Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2024-01-03

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Jan 3
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
225 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 234▼ 39 vs year ago 264 · −14.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
88 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 97▲ 21 vs year ago 67 · +31.3%
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Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,681114.581,9266thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62894.581,54020
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45784.931,23741
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,35775.611,02627
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,469139.012,0424thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,553142.382,2115thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,465174.782,56114
HeifersChoiceAverage1,397170.382,38019
HeifersSelectAverage1,418163.222,3147thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,549177.652,7529thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,494170.732,5516thin
SteersSelectAverage1,555162.392,52512

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195447.60/cwt29
BullsNumber 292354.84/cwt20
BullsNumber 385319.84/cwt5
BullsUtility91171.25/cwt4
HeifersNumber 192426.08/cwt6
HeifersNumber 284327.93/cwt7
HeifersNumber 376301.16/cwt6
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7910.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

50 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—86590.00/cwt590.00–590.005071
HeifersNumber 3—7653.85/cwt50.00–57.50412
HeifersNumber 1—85122.53/cwt120.00–125.001042
HeifersNumber 2—8670.12/cwt65.00–75.00602
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—94578.22/cwt555.00–600.005442
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7910.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross—72432.13/cwt415.00–450.003112
BullsNumber 1—86406.09/cwt360.00–465.003497
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—104550.00/cwt550.00–550.005721
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—96500.00/cwt500.00–500.004801
BullsUtilityBeef Cross—87270.00/cwt270.00–270.002351
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—94584.25/cwt565.00–605.005492
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—119505.00/cwt505.00–505.006011
SteersChoice—1,494170.73/cwt170.00–171.502,5516
Dairy SteersSelect—1,553142.38/cwt138.00–145.502,2115
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,469139.01/cwt136.00–145.002,0424
SteersSelect—1,555162.39/cwt159.00–166.002,52512
SteersChoice and Prime—1,549177.65/cwt175.00–183.002,7529
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,465174.78/cwt173.00–179.002,56114
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,62894.58/cwt90.00–100.001,54020
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,45784.93/cwt80.00–89.501,23741
HeifersSelect—1,418163.22/cwt160.00–165.002,3147
HeifersChoice—1,397170.38/cwt166.50–172.502,38019
CowsLean 85-90%—1,35775.61/cwt71.00–79.501,02627
Bulls——1,681114.58/cwt113.00–117.001,9266
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross—89410.00/cwt410.00–410.003651
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—102385.00/cwt385.00–385.003931
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—76337.09/cwt325.00–350.002562
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—106565.00/cwt565.00–565.005991
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross—69425.00/cwt425.00–425.002931
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—94524.15/cwt505.00–545.004932
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—77520.98/cwt490.00–550.004012
BullsNumber 3—76225.00/cwt225.00–225.001711
BullsNumber 2—77264.90/cwt250.00–280.002042
BullsNumber 2—106280.42/cwt265.00–295.002972
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—76540.00/cwt540.00–540.004101
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—79570.00/cwt570.00–570.004501
HeifersNumber 2—7465.00/cwt65.00–65.00481
BullsNumber 1—106426.01/cwt400.00–450.004523
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—83620.00/cwt620.00–620.005151
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—103600.00/cwt600.00–600.006181
BullsUtility—9340.00/cwt40.00–40.00371
BullsUtility—79100.00/cwt100.00–100.00791
BullsUtilityBeef Cross—105275.00/cwt275.00–275.002891
BullsNumber 1—95426.54/cwt370.00–455.0040511
BullsNumber 2—83312.71/cwt260.00–355.002606
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—95315.00/cwt315.00–315.002991
BullsNumber 2—118345.00/cwt345.00–345.004071
BullsNumber 1—112403.12/cwt380.00–420.004513
BullsNumber 2—94337.99/cwt325.00–350.003185

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.