Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand good. Dairy feeder steers traded 21.000 to sharply higher and dairy feeder heifers traded sharply higher. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

Every lot, as filed

49 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	250–300	273	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,324	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	550–600	580	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,914	19
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	350–400	392	458.58/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,798	20
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	400–450	421	422.88/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,780	42
Dairy Steers	Large 2	600–650	604	321.30/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,941	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	400–450	410	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,538	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	300–350	301	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,038	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	150–200	190	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	551	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	500–550	543	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,385	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	350–400	368	359.74/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,324	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	150–200	180	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	653	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	300–350	322	347.38/cwt	320.00–370.00	1,119	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	472	347.35/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,639	23
Dairy Steers	Large 4	400–450	428	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,134	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	534	304.89/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,628	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	340	407.04/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,384	46
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	250–300	273	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,037	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	200–250	200	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	600	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	250–300	283	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,047	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	450–500	478	332.38/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,589	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	751	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,915	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	614	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,719	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	200–250	205	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	861	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	370	391.59/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,449	186
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	400–450	432	418.35/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,807	34
Dairy Steers	Large 3	250–300	281	420.49/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,182	57
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	550–600	573	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,490	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	400–450	417	334.20/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,394	39
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	300–350	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	427	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,687	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	300–350	318	403.98/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,285	19
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	350–400	375	318.69/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,195	17
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	350–400	388	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,533	18
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	200–250	231	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	993	24
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	250–300	270	467.27/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,262	51
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	469	397.48/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,864	33
Dairy Steers	Large 2	500–550	514	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,082	18
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	350–400	379	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,724	24
Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	383	482.33/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,847	44
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	750–800	785	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,806	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	400–450	427	381.28/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,628	30
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	250–300	275	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,210	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2	250–300	277	531.70/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,473	15
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,120	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,352	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	419	480.23/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,012	56
Dairy Steers	Large 2	450–500	459	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,066	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2	550–600	579	333.68/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,932	45
Dairy Steers	Large 2	300–350	331	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,688	6

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 5, 2025

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

Receipts 1,671Last week 1,490Year ago 1,750

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	485.00	485.00
20	350–400	392	430.00–460.00	458.58
42	400–450	421	400.00–430.00	422.88
8	500–550	500	350.00	350.00
19	550–600	580	330.00	330.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	200	300.00	300.00
12	300–350	301	345.00	345.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	150–200	190	290.00	290.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	283	370.00	370.00
3	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
17	350–400	375	310.00–335.00	318.69
39	400–450	417	325.00–355.00	334.20
6	550–600	573	260.00	260.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	275	440.00	440.00
19	300–350	318	400.00–405.00	403.98
18	350–400	388	395.00	395.00
30	400–450	427	375.00–385.00	381.28
1	750–800	785	230.00	230.00
1	1100–1150	1,120	210.00	210.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	277	500.00–550.00	531.70
6	300–350	331	510.00	510.00
44	350–400	383	470.00–500.00	482.33
56	400–450	419	475.00–485.00	480.23
8	450–500	459	450.00	450.00
18	500–550	514	405.00	405.00
45	550–600	579	330.00–340.00	333.68
4	600–650	604	295.00–330.00	321.30
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	150–200	180	362.50	362.50
7	250–300	273	380.00	380.00
7	300–350	322	320.00–370.00	347.38
12	350–400	368	350.00–370.00	359.74
8	400–450	410	375.00	375.00
11	450–500	478	320.00–335.00	332.38
3	500–550	543	255.00	255.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	205	420.00	420.00
57	250–300	281	395.00–435.00	420.49
46	300–350	340	385.00–410.00	407.04
186	350–400	370	380.00–405.00	391.59
10	400–450	427	395.00	395.00
23	450–500	472	345.00–355.00	347.35
12	500–550	534	295.00–315.00	304.89
7	600–650	614	280.00	280.00
5	750–800	751	255.00	255.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	265.00	265.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	200–250	231	430.00	430.00
51	250–300	270	465.00–470.00	467.27
24	350–400	379	455.00	455.00
34	400–450	432	415.00–425.00	418.35
33	450–500	469	390.00–400.00	397.48

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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