Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand good. Dairy feeder steers traded 19.000 to sharply higher and dairy feeder heifers traded sharply higher. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

Every lot, as filed

57 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	250–300	254	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	953	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	550–600	554	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,440	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	300–350	325	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,073	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	300–350	345	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,173	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	450–500	465	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,279	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1200–1250	1,212	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,121	21
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	750–800	781	209.70/cwt	207.50–212.50	1,638	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	350–400	375	342.47/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,284	32
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	250–300	276	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	925	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	500–550	534	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,522	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	329	390.29/cwt	387.50–392.50	1,284	52
Dairy Steers	Large 3	200–250	239	396.34/cwt	395.00–400.00	947	48
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	800–850	821	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,621	6
Dairy Steers	Large 4	350–400	366	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,061	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	250–300	278	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	667	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	200–250	210	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	483	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	608	264.08/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,606	40
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	465	312.57/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,453	31
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	516	296.25/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,529	26
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	450–500	461	292.04/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,346	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	400–450	438	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,292	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	650–700	668	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,136	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	450–500	482	343.26/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,655	30
Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	376	425.14/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,599	91
Dairy Steers	Large 2	450–500	452	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,831	32
Dairy Steers	Large 2	300–350	321	444.85/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,428	20
Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	435	401.99/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,749	13
Dairy Steers	Large 2	600–650	616	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,740	9
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	477	352.21/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,680	49
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	250–300	281	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,236	26
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	400–450	448	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,523	12
Dairy Steers	Large 2	650–700	697	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,882	5
Dairy Steers	Large 2	200–250	219	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,051	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	350–400	362	411.17/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,488	58
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	650–700	683	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,673	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	562	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,602	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	500–550	525	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,667	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	400–450	432	383.04/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,655	55
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1200–1250	1,202	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,284	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1100–1150	1,142	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	2,198	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	600–650	601	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,307	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	300–350	312	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,303	25
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	400–450	409	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,452	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	850–900	899	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,776	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1000–1050	1,037	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,230	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2	1050–1100	1,074	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,556	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	400–450	410	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,128	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	656	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,656	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	720	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,656	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,078	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,102	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	513	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,667	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	350–400	380	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,501	51
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	443	314.54/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,393	162
Dairy Steers	Large 3	250–300	265	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,047	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	356	370.81/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,320	74
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	550–600	573	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,662	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	350–400	366	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,354	8

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.

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

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Receipts 1,490Last week 1,669Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	254	375.00	375.00
8	350–400	366	370.00	370.00
12	400–450	448	340.00	340.00
4	500–550	525	317.50	317.50
6	550–600	562	285.00	285.00
6	650–700	683	245.00	245.00
11	850–900	899	197.50	197.50
3	1050–1100	1,078	195.00	195.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	340.00	340.00
4	400–450	410	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	465	275.00	275.00
8	600–650	601	217.50	217.50
9	750–800	781	207.50–212.50	209.70
6	800–850	821	197.50	197.50
21	1200–1250	1,212	175.00	175.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	210	230.00	230.00
6	250–300	278	240.00	240.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	668	170.00	170.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	350–400	362	410.00–420.00	411.17
55	400–450	432	380.00–385.00	383.04
30	450–500	482	342.50–350.00	343.26
6	1000–1050	1,037	215.00	215.00
9	1100–1150	1,142	192.50	192.50
12	1200–1250	1,202	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	276	335.00	335.00
2	300–350	325	330.00	330.00
32	350–400	375	320.00–350.00	342.47
5	400–450	438	295.00	295.00
7	450–500	461	285.00–295.00	292.04
10	500–550	534	285.00	285.00
4	550–600	554	260.00	260.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
48	200–250	239	395.00–400.00	396.34
22	250–300	265	395.00	395.00
52	300–350	329	387.50–392.50	390.29
74	350–400	356	365.00–375.00	370.81
162	400–450	443	310.00–320.00	314.54
31	450–500	465	300.00–320.00	312.57
26	500–550	516	290.00–300.00	296.25
40	600–650	608	260.00–267.50	264.08
14	650–700	656	252.50	252.50
1	700–750	720	230.00	230.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	290.00	290.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	219	480.00	480.00
20	300–350	321	430.00–455.00	444.85
91	350–400	376	405.00–435.00	425.14
13	400–450	435	395.00–405.00	401.99
32	450–500	452	405.00	405.00
9	600–650	616	282.50	282.50
5	650–700	697	270.00	270.00
7	1050–1100	1,074	238.00	238.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	250–300	281	440.00	440.00
25	300–350	312	417.50	417.50
51	350–400	380	395.00	395.00
12	400–450	409	355.00	355.00
49	450–500	477	335.00–365.00	352.21
4	500–550	513	325.00	325.00
9	550–600	573	290.00	290.00

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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