Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2025-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand good. Dairy feeder steers traded 10.000 to sharply higher and heifers traded sharply higher. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

Every lot, as filed

63 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	500–550	506	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,720	29
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	350–400	381	386.55/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,473	23
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	350–400	367	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,294	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1150–1200	1,158	170.69/cwt	160.00–173.00	1,977	35
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	565	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,427	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	654	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,504	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	250–300	290	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	899	15
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	700–750	711	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,209	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	350–400	383	310.41/cwt	295.00–322.50	1,189	62
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	329	350.49/cwt	349.00–360.00	1,153	89
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	420	294.31/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,236	87
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	473	275.01/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,301	63
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	500–550	506	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	911	8
Dairy Steers	Large 4	250–300	296	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	925	5
Dairy Steers	Large 4	600–650	603	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,375	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	450–500	495	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,213	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	300–350	332	336.62/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,118	101
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	500–550	547	259.36/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,419	70
Dairy Steers	Large 4	300–350	339	317.76/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,077	37
Dairy Steers	Large 4	150–200	198	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	703	20
Dairy Steers	Large 4	200–250	245	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	796	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	400–450	436	275.03/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,199	36
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	200–250	233	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	862	17
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	450–500	493	257.70/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,270	13
Dairy Steers	Large 4	400–450	420	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,071	6
Dairy Steers	Large 4	750–800	781	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,074	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	450–500	473	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	710	16
Dairy Steers	Large 2	750–800	759	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,943	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	32
Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	426	415.14/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,768	70
Dairy Steers	Large 2	500–550	522	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,827	46
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1200–1250	1,213	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	2,323	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	300–350	305	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,159	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	350–400	360	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,314	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	600–650	604	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,691	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	950–1000	995	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,000	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	300–350	321	425.55/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,366	26
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	504	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,588	9
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	1200–1250	1,248	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,284	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	300–350	328	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,296	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2	450–500	478	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,912	12
Dairy Steers	Large 2	600–650	602	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,625	10
Dairy Steers	Large 2	1050–1100	1,084	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,320	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	300–350	342	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,214	15
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	850–900	877	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,710	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	550–600	583	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,560	7
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	800–850	835	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,774	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	1200–1250	1,215	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,357	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	850–900	865	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,817	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	650–700	652	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,434	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	700–750	733	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,532	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	700	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,505	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	350–400	379	386.21/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,464	10
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	400–450	432	368.83/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,593	42
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	470	377.63/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,775	17
Dairy Steers	Large 3	250–300	255	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	988	47
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	509	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,400	40
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	381	296.66/cwt	227.50–340.00	1,130	40
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	750–800	773	235.85/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,823	9
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	650–700	670	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,715	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	450–500	450	365.91/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,647	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	250–300	279	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	949	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	750–800	761	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,541	4

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 Mar 3, 2025

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

Receipts 1,669Last week 2,054Year ago 1,600

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	381	380.00–390.00	386.55
32	450–500	455	400.00	400.00
29	500–550	506	340.00	340.00
4	600–650	604	280.00	280.00
5	850–900	865	210.00	210.00
2	950–1000	995	201.00	201.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	367	352.50	352.50
3	450–500	495	245.00	245.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	290	310.00	310.00
16	450–500	473	150.00	150.00
8	500–550	506	180.00	180.00
9	700–750	711	170.00	170.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	305	380.00	380.00
2	350–400	360	365.00	365.00
22	450–500	450	360.00–370.00	365.91
10	1200–1250	1,213	191.50	191.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	342	355.00	355.00
7	550–600	583	267.50	267.50
5	650–700	652	220.00	220.00
4	700–750	733	209.00	209.00
9	850–900	877	195.00	195.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
47	250–300	255	387.50	387.50
89	300–350	329	349.00–360.00	350.49
40	350–400	381	227.50–340.00	296.66
87	400–450	420	290.00–302.50	294.31
63	450–500	473	270.00–277.50	275.01
40	500–550	509	275.00	275.00
7	550–600	565	252.50	252.50
4	650–700	654	230.00	230.00
2	700–750	700	215.00	215.00
35	1150–1200	1,158	160.00–173.00	170.69
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
17	200–250	233	370.00	370.00
9	250–300	279	340.00	340.00
101	300–350	332	330.00–347.50	336.62
62	350–400	383	295.00–322.50	310.41
36	400–450	436	270.00–277.50	275.03
13	450–500	493	255.00–260.00	257.70
70	500–550	547	259.00–260.00	259.36
4	750–800	761	202.50	202.50
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
20	150–200	198	355.00	355.00
7	200–250	245	325.00	325.00
5	250–300	296	312.50	312.50
37	300–350	339	317.50–320.00	317.76
6	400–450	420	255.00	255.00
6	600–650	603	228.00	228.00
5	750–800	781	137.50	137.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	321	410.00–440.00	425.55
70	400–450	426	400.00–420.00	415.14
12	450–500	478	400.00	400.00
46	500–550	522	350.00	350.00
10	600–650	602	270.00	270.00
10	750–800	759	256.00	256.00
6	1050–1100	1,084	214.00	214.00
1	1200–1250	1,215	194.00	194.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	395.00	395.00
10	350–400	379	380.00–390.00	386.21
42	400–450	432	350.00–390.00	368.83
17	450–500	470	375.00–380.00	377.63
9	500–550	504	315.00	315.00
9	650–700	670	256.00	256.00
9	750–800	773	235.00–237.50	235.85
1	800–850	835	212.50	212.50
6	1200–1250	1,248	183.00	183.00

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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