Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows sold steady. Holstein bull calves sold 120.00 to 140.00 higher. Supply of cattle was light due to the holiday.

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,358	152.01	2,064	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,556	149.86	2,332	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,147	126.00	1,445	1thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,677	146.58	2,458	7thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,443	140.73	2,030	8thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,314	113.16	1,487	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,322	214.19	2,832	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,563	205.00	3,204	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,536	221.02	3,395	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,564	213.76	3,343	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	1,272.88/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 2	85	1,086.67/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 3	82	403.61/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	81	1,666.39/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,507	136.96/cwt	136.00–138.00	2,064	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	162.04/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,038	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	152.32/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,302	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,738	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,433	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,445	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,322	214.19/cwt	213.00–215.00	2,832	5
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,399	1
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,646	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,222	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,333	105.78/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,410	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	113.61/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,409	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,383	121.82/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,685	4
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,713	146.81/cwt	144.00–150.00	2,515	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,563	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,204	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,564	213.76/cwt	210.00–217.00	3,343	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,495	222.02/cwt	219.00–227.00	3,319	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,700	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	3,689	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,531	131.88/cwt	127.00–137.00	2,019	5
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	155.48/cwt	152.00–159.00	2,013	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	92	1,530.00/cwt	1,530.00–1,530.00	1,408	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	110–120	115	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,438	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	107	1,320.14/cwt	1,290.00–1,350.00	1,413	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	96	1,390.00/cwt	1,390.00–1,390.00	1,334	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	83	1,620.00/cwt	1,620.00–1,620.00	1,345	1
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	101	1,140.40/cwt	1,100.00–1,180.00	1,152	2
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	100	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bulls	Number 2	70–80	76	1,080.00/cwt	960.00–1,200.00	821	2
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	82	1,060.00/cwt	920.00–1,200.00	869	2
Bulls	Number 3	60–70	65	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	332	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	85	1,650.00/cwt	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	79	1,674.59/cwt	1,610.00–1,740.00	1,323	2
Bulls	Number 3	70–80	71	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	320	1
Bulls	Number 3	100–110	101	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	404	1
Bulls	Number 3	80–90	85	366.31/cwt	300.00–450.00	311	4
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	84	1,325.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,113	2
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	94	1,250.82/cwt	1,200.00–1,290.00	1,176	3
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	113	1,123.24/cwt	1,110.00–1,140.00	1,269	3

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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Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Tue Dec 23, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Albany, NY (LS-KT)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 209Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 51Last week 73Year ago 0

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows sold steady. Holstein bull calves sold 120.00 to 140.00 higher. Supply of cattle was light due to the holiday.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,507	136.00–138.00	136.96
3	—	1,258	160.00–165.00	162.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,511	150.00–155.00	152.32
1	—	1,738	140.00	140.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,147	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,322	213.00–215.00	214.19
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,563	205.00	205.00
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,528	157.00	157.00
1	—	1,646	135.00	135.00
5	—	1,713	144.00–150.00	146.81
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,333	105.00–107.00	105.78
5	—	1,240	110.00–117.00	113.61
4	—	1,383	119.00–124.00	121.82
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,531	127.00–137.00	131.88
3	—	1,295	152.00–159.00	155.48
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,564	210.00–217.00	213.76
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,495	219.00–227.00	222.02
1	—	1,700	217.00	217.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	83	1,620.00	1,620.00
1	90–100	92	1,530.00	1,530.00
2	100–110	107	1,290.00–1,350.00	1,320.14
1	110–120	115	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	90–100	96	1,390.00	1,390.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	80–90	84	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,325.00
3	90–100	94	1,200.00–1,290.00	1,250.82
2	100–110	101	1,100.00–1,180.00	1,140.40
3	110–120	113	1,110.00–1,140.00	1,123.24
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	76	960.00–1,200.00	1,080.00
2	80–90	82	920.00–1,200.00	1,060.00
1	100–110	100	850.00	850.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	60–70	65	510.00	510.00
1	70–80	71	450.00	450.00
4	80–90	85	300.00–450.00	366.31
1	100–110	101	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	79	1,610.00–1,740.00	1,674.59
1	80–90	85	1,650.00	1,650.00

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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Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Slaughter cattle

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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