Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2024-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand good. Dairy feeder steers and dairy feeder heifers traded sharply higher. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

Every lot, as filed

62 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 3-4	500–550	543	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	937	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	250–300	273	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	601	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	450–500	482	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	771	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	500–550	506	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,240	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	450–500	490	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,152	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	700–750	715	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,294	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	620	241.55/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,498	40
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	900–950	945	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,276	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	700–750	713	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,298	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	873	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,528	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	200–250	218	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	416	310.48/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,292	94
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,085	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,736	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	250–300	298	269.64/cwt	252.50–280.00	804	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	350–400	394	223.29/cwt	205.00–255.00	880	29
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	524	271.09/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,421	109
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	450–500	471	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,531	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	250–300	279	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	865	41
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	600–650	623	200.28/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,248	36
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	300–350	322	320.22/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,031	33
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	376	323.21/cwt	300.00–338.00	1,215	180
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	500–550	522	225.27/cwt	215.00–232.50	1,176	16
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	350–400	360	294.37/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,060	16
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	400–450	413	301.70/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,246	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	500–550	519	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,427	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	476	292.75/cwt	262.50–301.00	1,393	132
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	314	331.93/cwt	307.50–342.00	1,042	173
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	535	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,538	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	650–700	673	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,615	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	950–1000	977	178.22/cwt	178.00–179.00	1,741	9
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	300–350	310	388.72/cwt	355.00–400.00	1,205	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	650–700	692	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,259	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	800–850	810	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,446	10
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	484	318.87/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,543	5
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	350–400	358	370.69/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,327	18
Dairy Steers	Large 2	550–600	553	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,714	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,083	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,966	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	350–400	393	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,376	31
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	400–450	431	353.64/cwt	352.50–355.00	1,524	15
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	750–800	768	187.25/cwt	180.50–197.50	1,438	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	900–950	945	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,692	5
Dairy Steers	Large 2	300–350	338	417.93/cwt	412.50–422.50	1,413	29
Dairy Steers	Large 2	450–500	464	377.09/cwt	365.00–397.50	1,750	76
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	750–800	792	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,683	11
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	600–650	609	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,644	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2	500–550	517	335.36/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,734	17
Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	426	396.51/cwt	367.50–407.50	1,689	93
Dairy Steers	Large 2	1100–1150	1,110	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,987	9
Dairy Steers	Large 2	650–700	667	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,851	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	300–350	320	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,168	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	700–750	723	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,424	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	394	419.86/cwt	417.50–421.00	1,654	39
Dairy Steers	Large 2	750–800	775	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,879	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	100–150	135	190.00/head	190.00–190.00	190	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	450–500	493	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,233	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	300–350	323	263.78/cwt	260.00–267.50	852	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	950–1000	954	190.50/cwt	180.00–194.00	1,817	28
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	300–350	338	384.06/cwt	382.50–385.00	1,298	28
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	450–500	467	314.49/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,469	24
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	350–400	374	375.00/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,403	56
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	500–550	502	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,581	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	400–450	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	7

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 Jun 3, 2024

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

Receipts 1,851Last week 1,750Year ago 2,057

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand good. Dairy feeder steers and dairy feeder heifers traded sharply higher. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	100–150	135	190.00	190.00
8	200–250	218	400.00	400.00
8	250–300	298	252.50–280.00	269.64
29	350–400	394	205.00–255.00	223.29
2	450–500	490	235.00	235.00
12	500–550	543	172.50	172.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	220.00	220.00
13	450–500	482	160.00	160.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
41	250–300	279	310.00	310.00
33	300–350	322	310.00–330.00	320.22
16	350–400	360	290.00–295.00	294.37
6	450–500	471	325.00	325.00
16	500–550	522	215.00–232.50	225.27
36	600–650	623	200.00–205.00	200.28
6	650–700	692	182.00	182.00
12	700–750	715	181.00	181.00
10	800–850	810	178.50	178.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	365.00	365.00
31	350–400	393	350.00	350.00
12	400–450	413	300.00–305.00	301.70
12	500–550	519	275.00	275.00
3	700–750	723	197.00	197.00
5	750–800	768	180.50–197.50	187.25
5	900–950	945	179.00	179.00
9	950–1000	977	178.00–179.00	178.22
2	1050–1100	1,083	181.50	181.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	338	382.50–385.00	384.06
56	350–400	374	360.00–385.00	375.00
7	400–450	445	340.00	340.00
24	450–500	467	311.00–325.00	314.49
9	500–550	502	315.00	315.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	260.00–267.50	263.78
9	450–500	493	250.00	250.00
7	500–550	506	245.00	245.00
4	700–750	713	182.00	182.00
2	900–950	945	135.00	135.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
173	300–350	314	307.50–342.00	331.93
180	350–400	376	300.00–338.00	323.21
94	400–450	416	300.00–325.00	310.48
132	450–500	476	262.50–301.00	292.75
109	500–550	524	270.00–272.50	271.09
40	600–650	620	220.00–244.00	241.55
4	850–900	873	175.00	175.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	310	355.00–400.00	388.72
18	350–400	358	340.00–390.00	370.69
15	400–450	431	352.50–355.00	353.64
5	450–500	484	310.00–325.00	318.87
3	500–550	535	287.50	287.50
4	600–650	609	270.00	270.00
5	650–700	673	240.00	240.00
11	750–800	792	212.50	212.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	338	412.50–422.50	417.93
39	350–400	394	417.50–421.00	419.86
93	400–450	426	367.50–407.50	396.51
76	450–500	464	365.00–397.50	377.09
17	500–550	517	325.00–347.50	335.36
8	550–600	553	310.00	310.00
7	650–700	667	277.50	277.50
5	750–800	775	242.50	242.50
28	950–1000	954	180.00–194.00	190.50
9	1100–1150	1,110	179.00	179.00

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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