Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2021-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate. Centennial Livestock hosted their 2nd and final stock show special of the year. Feeder steers under 800 lbs traded 5.00 to 10.00 lower, and over 800 lbs steady. Feeder heifers across all weights traded 3.00 to 10.00 lower. The next available report will be Thursday, January 28, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.26/cwt on 760 head.

Average price

$149.26

760 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$25.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.63

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	150.73	965	581
Medium and Large 1-2	604	146.30	883	125
Medium and Large 2	547	143.29	783	45
Medium 1	681	125.72	856	9thin

One grade step is worth $25.01/cwt here — about $110 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 sale760 hd

149.26

—

CO average5 barns · 6,155 hd

151.89

−2.63

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

63 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
Bulls	Large 2-3	—	582	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	693	5
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	500	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	315	4
Bulls	Medium 1	—	597	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	710	3
Steers	Medium 1	—	735	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	871	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	637	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	838	5
Heifers	Medium 1	—	383	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	613	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	137.33/cwt	135.00–140.00	788	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	163.86/cwt	163.00–164.50	872	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	210.78/cwt	210.00–213.50	816	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	180.97/cwt	173.00–187.00	860	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	498	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	742	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,132	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,064	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	998	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	136.68/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,002	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	140.08/cwt	139.00–142.00	933	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	131.95/cwt	131.50–133.00	779	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	133.74/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,074	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	144.26/cwt	141.50–145.00	915	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	158.41/cwt	156.50–161.50	889	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	132.04/cwt	131.00–133.00	833	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	982	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	580	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	816	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	149.50/cwt	147.00–157.50	910	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	126.55/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,104	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	127.55/cwt	123.00–129.00	926	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	137.53/cwt	135.00–139.00	726	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	134.15/cwt	133.00–138.50	919	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	144.46/cwt	139.00–148.00	691	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,127	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	634	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	153.74/cwt	153.00–154.00	636	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	945	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	827	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	834	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	917	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	120.24/cwt	119.50–121.00	859	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	127.37/cwt	125.00–128.00	780	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	106.90/cwt	106.50–107.00	973	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	144.34/cwt	141.00–148.50	751	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	725	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	113.25/cwt	113.25–113.25	1,015	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	732	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	127.66/cwt	126.75–131.00	868	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	151.83/cwt	146.00–152.75	782	134
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	130.32/cwt	127.00–134.00	812	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	612	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	148.52/cwt	147.00–150.00	648	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,029	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,080	19
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	593	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	652	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	434	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	534	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	653	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	980	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	808	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	697	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	668	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	878	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	712	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	822	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	511	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	715	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	154.21/cwt	153.00–156.00	827	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	931	11

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

Thu Jan 21, 2021

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	582	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	597	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	139.00	139.00
5	—	834	110.00	110.00
3	—	760	118.00	118.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	500	63.00	63.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	735	118.50	118.50
5	—	637	131.50	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	532	163.00–164.50	163.86
29	—	387	210.00–213.50	210.78
84	—	475	173.00–187.00	180.97
7	—	1,132	94.00	94.00
7	—	762	131.00	131.00
97	—	733	135.00–137.00	136.68
141	—	666	139.00–142.00	140.08
52	—	803	130.00–135.00	133.74
60	—	561	156.50–161.50	158.41
31	—	609	147.00–157.50	149.50
9	—	872	126.00–127.00	126.55
4	—	909	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	634	141.50–145.00	144.26
16	—	559	146.00	146.00
19	—	685	133.00–138.50	134.15
4	—	756	125.00	125.00
7	—	384	190.50	190.50
32	—	536	153.00–156.00	154.21
11	—	711	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	520	141.00–148.50	144.34
11	—	442	164.00	164.00
17	—	623	127.00–134.00	130.32
4	—	598	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	653	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	668	131.50	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	511	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	383	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	574	135.00–140.00	137.33
31	—	498	149.00	149.00
46	—	631	131.00–133.00	132.04
5	—	815	120.50	120.50
54	—	726	123.00–129.00	127.55
7	—	396	160.00	160.00
25	—	414	153.00–154.00	153.74
52	—	680	126.75–131.00	127.66
134	—	515	146.00–152.75	151.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	590	131.50–133.00	131.95
6	—	346	167.50	167.50
25	—	528	135.00–139.00	137.53
53	—	478	139.00–148.00	144.46
6	—	714	119.50–121.00	120.24
33	—	612	125.00–128.00	127.37
25	—	910	106.50–107.00	106.90
17	—	896	113.25	113.25
8	—	392	156.00	156.00
11	—	436	147.00–150.00	148.52
19	—	1,029	105.00	105.00
4	—	685	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	141.00	141.00
3	—	732	113.00	113.00
10	—	688	117.50	117.50
4	—	549	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	593	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	434	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	712	115.50	115.50

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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