Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2024-02-14

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Feb 14
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Feeder Cattle receipts
20 head
20 vs last sale 0 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
44 vs last sale 230 78 vs year ago 264 · 29.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
86 head
33 vs last sale 53 19 vs year ago 67 · +28.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Dairy bull calves traded 15.00 lower. Beef cross bull calves traded 10.00 to 50.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $218.21/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits 477.78 against this barn's trailing median of $695.99.
Average price
$218.21
8 head · 317 lb average
Value per head Derived
$691
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
39.06
vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2317218.216918thin
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 sale8 hd
218.21
NY average3 barns · 151 hd
257.28
−39.06
This barn, trailing median34 sales
695.99
−477.78
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
BullsAverage1,345124.441,6746thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,684106.221,78929
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,53695.921,47333
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,31584.331,10913
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,483150.502,2321thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,483135.642,0122thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,459138.592,0225thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,501179.902,7007thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,339172.332,3076thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,297163.302,1187thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,565178.072,7879thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,438170.492,45215
SteersSelectAverage1,460160.892,3497thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196381.49/cwt33
BullsNumber 294293.40/cwt13
BullsNumber 380245.72/cwt6
BullsUtility9886.67/cwt3
HeifersNumber 2102485.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 187335.03/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

49 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53695.92/cwt90.00–101.001,47333
CowsLean 85-90%1,31584.33/cwt79.00–89.001,10913
Bulls1,345124.44/cwt121.00–127.501,6746
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2322137.50/cwt137.50–137.504431
SteersMedium and Large 2248232.50/cwt232.50–232.505771
SteersMedium and Large 2265220.38/cwt200.00–240.005842
SteersMedium and Large 2326238.68/cwt237.50–240.007782
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross66350.00/cwt350.00–350.002311
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross88600.00/cwt600.00–600.005281
SteersChoice and Prime1,565178.07/cwt175.00–184.502,7879
SteersChoice1,438170.49/cwt166.00–174.002,45215
Dairy SteersSelect1,459138.59/cwt133.00–141.002,0225
HeifersChoice1,339172.33/cwt168.00–174.502,3076
Dairy HeifersChoice1,483150.50/cwt150.50–150.502,2321
HeifersSelect1,297163.30/cwt160.00–166.502,1187
Dairy HeifersSelect1,483135.64/cwt134.00–137.502,0122
HeifersChoice and Prime1,501179.90/cwt176.00–186.002,7007
SteersSelect1,460160.89/cwt157.00–165.002,3497
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,684106.22/cwt102.00–114.001,78929
HeifersMedium and Large 2319226.02/cwt220.00–240.007214
HeifersMedium and Large 2236208.31/cwt195.00–222.504922
HeifersMedium and Large 2511200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0221
HeifersMedium and Large 2276225.00/cwt225.00–225.006211
BullsMedium and Large 2518212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,1011
BullsNumber 1105368.90/cwt325.00–400.0038712
BullsUtility10060.00/cwt60.00–60.00601
BullsUtility97100.00/cwt100.00–100.00972
BullsNumber 294248.39/cwt225.00–295.002334
BullsNumber 2121310.00/cwt310.00–310.003751
BullsNumber 276305.00/cwt305.00–305.002321
BullsNumber 2100305.00/cwt305.00–305.003051
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross110500.00/cwt500.00–500.005501
BullsNumber 1113356.68/cwt325.00–375.004033
BullsNumber 376195.00/cwt195.00–195.001481
BullsNumber 394200.00/cwt200.00–200.001881
BullsNumber 282258.54/cwt235.00–280.002123
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross93470.00/cwt470.00–470.004371
HeifersNumber 191190.00/cwt190.00–190.001731
BullsNumber 194362.46/cwt325.00–415.003417
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross105475.00/cwt475.00–475.004991
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross71350.00/cwt350.00–350.002491
BullsNumber 2114250.00/cwt250.00–250.002851
HeifersNumber 187125.00/cwt125.00–125.001091
HeifersNumber 172150.00/cwt150.00–150.001081
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross93605.08/cwt600.00–610.005632
BullsNumber 184357.63/cwt340.00–400.003008
BullsNumber 385189.65/cwt180.00–200.001612
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross73546.99/cwt510.00–585.003992
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross85400.00/cwt400.00–400.003401

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.