Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2024-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand good. Dairy feeder steers traded 5.00-7.00 higher and heifers had no test from last month. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

Every lot, as filed

55 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 4	400–450	414	146.18/cwt	125.00–190.00	605	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	650–700	665	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	998	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	800–850	822	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,069	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	300–350	304	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,125	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1300–1350	1,334	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,375	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	500–550	523	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,386	15
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	350–400	372	332.31/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,236	36
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	400–450	425	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,296	40
Dairy Steers	Large 2	750–800	753	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,638	2
Dairy Steers	Large 4	400–450	428	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	920	29
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	250–300	256	281.23/cwt	275.00–285.00	720	8
Dairy Steers	Large 4	300–350	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	300–350	335	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	838	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	200–250	231	349.14/cwt	340.00–365.00	807	42
Dairy Steers	Large 4	350–400	369	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	812	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	481	257.28/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,238	89
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	350–400	378	259.04/cwt	250.00–265.00	979	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	400–450	439	241.86/cwt	237.50–260.00	1,062	119
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	200–250	205	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	605	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	327	307.49/cwt	287.50–330.00	1,005	251
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	550–600	573	200.67/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,150	23
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	564	219.09/cwt	217.50–220.00	1,236	52
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	250–300	299	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	867	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	350–400	373	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	858	21
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	657	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,298	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	450–500	478	227.15/cwt	210.00–240.00	1,086	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	392	281.90/cwt	272.50–302.50	1,105	195
Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	386	404.20/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,560	94
Dairy Steers	Large 2	500–550	507	311.64/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,580	51
Dairy Steers	Large 2	300–350	305	424.85/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,296	28
Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	433	374.16/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,620	28
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	400–450	412	311.56/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,284	23
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	350–400	374	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,047	20
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	300–350	348	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,096	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,127	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,006	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,047	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,906	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	950–1000	991	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,823	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	250–300	260	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	897	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1150–1200	1,173	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,064	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	700–750	734	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,373	21
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	250–300	288	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,109	15
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	600–650	610	212.90/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,299	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	350–400	374	330.14/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,235	27
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	500–550	515	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,082	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	950–1000	968	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,626	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	457	295.16/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,349	16
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	200–250	227	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	897	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1250–1300	1,272	170.60/cwt	169.00–172.00	2,170	20
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	500–550	515	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,210	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	416	285.73/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,189	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	650–700	651	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,302	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	517	228.22/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,180	70
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	300–350	300	234.38/cwt	230.00–265.00	703	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	550–600	567	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,091	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	400–450	430	239.65/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,030	69

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 Dec 2, 2024

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

Receipts 1,935Last week 1,881Year ago 2,175

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	414	125.00–190.00	146.18
1	650–700	665	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	304	370.00	370.00
36	350–400	372	310.00–335.00	332.31
40	400–450	425	305.00	305.00
15	500–550	523	265.00	265.00
9	1300–1350	1,334	178.00	178.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	299	290.00	290.00
8	300–350	300	230.00–265.00	234.38
21	350–400	373	230.00	230.00
69	400–450	430	225.00–245.00	239.65
19	450–500	478	210.00–240.00	227.15
6	500–550	515	210.00	210.00
8	550–600	567	192.50	192.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	260	345.00	345.00
4	300–350	348	315.00	315.00
20	350–400	374	280.00	280.00
18	500–550	515	235.00	235.00
5	650–700	651	200.00	200.00
4	950–1000	991	184.00	184.00
9	1000–1050	1,047	182.00	182.00
11	1100–1150	1,127	178.00	178.00
3	1150–1200	1,173	176.00	176.00
20	1250–1300	1,272	169.00–172.00	170.60
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	160.00	160.00
24	350–400	369	220.00	220.00
29	400–450	428	215.00	215.00
12	800–850	822	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	305	395.00–435.00	424.85
94	350–400	386	390.00–417.50	404.20
28	400–450	433	370.00–385.00	374.16
51	500–550	507	310.00–313.00	311.64
2	750–800	753	217.50	217.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	205	295.00	295.00
8	250–300	256	275.00–285.00	281.23
1	300–350	335	250.00	250.00
13	350–400	378	250.00–265.00	259.04
119	400–450	439	237.50–260.00	241.86
23	550–600	573	200.00–205.00	200.67
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
42	200–250	231	340.00–365.00	349.14
251	300–350	327	287.50–330.00	307.49
195	350–400	392	272.50–302.50	281.90
14	400–450	416	280.00–290.00	285.73
89	450–500	481	250.00–275.00	257.28
70	500–550	517	225.00–230.00	228.22
52	550–600	564	217.50–220.00	219.09
6	650–700	657	197.50	197.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	227	395.00	395.00
15	250–300	288	385.00	385.00
27	350–400	374	315.00–335.00	330.14
23	400–450	412	305.00–320.00	311.56
16	450–500	457	290.00–310.00	295.16
8	600–650	610	210.00–215.00	212.90
21	700–750	734	187.00	187.00
6	950–1000	968	168.00	168.00

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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