Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2023-05-06

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canandaigua, New York · Sat, May 6
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1980
Feeder Cattle receipts
881 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 946▲ 441 vs year ago 440 · +100.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 16▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Steers and heifers sold strong with good demand for 400-500lb cattle. Most of the calves sold were vaccinated. New York Cattlemen's heavier open Heifers were $2200-2600.00, lighter Heifers were $1300-1775.00. Trowbridge Angus Bull sale had 58head for an average of $4392.00. Trowbridge Hereford Bulls were $1750-2000.00.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $192.80/cwt on 241 head.
Average price
$192.80
241 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,126
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.31/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 1596198.081,181175
Medium and Large 2552178.7898666
One grade step is worth $19.31/cwt here — about $195 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 sale241 hd
192.80
—
NY average1 barns · 241 hd
192.80
+0.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$1,6086
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$1,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,125$1,4012thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,133$1,2379
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,250$1,1983thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,135$1,30234

Every lot, as filed

81 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2501,198.33/head1,125.00–1,250.001,1983
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,0831,049.23/head975.00–1,100.001,0496
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1751,644.68/head1,525.00–1,750.001,6454
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1421,395.99/head1,200.00–1,650.001,39612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,1081,086.28/head1,000.00–1,200.001,0866
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1751,395.21/head1,325.00–1,475.001,3952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2001,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,2501,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1251,401.11/head1,350.00–1,450.001,4012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2171,467.12/head1,300.00–1,700.001,4673
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,3002,036.54/head1,875.00–2,175.002,0372
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2001,347.57/head1,200.00–1,450.001,3486
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,0831,091.15/head925.00–1,275.001,0916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—632161.78/cwt155.00–177.501,0224
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574174.61/cwt147.00–187.501,00211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—825154.60/cwt147.50–157.001,2754
BullsMedium and Large 1—537205.72/cwt200.00–207.501,1057
BullsMedium and Large 1—846160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3541
BullsMedium and Large 1—678183.49/cwt172.50–185.001,2448
BullsMedium and Large 1—727179.38/cwt167.50–190.001,3043
BullsMedium and Large 1—405228.50/cwt222.50–230.009255
BullsMedium and Large 1—327236.98/cwt220.00–242.507756
BullsMedium and Large 1—558188.75/cwt185.00–190.001,0534
BullsMedium and Large 1—466213.22/cwt212.50–217.509947
BullsMedium and Large 1—634190.78/cwt187.50–200.001,2106
Dairy SteersLarge 3—513130.00/cwt130.00–130.006671
SteersMedium and Large 1—854191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,6315
SteersMedium and Large 1—829198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,6413
SteersMedium and Large 1—769198.86/cwt190.00–202.001,5295
SteersMedium and Large 1—567219.16/cwt195.00–225.001,2437
Dairy SteersLarge 3—890120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0681
Dairy SteersLarge 3—590114.00/cwt114.00–114.006733
SteersMedium and Large 2—630193.46/cwt160.00–199.001,21914
SteersMedium and Large 2—778162.77/cwt162.00–165.001,2668
SteersMedium and Large 2—571198.02/cwt177.50–205.001,1319
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—559225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2583
SteersMedium and Large 2—385217.50/cwt217.50–217.508371
SteersMedium and Large 2—673195.94/cwt190.00–199.001,3199
SteersMedium and Large 1—421230.00/cwt230.00–230.009681
SteersMedium and Large 1—399232.00/cwt232.00–232.009262
SteersMedium and Large 1—544206.15/cwt195.00–217.501,1212
SteersMedium and Large 2—448180.00/cwt180.00–180.008061
SteersMedium and Large 1—468221.49/cwt205.00–240.001,0378
SteersMedium and Large 1—630202.76/cwt197.00–212.501,27711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—820186.86/cwt160.00–191.001,5329
HeifersMedium and Large 1—758204.59/cwt199.00–206.001,5515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526205.21/cwt190.00–217.501,07917
SteersMedium and Large 2—333200.00/cwt200.00–200.006661
SteersMedium and Large 2—471202.50/cwt202.50–202.509541
HeifersMedium and Large 2—287177.50/cwt177.50–177.505096
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577199.10/cwt180.00–209.001,14932
HeifersMedium and Large 2—738163.26/cwt160.00–170.001,2053
BullsMedium and Large 2—316217.50/cwt217.50–217.506871
BullsMedium and Large 2—388195.00/cwt195.00–195.007572
BullsMedium and Large 2—473190.00/cwt190.00–190.008991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—667184.56/cwt182.50–186.001,23120
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315222.50/cwt222.50–222.507014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—488203.75/cwt197.50–220.0099433
BullsMedium and Large 2—408200.00/cwt200.00–200.008164
BullsMedium and Large 2—780160.62/cwt152.00–170.001,2533
BullsMedium and Large 2—501187.50/cwt187.50–187.509393
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—530198.32/cwt197.50–200.001,0513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—621189.51/cwt184.00–197.501,17713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—443213.64/cwt195.00–217.0094611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—753165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2426
HeifersMedium and Large 2—899158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,4202
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378182.12/cwt155.00–205.006885
SteersMedium and Large 1—713199.73/cwt194.00–208.001,42425
SteersMedium and Large 1—689209.46/cwt195.00–217.501,44320
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725192.84/cwt175.00–202.501,39828
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670172.28/cwt167.50–177.501,1545
HeifersMedium and Large 2—441196.57/cwt192.50–197.508675
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469196.42/cwt190.00–197.509217
SteersMedium and Large 2—526199.33/cwt199.00–202.501,04811
SteersMedium and Large 2—890142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,2683
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—397240.81/cwt237.50–247.509563
HeifersMedium and Large 2—508183.14/cwt182.50–185.009304
HeifersMedium and Large 1—310235.00/cwt235.00–235.007291
HeifersMedium and Large 1—389214.00/cwt214.00–214.008323
SteersMedium and Large 2—843142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1971

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.