Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2026-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Demand mostly moderate to good. Market activity was mostly active with good buyer participation. Dairy feeder steers traded 15.00-sharply higher. The next available report will be April 6, 2026.

Every lot, as filed

48 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 Steers	Large 2	600–650	634	433.66/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,749	27
Dairy Steers	Large 2	300–350	335	659.38/cwt	645.00–680.00	2,209	27
Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	409	614.08/cwt	605.00–625.00	2,512	54
Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	373	618.47/cwt	600.00–635.00	2,307	30
Dairy Steers	Large 2	450–500	471	555.07/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,614	23
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	700–750	700	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,450	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	250–300	297	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	1,975	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	550–600	598	440.04/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,631	20
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	300–350	327	614.64/cwt	605.00–620.00	2,010	28
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	500–550	514	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,570	29
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	400–450	416	551.73/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,295	50
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	300–350	329	520.18/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,711	33
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	350–400	386	495.50/cwt	480.00–525.00	1,913	102
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	600–650	609	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,644	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	250–300	255	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,097	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	650–700	696	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,531	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	500–550	522	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,723	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	200–250	221	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,481	93
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	620	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,108	35
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	368	552.52/cwt	535.00–560.00	2,033	44
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	250–300	280	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,176	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	400–450	401	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,524	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	150–200	190	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,083	26
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	871	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,916	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	658	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,941	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	465	468.07/cwt	450.00–495.00	2,177	50
Dairy Steers	Large 2	550–600	585	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,808	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	800–850	825	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,918	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1150–1200	1,165	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,680	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	700–750	727	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,817	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2	850–900	883	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	3,068	5
Dairy Steers	Large 2	1450–1500	1,493	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	3,509	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	500–550	511	508.93/cwt	495.00–510.00	2,601	28
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	250–300	260	664.44/cwt	640.00–670.00	1,728	17
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	150–200	190	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,169	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	550–600	560	431.02/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,414	16
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	300–350	309	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,931	5
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	850–900	896	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,509	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	850–900	890	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,069	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	315	570.79/cwt	545.00–577.50	1,798	218
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	408	493.09/cwt	462.50–497.50	2,012	146
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	500–550	504	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,928	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	700–750	715	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,609	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	471	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,449	30
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	400–450	447	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,526	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	250–300	262	598.82/cwt	597.50–605.00	1,569	73
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	502	415.18/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,084	67
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	729	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,132	15

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 2, 2026

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

Receipts 1,976Last week 1,498Year ago 1,669

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	335	645.00–680.00	659.38
30	350–400	373	600.00–635.00	618.47
54	400–450	409	605.00–625.00	614.08
23	450–500	471	550.00–560.00	555.07
28	500–550	511	495.00–510.00	508.93
12	550–600	585	480.00	480.00
27	600–650	634	405.00–440.00	433.66
6	700–750	727	387.50	387.50
5	850–900	883	347.50	347.50
2	1450–1500	1,493	235.00	235.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
26	150–200	190	570.00	570.00
8	250–300	255	430.00	430.00
33	300–350	329	515.00–525.00	520.18
102	350–400	386	480.00–525.00	495.50
10	500–550	522	330.00	330.00
7	600–650	609	270.00	270.00
9	650–700	696	220.00	220.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
93	200–250	221	670.00	670.00
73	250–300	262	597.50–605.00	598.82
218	300–350	315	545.00–577.50	570.79
44	350–400	368	535.00–560.00	552.52
146	400–450	408	462.50–497.50	493.09
50	450–500	465	450.00–495.00	468.07
67	500–550	502	400.00–435.00	415.18
35	600–650	620	340.00	340.00
6	650–700	658	295.00	295.00
15	700–750	729	292.50	292.50
5	850–900	871	220.00	220.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	150–200	190	615.00	615.00
17	250–300	260	640.00–670.00	664.44
5	300–350	309	625.00	625.00
19	400–450	447	565.00	565.00
30	450–500	471	520.00	520.00
16	550–600	560	400.00–445.00	431.02
4	850–900	896	280.00	280.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	297	665.00	665.00
28	300–350	327	605.00–620.00	614.64
50	400–450	416	550.00–560.00	551.73
29	500–550	514	500.00	500.00
20	550–600	598	425.00–445.00	440.04
5	700–750	700	350.00	350.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	280	420.00	420.00
12	400–450	401	380.00	380.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	825	232.50	232.50
1	850–900	890	232.50	232.50
1	1150–1200	1,165	230.00	230.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	504	382.50	382.50
4	700–750	715	225.00	225.00

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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