Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2020-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Today's run consisted of 30-90 day weaned steers and heifers with 1-2 rounds of vaccinations. Feeder steers under 600 lbs traded mostly 1.00 to 7.00 lower and steers over 600 lbs mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs traded mostly 4.00 to 5.00 lower, 450-550 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher and over 550 lbs mostly 1.00 to 5.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. This concludes the 2020 Stock Show Specials for this market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.19/cwt on 673 head.

Average price

$147.19

673 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$830

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$23.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.78

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	151.19	854	464
Medium and Large 1-2	571	139.74	797	176
Medium 1	505	137.00	692	5thin
Medium 2	357	135.00	482	6thin
Medium and Large 2	569	127.91	728	22

One grade step is worth $23.28/cwt here — about $126 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale673 hd

147.19

—

CO average5 barns · 6,086 hd

144.40

+2.78

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

Every lot, as filed

47 lots · USDA AMS · Centennial Livestock Auction Stock Show Special - Fort Collins, CO

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 1Fancy	—	809	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,088	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	684	127.00/cwt	126.00–129.00	869	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	719	127.19/cwt	123.50–129.00	914	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	693	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	991	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	478	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	722	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	448	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	788	6
Heifers	Medium 1	—	505	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	692	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	357	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	684	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	124.51/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,028	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	133.22/cwt	132.50–133.50	955	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	137.76/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,006	13
Steers	Large 1-2	—	481	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	782	8
Steers	Medium 1	—	427	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	741	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	723	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	976	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	547	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,273	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	996	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	189.92/cwt	187.00–193.00	712	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	140.69/cwt	137.50–142.00	1,182	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	166.41/cwt	159.50–171.50	950	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	219.81/cwt	219.00–220.00	734	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	138.08/cwt	137.00–139.50	1,207	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	173.54/cwt	168.00–180.50	902	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	199.12/cwt	196.00–202.00	860	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	157.82/cwt	152.00–162.00	985	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	824	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	897	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	993	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	142.64/cwt	140.00–144.00	830	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	136.59/cwt	135.00–137.50	803	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	143.54/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,029	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	181.85/cwt	176.00–183.00	866	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	150.90/cwt	146.50–153.50	994	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	141.68/cwt	139.50–144.00	1,080	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	137.07/cwt	134.00–139.50	729	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,120	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	153.94/cwt	151.00–157.00	733	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	133.63/cwt	129.00–135.75	841	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	701	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	822	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	494	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	662	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	190.30/cwt	190.00–190.50	624	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	135.68/cwt	133.75–137.75	912	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	167.61/cwt	161.00–172.00	766	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	137.22/cwt	136.50–139.00	855	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	158.54/cwt	152.00–161.00	813	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	169.14/cwt	164.00–176.00	715	70

How this sale compares

Colorado weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Colorado auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Centennial Livestock Auction Stock Show Special - Fort Collins, CO

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	809	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	684	126.00–129.00	127.00
15	—	719	123.50–129.00	127.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	478	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	505	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	357	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	380	180.00	180.00
10	—	826	124.00–125.00	124.51
26	—	717	132.50–133.50	133.22
46	—	582	140.00–144.00	142.64
5	—	903	124.00	124.00
27	—	328	190.00–190.50	190.30
27	—	672	133.75–137.75	135.68
49	—	457	161.00–172.00	167.61
58	—	623	136.50–139.00	137.22
63	—	513	152.00–161.00	158.54
70	—	423	164.00–176.00	169.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	588	135.00–137.50	136.59
21	—	532	134.00–139.50	137.07
44	—	476	151.00–157.00	153.94
74	—	629	129.00–135.75	133.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	701	117.25	117.25
14	—	494	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	693	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	730	135.00–140.00	137.76
15	—	687	145.00	145.00
20	—	375	187.00–193.00	189.92
5	—	436	189.00	189.00
7	—	596	150.50	150.50
7	—	764	130.00	130.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	481	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	427	173.50	173.50
5	—	723	135.00	135.00
6	—	547	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	943	135.00	135.00
53	—	840	137.50–142.00	140.69
74	—	571	159.50–171.50	166.41
11	—	334	219.00–220.00	219.81
21	—	874	137.00–139.50	138.08
40	—	520	168.00–180.50	173.54
41	—	432	196.00–202.00	199.12
80	—	624	152.00–162.00	157.82
22	—	717	142.00–147.00	143.54
23	—	476	176.00–183.00	181.85
23	—	659	146.50–153.50	150.90
26	—	762	139.50–144.00	141.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	448	176.00	176.00

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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