Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2020-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand moderate. Dairy steers under 700 lbs traded mostly 1.00 to 7.00 lower and over 700 lbs traded sharply lower. Dairy heifers were too lightly tested to trend. The next available report will be Monday, May 4, 2020.

Every lot, as filed

52 lots · USDA AMS · Centennial Livestock Monthly Dairy Feeder Cattle Sale - 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
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	664	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	286	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	248	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	250	23
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	680	66.16/cwt	60.00–68.00	450	22
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	487	65.00/cwt	63.00–67.50	317	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	769	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	461	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	375	88.46/cwt	87.50–90.00	332	9
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	426	69.83/cwt	67.50–72.00	297	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	338	104.14/cwt	97.00–107.00	352	93
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	422	98.60/cwt	92.50–101.50	416	92
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	729	61.54/cwt	60.00–62.00	449	44
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	824	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	507	39
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	932	58.14/cwt	58.00–59.00	542	34
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	520	76.54/cwt	74.00–80.00	398	23
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	259	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	265	27
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	547	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	459	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	334	89.11/cwt	85.00–91.00	298	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	273	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	246	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	975	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	770	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	439	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	439	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	382	101.83/cwt	99.00–104.00	389	42
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	645	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	277	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	240	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	162	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	614	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	510	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	740	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	400	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	533	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	565	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	382	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	392	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	466	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	571	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	839	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	461	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	315	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	165	4
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 4	—	498	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	204	20
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	367	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	193	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	440	60.51/cwt	52.50–65.00	266	11
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	522	38.13/cwt	37.00–39.00	199	23
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	481	92.53/cwt	90.00–95.00	445	30
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	223	115.53/cwt	107.50–119.00	258	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	982	60.45/cwt	60.00–62.00	594	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	715	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	472	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	388	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	411	20
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	428	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	193	14
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	384	53.15/cwt	47.50–55.00	204	12
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	642	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	225	3
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	584	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	356	16
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 4	—	557	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	167	5
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 4	—	324	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	152	5
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	371	74.89/cwt	72.50–77.50	278	10
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	283	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	205	7
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	590	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	289	18
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	740	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	377	4
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	669	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	388	4
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	287	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	172	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	634	69.80/cwt	65.00–72.00	443	39
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	574	72.18/cwt	71.00–73.00	414	27

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	664	43.00	43.00
23	—	522	37.00–39.00	38.13
14	—	428	45.00	45.00
12	—	384	47.50–55.00	53.15
3	—	642	35.00	35.00
18	—	590	49.00	49.00
15	—	287	60.00	60.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	248	101.00	101.00
22	—	680	60.00–68.00	66.16
12	—	769	60.00	60.00
9	—	375	87.50–90.00	88.46
44	—	729	60.00–62.00	61.54
23	—	520	74.00–80.00	76.54
15	—	334	85.00–91.00	89.11
4	—	273	90.00	90.00
39	—	634	65.00–72.00	69.80
27	—	574	71.00–73.00	72.18
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	487	63.00–67.50	65.00
6	—	426	67.50–72.00	69.83
16	—	584	61.00	61.00
10	—	371	72.50–77.50	74.89
7	—	283	72.50	72.50
4	—	740	51.00	51.00
4	—	669	58.00	58.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	338	97.00–107.00	104.14
92	—	422	92.50–101.50	98.60
39	—	824	61.50	61.50
34	—	932	58.00–59.00	58.14
27	—	259	102.50	102.50
11	—	547	84.00	84.00
42	—	382	99.00–104.00	101.83
30	—	481	90.00–95.00	92.53
11	—	223	107.50–119.00	115.53
9	—	982	60.00–62.00	60.45
2	—	715	66.00	66.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	975	79.00	79.00
2	—	439	100.00	100.00
20	—	388	106.00	106.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	122.50	122.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	557	30.00	30.00
5	—	324	47.00	47.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	43.00	43.00
2	—	240	67.50	67.50
4	—	839	55.00	55.00
4	—	315	52.50	52.50
11	—	440	52.50–65.00	60.51
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	614	83.00	83.00
3	—	740	54.00	54.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	106.00	106.00
3	—	382	102.50	102.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	498	41.00	41.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	367	52.50	52.50

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