Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2024-11-27

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Nov 27
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
153 head
108 vs last sale 261 120 vs year ago 273 · 44.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
100 head
30 vs last sale 70 23 vs year ago 77 · +29.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers traded 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter heifers traded an average of 6.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cows traded 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Holstein bull calves traded 10.00 to 25.00 higher.

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
BullsAverage2,580134.003,4571thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,673106.001,7731thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38498.171,3596thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,41484.941,2014thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,357160.722,1813thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,769120.652,1346thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,351116.371,5727thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,39097.021,34825
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,405155.752,1882thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,271145.001,8431thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,441189.292,72824
HeifersChoiceAverage1,356182.452,47417
HeifersSelectAverage1,310171.432,2465thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,495191.472,86239
SteersChoiceAverage1,392179.602,5008thin
SteersSelectAverage1,359172.502,3442thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195657.85/cwt45
BullsNumber 294607.76/cwt17
BullsNumber 385332.25/cwt6
BullsUtility94100.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 284786.43/cwt8
HeifersNumber 187631.36/cwt10

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
Bulls2,580134.00/cwt134.00–134.003,4571
HeifersSelect1,310171.43/cwt167.00–175.002,2465
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38498.17/cwt94.00–104.001,3596
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,673106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,7731
CowsLean 85-90%1,41484.94/cwt80.00–90.001,2014
Dairy HeifersSelect1,271145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8431
Dairy Bulls1,357160.72/cwt159.00–163.002,1813
Dairy HeifersChoice1,405155.75/cwt152.50–159.002,1882
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,251125.83/cwt124.00–128.001,5742
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,391112.59/cwt110.00–116.001,5665
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,38389.45/cwt80.00–95.001,23711
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,769120.65/cwt115.00–128.002,1346
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,395102.96/cwt98.00–106.001,43614
HeifersChoice1,356182.45/cwt178.00–186.502,47417
HeifersChoice and Prime1,441189.29/cwt187.00–192.502,72824
SteersChoice and Prime1,495191.47/cwt187.50–197.002,86239
SteersSelect1,359172.50/cwt172.00–173.002,3442
SteersChoice1,392179.60/cwt176.00–186.502,5008
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80–9086879.15/cwt850.00–910.007565
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10094858.29/cwt830.00–920.008077
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross90–10097792.10/cwt745.00–835.007683
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross100–110104785.00/cwt785.00–785.008161
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross70–8077760.00/cwt760.00–760.005851
BullsUtility120–130125150.00/cwt150.00–150.001881
HeifersNumber 180–9085533.92/cwt490.00–560.004546
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90–10092857.54/cwt850.00–865.007892
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross100–110100790.00/cwt790.00–790.007901
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross90–10090800.00/cwt800.00–800.007201
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross70–8075772.27/cwt755.00–790.005792
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross80–9083789.23/cwt745.00–840.006554
HeifersNumber 190–10093460.00/cwt460.00–460.004281
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80–9083935.00/cwt935.00–935.007761
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross110–120116762.18/cwt725.00–800.008842
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110104853.44/cwt845.00–870.008883
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross70–8079905.00/cwt905.00–905.007151
BullsNumber 280–9087459.92/cwt450.00–470.004003
BullsNumber 390–10091280.00/cwt280.00–280.002551
BullsNumber 370–8072350.00/cwt350.00–350.002521
BullsNumber 270–8077440.00/cwt430.00–450.003392
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross80–9089845.00/cwt845.00–845.007521
BullsNumber 170–8079495.00/cwt495.00–495.003911
BullsNumber 180–9084538.31/cwt510.00–560.004525
BullsNumber 190–10093546.01/cwt500.00–575.0050810
BullsNumber 380–9087340.87/cwt300.00–410.002974
BullsNumber 290–10094413.30/cwt375.00–450.003892
BullsNumber 1110–120113534.97/cwt520.00–550.006054
BullsNumber 1100–110103549.74/cwt500.00–575.005669
BullsNumber 2100–110103477.46/cwt470.00–485.004922
BullsUtility60–706350.00/cwt50.00–50.00321

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.