HeifersMedium and Large 2329132.50/cwt132.50–132.504361
BullsMedium and Large 2746112.00/cwt112.00–112.008361
BullsMedium and Large 2343140.00/cwt140.00–140.004802
HeifersMedium and Large 1442151.53/cwt147.50–152.506705
HeifersMedium and Large 1708145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0277
HeifersMedium and Large 1339155.06/cwt150.00–157.505265
HeifersMedium and Large 2374132.47/cwt130.00–137.504959
BullsMedium and Large 2781113.34/cwt112.00–117.508854
BullsMedium and Large 2622114.98/cwt112.50–117.507152
HeifersMedium and Large 2432139.23/cwt135.00–142.506013
HeifersMedium and Large 2723117.77/cwt114.00–119.008514
BullsMedium and Large 2656115.00/cwt115.00–115.007542
BullsMedium and Large 2485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005822
BullsMedium and Large 2523129.89/cwt127.50–132.506792
BullsMedium and Large 2417125.02/cwt120.00–127.505213
BullsMedium and Large 2590134.16/cwt132.50–137.507923
HeifersMedium and Large 1671148.65/cwt140.00–157.509972

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.