Sale reports / Colorado / Centennial / 2020-01-13

Centennial

Feeder Cattle · Fort Collins, Colorado · Mon, Jan 13
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1863
Receipts
1,324 head
▼ 4,510 vs last sale 5,834▲ 1,324 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Today's run consisted of 30-90 day weaned steers and heifers with 1-2 rounds of vaccinations. Feeder steers under 600 lbs traded mostly 1.00 to 7.00 lower and steers over 600 lbs mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs traded mostly 4.00 to 5.00 lower, 450-550 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher and over 550 lbs mostly 1.00 to 5.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. This concludes the 2020 Stock Show Specials for this market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.19/cwt on 673 head.
Average price
$147.19
673 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$830
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.78
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565151.19854464
Medium and Large 1-2571139.74797176
Medium 1505137.006925thin
Medium 2357135.004826thin
Medium and Large 2569127.9172822
One grade step is worth $23.28/cwt here — about $126 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale673 hd
147.19
—
CO average5 barns · 6,086 hd
144.40
+2.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

47 lots · USDA AMS · Centennial Livestock Auction Stock Show Special - 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1334219.81/cwt219.00–220.0073411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375189.92/cwt187.00–193.0071220
Steers—Medium 1427173.50/cwt173.50–173.507415
Steers—Medium and Large 1432199.12/cwt196.00–202.0086041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436189.00/cwt189.00–189.008245
Steers—Medium and Large 1476181.85/cwt176.00–183.0086623
Steers—Large 1-2481162.50/cwt162.50–162.507828
Steers—Medium and Large 1520173.54/cwt168.00–180.5090240
Steers—Medium 1547155.00/cwt155.00–155.008486
Steers—Medium and Large 1571166.41/cwt159.50–171.5095074
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2596150.50/cwt150.50–150.508977
Steers—Medium and Large 1624157.82/cwt152.00–162.0098580
Steers—Medium and Large 1659150.90/cwt146.50–153.5099423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2687145.00/cwt145.00–145.0099615
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy693143.00/cwt143.00–143.0099110
Steers—Medium and Large 1717143.54/cwt142.00–147.001,02922
Steers—Medium 1723135.00/cwt135.00–135.009765
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730137.76/cwt135.00–140.001,00613
Steers—Medium and Large 1762141.68/cwt139.50–144.001,08026
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2764130.00/cwt130.00–130.009937
Steers—Medium and Large 1840140.69/cwt137.50–142.001,18253
Steers—Medium and Large 1874138.08/cwt137.00–139.501,20721
Steers—Medium and Large 1943135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,27310
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328190.30/cwt190.00–190.5062427
Heifers—Medium 2357135.00/cwt135.00–135.004826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380180.00/cwt180.00–180.006846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423169.14/cwt164.00–176.0071570
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457167.61/cwt161.00–172.0076649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476153.94/cwt151.00–157.0073344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full478151.00/cwt151.00–151.0072215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2494134.00/cwt134.00–134.0066214
Heifers—Medium 1505137.00/cwt137.00–137.006925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513158.54/cwt152.00–161.0081363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532137.07/cwt134.00–139.5072921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582142.64/cwt140.00–144.0083046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588136.59/cwt135.00–137.5080337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623137.22/cwt136.50–139.0085558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629133.63/cwt129.00–135.7584174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672135.68/cwt133.75–137.7591227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy684127.00/cwt126.00–129.0086915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2701117.25/cwt117.25–117.258228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717133.22/cwt132.50–133.5095526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy719127.19/cwt123.50–129.0091415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy809134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,08832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826124.51/cwt124.00–125.001,02810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1903124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1205
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1448176.00/cwt176.00–176.007886

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.