Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-20

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,793	107.88	1,934	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,634	88.02	1,438	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,548	79.93	1,237	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,387	72.08	1,000	26
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,422	138.09	1,964	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,461	137.69	2,012	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,408	166.35	2,342	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,424	161.20	2,295	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,312	156.35	2,051	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,453	166.00	2,412	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,453	162.39	2,360	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,440	158.37	2,281	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	352.03/cwt	30
Bulls	Number 2	91	295.03/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	81	120.77/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	82	35.08/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	71	472.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	78	45.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 3	67	25.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

42 lots · USDA AMS · Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	534	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	401	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	582	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	437	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	794	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	730	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	626	78.08/cwt	75.00–81.00	489	2
Bulls	—	—	1,793	107.88/cwt	101.00–112.00	1,934	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,548	79.93/cwt	76.00–84.00	1,237	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,634	88.02/cwt	85.00–94.00	1,438	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,387	72.08/cwt	68.00–75.00	1,000	26
Heifers	Select	—	1,312	156.35/cwt	153.50–159.50	2,051	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,424	161.20/cwt	160.00–162.50	2,295	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,408	166.35/cwt	165.00–168.00	2,342	5
Steers	Select	—	1,440	158.37/cwt	156.00–160.00	2,281	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,453	162.39/cwt	160.50–163.50	2,360	16
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,453	166.00/cwt	164.50–169.00	2,412	6
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,422	138.09/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,964	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,461	137.69/cwt	131.00–143.00	2,012	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	566	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	534.88/cwt	530.00–540.00	460	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	465	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	490	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	77	112.09/cwt	100.00–125.00	86	2
Bulls	Utility	—	79	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	40	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	67	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	17	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	78	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	35	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	93	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	409	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	74	435.51/cwt	410.00–460.00	322	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	332.50/cwt	315.00–365.00	342	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	314.63/cwt	300.00–350.00	271	9
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	68	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	306	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	73	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	361	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	113	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	77	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	173	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	247.51/cwt	245.00–250.00	210	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	263.33/cwt	230.00–285.00	271	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	81	127.33/cwt	100.00–155.00	103	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	87	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	400	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	307.47/cwt	300.00–320.00	292	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	318.68/cwt	310.00–330.00	357	4
Bulls	Utility	—	91	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	46	1
Bulls	Utility	—	84	30.12/cwt	20.00–50.00	25	5
Bulls	Utility	—	65	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	20	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	256.86/cwt	225.00–275.00	244	6

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.

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Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Wed Dec 20, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Albany, NY (LS-KT)

Feeder CattleReceipts 19Last week 15Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 203Last week 274Year ago 264

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 68Last week 86Year ago 67

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	534	75.00	75.00
1	—	582	75.00	75.00
1	—	794	92.00	92.00
2	—	626	75.00–81.00	78.08

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,793	101.00–112.00	107.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,548	76.00–84.00	79.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,634	85.00–94.00	88.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,387	68.00–75.00	72.08
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,312	153.50–159.50	156.35
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,424	160.00–162.50	161.20
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,408	165.00–168.00	166.35
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,440	156.00–160.00	158.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,453	160.50–163.50	162.39
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,453	164.50–169.00	166.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,422	134.00–142.00	138.09
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,461	131.00–143.00	137.69

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	505.00	505.00
2	—	86	530.00–540.00	534.88
1	—	93	500.00	500.00
1	—	100	490.00	490.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	77	100.00–125.00	112.09
1	—	90	125.00	125.00
2	—	81	100.00–155.00	127.33
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	79	50.00	50.00
1	—	91	50.00	50.00
5	—	84	20.00–50.00	30.12
1	—	65	30.00	30.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	93	440.00	440.00
2	—	74	410.00–460.00	435.51
1	—	87	460.00	460.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	103	315.00–365.00	332.50
9	—	86	300.00–350.00	314.63
4	—	95	300.00–320.00	307.47
4	—	112	310.00–330.00	318.68
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	77	225.00	225.00
2	—	85	245.00–250.00	247.51
4	—	103	230.00–285.00	263.33
6	—	95	225.00–275.00	256.86
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	67	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	45.00	45.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	450.00	450.00
1	—	73	495.00	495.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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