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 1—274233.82/cwt225.00–240.006417
SteersMedium and Large 1—474243.67/cwt225.00–265.001,15534
SteersMedium and Large 1—996216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,1517
SteersMedium and Large 2—1,025140.08/cwt135.00–145.001,4362
SteersMedium and Large 2—716191.23/cwt190.00–192.501,3692
SteersMedium and Large 2—610195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1903
SteersMedium and Large 2—587194.03/cwt180.00–207.501,1394
SteersMedium and Large 2—896184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,6491
SteersMedium and Large 2—935180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6831
SteersMedium and Large 2—795174.99/cwt170.00–190.001,3916
SteersMedium and Large 2—831172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,4331
SteersMedium and Large 2—389205.50/cwt200.00–215.007998
SteersMedium and Large 2—522190.60/cwt180.00–200.0099510
SteersMedium and Large 2—474196.31/cwt192.50–205.009318
SteersMedium and Large 2—678185.60/cwt172.50–192.501,25812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421217.74/cwt205.00–225.0091732
HeifersMedium and Large 1—688199.89/cwt195.00–210.001,3753
HeifersMedium and Large 2—775171.67/cwt160.00–180.001,3303
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327170.00/cwt170.00–170.005565
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632214.00/cwt190.00–232.501,3529
SteersMedium and Large 2—278215.00/cwt215.00–215.005981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—913177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,6219
SteersMedium and Large 2—310213.79/cwt210.00–217.506632
SteersMedium and Large 2—1,207140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6901
SteersMedium and Large 1—371241.51/cwt220.00–245.008967
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—678110.00/cwt110.00–110.007461
SteersMedium and Large 1—562227.04/cwt205.00–235.001,2765
SteersMedium and Large 1—428235.49/cwt217.50–270.001,00831
SteersMedium and Large 1—675205.38/cwt200.00–217.501,38616
SteersMedium and Large 1—331225.62/cwt222.50–232.507478
SteersMedium and Large 1—517250.95/cwt225.00–262.501,29717
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—718130.00/cwt130.00–130.009331
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—485125.00/cwt125.00–125.006061
SteersMedium and Large 1—623215.09/cwt200.00–240.001,34023
SteersMedium and Large 1—825235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,93911
SteersMedium and Large 1—733234.58/cwt205.00–246.001,71910
BullsMedium and Large 1—661188.72/cwt185.00–192.501,2472
BullsMedium and Large 1—462212.53/cwt205.00–225.009826
BullsMedium and Large 1—546214.00/cwt210.00–215.001,1685
BullsMedium and Large 1—379230.00/cwt230.00–230.008722
BullsMedium and Large 1—281215.64/cwt207.50–220.006064
BullsMedium and Large 1—776172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,3391
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4001,447.79/head1,140.00–1,700.001,4487
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—896826.52/head630.00–940.008277
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—9301,077.54/head800.00–1,295.001,0788
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4081,586.80/head975.00–1,875.001,5874
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2671,205.00/head1,075.00–1,330.001,2053
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,1001,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—896790.00/head790.00–790.007901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,307128.31/cwt123.00–138.001,6774
BullsMedium and Large 2—520187.50/cwt187.50–187.509751
BullsMedium and Large 2—282190.00/cwt190.00–190.005363
BullsMedium and Large 1—417238.27/cwt235.00–240.009947
BullsMedium and Large 2—333199.09/cwt197.50–202.506633
BullsMedium and Large 1—854135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1531
BullsMedium and Large 2—573187.42/cwt185.00–190.001,0742
BullsMedium and Large 1—578206.65/cwt197.50–212.501,1945
BullsMedium and Large 1—626202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,2684
BullsMedium and Large 1—729163.77/cwt162.50–165.001,1942
BullsMedium and Large 2—379195.00/cwt195.00–195.007395
BullsMedium and Large 2—208181.11/cwt170.00–185.003774
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520215.24/cwt192.50–222.501,11916
HeifersMedium and Large 1—390217.95/cwt200.00–230.0085014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325219.21/cwt205.00–230.0071212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—831186.61/cwt185.00–192.501,5519
BullsMedium and Large 1—318239.10/cwt230.00–272.007605
BullsMedium and Large 1—904137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,2431
HeifersMedium and Large 1—950167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,5911
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520179.71/cwt165.00–190.009348
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422188.29/cwt185.00–191.007955
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460171.08/cwt155.00–190.007877
HeifersMedium and Large 1—901170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5324
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578197.51/cwt195.00–200.001,1422
HeifersMedium and Large 2—719168.10/cwt165.00–170.001,2094
HeifersMedium and Large 2—932135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2581
HeifersMedium and Large 2—228185.00/cwt185.00–185.004222
HeifersMedium and Large 2—588157.50/cwt157.50–157.509264
HeifersMedium and Large 2—616170.08/cwt160.00–180.001,0486
HeifersMedium and Large 2—282181.60/cwt180.00–185.005123
HeifersMedium and Large 1—482219.76/cwt215.00–232.501,05911
HeifersMedium and Large 2—883165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4577
HeifersMedium and Large 1—226221.95/cwt200.00–240.005022
HeifersMedium and Large 2—818170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—738213.12/cwt195.00–220.001,5738
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,024215.00/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.