Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2021-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand were good. Dairy steers under 500 lbs sold 4.00 to 9.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold sharply higher, and over 600 lb sold 8.00 to 13.00 higher. Dairy heifers were too thinly tested to trend, but sharply higher undertones noted. The next available report will be Monday, May 3, 2021.

Every lot, as filed

74 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 Heifers	Large 3	—	344	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	378	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,224	87.24/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,068	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	860	89.41/cwt	88.50–90.75	769	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	471	129.13/cwt	121.00–133.50	608	44
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	565	111.17/cwt	111.00–114.00	628	35
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	355	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	536	17
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	694	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	822	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,140	87.65/cwt	86.50–88.00	999	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,047	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	942	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	528	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	623	36
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	975	88.72/cwt	88.00–89.50	865	19
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	323	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	443	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	389	169.53/cwt	165.00–171.50	659	32
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	447	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	691	21
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	736	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	865	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,218	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,084	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	524	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	645	17
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	257	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	473	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	602	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	865	51
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 4	—	875	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	455	4
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	581	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	639	20
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	590	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	708	27
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	433	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	563	17
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	467	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	579	5
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	346	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	393	31
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 4	—	352	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	253	12
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 4	—	531	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	414	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	364	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	524	7
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	488	142.75/cwt	142.00–146.00	697	16
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	325	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	393	18
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	394	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	500	32
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	294	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	429	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	451	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	677	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	190	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	295	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2Fancy	—	456	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	782	17
Dairy Steers	Large 1-2	—	486	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	795	9
Dairy Steers	Large 1-2	—	565	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	850	11
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	476	94.83/cwt	91.00–100.00	451	18
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	332	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	236	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	518	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	539	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	560	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	566	15
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	436	97.23/cwt	92.00–99.00	424	11
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	239	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	280	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	336	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	403	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	251	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	314	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	651	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	573	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	240	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	295	6
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	588	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	517	5
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	393	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	393	19
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	479	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	340	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	298	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	224	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	658	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	500	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	621	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	540	35
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	414	108.93/cwt	101.00–113.00	451	50
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	323	105.56/cwt	105.00–111.00	341	31
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	392	128.40/cwt	123.00–132.00	503	85
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	684	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	609	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	903	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	799	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	353	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	265	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	709	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	532	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	464	112.23/cwt	107.00–115.00	521	34
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	263	131.13/cwt	130.00–133.00	345	23
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	926	88.15/cwt	87.00–91.00	816	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	328	125.15/cwt	122.00–125.50	410	374
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,055	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	886	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	385	110.67/cwt	110.00–114.00	426	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	670	92.24/cwt	90.00–99.00	618	23
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	188	124.46/cwt	123.00–132.50	234	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	219	131.45/cwt	125.00–135.00	288	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	811	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	714	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	605	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	581	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	510	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	377	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	415	125.83/cwt	116.00–129.00	522	29
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	833	84.43/cwt	83.50–86.50	703	13

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.

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

Mon Apr 5, 2021

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

Receipts 1,806Last week 1,900Year ago 959

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	344	110.00	110.00
12	—	1,224	85.00–88.00	87.24
13	—	1,140	86.50–88.00	87.65
13	—	1,047	90.00	90.00
19	—	975	88.00–89.50	88.72
10	—	684	89.00	89.00
3	—	903	88.50	88.50
13	—	833	83.50–86.50	84.43
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	137.00	137.00
27	—	590	120.00	120.00
17	—	433	130.00	130.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	447	154.50	154.50
8	—	736	117.50	117.50
7	—	364	144.00	144.00
9	—	294	146.00	146.00
5	—	451	150.00	150.00
3	—	190	155.00	155.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	875	52.00	52.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	124.00	124.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	346	113.50	113.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	332	71.00	71.00
8	—	709	75.00	75.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	479	71.00	71.00
10	—	298	75.00	75.00
2	—	658	76.00	76.00
9	—	353	75.00	75.00
3	—	510	74.00	74.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	860	88.50–90.75	89.41
44	—	471	121.00–133.50	129.13
35	—	565	111.00–114.00	111.17
36	—	528	118.00	118.00
2	—	1,218	89.00	89.00
85	—	392	123.00–132.00	128.40
23	—	263	130.00–133.00	131.13
19	—	926	87.00–91.00	88.15
374	—	328	122.00–125.50	125.15
6	—	1,055	84.00	84.00
23	—	670	90.00–99.00	92.24
18	—	188	123.00–132.50	124.46
14	—	219	125.00–135.00	131.45
5	—	811	88.00	88.00
3	—	605	96.00	96.00
29	—	415	116.00–129.00	125.83
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	355	151.00	151.00
8	—	694	118.50	118.50
17	—	524	123.00	123.00
16	—	488	142.00–146.00	142.75
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	389	165.00–171.50	169.53
6	—	257	184.00	184.00
51	—	602	143.75	143.75
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	581	110.00	110.00
18	—	325	121.00	121.00
32	—	394	127.00	127.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	352	72.00	72.00
5	—	531	78.00	78.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	456	171.50	171.50
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	486	163.50	163.50
11	—	565	150.50	150.50
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	476	91.00–100.00	94.83
11	—	436	92.00–99.00	97.23
7	—	239	117.00	117.00
5	—	588	88.00	88.00
19	—	393	100.00	100.00
31	—	323	105.00–111.00	105.56
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	104.00	104.00
15	—	560	101.00	101.00
19	—	336	120.00	120.00
5	—	251	125.00	125.00
11	—	651	88.00	88.00
6	—	240	123.00	123.00
35	—	621	87.00	87.00
50	—	414	101.00–113.00	108.93
34	—	464	107.00–115.00	112.23
22	—	385	110.00–114.00	110.67

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