Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers sold 5.00 to 11.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 8.00 lower. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Low	1,557	237.00	3,690	1thin
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,560	226.95	3,540	3thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,677	225.83	3,786	9thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,507	213.05	3,211	5thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,949	191.10	3,725	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,681	152.93	2,570	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,116	147.73	1,649	3thin
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,670	193.00	3,223	1thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,640	148.07	2,428	20
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,469	136.64	2,007	23
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,277	116.13	1,484	57
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,566	201.00	3,148	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,522	192.52	2,930	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,552	218.48	3,391	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,484	206.68	3,067	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,459	193.46	2,823	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,453	242.26	3,519	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,396	234.86	3,279	22
Heifers	Select	Average	1,438	221.13	3,180	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	High	1,517	243.93	3,702	19
Steers	Choice	Low	1,419	232.55	3,299	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,335	220.28	2,941	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	92	1,174.05/cwt	49
Bulls	Number 2	92	1,058.69/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 1	84	1,554.01/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 2	83	991.95/cwt	6

Every lot, as filed

63 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,949	191.10/cwt	190.00–192.00	3,725	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	141.59/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,582	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,784	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,702	151.42/cwt	149.00–154.00	2,577	8
Bulls	Number 1	70–80	76	1,177.93/cwt	1,120.00–1,240.00	895	4
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	116	834.91/cwt	830.00–840.00	968	2
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	92	914.84/cwt	900.00–930.00	842	2
Bulls	Number 2	70–80	77	1,080.00/cwt	1,080.00–1,080.00	832	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	93	1,528.92/cwt	1,460.00–1,580.00	1,422	3
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	84	802.69/cwt	720.00–920.00	674	3
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	105	973.57/cwt	950.00–1,040.00	1,022	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	103	1,429.19/cwt	1,380.00–1,480.00	1,472	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	83	1,740.00/cwt	1,740.00–1,740.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	94	1,490.00/cwt	1,490.00–1,490.00	1,401	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	88	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,408	1
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	94	1,041.93/cwt	950.00–1,120.00	979	13
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	98	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	109	1,390.00/cwt	1,390.00–1,390.00	1,515	1
Heifers	Number 1	80–90	84	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	840	1
Heifers	Number 2	80–90	81	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	599	1
Heifers	Number 2	70–80	77	753.91/cwt	720.00–820.00	581	3
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	83	1,151.18/cwt	1,110.00–1,210.00	955	11
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	76	1,703.01/cwt	1,660.00–1,770.00	1,294	4
Bulls	Number 1	120–130	121	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	968	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	75	1,740.00/cwt	1,710.00–1,760.00	1,305	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	110	1,280.00/cwt	1,280.00–1,280.00	1,408	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	86	1,614.88/cwt	1,610.00–1,620.00	1,389	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	96	1,360.00/cwt	1,360.00–1,360.00	1,306	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	101	1,314.58/cwt	1,230.00–1,400.00	1,328	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,448	243.79/cwt	239.00–248.00	3,530	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,402	221.60/cwt	220.00–225.00	3,107	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,422	234.60/cwt	230.00–239.00	3,336	16
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,548	253.29/cwt	251.00–255.00	3,921	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,490	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,452	234.30/cwt	232.00–237.00	3,402	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	95.83/cwt	92.00–101.00	1,101	8
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	110.64/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,372	18
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,772	158.00/cwt	157.00–159.00	2,800	2
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	141.54/cwt	138.00–145.00	2,364	7
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,560	226.95/cwt	224.00–229.00	3,540	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,557	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	3,690	1
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,670	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	3,223	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,413	133.02/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,880	11
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,522	192.52/cwt	188.00–197.00	2,930	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,484	206.68/cwt	203.00–210.00	3,067	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,653	224.05/cwt	220.00–228.00	3,704	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,759	232.08/cwt	231.00–233.00	4,082	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,507	213.05/cwt	208.00–217.00	3,211	5
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,466	131.62/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,930	12
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,495	243.22/cwt	240.00–248.00	3,636	13
Steers	Select	—	1,335	220.28/cwt	215.00–224.00	2,941	9
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,472	141.62/cwt	137.00–145.00	2,085	10
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,596	150.42/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,401	11
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,288	119.90/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,544	20
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,566	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,148	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,481	253.01/cwt	252.00–254.00	3,747	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,438	221.13/cwt	217.00–225.00	3,180	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,552	218.48/cwt	217.00–220.00	3,391	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,459	193.46/cwt	189.00–196.00	2,823	3
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,480	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,176	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,584	237.67/cwt	237.00–238.00	3,765	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,398	235.42/cwt	230.00–239.00	3,291	21
Heifers	Choice	—	1,358	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	3,028	1

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.

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 274Last week 179Year ago 142

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 93Last week 71Year ago 106

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers sold 5.00 to 11.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 8.00 lower. Holstein bull calves sold steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,949	190.00–192.00	191.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,117	140.00–143.00	141.59
1	—	1,115	160.00	160.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,702	149.00–154.00	151.42
1	—	1,509	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,448	239.00–248.00	243.79
5	—	1,452	232.00–237.00	234.30
2	—	1,481	252.00–254.00	253.01
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,438	217.00–225.00	221.13
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,398	230.00–239.00	235.42
1	—	1,358	223.00	223.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,402	220.00–225.00	221.60
16	—	1,422	230.00–239.00	234.60
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,548	251.00–255.00	253.29
13	—	1,495	240.00–248.00	243.22
3	—	1,584	237.00–238.00	237.67
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,335	215.00–224.00	220.28
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,149	92.00–101.00	95.83
18	—	1,240	105.00–115.00	110.64
11	—	1,413	128.00–137.00	133.02
20	—	1,288	116.00–126.00	119.90
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,772	157.00–159.00	158.00
7	—	1,670	138.00–145.00	141.54
11	—	1,596	147.00–155.00	150.42
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,466	128.00–135.00	131.62
10	—	1,472	137.00–145.00	141.62
1	—	1,480	147.00	147.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,560	224.00–229.00	226.95
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,557	237.00	237.00
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	193.00	193.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,522	188.00–197.00	192.52
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,566	201.00	201.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,484	203.00–210.00	206.68
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,552	217.00–220.00	218.48
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,459	189.00–196.00	193.46
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,653	220.00–228.00	224.05
2	—	1,759	231.00–233.00	232.08
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,507	208.00–217.00	213.05

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	70–80	76	1,120.00–1,240.00	1,177.93
11	80–90	83	1,110.00–1,210.00	1,151.18
13	90–100	94	950.00–1,120.00	1,041.93
7	100–110	105	950.00–1,040.00	973.57
2	110–120	116	830.00–840.00	834.91
1	120–130	121	800.00	800.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	77	1,080.00	1,080.00
3	80–90	84	720.00–920.00	802.69
2	90–100	92	900.00–930.00	914.84
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	70–80	75	1,710.00–1,760.00	1,740.00
2	80–90	86	1,610.00–1,620.00	1,614.88
3	90–100	93	1,460.00–1,580.00	1,528.92
3	100–110	103	1,380.00–1,480.00	1,429.19
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	90–100	96	1,360.00	1,360.00
2	100–110	101	1,230.00–1,400.00	1,314.58
1	110–120	110	1,280.00	1,280.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	70–80	76	1,660.00–1,770.00	1,703.01
1	80–90	83	1,740.00	1,740.00
1	90–100	94	1,490.00	1,490.00
1	100–110	109	1,390.00	1,390.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	88	1,600.00	1,600.00
1	90–100	98	1,350.00	1,350.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	84	1,000.00	1,000.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	70–80	77	720.00–820.00	753.91
1	80–90	81	740.00	740.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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