Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2024-01-06

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canandaigua, New York · Sat, Jan 6
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1980
Feeder Cattle receipts
491 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 439▲ 51 vs year ago 440 · +11.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 73▲ 26 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 $189.07/cwt on 186 head.
Average price
$189.07
186 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,145
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.31
vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1604194.151,172160
Medium and Large 2617157.8297426
One grade step is worth $36.34/cwt here — about $198 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 sale186 hd
189.07
—
NY average3 barns · 220 hd
185.76
+3.31
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)1,441$1,38512
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,275$1,2502thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,385$1,3885

Every lot, as filed

67 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—718193.57/cwt185.00–198.001,39018
SteersMedium and Large 1—524194.49/cwt180.00–222.501,01917
SteersMedium and Large 1—478200.28/cwt192.50–227.5095714
SteersMedium and Large 2—584155.50/cwt147.00–160.009085
SteersMedium and Large 1—588207.25/cwt172.50–215.001,21925
SteersMedium and Large 1—431207.35/cwt197.50–225.008949
SteersMedium and Large 2—439175.00/cwt175.00–175.007681
SteersMedium and Large 2—535162.50/cwt162.50–162.508695
SteersMedium and Large 2—825130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0732
SteersMedium and Large 2—392190.00/cwt190.00–190.007451
SteersMedium and Large 2—298177.50/cwt177.50–177.505291
SteersMedium and Large 1—342230.00/cwt230.00–230.007872
SteersMedium and Large 2—674145.09/cwt140.00–155.009783
SteersMedium and Large 1—658181.40/cwt180.00–187.501,19413
SteersMedium and Large 1—277209.71/cwt207.50–215.005817
SteersMedium and Large 1—778200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5563
SteersMedium and Large 2—894150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3411
Dairy SteersLarge 3—790127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0031
SteersMedium and Large 1—629187.58/cwt177.50–207.501,18037
SteersMedium and Large 1—829169.48/cwt165.00–177.501,4055
SteersMedium and Large 1—854170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4521
SteersMedium and Large 1—358235.00/cwt235.00–235.008411
Dairy SteersLarge 3—417117.00/cwt117.00–117.004881
Dairy SteersLarge 3—511160.00/cwt160.00–160.008185
Dairy SteersLarge 3—325115.79/cwt110.00–120.003765
Dairy SteersLarge 3—679120.92/cwt112.00–130.008212
Dairy SteersLarge 3—474120.00/cwt120.00–120.005691
BullsMedium and Large 1—627155.99/cwt150.00–167.509783
BullsMedium and Large 1—854150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2811
BullsMedium and Large 1—531190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0091
BullsMedium and Large 1—698147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,0301
BullsMedium and Large 1—321205.42/cwt200.00–212.5065911
BullsMedium and Large 1—782119.00/cwt119.00–119.009314
SteersMedium and Large 2—471162.61/cwt160.00–165.007662
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720146.28/cwt145.00–147.501,05314
SteersMedium and Large 2—764160.05/cwt140.00–165.001,2235
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565183.53/cwt167.50–202.501,03735
HeifersMedium and Large 1—763140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0681
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375195.60/cwt190.00–212.507344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—643181.67/cwt177.50–187.501,1687
HeifersMedium and Large 2—512131.28/cwt130.00–132.506722
SteersMedium and Large 1—917167.95/cwt165.00–188.001,5408
HeifersMedium and Large 1—823180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531175.01/cwt170.00–177.5092923
HeifersMedium and Large 1—336189.53/cwt187.50–190.006375
HeifersMedium and Large 1—412176.17/cwt165.00–185.007268
HeifersMedium and Large 2—611147.35/cwt137.50–150.009005
HeifersMedium and Large 1—687168.54/cwt162.50–170.001,1585
HeifersMedium and Large 2—862155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3361
HeifersMedium and Large 2—458155.73/cwt147.50–160.007133
HeifersMedium and Large 2—572154.34/cwt130.00–160.0088310
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373180.00/cwt180.00–180.006712
BullsMedium and Large 2—668122.50/cwt122.50–122.508181
HeifersMedium and Large 2—767127.50/cwt127.50–127.509781
BullsMedium and Large 2—749106.00/cwt106.00–106.007942
HeifersMedium and Large 1—464176.53/cwt162.50–205.0081916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—740126.26/cwt125.00–127.509342
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417153.38/cwt140.00–182.506404
BullsMedium and Large 2—470150.00/cwt150.00–150.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 2—312181.23/cwt175.00–185.005656
BullsMedium and Large 2—395187.50/cwt187.50–187.507414
BullsMedium and Large 1—420192.59/cwt185.00–205.008096
BullsMedium and Large 1—563170.00/cwt170.00–170.009571
BullsMedium and Large 2—528157.72/cwt157.50–160.0083311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4411,384.95/head1,050.00–1,875.001,38512
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2751,250.00/head1,200.00–1,300.001,2502
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3851,387.54/head1,150.00–1,600.001,3885

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.