Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month's sale 300-400lb feeder steers sold 65.00 to 95.00 lower. 500-600lb feeder steers sold 34.00 to 55.00 lower. 400-500lb feeder heifers sold 39.00 to 51.00 lower. 500-600lb feeder heifers sold 52.00 to 71.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.59/cwt on 26 head, down $42.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −53.40 against this barn's trailing median of $365.99.

Average price

$312.59

▼ 42.98 vs prior sale

26 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$316

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$76.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NY average

−18.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	344.78	1,799	15thin
Medium and Large 2	552	268.71	1,483	11thin

One grade step is worth $76.07/cwt here — about $316 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $423.86, low $312.59, median $365.99 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale26 hd

312.59

—

NY average1 barns · 26 hd

312.59

+0.00

National average157 barns · 5,611 hd

331.52

−18.93

This barn, trailing median12 sales

365.99

−53.40

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,417	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	978	$1,559	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,312	$1,535	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	967	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

72 lots · USDA AMS · Canandaigua Stockyards Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale - 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	274.31/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,457	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,191	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	701	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	357.15/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,171	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	279.36/cwt	260.00–290.00	2,051	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	367.59/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,698	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	315.95/cwt	307.50–330.00	2,126	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	994	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	294.89/cwt	275.00–327.50	1,819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	339.07/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,946	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	389.25/cwt	375.00–422.50	1,503	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	355.23/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,922	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	275.77/cwt	262.50–277.50	2,236	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	246.20/cwt	246.00–247.50	2,191	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	951	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,164	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	826	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,859	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	234.14/cwt	225.00–260.00	1,484	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	264.34/cwt	227.50–305.00	1,552	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	729	233.13/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,700	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,142	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	328.53/cwt	300.00–355.00	1,229	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	282	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	216	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	263.46/cwt	247.50–267.50	1,283	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	896	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,025	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	309.82/cwt	302.50–317.50	1,456	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	271	306.62/cwt	300.00–320.00	831	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	228	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	741	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	832	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,872	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,464	132.37/cwt	125.00–138.00	1,938	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,121	108.35/cwt	102.00–115.00	1,215	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,312	1,535.25/head	1,375.00–1,775.00	1,535	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,417	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	1,559.19/head	1,125.00–2,200.00	1,559	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,495	179.98/cwt	168.00–202.50	2,691	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,034	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	301.59/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,779	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	397.22/cwt	360.00–407.50	1,664	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	293.15/cwt	282.50–297.50	1,788	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	283.40/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,927	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	430.36/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,209	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	217	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,063	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	261	459.44/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,199	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,981	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	292.45/cwt	282.50–302.50	2,152	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	414.86/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,552	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	348.20/cwt	315.00–385.00	1,793	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	285.22/cwt	260.00–322.50	1,783	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	352.40/cwt	320.00–395.00	1,716	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	365.99/cwt	320.00–387.50	1,559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	342.19/cwt	300.00–385.00	924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,018	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,214	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	279.93/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	322.54/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	440.89/cwt	410.00–455.00	1,451	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	228	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	261.98/cwt	252.50–275.00	1,512	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,059	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,224	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	353.55/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,368	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	241.83/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,649	8

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.

New York feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Canandaigua Stockyards Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale - Canandaigua, NY

Sat Sep 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 358Last week 502Year ago 757

Replacement CattleReceipts 44Last week 102Year ago 114

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	228	325.00	325.00
4	250–300	270	300.00–385.00	342.19
2	300–350	328	350.00–365.00	357.15
10	350–400	387	347.50–360.00	353.55
2	400–450	438	315.00	315.00
3	450–500	493	275.00–290.00	279.93
6	500–550	531	250.00–300.00	274.31
5	550–600	577	252.50–275.00	261.98
8	650–700	682	230.00–245.00	241.83
1	700–750	701	262.50	262.50
2	750–800	750	240.00	240.00
2	1000–1050	1,018	217.50	217.50
2	1050–1100	1,059	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	281	400.00–445.00	430.36
12	300–350	329	410.00–455.00	440.89
18	350–400	374	380.00–430.00	414.86
3	400–450	426	320.00–387.50	365.99
8	450–500	487	320.00–395.00	352.40
13	500–550	515	315.00–385.00	348.20
2	550–600	566	320.00–325.00	322.54
12	600–650	625	260.00–322.50	285.22
2	650–700	680	255.00	255.00
2	700–750	736	282.50–302.50	292.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	277	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	329	435.00	435.00
13	350–400	386	375.00–422.50	389.25
2	400–450	433	397.50	397.50
6	450–500	462	335.00–385.00	367.59
17	500–550	541	350.00–375.00	355.23
6	550–600	574	320.00–360.00	339.07
3	600–650	617	275.00–327.50	294.89
5	650–700	673	307.50–330.00	315.95
4	700–750	734	260.00–290.00	279.36
9	800–850	811	262.50–277.50	275.77
7	850–900	890	246.00–247.50	246.20
1	900–950	927	242.50	242.50
3	950–1000	994	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	216	350.00	350.00
1	250–300	282	355.00	355.00
2	350–400	374	300.00–355.00	328.53
5	450–500	487	247.50–267.50	263.46
3	500–550	502	227.50	227.50
5	550–600	587	227.50–305.00	264.34
7	600–650	634	225.00–260.00	234.14
4	700–750	729	230.00–237.50	233.13
1	750–800	752	230.00	230.00
2	800–850	826	225.00	225.00
3	950–1000	951	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	228	325.00	325.00
3	250–300	271	300.00–320.00	306.62
1	300–350	343	250.00	250.00
3	450–500	470	302.50–317.50	309.82
1	800–850	832	225.00	225.00
5	850–900	896	226.00	226.00
7	900–950	935	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	217	490.00	490.00
5	250–300	261	455.00–475.00	459.44
1	300–350	327	440.00	440.00
1	350–400	356	435.00	435.00
8	400–450	419	360.00–407.50	397.22
2	500–550	548	315.00	315.00
9	550–600	590	297.50–315.00	301.59
7	600–650	610	282.50–297.50	293.15
3	650–700	680	280.00–290.00	283.40
1	800–850	817	242.50	242.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,464	125.00–138.00	132.37
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,121	102.00–115.00	108.35
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	967	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,312	1,375.00–1,775.00	1,535.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,417	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	978	1,125.00–2,200.00	1,559.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	7	—	1,495	168.00–202.50	179.98

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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