Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2022-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Dairy feeder steers, including crossbred steers under 600 lbs sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 lower, 600-650 lb steers sold 8.00 higher and dairy steers over 650 lbs were too lightly tested. Comparable trades of dairy feeder heifers sold mostly weak. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next sale and report will be Monday, June 06, 2022.

Every lot, as filed

69 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 2-3	—	518	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	679	3
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 4	—	263	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	210	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	716	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	537	8
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	556	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	612	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	364	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	546	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	601	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	775	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,227	102.76/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,261	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	313	139.90/cwt	131.00–145.00	438	17
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	477	112.28/cwt	103.00–124.00	536	50
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	528	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	882	4
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	746	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	776	7
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	415	195.53/cwt	195.00–197.00	811	78
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	372	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	725	21
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	539	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	660	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	613	100.57/cwt	91.00–102.50	616	94
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	509	99.39/cwt	94.00–103.00	506	48
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	384	111.75/cwt	111.00–113.00	429	20
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	759	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	975	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	274	136.59/cwt	130.00–146.00	374	61
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	795	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	839	12
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	337	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	634	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	571	143.83/cwt	143.00–144.00	821	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	186	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	231	28
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	245	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	358	3
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	453	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	625	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	375	122.68/cwt	118.00–127.00	460	130
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	341	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	409	19
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	318	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	509	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	438	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	635	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,052	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,147	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	239	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	265	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	594	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2Fleshy	—	565	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	701	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3Fancy	—	439	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	514	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	462	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	393	13
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	786	54.44/cwt	54.00–57.00	428	44
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	488	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	420	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	374	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	187	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	328	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	259	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	425	80.29/cwt	79.00–83.00	341	25
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	956	104.01/cwt	102.00–106.00	994	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	835	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	585	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	615	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	523	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	252	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	267	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	331	84.07/cwt	83.00–87.00	278	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	282	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	488	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,011	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,072	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,067	102.44/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,093	27
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	984	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	674	10
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	525	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	273	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,131	101.41/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,147	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	295	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	242	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	640	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	867	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	716	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	809	9
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	394	86.06/cwt	80.00–92.00	339	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	553	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	299	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	660	72.02/cwt	72.02–72.02	475	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,170	100.78/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,179	14
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	602	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	867	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	525	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	945	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	321	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	308	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	528	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	454	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	247	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	371	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	414	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	373	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	400	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	360	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	579	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	492	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	—	384	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	547	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	471	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	631	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	421	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	644	17

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.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Mon May 2, 2022

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

Receipts 1,202Last week 1,722Year ago 1,592

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	131.00	131.00
5	—	364	150.00	150.00
10	—	601	129.00	129.00
4	—	1,227	102.00–105.00	102.76
6	—	438	145.00	145.00
3	—	1,052	109.00	109.00
7	—	1,011	106.00	106.00
3	—	247	150.00	150.00
4	—	471	134.00	134.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	239	111.00	111.00
2	—	660	90.00	90.00
13	—	462	85.00	85.00
4	—	956	102.00–106.00	104.01
3	—	615	85.00	85.00
27	—	1,067	100.00–103.00	102.44
12	—	1,131	100.00–102.00	101.41
14	—	1,170	100.00–101.00	100.78
4	—	321	96.00	96.00
15	—	414	90.00	90.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	124.00	124.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	439	117.00	117.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	786	54.00–57.00	54.44
10	—	984	68.50	68.50
2	—	525	52.00	52.00
6	—	394	80.00–92.00	86.06
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	86.00	86.00
25	—	425	79.00–83.00	80.29
3	—	835	70.00	70.00
5	—	252	106.00	106.00
11	—	331	83.00–87.00	84.07
3	—	660	72.02	72.02
2	—	528	86.00	86.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	374	50.00	50.00
3	—	328	79.00	79.00
13	—	295	82.00	82.00
2	—	553	54.00	54.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	282	173.00	173.00
12	—	640	135.50	135.50
9	—	716	113.00	113.00
17	—	421	153.00	153.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	263	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	716	75.00	75.00
20	—	384	111.00–113.00	111.75
28	—	186	124.00	124.00
19	—	341	120.00	120.00
4	—	400	90.00	90.00
8	—	579	85.00	85.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	556	110.00	110.00
7	—	746	104.00	104.00
5	—	539	122.50	122.50
13	—	453	138.00	138.00
3	—	318	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	313	131.00–145.00	139.90
50	—	477	103.00–124.00	112.28
94	—	613	91.00–102.50	100.57
48	—	509	94.00–103.00	99.39
61	—	274	130.00–146.00	136.59
3	—	245	146.00	146.00
130	—	375	118.00–127.00	122.68
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	167.00	167.00
12	—	795	105.50	105.50
3	—	337	188.00	188.00
12	—	571	143.00–144.00	143.83
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	415	195.00–197.00	195.53
21	—	372	195.00	195.00
4	—	759	128.50	128.50
3	—	602	144.00	144.00
8	—	525	180.00	180.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	384	142.50	142.50

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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