Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2020-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity moderate on good demand for dairy steers under 500 lbs, trading sharply higher. Steers over 500 lbs too lightly tested to trend. Dairy heifers too lightly tested to trend. The next available report will be Monday, June 1, 2020.

Every lot, as filed

35 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	Large 2Fancy	—	450	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	716	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	469	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	553	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	321	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	387	17
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	534	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	310	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	555	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	327	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	445	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	347	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	375	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	304	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	473	118.84/cwt	117.00–122.00	562	42
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	430	122.95/cwt	120.00–125.50	529	107
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	328	123.38/cwt	122.00–125.00	405	126
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	717	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	538	5
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	325	140.90/cwt	139.00–142.50	458	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	754	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	505	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	289	100.91/cwt	100.00–102.00	292	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	460	94.37/cwt	92.50–95.00	434	21
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	228	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	283	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	527	94.67/cwt	94.00–95.00	499	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	385	119.67/cwt	117.00–120.50	461	46
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	339	102.71/cwt	99.00–110.00	348	35
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	664	75.42/cwt	75.00–75.50	501	62
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	681	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	395	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	369	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	365	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	429	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	438	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	640	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	512	2
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	283	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	198	6
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 4	—	488	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	220	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	525	77.86/cwt	77.50–78.00	409	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	611	70.36/cwt	70.00–70.50	430	26
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	579	74.57/cwt	71.00–77.50	432	34
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	463	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	150	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	426	58.89/cwt	57.00–60.00	251	21
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	416	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	545	5
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	557	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	635	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	451	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	564	10
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	361	135.28/cwt	135.00–136.00	488	29

How this sale compares

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As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	450	159.00	159.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	473	117.00–122.00	118.84
107	—	430	120.00–125.50	122.95
126	—	328	122.00–125.00	123.38
14	—	228	124.00	124.00
15	—	527	94.00–95.00	94.67
46	—	385	117.00–120.50	119.67
2	—	640	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	717	75.00	75.00
14	—	754	67.00	67.00
15	—	289	100.00–102.00	100.91
21	—	460	92.50–95.00	94.37
35	—	339	99.00–110.00	102.71
62	—	664	75.00–75.50	75.42
8	—	369	99.00	99.00
8	—	429	102.00	102.00
10	—	525	77.50–78.00	77.86
26	—	611	70.00–70.50	70.36
34	—	579	71.00–77.50	74.57
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	325	139.00–142.50	140.90
5	—	416	131.00	131.00
6	—	557	114.00	114.00
10	—	451	125.00	125.00
29	—	361	135.00–136.00	135.28
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	681	58.00	58.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	283	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	488	45.00	45.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	469	118.00	118.00
17	—	321	120.50	120.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	534	58.00	58.00
4	—	555	59.00	59.00
6	—	445	78.00	78.00
11	—	375	81.00	81.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	463	32.50	32.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	426	57.00–60.00	58.89

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