Sale reports / Colorado / Centennial / 2026-04-06

Centennial

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

Feeder Cattle · Fort Collins, Colorado · Mon, Apr 6

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1898

← Mar 2Apr 6May 4 →

Receipts

1,788 head

▼ 188 vs last sale 1,976▲ 298 vs year ago 1,490 · +20.0%

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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

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers35 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	200–250	Large 3	229	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,420	33
Dairy Steers	200–250	Large 3-4	231	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,271	4
Dairy Steers	200–250	Large 2-3	235	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,516	1
Dairy Steers	200–250	Large 2	245	745.00/cwt	745.00–745.00	1,825	1
Dairy Steers	250–300	Large 2-3	265	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	1,762	2
Dairy Steers	250–300	Large 3	280	618.14/cwt	600.00–627.50	1,731	155
Dairy Steers	250–300	Large 3-4	280	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,316	2
Dairy Steers	250–300	Large 2	288	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	2,117	8
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 2-3	310	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,891	2
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 2	313	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,191	7
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3-4	315	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,780	5
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	338	605.09/cwt	585.00–610.00	2,045	111
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 2	363	706.26/cwt	685.00–710.00	2,564	14
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 2-3	379	598.30/cwt	580.00–625.00	2,268	118
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	389	510.86/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,987	34
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	418	468.27/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,957	6
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3-4	424	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,802	7
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 2	432	569.41/cwt	535.00–590.00	2,460	46
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 2-3	445	532.09/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,368	55
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 2	450	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,543	17
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	475	476.65/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,264	20
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 2-3	488	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,611	12
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	503	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,364	18
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 2	512	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,534	22
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 2-3	546	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,512	28
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3-4	579	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,055	6
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	582	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,474	25
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 2-3	619	399.06/cwt	392.50–410.00	2,470	90
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	625	348.77/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,180	25
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 2	658	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,764	10
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 2-3	682	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,626	3
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	683	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,493	10
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 2-3	701	339.36/cwt	327.50–350.00	2,379	19
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 2	808	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,505	22
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 2	863	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,783	29
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	100–150	Large 2-3	119	541.50/cwt	541.50–541.50	644	4
Dairy Heifers	250–300	Large 2	282	686.75/cwt	665.00–725.00	1,937	16
Dairy Heifers	250–300	Large 3-4	282	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,354	13
Dairy Heifers	300–350	Large 3	331	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,258	4
Dairy Heifers	350–400	Large 2-3	352	510.89/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,798	53
Dairy Heifers	350–400	Large 3	363	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,724	7
Dairy Heifers	350–400	Large 2	387	604.30/cwt	600.00–640.00	2,339	18
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Large 3-4	420	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,176	7
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Large 2	431	547.77/cwt	535.00–565.00	2,361	19
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Large 2-3	437	444.26/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,941	65
Dairy Heifers	450–500	Large 2	462	514.41/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,377	13
Dairy Heifers	450–500	Large 2-3	466	438.08/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,041	41
Dairy Heifers	450–500	Large 3	498	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,544	14
Dairy Heifers	500–550	Large 3	526	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,025	11
Dairy Heifers	550–600	Large 2-3	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	4
Dairy Heifers	600–650	Large 2	608	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,417	26
Dairy Heifers	600–650	Large 2-3	612	348.42/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,132	13
Dairy Heifers	650–700	Large 2-3	680	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,448	16
Dairy Heifers	700–750	Large 2	735	345.32/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,538	19
Dairy Heifers	800–850	Large 2	809	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,184	16
Dairy Heifers	850–900	Large 2	861	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,260	45

This sale against other markets

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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.