Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2021-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Dairy feeder steers under 300 lbs sold unevenly steady on a light test, steers 300 - 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher, and steers over 600 lbs traded 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Dairy heifers traded firm on a light test. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next sale and report will be January 03, 2022.

Every lot, as filed

64 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 2Fancy	—	407	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	562	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	603	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	790	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	376	126.07/cwt	124.00–128.00	474	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	332	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	352	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,169	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,251	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	344	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	447	15
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	491	137.00/cwt	136.00–143.00	673	7
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	656	137.88/cwt	135.00–140.00	904	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	326	123.05/cwt	110.00–128.00	401	79
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	458	112.20/cwt	101.00–115.00	514	98
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	304	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	401	27
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	585	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	737	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	378	117.30/cwt	114.00–122.00	443	166
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,207	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,346	22
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	258	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	355	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	655	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	773	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	421	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	598	31
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	281	122.34/cwt	116.00–127.50	344	31
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	305	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	250	2
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	768	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	545	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	554	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	787	5
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	487	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	628	18
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	376	128.69/cwt	127.50–130.00	484	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	409	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	434	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	259	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	282	4
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	953	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	705	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	773	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	804	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	656	101.32/cwt	100.00–102.00	665	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	632	97.62/cwt	94.00–101.00	617	50
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	785	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	691	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	312	106.33/cwt	106.00–107.00	332	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	575	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	546	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	540	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	470	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	376	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	331	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	484	84.04/cwt	82.00–89.00	407	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	419	126.61/cwt	125.00–129.00	530	32
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	577	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	773	15
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	278	102.23/cwt	102.00–103.00	284	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,091	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,146	4
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 4	—	801	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	328	5
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 4	—	755	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	302	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	291	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	265	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	304	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	277	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	343	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	494	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3Fancy	—	296	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	388	48
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	402	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	354	18
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	608	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	456	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	666	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	619	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	971	103.68/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,007	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	384	103.68/cwt	100.00–105.00	398	15
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	386	136.77/cwt	135.00–148.00	528	15
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,127	102.67/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,157	27
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	420	96.94/cwt	94.00–100.00	407	10
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	952	117.00/cwt	108.00–120.00	1,114	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	604	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	843	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	487	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	497	15
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	585	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	410	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2Fancy	—	437	152.70/cwt	150.00–160.00	667	32
Dairy Steers	Large 2Fancy	—	385	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	597	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	199	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	211	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	539	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	539	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	238	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	267	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	513	107.54/cwt	105.00–108.00	552	75

How this sale compares

Colorado weighted averages

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

Mon Dec 6, 2021

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

Receipts 1,312Last week 1,554Year ago 1,589

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	407	138.00	138.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	603	131.00	131.00
13	—	376	124.00–128.00	126.07
32	—	419	125.00–129.00	126.61
15	—	577	134.00	134.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	332	106.00	106.00
6	—	1,169	107.00	107.00
13	—	278	102.00–103.00	102.23
4	—	1,091	105.00	105.00
9	—	666	93.00	93.00
15	—	971	100.00–109.00	103.68
27	—	1,127	100.00–106.00	102.67
10	—	420	94.00–100.00	96.94
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	344	130.00	130.00
6	—	390	130.00	130.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	540	87.00	87.00
4	—	376	88.00	88.00
13	—	484	82.00–89.00	84.04
8	—	291	91.00	91.00
4	—	304	91.00	91.00
18	—	402	88.00	88.00
14	—	608	75.00	75.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	801	41.00	41.00
4	—	755	40.00	40.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	491	136.00–143.00	137.00
7	—	656	135.00–140.00	137.88
31	—	421	142.00	142.00
5	—	554	142.00	142.00
9	—	343	144.00	144.00
15	—	386	135.00–148.00	136.77
4	—	952	108.00–120.00	117.00
12	—	604	139.50	139.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	326	110.00–128.00	123.05
98	—	458	101.00–115.00	112.20
166	—	378	114.00–122.00	117.30
22	—	1,207	111.50	111.50
31	—	281	116.00–127.50	122.34
9	—	409	106.00	106.00
10	—	773	104.00	104.00
18	—	656	100.00–102.00	101.32
50	—	632	94.00–101.00	97.62
7	—	238	112.00	112.00
75	—	513	105.00–108.00	107.54
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	304	132.00	132.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	585	126.00	126.00
2	—	258	137.50	137.50
2	—	655	118.00	118.00
18	—	487	129.00	129.00
4	—	376	127.50–130.00	128.69
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	82.00	82.00
2	—	768	71.00	71.00
2	—	953	74.00	74.00
4	—	585	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	259	109.00	109.00
6	—	785	88.00	88.00
3	—	312	106.00–107.00	106.33
3	—	575	95.00	95.00
15	—	384	100.00–105.00	103.68
15	—	487	102.00	102.00
4	—	199	106.00	106.00
5	—	539	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	296	131.00	131.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	437	150.00–160.00	152.70
19	—	385	155.00	155.00

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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