Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2026-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $489.75/cwt on 450 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $489.75.

Average price

$489.75

450 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$35.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.26

vs CO average

+17.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	493.82	2,710	398
Medium and Large 1-2	543	458.62	2,490	52

One grade step is worth $35.21/cwt here — about $220 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale450 hd

489.75

—

CO average6 barns · 1,513 hd

480.50

+9.26

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+17.77

This barn, trailing median1 sales

489.75

+0.00

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

46 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	800–850	817	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,410	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,815	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,711	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,474	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	351.39/cwt	337.50–357.50	2,512	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	343.77/cwt	337.50–350.00	3,039	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	667.08/cwt	655.00–675.00	2,301	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	538.95/cwt	499.00–545.00	2,107	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	526.50/cwt	522.50–530.00	2,311	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	407.92/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,394	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,328	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	373.78/cwt	352.50–385.00	2,530	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	340.46/cwt	327.50–345.00	2,601	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	478.47/cwt	435.00–487.50	1,727	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,108	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,709	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	450.65/cwt	450.00–451.00	2,677	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	435.55/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,491	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	461.40/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,399	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	461.55/cwt	417.50–480.00	2,419	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	501.09/cwt	485.00–525.00	2,125	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,410	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	414.58/cwt	410.00–422.50	2,637	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	458.99/cwt	452.50–470.00	2,212	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	508.83/cwt	505.00–512.50	2,407	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	378.74/cwt	377.50–380.00	2,788	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,632	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,075	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,168	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,772	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	510.87/cwt	502.50–520.00	1,742	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	1,605	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	369.03/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,878	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	350.02/cwt	340.00–363.00	2,856	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	531.51/cwt	522.50–540.00	2,434	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	480.63/cwt	462.50–491.00	2,740	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	654.56/cwt	627.50–665.00	2,376	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	389.81/cwt	382.50–406.00	2,853	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	567.72/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,447	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	407.33/cwt	392.00–415.00	2,501	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	514.72/cwt	495.00–533.00	2,651	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	420.47/cwt	401.00–430.00	2,838	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,083	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	444.22/cwt	427.50–454.00	2,759	270
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	493.29/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,363	234

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 12, 2026

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

Receipts 3,316Last week 4,376Year ago 0

Trade activity and demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	278	577.50	577.50
19	300–350	341	502.50–520.00	510.87
94	350–400	391	499.00–545.00	538.95
48	400–450	439	522.50–530.00	526.50
234	450–500	479	480.00–510.00	493.29
106	500–550	520	455.00–470.00	461.40
157	550–600	572	420.00–460.00	435.55
232	600–650	614	392.00–415.00	407.33
183	650–700	677	352.50–385.00	373.78
29	700–750	715	337.50–357.50	351.39
45	750–800	764	327.50–345.00	340.46
5	800–850	817	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	361	435.00–487.50	478.47
5	400–450	443	425.00	425.00
31	450–500	482	452.50–470.00	458.99
14	500–550	502	420.00	420.00
66	550–600	587	400.00–415.00	407.92
6	700–750	732	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	268	550.00	550.00
8	350–400	364	470.00	470.00
22	400–450	422	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	345	655.00–675.00	667.08
18	350–400	363	627.50–665.00	654.56
96	400–450	431	550.00–590.00	567.72
46	450–500	458	522.50–540.00	531.51
154	500–550	515	495.00–533.00	514.72
244	550–600	570	462.50–491.00	480.63
270	600–650	621	427.50–454.00	444.22
285	650–700	675	401.00–430.00	420.47
182	700–750	732	382.50–406.00	389.81
68	750–800	780	360.00–390.00	369.03
36	800–850	816	340.00–363.00	350.02
10	850–900	884	337.50–350.00	343.77
6	900–950	937	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	379	547.50	547.50
31	400–450	424	485.00–525.00	501.09
17	450–500	473	505.00–512.50	508.83
38	500–550	524	417.50–480.00	461.55
14	550–600	594	450.00–451.00	450.65
39	600–650	636	410.00–422.50	414.58
15	650–700	699	387.50	387.50
12	700–750	736	377.50–380.00	378.74
9	750–800	752	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	417	425.00	425.00
6	450–500	486	446.00	446.00

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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