Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2020-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Dairy steers under 300 lbs 2.00 higher, over 300lbs 6.00 lower. Dairy heifers too thinly tested to trend. The next available report will be Monday, January 4, 2021.

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1-2	—	765	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,071	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	587	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	675	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	652	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	652	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	357	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	486	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	281	139.29/cwt	139.00–140.00	391	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	460	120.83/cwt	120.00–123.00	556	18
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	894	37.50/cwt	37.50–37.50	335	7
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 4	—	357	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	111	11
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 4	—	518	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	161	3
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 4	—	346	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	125	13
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	933	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,003	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	470	153.04/cwt	150.50–156.50	719	45
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	330	157.25/cwt	156.00–157.50	519	39
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	434	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	499	9
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	954	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	596	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	448	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	587	2
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	384	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	202	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	451	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	566	19
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	327	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	476	23
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	376	129.08/cwt	124.00–131.00	485	21
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	286	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	460	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	668	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	471	9
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	359	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	551	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	645	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	484	22
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,189	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	981	22
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	981	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	697	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	466	100.44/cwt	99.00–110.00	468	30
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	525	95.93/cwt	93.00–105.50	504	51
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	334	145.32/cwt	140.00–147.00	485	15
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	488	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	361	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	619	76.16/cwt	75.50–77.00	471	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	719	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	467	12
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	410	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	320	11
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	263	96.69/cwt	93.00–100.00	254	64
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	346	94.57/cwt	90.00–100.00	327	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	577	81.53/cwt	79.00–85.00	470	50
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	519	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	415	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	283	108.02/cwt	104.00–113.00	306	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	516	86.94/cwt	82.00–90.00	449	22
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	392	65.21/cwt	53.00–67.00	256	43
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	318	64.30/cwt	60.00–65.00	204	29
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4Fleshy	—	580	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	406	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	598	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	425	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	317	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	403	82
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	895	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	627	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	427	96.32/cwt	93.00–98.00	411	161
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	375	107.65/cwt	104.00–110.00	404	64
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	358	112.89/cwt	111.00–119.00	404	308
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	932	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	685	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	572	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	521	21
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	689	71.91/cwt	71.50–72.00	495	21
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	532	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	356	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	245	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	233	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	803	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	522	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	624	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	524	18
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	855	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	620	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	764	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	565	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	705	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	532	26
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	508	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	620	3

How this sale compares

Colorado weighted averages

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Centennial Livestock Monthly Dairy Feeder Cattle Sale - Fort Collins, CO

Mon Dec 7, 2020

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Receipts 1,589Last week 1,677Year ago 743

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	894	37.50	37.50
4	—	384	52.50	52.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	357	31.00	31.00
3	—	518	31.00	31.00
13	—	346	36.00	36.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	933	107.50	107.50
45	—	470	150.50–156.50	153.04
39	—	330	156.00–157.50	157.25
13	—	286	161.00	161.00
14	—	359	153.50	153.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	954	62.50	62.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	131.00	131.00
19	—	451	125.50	125.50
21	—	376	124.00–131.00	129.08
15	—	334	140.00–147.00	145.32
3	—	508	122.00	122.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	525	93.00–105.50	95.93
82	—	317	127.00	127.00
308	—	358	111.00–119.00	112.89
21	—	572	91.00	91.00
18	—	624	84.00	84.00
15	—	764	74.00	74.00
26	—	705	75.50	75.50
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	74.00	74.00
11	—	410	78.00	78.00
64	—	263	93.00–100.00	96.69
13	—	346	90.00–100.00	94.57
6	—	519	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	619	75.50–77.00	76.16
12	—	719	65.00	65.00
50	—	577	79.00–85.00	81.53
13	—	283	104.00–113.00	108.02
22	—	516	82.00–90.00	86.94
4	—	895	70.00	70.00
161	—	427	93.00–98.00	96.32
64	—	375	104.00–110.00	107.65
21	—	689	71.50–72.00	71.91
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	580	70.00	70.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	115.00	115.00
3	—	652	100.00	100.00
8	—	357	136.00	136.00
14	—	281	139.00–140.00	139.29
18	—	460	120.00–123.00	120.83
23	—	327	145.50	145.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	434	115.00	115.00
22	—	1,189	82.50	82.50
30	—	466	99.00–110.00	100.44
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	668	70.50	70.50
22	—	645	75.00	75.00
4	—	981	71.00	71.00
9	—	932	73.50	73.50
4	—	245	95.00	95.00
10	—	803	65.00	65.00
3	—	855	72.50	72.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	392	53.00–67.00	65.21
29	—	318	60.00–65.00	64.30
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	598	71.00	71.00
6	—	532	67.00	67.00

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