Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2024-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The first Stock Show Special had a good to moderate turn out of buyers and the quality of cattle was mostly preconditioned and weaned.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $270.66/cwt on 2,107 head.

Average price

$270.66

2,107 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$629

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

$28.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.68

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	644	277.71	1,788	1,500
Medium and Large 2	560	260.18	1,457	119
Large 1	694	251.82	1,748	75
Medium and Large 1-2	678	251.54	1,706	399
Medium 1-2	465	249.29	1,158	14thin

One grade step is worth $28.43/cwt here — about $629 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 sale2,107 hd

270.66

—

CO average4 barns · 3,406 hd

277.34

−6.68

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

66 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 1-2	—	786	208.23/cwt	202.00–212.00	1,637	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	948	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	280.12/cwt	271.00–284.00	1,468	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	250.72/cwt	244.00–258.00	1,447	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	206.46/cwt	203.00–208.00	1,526	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	502	243.23/cwt	237.50–247.50	1,221	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,373	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,026	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	241.47/cwt	225.00–256.00	1,166	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	269.92/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,298	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	264.07/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,371	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	219.50/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,477	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,167	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	240.36/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,500	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	215.69/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,585	70
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	483	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,244	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	899	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,663	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	281.42/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,151	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	295.89/cwt	295.00–296.00	1,435	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	265.92/cwt	262.00–273.00	1,545	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	229.84/cwt	223.00–238.00	1,549	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	316.44/cwt	314.00–332.00	1,206	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	294.60/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,276	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	223.09/cwt	219.00–227.00	1,722	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	211.68/cwt	211.00–212.50	1,556	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	319.63/cwt	313.00–325.00	1,649	150
Steers	Large 1	—	717	244.07/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,750	63
Steers	Large 1	—	575	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,682	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	608	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,781	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	251.35/cwt	248.00–259.00	1,573	103
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	203.99/cwt	201.00–205.00	1,591	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	391	306.53/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,199	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	288.49/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,538	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	242.89/cwt	236.00–247.00	1,751	169
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,218	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,570	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	214.73/cwt	214.00–218.00	1,778	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,462	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	256	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	934	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	268.30/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,417	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	275.62/cwt	243.00–302.50	1,331	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	220.05/cwt	219.50–225.50	1,730	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	256.24/cwt	249.00–260.00	1,701	95
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	474	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,232	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	286.08/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,671	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	265.00/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,662	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	231.78/cwt	229.00–238.00	1,782	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	222.21/cwt	221.00–231.00	1,858	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,639	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	312.99/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,496	36
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	448	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,030	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,669	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	391.46/cwt	388.00–400.00	1,527	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,905	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	374.32/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,595	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	303.38/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,744	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	280.54/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,748	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	266.48/cwt	263.00–274.00	1,777	216
Heifers	Large 1	—	677	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,523	49
Heifers	Large 1	—	573	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,473	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,397	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,411	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,498	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	724	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,542	4

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

Mon Jan 8, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Receipts 3,671Last week 6,136Year ago 6,136

The first Stock Show Special had a good to moderate turn out of buyers and the quality of cattle was mostly preconditioned and weaned.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	786	202.00–212.00	208.23
76	—	577	244.00–258.00	250.72
16	—	739	203.00–208.00	206.46
40	—	481	265.00–275.00	269.92
21	—	519	260.00–269.00	264.07
12	—	673	219.00–220.00	219.50
8	—	389	300.00	300.00
202	—	624	237.00–244.00	240.36
7	—	899	185.00	185.00
54	—	409	270.00–283.00	281.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	285	332.50	332.50
211	—	524	271.00–284.00	280.12
70	—	735	215.00–222.00	215.69
87	—	485	295.00–296.00	295.89
72	—	581	262.00–273.00	265.92
44	—	674	223.00–238.00	229.84
37	—	381	314.00–332.00	316.44
28	—	433	290.00–305.00	294.60
10	—	772	219.00–227.00	223.09
103	—	626	248.00–259.00	251.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	502	237.50–247.50	243.23
11	—	578	237.50	237.50
8	—	387	265.00	265.00
28	—	483	225.00–256.00	241.47
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	483	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	677	225.00	225.00
15	—	573	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	735	211.00–212.50	211.68
20	—	780	201.00–205.00	203.99
16	—	391	290.00–310.00	306.53
3	—	435	280.00	280.00
9	—	598	262.50	262.50
2	—	325	340.00	340.00
30	—	528	260.00–277.50	268.30
28	—	483	243.00–302.50	275.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	516	313.00–325.00	319.63
169	—	721	236.00–247.00	242.89
2	—	1,005	204.00	204.00
208	—	769	229.00–238.00	231.78
85	—	836	221.00–231.00	222.21
4	—	470	355.00	355.00
60	—	390	388.00–400.00	391.46
11	—	862	221.00	221.00
11	—	426	370.00–395.00	374.32
266	—	575	295.00–307.00	303.38
226	—	623	275.00–288.00	280.54
216	—	667	263.00–274.00	266.48
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	717	230.00–247.00	244.07
12	—	575	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	608	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	533	285.00–300.00	288.49
11	—	828	214.00–218.00	214.73
8	—	395	370.00	370.00
7	—	256	365.00	365.00
150	—	786	219.50–225.50	220.05
95	—	664	249.00–260.00	256.24
19	—	584	270.00–292.50	286.08
14	—	627	260.00–270.00	265.00
38	—	719	228.00	228.00
36	—	478	305.00–320.00	312.99
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	474	260.00	260.00
5	—	448	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	745	187.50	187.50
5	—	775	182.00	182.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	560	267.50	267.50
4	—	724	213.00	213.00

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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