Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2026-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Demand mostly good for moderate offerings. Market activity was active with good buyer participation and rapid bidding noticed. Dairy feeder steers traded sharply lower. Next sale will be August 31, 2026.

Every lot, as filed

43 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 3	600–650	624	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,997	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	200–250	229	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,443	31
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	458	425.76/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,950	89
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	761	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,492	37
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	334	521.72/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,743	151
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	636	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,131	30
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	384	512.12/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,967	151
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	300–350	307	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,044	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	500–550	529	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,852	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	250–300	292	537.78/cwt	530.00–575.00	1,570	32
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	350–400	392	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,117	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	658	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,254	35
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	350–400	384	572.29/cwt	560.00–585.00	2,198	22
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	550–600	588	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,264	13
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	600–650	628	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,261	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	534	373.85/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,996	30
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	600–650	604	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,205	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	427	456.44/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,949	66
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	502	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,058	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	850–900	859	262.66/cwt	250.00–287.50	2,256	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	900–950	934	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,242	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,034	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,637	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	300–350	337	541.47/cwt	535.00–550.00	1,825	28
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	800–850	833	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,166	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	700–750	730	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,610	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2	700–750	730	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,628	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	385	615.69/cwt	605.00–620.00	2,370	43
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	450–500	464	441.88/cwt	437.50–445.00	2,050	15
Dairy Steers	Large 2	550–600	551	438.43/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,416	13
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	400–450	434	511.09/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,218	20
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	250–300	288	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,786	16
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	500–550	515	484.38/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,495	27
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	450–500	484	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,468	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,054	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,382	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	300–350	328	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,935	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2	600–650	613	388.62/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,382	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	550–600	578	371.78/cwt	362.50–380.00	2,149	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	350–400	389	589.77/cwt	560.00–605.00	2,294	31
Dairy Steers	Large 2	850–900	871	317.19/cwt	272.50–340.00	2,763	9
Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	419	541.93/cwt	520.00–565.00	2,271	80
Dairy Steers	Large 2	250–300	295	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,829	22
Dairy Steers	Large 2	450–500	475	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,328	7
Dairy Steers	Large 2	500–550	514	442.55/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,275	12

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 Aug 3, 2026

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

Receipts 1,700Last week 1,738Year ago 1,669

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	307	340.00	340.00
5	500–550	529	350.00	350.00
4	600–650	624	320.00	320.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	337	535.00–550.00	541.47
19	350–400	392	540.00	540.00
15	450–500	464	437.50–445.00	441.88
5	600–650	604	365.00	365.00
7	800–850	833	260.00	260.00
12	850–900	859	250.00–287.50	262.66
7	900–950	934	240.00	240.00
5	1000–1050	1,034	255.00	255.00
5	1050–1100	1,054	226.00	226.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	288	620.00	620.00
8	300–350	328	590.00	590.00
31	350–400	389	560.00–605.00	589.77
10	450–500	484	510.00	510.00
27	500–550	515	480.00–500.00	484.38
11	550–600	578	362.50–380.00	371.78
4	700–750	730	357.50	357.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
31	200–250	229	630.00	630.00
32	250–300	292	530.00–575.00	537.78
151	300–350	334	510.00–550.00	521.72
151	350–400	384	470.00–520.00	512.12
66	400–450	427	440.00–470.00	456.44
89	450–500	458	400.00–445.00	425.76
30	500–550	534	370.00–375.00	373.85
30	600–650	636	335.00	335.00
35	650–700	658	342.50	342.50
37	750–800	761	327.50	327.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	384	560.00–585.00	572.29
20	400–450	434	500.00–520.00	511.09
12	500–550	502	410.00	410.00
13	550–600	588	385.00	385.00
6	600–650	628	360.00	360.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	250–300	295	620.00	620.00
43	350–400	385	605.00–620.00	615.69
80	400–450	419	520.00–565.00	541.93
7	450–500	475	490.00	490.00
12	500–550	514	435.00–445.00	442.55
13	550–600	551	425.00–450.00	438.43
11	600–650	613	385.00–390.00	388.62
6	700–750	730	360.00	360.00
9	850–900	871	272.50–340.00	317.19

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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