Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2024-01-10

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Jan 10
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Feeder Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 0 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
166 head
59 vs last sale 225 98 vs year ago 264 · 37.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
58 head
30 vs last sale 88 9 vs year ago 67 · 13.4%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits 545.99 against this barn's trailing median of $695.99.
Average price
$150.00
3 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$797
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
58.17
vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2531150.007973thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

34 sales
1196923649376median 695.9912/1702/1804/2206/1708/12
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $1,182.00, low $389.90, median $695.99 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
150.00
NY average3 barns · 223 hd
208.17
−58.17
This barn, trailing median34 sales
695.99
−545.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsAverage2,377132.003,1381thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65698.881,63717
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,49091.651,36639
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27183.331,05913
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,349144.461,9495thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,479177.812,6309thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,420172.822,45412
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,590179.002,8465thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,551172.822,68011
SteersSelectAverage1,445165.872,3977thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1101371.37/cwt24
BullsNumber 292291.75/cwt8
BullsNumber 384213.54/cwt11
BullsUtility87119.21/cwt5
HeifersNumber 1101330.00/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

37 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
BullsNumber 289270.00/cwt270.00–270.002401
BullsNumber 392195.43/cwt160.00–215.001803
BullsNumber 1102331.29/cwt310.00–355.003388
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross107530.00/cwt530.00–530.005671
HeifersNumber 194130.00/cwt130.00–130.001221
BullsNumber 297239.90/cwt230.00–250.002332
BullsNumber 186329.83/cwt325.00–335.002842
BullsNumber 1113338.65/cwt320.00–370.003834
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross104559.74/cwt550.00–570.005823
BullsNumber 387175.00/cwt175.00–175.001521
BullsNumber 3100200.00/cwt200.00–200.002001
BullsNumber 372190.66/cwt150.00–215.001374
BullsNumber 196340.67/cwt305.00–400.003276
BullsUtility95100.00/cwt100.00–100.00951
BullsUtility85124.01/cwt100.00–140.001054
BullsNumber 274234.59/cwt220.00–250.001742
BullsNumber 2117230.00/cwt230.00–230.002691
SteersSelect1,445165.87/cwt165.00–169.002,3977
SteersChoice1,551172.82/cwt170.00–175.502,68011
SteersChoice and Prime1,590179.00/cwt177.00–180.502,8465
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross108445.00/cwt445.00–445.004811
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross83320.00/cwt320.00–320.002661
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross91305.00/cwt305.00–305.002781
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross80440.00/cwt440.00–440.003521
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross87525.00/cwt525.00–525.004571
Dairy HeifersLarge 355499.05/cwt91.00–107.005492
HeifersMedium and Large 2472150.00/cwt150.00–150.007081
HeifersMedium and Large 2597160.00/cwt160.00–160.009551
HeifersMedium and Large 2524140.00/cwt140.00–140.007341
Dairy HeifersLarge 352898.43/cwt96.00–101.005202
Bulls2,377132.00/cwt132.00–132.003,1381
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65698.88/cwt96.00–104.001,63717
HeifersChoice1,420172.82/cwt170.00–175.502,45412
CowsLean 85-90%1,27183.33/cwt80.00–86.001,05913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49091.65/cwt87.00–95.001,36639
Dairy HeifersSelect1,349144.46/cwt140.00–149.001,9495
HeifersChoice and Prime1,479177.81/cwt176.00–180.002,6309

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.