Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2026-07-01

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Jul 1
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Feeder Cattle receipts
14 head
14 vs last sale 0 4 vs year ago 18 · 22.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
27 vs last sale 212 5 vs year ago 190 · 2.6%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
87 head
16 vs last sale 71 0 vs year ago 87 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Holstein bull calves sold 30.00 to 50.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb bulls averaged $230.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$230.00
1 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,382
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
30.00
vs NY average

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 3601230.001,3821thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
230.00
NY average2 barns · 2 hd
260.00
−30.00
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
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,688233.003,9331thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,465219.003,2081thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,433186.792,6773thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,304175.012,2824thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,198139.571,6727thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,743174.393,03918
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,409160.722,26425
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,270132.651,68545
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,522225.003,4251thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,354241.263,2678thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,304232.683,0349thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,207223.072,6927thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,497246.213,68518
SteersChoiceHigh1,385234.983,25413
SteersSelectAverage1,341225.263,0214thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1961,340.04/cwt35
BullsNumber 2971,155.27/cwt17
BullsNumber 397450.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 1881,571.49/cwt11
HeifersNumber 2851,398.37/cwt7

Every lot, as filed

59 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
SteersChoice and Prime1,500248.51/cwt244.00–253.003,72811
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,687177.36/cwt174.00–182.002,9929
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,787187.69/cwt185.00–191.003,3543
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,804163.27/cwt159.00–169.002,9456
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,065184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,9601
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,503148.43/cwt140.00–156.002,23110
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,522225.00/cwt225.00–225.003,4251
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect1,465219.00/cwt219.00–219.003,2081
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,212119.83/cwt110.00–129.001,45214
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,320136.64/cwt130.00–144.001,80418
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,03899.73/cwt91.00–106.001,0353
SteersChoice1,655246.00/cwt246.00–246.004,0711
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,332153.30/cwt146.00–160.002,04210
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,366167.83/cwt161.00–176.002,29314
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,688233.00/cwt233.00–233.003,9331
SteersSelect1,341225.26/cwt222.00–230.003,0214
HeifersChoice1,304232.68/cwt230.00–238.003,0349
HeifersSelect1,207223.07/cwt217.00–227.002,6927
CowsLean 85-90%1,198139.57/cwt113.00–155.001,6727
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,433186.79/cwt183.00–195.002,6773
CowsBoner 80-85%1,304175.01/cwt169.00–182.002,2824
SteersMedium and Large 21000–10501,043200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,0861
Dairy HeifersLarge 31050–11001,075200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,1501
Dairy HeifersLarge 3600–650614194.51/cwt194.00–195.001,1942
HeifersMedium and Large 2950–1000950216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,0521
BullsLarge 3250–300255335.00/cwt335.00–335.008541
BullsLarge 3600–650601230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3821
BullsLarge 3450–500467218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,0181
BullsLarge 3350–400383250.00/cwt250.00–250.009581
SteersChoice1,359234.79/cwt231.00–238.003,19111
SteersChoice and Prime1,508237.42/cwt231.00–241.003,5805
SteersChoice1,396226.00/cwt226.00–226.003,1551
HeifersChoice and Prime1,354241.26/cwt233.00–247.003,2678
SteersChoice and Prime1,451255.53/cwt255.00–256.003,7082
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross110–1201181,490.00/cwt1,490.00–1,490.001,7581
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross120–1301201,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.001,5601
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross90–100961,456.45/cwt1,410.00–1,540.001,3983
BullsNumber 1110–1201131,106.49/cwt1,050.00–1,200.001,2506
BullsNumber 190–100931,253.86/cwt1,210.00–1,290.001,1665
BullsNumber 180–90851,256.95/cwt1,190.00–1,310.001,0688
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100–1101001,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90–100941,655.00/cwt1,640.00–1,670.001,5564
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80–90831,739.19/cwt1,700.00–1,770.001,4444
HeifersNumber 270–8071965.11/cwt950.00–980.006852
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–100971,690.00/cwt1,690.00–1,690.001,6392
HeifersNumber 180–90821,054.79/cwt1,020.00–1,090.008652
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross90–100931,484.97/cwt1,480.00–1,490.001,3812
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross70–80721,855.17/cwt1,830.00–1,880.001,3362
BullsNumber 390–10092300.00/cwt300.00–300.002761
BullsNumber 1100–1101031,176.25/cwt1,100.00–1,240.001,2127
BullsNumber 270–80751,061.74/cwt940.00–1,150.007964
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross110–1201131,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.001,6391
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross70–80781,719.23/cwt1,660.00–1,780.001,3412
BullsNumber 2100–1101041,020.84/cwt970.00–1,060.001,0624
BullsNumber 2120–130120930.00/cwt930.00–930.001,1161
BullsNumber 290–100961,073.30/cwt1,050.00–1,100.001,0303
BullsNumber 3100–110102600.00/cwt600.00–600.006121
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–1101021,665.37/cwt1,640.00–1,690.001,6992
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80–90871,760.92/cwt1,710.00–1,830.001,5323

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.