Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2026-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Demand mostly good for moderate offerings. Dairy feeder steers traded sharply lower. Next sale will be October 5, 2026.

Every lot, as filed

53 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	350–400	386	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,220	24
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	250–300	269	625.24/cwt	620.00–635.00	1,682	27
Dairy Steers	Large 2	950–1000	960	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,592	7
Dairy Steers	Large 2	250–300	275	645.78/cwt	635.00–660.00	1,776	30
Dairy Steers	Large 2	300–350	341	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,029	28
Dairy Steers	Large 2	850–900	855	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,458	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	800–850	814	230.56/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,877	16
Dairy Steers	Large 2	700–750	725	315.54/cwt	315.00–317.50	2,288	28
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1300–1350	1,306	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,481	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	750–800	777	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,826	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	500–550	519	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,920	26
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	350–400	371	481.69/cwt	480.00–485.00	1,787	24
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	900–950	915	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,242	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	409	506.43/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,071	19
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	300–350	332	543.47/cwt	505.00–565.00	1,804	9
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	550–600	596	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,354	12
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	700–750	745	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,993	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	492	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,116	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	600–650	625	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,063	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	950–1000	997	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,193	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	250–300	285	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,568	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,094	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,215	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	573	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,805	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	750–800	790	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,054	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	626	293.42/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,837	47
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	400–450	435	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,001	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	650–700	669	241.61/cwt	217.50–265.00	1,616	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	350–400	361	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,155	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	500–550	526	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,683	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	450–500	462	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,871	24
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	600–650	642	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,445	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	600–650	621	273.17/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,696	17
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	855	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,988	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	250–300	288	541.88/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,561	124
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	359	471.80/cwt	445.00–495.00	1,694	119
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	668	266.67/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,781	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	332	474.04/cwt	467.50–487.50	1,574	102
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	746	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,902	25
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	407	420.08/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,710	57
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	566	331.79/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,878	39
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	450–500	480	297.83/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,430	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	456	360.90/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,646	25
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	525	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,759	22
Dairy Steers	Large 4	150–200	196	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	784	34
Dairy Steers	Large 4	250–300	260	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,092	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	350–400	386	422.20/cwt	407.50–435.00	1,630	165
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	300–350	313	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,377	43
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	350–400	359	534.87/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,920	19
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	900–950	917	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,403	18
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	700–750	711	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,115	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	800–850	811	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,987	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	750–800	754	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,074	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	850–900	890	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,003	2

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.

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Centennial Livestock Monthly Dairy Feeder Cattle Sale - Fort Collins, CO

Mon Aug 31, 2026

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

Receipts 1,749Last week 1,700Year ago 0

Compared to last sale: Demand mostly good for moderate offerings. Dairy feeder steers traded sharply lower. Next sale will be October 5, 2026.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	250–300	275	635.00–660.00	645.78
28	300–350	341	595.00	595.00
24	350–400	386	575.00	575.00
19	400–450	409	500.00–520.00	506.43
28	700–750	725	315.00–317.50	315.54
10	850–900	855	287.50	287.50
7	950–1000	960	270.00	270.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	332	505.00–565.00	543.47
3	400–450	435	460.00	460.00
8	450–500	492	430.00	430.00
12	550–600	596	395.00	395.00
5	600–650	625	330.00	330.00
8	700–750	745	267.50	267.50
4	750–800	790	260.00	260.00
1	900–950	915	245.00	245.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
124	250–300	288	530.00–560.00	541.88
102	300–350	332	467.50–487.50	474.04
119	350–400	359	445.00–495.00	471.80
57	400–450	407	400.00–430.00	420.08
25	450–500	456	345.00–365.00	360.90
22	500–550	525	335.00	335.00
39	550–600	566	330.00–335.00	331.79
47	600–650	626	285.00–305.00	293.42
18	650–700	668	260.00–270.00	266.67
25	700–750	746	255.00	255.00
5	850–900	855	232.50	232.50
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
34	150–200	196	400.00	400.00
2	250–300	260	420.00	420.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
43	300–350	313	440.00	440.00
165	350–400	386	407.50–435.00	422.20
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	250–300	269	620.00–635.00	625.24
19	350–400	359	520.00–540.00	534.87
12	700–750	711	297.50	297.50
4	750–800	754	275.00	275.00
6	800–850	811	245.00	245.00
2	850–900	890	225.00	225.00
18	900–950	917	262.00	262.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	285	550.00	550.00
24	350–400	371	480.00–485.00	481.69
24	450–500	462	405.00	405.00
26	500–550	519	370.00	370.00
4	550–600	573	315.00	315.00
17	600–650	621	265.00–285.00	273.17
11	750–800	777	235.00	235.00
16	800–850	814	225.00–235.00	230.56
10	950–1000	997	220.00	220.00
4	1050–1100	1,094	202.50	202.50
9	1300–1350	1,306	190.00	190.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	320.00	320.00
16	450–500	480	295.00–300.00	297.83
4	500–550	526	320.00	320.00
6	600–650	642	225.00	225.00
14	650–700	669	217.50–265.00	241.61

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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