Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2023-10-21

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canandaigua, New York · Sat, Oct 21
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1980
Feeder Cattle receipts
625 head
117 vs last sale 508 175 vs year ago 450 · +38.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
1 vs last sale 38 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $219.16/cwt on 247 head.
Average price
$219.16
247 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,263
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$348
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$54.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.21
vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549231.791,273176
Medium and Large 2604189.361,14462
Medium and Large 1-2913177.501,6219thin
One grade step is worth $54.29/cwt here — about −$348 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 sale247 hd
219.16
NY average2 barns · 267 hd
215.95
+3.21
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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,348$1,4237
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)896$7901thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)930$1,0788
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,7251thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,148$1,13714

Every lot, as filed

85 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
SteersMedium and Large 1274233.82/cwt225.00–240.006417
SteersMedium and Large 1474243.67/cwt225.00–265.001,15534
SteersMedium and Large 1996216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,1517
SteersMedium and Large 21,025140.08/cwt135.00–145.001,4362
SteersMedium and Large 2716191.23/cwt190.00–192.501,3692
SteersMedium and Large 2610195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1903
SteersMedium and Large 2587194.03/cwt180.00–207.501,1394
SteersMedium and Large 2896184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,6491
SteersMedium and Large 2935180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6831
SteersMedium and Large 2795174.99/cwt170.00–190.001,3916
SteersMedium and Large 2831172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,4331
SteersMedium and Large 2389205.50/cwt200.00–215.007998
SteersMedium and Large 2522190.60/cwt180.00–200.0099510
SteersMedium and Large 2474196.31/cwt192.50–205.009318
SteersMedium and Large 2678185.60/cwt172.50–192.501,25812
HeifersMedium and Large 1421217.74/cwt205.00–225.0091732
HeifersMedium and Large 1688199.89/cwt195.00–210.001,3753
HeifersMedium and Large 2775171.67/cwt160.00–180.001,3303
HeifersMedium and Large 2327170.00/cwt170.00–170.005565
HeifersMedium and Large 1632214.00/cwt190.00–232.501,3529
SteersMedium and Large 2278215.00/cwt215.00–215.005981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2913177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,6219
SteersMedium and Large 2310213.79/cwt210.00–217.506632
SteersMedium and Large 21,207140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6901
SteersMedium and Large 1371241.51/cwt220.00–245.008967
Dairy HeifersLarge 3678110.00/cwt110.00–110.007461
SteersMedium and Large 1562227.04/cwt205.00–235.001,2765
SteersMedium and Large 1428235.49/cwt217.50–270.001,00831
SteersMedium and Large 1675205.38/cwt200.00–217.501,38616
SteersMedium and Large 1331225.62/cwt222.50–232.507478
SteersMedium and Large 1517250.95/cwt225.00–262.501,29717
Dairy HeifersLarge 3718130.00/cwt130.00–130.009331
Dairy HeifersLarge 3485125.00/cwt125.00–125.006061
SteersMedium and Large 1623215.09/cwt200.00–240.001,34023
SteersMedium and Large 1825235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,93911
SteersMedium and Large 1733234.58/cwt205.00–246.001,71910
BullsMedium and Large 1661188.72/cwt185.00–192.501,2472
BullsMedium and Large 1462212.53/cwt205.00–225.009826
BullsMedium and Large 1546214.00/cwt210.00–215.001,1685
BullsMedium and Large 1379230.00/cwt230.00–230.008722
BullsMedium and Large 1281215.64/cwt207.50–220.006064
BullsMedium and Large 1776172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,3391
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4001,447.79/head1,140.00–1,700.001,4487
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2896826.52/head630.00–940.008277
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29301,077.54/head800.00–1,295.001,0788
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4081,586.80/head975.00–1,875.001,5874
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2671,205.00/head1,075.00–1,330.001,2053
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1001,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2896790.00/head790.00–790.007901
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,307128.31/cwt123.00–138.001,6774
BullsMedium and Large 2520187.50/cwt187.50–187.509751
BullsMedium and Large 2282190.00/cwt190.00–190.005363
BullsMedium and Large 1417238.27/cwt235.00–240.009947
BullsMedium and Large 2333199.09/cwt197.50–202.506633
BullsMedium and Large 1854135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1531
BullsMedium and Large 2573187.42/cwt185.00–190.001,0742
BullsMedium and Large 1578206.65/cwt197.50–212.501,1945
BullsMedium and Large 1626202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,2684
BullsMedium and Large 1729163.77/cwt162.50–165.001,1942
BullsMedium and Large 2379195.00/cwt195.00–195.007395
BullsMedium and Large 2208181.11/cwt170.00–185.003774
HeifersMedium and Large 1520215.24/cwt192.50–222.501,11916
HeifersMedium and Large 1390217.95/cwt200.00–230.0085014
HeifersMedium and Large 1325219.21/cwt205.00–230.0071212
HeifersMedium and Large 1831186.61/cwt185.00–192.501,5519
BullsMedium and Large 1318239.10/cwt230.00–272.007605
BullsMedium and Large 1904137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,2431
HeifersMedium and Large 1950167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,5911
HeifersMedium and Large 2520179.71/cwt165.00–190.009348
HeifersMedium and Large 2422188.29/cwt185.00–191.007955
HeifersMedium and Large 2460171.08/cwt155.00–190.007877
HeifersMedium and Large 1901170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5324
HeifersMedium and Large 1578197.51/cwt195.00–200.001,1422
HeifersMedium and Large 2719168.10/cwt165.00–170.001,2094
HeifersMedium and Large 2932135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2581
HeifersMedium and Large 2228185.00/cwt185.00–185.004222
HeifersMedium and Large 2588157.50/cwt157.50–157.509264
HeifersMedium and Large 2616170.08/cwt160.00–180.001,0486
HeifersMedium and Large 2282181.60/cwt180.00–185.005123
HeifersMedium and Large 1482219.76/cwt215.00–232.501,05911
HeifersMedium and Large 2883165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4577
HeifersMedium and Large 1226221.95/cwt200.00–240.005022
HeifersMedium and Large 2818170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3914
HeifersMedium and Large 1738213.12/cwt195.00–220.001,5738
HeifersMedium and Large 11,024215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,2027

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.