Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2024-09-25

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Sep 25
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
244 head
61 vs last sale 183 244 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
65 head
14 vs last sale 79 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers sold 3.00 to 6.50 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 9.00 to 9.50 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Holstein bull calves sold steady.

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
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,606161.492,5944thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,596171.002,7292thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,447161.682,3405thin
BullsAverage1,701152.742,5984thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,572123.011,9339thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,277115.341,47316
Dairy BullsAverage1,877146.992,7592thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,712125.742,15324
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,479120.071,77516
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,294102.791,33144
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,236165.372,0446thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,255152.211,9105thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,558170.412,6553thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,021154.001,5722thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,328180.352,39513
HeifersChoiceAverage1,355164.912,2353thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,465147.172,1562thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,424183.012,60622
SteersChoiceAverage1,427171.462,44711
SteersSelectAverage1,402152.772,1425thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195509.21/cwt31
BullsNumber 288444.90/cwt13
BullsNumber 386246.57/cwt3
BullsUtility7963.23/cwt6
HeifersNumber 279630.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 184596.67/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Bulls1,701152.74/cwt135.00–170.002,5984
CowsBoner 80-85%1,277115.34/cwt109.00–119.001,47316
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,523123.64/cwt120.00–130.001,8838
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,961118.00/cwt118.00–118.002,3141
HeifersSelect1,465147.17/cwt138.00–155.002,1562
HeifersChoice and Prime1,328180.35/cwt175.00–188.002,39513
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect1,447161.68/cwt159.00–165.002,3405
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,596171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,7292
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect1,606161.49/cwt157.50–165.002,5944
Dairy Bulls1,877146.99/cwt144.00–150.002,7592
Dairy SteersChoice1,558170.41/cwt169.00–173.002,6553
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,530117.14/cwt113.00–123.001,79214
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,118140.58/cwt136.00–144.001,5722
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,712125.74/cwt121.00–130.002,15324
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,338108.17/cwt101.00–112.001,44729
HeifersChoice1,355164.91/cwt161.00–169.002,2353
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,21092.40/cwt82.00–100.001,11815
SteersChoice and Prime1,424183.01/cwt178.00–189.002,60622
SteersSelect1,402152.77/cwt145.00–161.002,1425
SteersChoice1,427171.46/cwt167.00–176.002,44711
Dairy HeifersSelect1,255152.21/cwt143.00–158.001,9105
Dairy HeifersChoice1,236165.37/cwt160.00–174.002,0446
Dairy SteersSelect1,021154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,5722
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110103764.27/cwt735.00–795.007872
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10098787.77/cwt770.00–805.007722
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110–120114720.00/cwt720.00–720.008211
BullsNumber 2100–110104350.00/cwt350.00–350.003641
BullsNumber 280–9083360.52/cwt310.00–400.002996
BullsUtility100–110104100.00/cwt100.00–100.001041
BullsUtility80–908275.00/cwt50.00–100.00622
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross70–8073630.00/cwt630.00–630.004601
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross80–9084630.00/cwt630.00–630.005291
HeifersNumber 180–9082305.00/cwt305.00–305.002501
BullsNumber 270–8075400.00/cwt400.00–400.003001
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90–10091725.00/cwt725.00–725.006601
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross80–9088695.00/cwt695.00–695.006121
BullsUtility70–807650.00/cwt50.00–50.00381
BullsUtility60–706639.70/cwt30.00–50.00262
BullsNumber 180–9086454.59/cwt420.00–485.003918
BullsNumber 380–9084219.85/cwt215.00–225.001852
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80–9080760.00/cwt760.00–760.006081
BullsNumber 390–10090300.00/cwt300.00–300.002701
BullsNumber 1100–110103462.70/cwt430.00–485.004775
BullsNumber 290–10097387.82/cwt375.00–400.003762
BullsNumber 190–10094461.78/cwt400.00–500.0043412
BullsNumber 1110–120112470.00/cwt470.00–470.005261
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross90–10095700.00/cwt700.00–700.006652

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.