Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2026-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-06

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 8.00 to sharply higher. The next available report will be May 4, 2026.

Every lot, as filed

56 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 2-3	400–450	445	532.09/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,368	55
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	546	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,512	28
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	450–500	498	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,544	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	300–350	331	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,258	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	683	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,493	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	200–250	229	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,420	33
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	200–250	235	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,516	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	350–400	379	598.30/cwt	580.00–625.00	2,268	118
Dairy Steers	Large 3	250–300	280	618.14/cwt	600.00–627.50	1,731	155
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	338	605.09/cwt	585.00–610.00	2,045	111
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	400–450	424	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,802	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	250–300	282	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,354	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	582	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,474	25
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	475	476.65/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,264	20
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	400–450	420	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,176	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	503	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,364	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	300–350	315	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,780	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	200–250	231	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,271	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	625	348.77/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,180	25
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	418	468.27/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,957	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	550–600	579	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,055	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	250–300	280	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,316	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	700–750	735	345.32/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,538	19
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	400–450	431	547.77/cwt	535.00–565.00	2,361	19
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	350–400	387	604.30/cwt	600.00–640.00	2,339	18
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	800–850	809	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,184	16
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	250–300	282	686.75/cwt	665.00–725.00	1,937	16
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	450–500	462	514.41/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,377	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	350–400	363	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,724	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	389	510.86/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,987	34
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	650–700	682	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,626	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	488	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,611	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	600–650	612	348.42/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,132	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	650–700	680	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,448	16
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	250–300	265	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	1,762	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	500–550	526	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,025	11
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	300–350	310	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,891	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	700–750	701	339.36/cwt	327.50–350.00	2,379	19
Dairy Steers	Large 2	800–850	808	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,505	22
Dairy Steers	Large 2	850–900	863	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,783	29
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	600–650	619	399.06/cwt	392.50–410.00	2,470	90
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	100–150	119	541.50/cwt	541.50–541.50	644	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	450–500	466	438.08/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,041	41
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	350–400	352	510.89/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,798	53
Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	363	706.26/cwt	685.00–710.00	2,564	14
Dairy Steers	Large 2	450–500	450	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,543	17
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	400–450	437	444.26/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,941	65
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	600–650	608	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,417	26
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	850–900	861	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,260	45
Dairy Steers	Large 2	500–550	512	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,534	22
Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	432	569.41/cwt	535.00–590.00	2,460	46
Dairy Steers	Large 2	300–350	313	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,191	7
Dairy Steers	Large 2	250–300	288	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	2,117	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2	200–250	245	745.00/cwt	745.00–745.00	1,825	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	650–700	658	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,764	10

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 Apr 6, 2026

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

Receipts 1,788Last week 1,976Year ago 1,490

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	645.00	645.00
2	250–300	265	665.00	665.00
2	300–350	310	610.00	610.00
118	350–400	379	580.00–625.00	598.30
55	400–450	445	500.00–540.00	532.09
12	450–500	488	535.00	535.00
28	500–550	546	460.00	460.00
90	600–650	619	392.50–410.00	399.06
3	650–700	682	385.00	385.00
19	700–750	701	327.50–350.00	339.36
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
33	200–250	229	620.00	620.00
155	250–300	280	600.00–627.50	618.14
111	300–350	338	585.00–610.00	605.09
34	350–400	389	500.00–560.00	510.86
6	400–450	418	465.00–470.00	468.27
20	450–500	475	470.00–485.00	476.65
18	500–550	503	470.00	470.00
25	550–600	582	425.00	425.00
25	600–650	625	340.00–350.00	348.77
10	650–700	683	365.00	365.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	231	550.00	550.00
2	250–300	280	470.00	470.00
5	300–350	315	565.00	565.00
7	400–450	424	425.00	425.00
6	550–600	579	355.00	355.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	745.00	745.00
8	250–300	288	735.00	735.00
7	300–350	313	700.00	700.00
14	350–400	363	685.00–710.00	706.26
46	400–450	432	535.00–590.00	569.41
17	450–500	450	565.00	565.00
22	500–550	512	495.00	495.00
10	650–700	658	420.00	420.00
22	800–850	808	310.00	310.00
29	850–900	863	322.50	322.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	380.00	380.00
7	350–400	363	475.00	475.00
14	450–500	498	310.00	310.00
11	500–550	526	385.00	385.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	282	480.00	480.00
7	400–450	420	280.00	280.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	282	665.00–725.00	686.75
18	350–400	387	600.00–640.00	604.30
19	400–450	431	535.00–565.00	547.77
13	450–500	462	490.00–525.00	514.41
26	600–650	608	397.50	397.50
19	700–750	735	340.00–350.00	345.32
16	800–850	809	270.00	270.00
45	850–900	861	262.50	262.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	100–150	119	541.50	541.50
53	350–400	352	490.00–520.00	510.89
65	400–450	437	430.00–460.00	444.26
41	450–500	466	420.00–450.00	438.08
4	550–600	565	400.00	400.00
13	600–650	612	330.00–350.00	348.42
16	650–700	680	360.00	360.00

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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