Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2021-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Dairy steers traded 5.00 to 15.00 lower, while the limited comparable trades of dairy heifers sold sharply lower. The next available report will be Monday, June 07, 2021.

Every lot, as filed

65 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 2-3	—	524	127.56/cwt	120.00–132.50	668	18
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	212	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	299	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	435	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	426	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,165	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,025	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	297	97.53/cwt	92.50–102.50	290	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,112	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,012	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	455	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	425	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	391	111.03/cwt	110.00–112.50	434	26
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	647	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	718	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	337	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	320	33
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	10
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	599	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	836	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	7
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	891	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,034	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	717	129.43/cwt	123.00–133.25	928	16
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	692	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	893	10
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	430	164.57/cwt	158.00–165.00	708	48
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	227	91.37/cwt	90.00–92.00	207	59
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	308	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	219	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	390	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	390	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	521	90.23/cwt	89.00–93.00	470	22
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	627	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	533	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,078	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	873	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	291	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	218	20
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	386	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	538	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	756	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	809	5
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	358	88.49/cwt	82.50–90.00	317	5
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	335	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	302	4
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	485	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	388	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	370	169.62/cwt	169.50–170.00	628	27
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	475	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	546	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	395	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	470	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	214	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	262	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2Fancy	—	523	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	845	14
Dairy Steers	Large 2Fancy	—	649	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	928	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2Fancy	—	604	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	773	4
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	398	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	346	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	293	103.96/cwt	98.00–105.00	305	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	415	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	394	14
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	413	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	322	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	322	97.08/cwt	93.00–100.00	313	32
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	475	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	409	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	602	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	464	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	598	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	496	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	510	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	398	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	462	86.41/cwt	80.00–93.00	399	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	393	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	307	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	612	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	569	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	423	113.89/cwt	109.00–116.00	482	160
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	328	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	256	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	958	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	738	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	805	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	572	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	505	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	449	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,163	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	919	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	378	113.27/cwt	105.00–117.00	428	180
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	533	107.55/cwt	104.50–109.50	573	68
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	562	103.20/cwt	99.00–104.50	580	30
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	728	80.88/cwt	80.00–81.00	589	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	336	111.56/cwt	107.50–114.50	375	317
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	474	111.65/cwt	109.00–113.00	529	69
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	293	117.50/cwt	114.00–118.00	344	23
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	893	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	688	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,037	78.69/cwt	78.00–79.50	816	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,198	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	863	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	653	82.00/cwt	81.00–88.00	535	7

How this sale compares

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

Mon May 3, 2021

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

Receipts 1,592Last week 1,806Year ago 944

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	524	120.00–132.50	127.56
5	—	212	141.00	141.00
6	—	386	139.50	139.50
5	—	756	107.00	107.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	500	150.00	150.00
8	—	599	139.50	139.50
7	—	480	150.00	150.00
4	—	891	115.00–117.00	116.00
16	—	717	123.00–133.25	129.43
10	—	692	129.00	129.00
48	—	430	158.00–165.00	164.57
27	—	370	169.50–170.00	169.62
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	227	90.00–92.00	91.37
24	—	390	100.00	100.00
22	—	521	89.00–93.00	90.23
12	—	293	98.00–105.00	103.96
14	—	415	95.00	95.00
32	—	322	93.00–100.00	97.08
5	—	602	77.00	77.00
6	—	598	83.00	83.00
4	—	462	80.00–93.00	86.41
5	—	805	71.00	71.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	358	82.50–90.00	88.49
4	—	335	90.00	90.00
2	—	485	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	523	161.50	161.50
6	—	649	143.00	143.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	398	87.00	87.00
6	—	413	78.00	78.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	612	93.00	93.00
160	—	423	109.00–116.00	113.89
2	—	1,163	79.00	79.00
180	—	378	105.00–117.00	113.27
68	—	533	104.50–109.50	107.55
30	—	562	99.00–104.50	103.20
24	—	728	80.00–81.00	80.88
317	—	336	107.50–114.50	111.56
69	—	474	109.00–113.00	111.65
23	—	293	114.00–118.00	117.50
4	—	893	77.00	77.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	98.00	98.00
3	—	1,165	88.00	88.00
4	—	297	92.50–102.50	97.53
3	—	1,112	91.00	91.00
2	—	455	93.50	93.50
26	—	391	110.00–112.50	111.03
3	—	647	111.00	111.00
33	—	337	95.00	95.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	308	71.00	71.00
2	—	510	78.00	78.00
3	—	393	78.00	78.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	627	85.00	85.00
6	—	1,078	81.00	81.00
20	—	291	75.00	75.00
3	—	475	86.00	86.00
6	—	328	78.00	78.00
2	—	958	77.00	77.00
2	—	505	89.00	89.00
13	—	1,037	78.00–79.50	78.69
10	—	1,198	72.00	72.00
7	—	653	81.00–88.00	82.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	115.00	115.00
4	—	395	119.00	119.00
4	—	214	122.50	122.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	604	128.00	128.00

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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