Sale reports / Colorado / Centennial / 2022-01-20

Centennial

Feeder Cattle · Fort Collins, Colorado · Thu, Jan 20
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1863
Receipts
1,700 head
▼ 3,122 vs last sale 4,822▼ 124 vs year ago 1,824 · −6.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the second of two 2022 Stock Show Specials at Centennial Livestock. The sale was well attended for the pre-consigned trades, providing active trade and good demand. The run consisted mostly of large lots of cattle with at least two rounds of vaccinations and weaned over 30 days. Compared to last weeks Stock Show Special: Steers were 3.00-4.00 lower and heifers were 2.00-6.00 lower. Next feeder sale will be January 27, 2022.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.81/cwt on 764 head.
Average price
$186.81
764 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,105
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$670
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.80
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1592192.821,141620
Medium and Large 1-2586164.61965105
Large 1669151.131,01132
Medium and Large 2314150.004717thin
One grade step is worth $42.82/cwt here — about $670 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 sale764 hd
186.81
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CO average6 barns · 6,849 hd
175.00
+11.80
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

55 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1290214.72/cwt214.00–218.006235
Steers—Medium and Large 2314150.00/cwt150.00–150.004717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2371187.00/cwt187.00–187.0069415
Steers—Medium and Large 1391232.51/cwt227.00–234.5090919
Steers—Medium and Large 1414224.00/cwt224.00–224.009276
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned463190.00/cwt190.00–190.008808
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474175.35/cwt168.00–180.008318
Steers—Medium and Large 1478208.04/cwt199.00–213.0099430
Steers—Large 1499180.00/cwt180.00–180.008985
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518178.84/cwt167.00–186.0092611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy520220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,147183
Steers—Medium and Large 1524199.07/cwt187.50–202.001,04371
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583173.23/cwt173.00–174.001,0109
Steers—Medium and Large 1587190.45/cwt182.00–192.501,118111
Steers—Medium and Large 1605176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0655
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609154.00/cwt154.00–154.009385
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611158.48/cwt147.00–164.0096830
Steers—Large 1650143.00/cwt143.00–143.0093012
Steers—Medium and Large 1665164.36/cwt163.00–165.001,09341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669155.06/cwt154.00–157.001,03717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2702151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0603
Steers—Medium and Large 1720159.27/cwt153.00–163.001,14741
Steers—Large 1741148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,09715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2757145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,09811
Steers—Medium and Large 1766154.30/cwt149.00–158.001,18248
Steers—Medium and Large 1819151.20/cwt150.00–151.501,23825
Steers—Medium and Large 1868146.30/cwt144.50–147.501,27015
Steers—Medium and Large 1961146.91/cwt140.00–149.751,4127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,135112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338169.00/cwt169.00–169.005715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395180.00/cwt180.00–180.007115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418171.00/cwt171.00–171.007152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436182.00/cwt182.00–182.0079416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473166.00/cwt166.00–166.0078515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478155.46/cwt151.00–159.0074313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy517171.73/cwt171.00–176.00888126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523164.50/cwt162.50–170.0086032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527145.09/cwt140.00–161.007654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564151.00/cwt151.00–151.008527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575158.73/cwt151.00–164.0091368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609145.00/cwt145.00–145.008835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613154.58/cwt150.00–157.00948103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626143.64/cwt140.00–146.0089925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666139.11/cwt130.00–141.0092667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667147.17/cwt145.00–149.0098263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727141.50/cwt140.00–143.001,02912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761136.71/cwt131.00–145.001,04025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1857138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2905101.00/cwt101.00–101.009146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1977127.00/cwt123.00–129.001,2413
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,089109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,18718
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530173.00/cwt173.00–173.009172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668143.00/cwt143.00–143.009558
Bulls—Medium and Large 1715140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2770114.00/cwt114.00–114.008784

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.