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Centennial

Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2026-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-05

Feeder Cattle · Fort Collins, Colorado · Mon, Oct 5

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1898

← Aug 31Oct 5latest

Receipts

1,931 head

▲ 182 vs last sale 1,749▼ 22 vs year ago 1,953 · −1.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Demand mostly good for moderate offerings. Dairy feeder steers traded 7.00-22.00 lower. Next sale will be November 2, 2026.

Every lot, as filed

58 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 Steers31 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	150–200	Large 3-4	166	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	14
Dairy Steers	200–250	Large 3-4	208	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	998	28
Dairy Steers	250–300	Large 3-4	283	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,330	5
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 2	322	582.14/cwt	580.00–585.00	1,874	43
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	330	467.40/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,542	156
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 2-3	365	525.07/cwt	510.00–535.00	1,917	21
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 2	367	592.84/cwt	565.00–600.00	2,176	38
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	371	449.96/cwt	400.00–470.00	1,669	221
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 4	384	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	941	18
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 2	408	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,224	15
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	420	400.49/cwt	370.00–442.50	1,682	178
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 2	453	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,401	21
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	472	374.76/cwt	345.00–405.00	1,769	32
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 2-3	476	448.61/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,135	21
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 2	501	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,355	15
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	518	386.70/cwt	340.00–395.00	2,003	39
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 2	570	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,445	43
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	572	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,888	41
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 2	625	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,313	6
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	638	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,834	3
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 2	666	336.90/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,244	15
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	676	276.01/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,866	9
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 2-3	682	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,961	27
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	730	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,935	5
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 2	737	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,524	7
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 3	807	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,078	18
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 2	850	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,040	2
Dairy Steers	900–950	Large 3	902	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,030	3
Dairy Steers	900–950	Large 2-3	910	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,275	4
Dairy Steers	1000–1050	Large 2	1,038	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,387	4
Dairy Steers	1200–1250	Large 2	1,200	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,610	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	200–250	Large 2	238	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,452	2
Dairy Heifers	300–350	Large 2	329	514.17/cwt	505.00–550.00	1,692	36
Dairy Heifers	300–350	Large 4	329	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	987	4
Dairy Heifers	300–350	Large 3	345	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,432	2
Dairy Heifers	350–400	Large 3	363	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,506	2
Dairy Heifers	350–400	Large 2-3	377	446.24/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,682	21
Dairy Heifers	350–400	Large 4	384	252.33/cwt	245.00–270.00	969	19
Dairy Heifers	350–400	Large 2	398	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,950	12
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Large 2-3	403	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,652	19
Dairy Heifers	450–500	Large 2-3	461	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,798	5
Dairy Heifers	450–500	Large 2	480	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,208	36
Dairy Heifers	450–500	Large 3-4	484	258.49/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,251	17
Dairy Heifers	500–550	Large 3	514	313.72/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,613	79
Dairy Heifers	500–550	Large 3-4	517	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,060	14
Dairy Heifers	550–600	Large 2-3	583	356.46/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,078	31
Dairy Heifers	600–650	Large 3-4	608	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,216	3
Dairy Heifers	600–650	Large 2	614	381.22/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,341	28
Dairy Heifers	600–650	Large 3	628	268.82/cwt	225.00–290.00	1,688	49
Dairy Heifers	650–700	Large 2-3	691	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,128	16
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Large 2	769	294.58/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,265	13
Dairy Heifers	800–850	Large 3	812	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,908	7
Dairy Heifers	850–900	Large 2-3	871	240.50/cwt	210.00–247.50	2,095	24
Dairy Heifers	900–950	Large 3	910	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,911	9
Dairy Heifers	900–950	Large 2	929	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,462	4
Dairy Heifers	950–1000	Large 2-3	989	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,151	7
Dairy Heifers	1100–1150	Large 2-3	1,115	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,286	5
Dairy Heifers	1200–1250	Large 2-3	1,246	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,442	7

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 Oct 5, 2026

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

Receipts 1,931Last week 1,749Year ago 1,953

Compared to last sale: Demand mostly good for moderate offerings. Dairy feeder steers traded 7.00-22.00 lower. Next sale will be November 2, 2026.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	300–350	322	580.00–585.00	582.14
38	350–400	367	565.00–600.00	592.84
15	400–450	408	545.00	545.00
21	450–500	453	530.00	530.00
15	500–550	501	470.00	470.00
43	550–600	570	429.00	429.00
6	600–650	625	370.00	370.00
15	650–700	666	330.00–347.50	336.90
7	700–750	737	342.50	342.50
2	850–900	850	240.00	240.00
4	1000–1050	1,038	230.00	230.00
2	1200–1250	1,200	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	365	510.00–535.00	525.07
21	450–500	476	440.00–455.00	448.61
27	650–700	682	287.50	287.50
4	900–950	910	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
156	300–350	330	440.00–485.00	467.40
221	350–400	371	400.00–470.00	449.96
178	400–450	420	370.00–442.50	400.49
32	450–500	472	345.00–405.00	374.76
39	500–550	518	340.00–395.00	386.70
41	550–600	572	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	638	287.50	287.50
9	650–700	676	265.00–285.00	276.01
5	700–750	730	265.00	265.00
18	800–850	807	257.50	257.50
3	900–950	902	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per head · actual wt
14	150–200	166	750.00	750.00
28	200–250	208	480.00	480.00
5	250–300	283	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	384	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	377	445.00–450.00	446.24
19	400–450	403	410.00	410.00
5	450–500	461	390.00	390.00
31	550–600	583	350.00–375.00	356.46
16	650–700	691	308.00	308.00
24	850–900	871	210.00–247.50	240.50
7	950–1000	989	217.50	217.50
5	1100–1150	1,115	205.00	205.00
7	1200–1250	1,246	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	610.00	610.00
36	300–350	329	505.00–550.00	514.17
12	350–400	398	490.00	490.00
36	450–500	480	460.00	460.00
28	600–650	614	370.00–385.00	381.22
13	750–800	769	290.00–300.00	294.58
4	900–950	929	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	415.00	415.00
2	350–400	363	415.00	415.00
79	500–550	514	310.00–322.50	313.72
49	600–650	628	225.00–290.00	268.82
7	800–850	812	235.00	235.00
9	900–950	910	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	484	250.00–280.00	258.49
14	500–550	517	205.00	205.00
3	600–650	608	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	329	300.00	300.00
19	350–400	384	245.00–270.00	252.33

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.