Sale reports / Colorado / Centennial / 2025-01-06

Centennial

Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2025-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-06

Feeder Cattle · Fort Collins, Colorado · Mon, Jan 6

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1863

← Jan 8Jan 6Jan 12 →

Receipts

4,376 head

▲ 705 vs last sale 3,671▲ 705 vs year ago 3,671 · +19.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Stock Show Special comprised of mostly large drafts of weaned steers and heifers with multiple rounds of vaccinations. Trade active on good demand. This will be the only Stock Show Special Sale this year.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.38/cwt on 626 head.

Average price

$307.38

626 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$58.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.72

vs CO average

+2.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	518	318.00	1,647	12thin
Medium and Large 1	551	309.09	1,702	559
Medium and Large 1-2	572	291.08	1,664	49
Medium and Large 2	588	260.00	1,529	6thin

One grade step is worth $58.00/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale626 hd

307.38

—

CO average2 barns · 796 hd

303.66

+3.72

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

+2.14

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

66 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,328	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,733	22
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	392	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,274	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,762	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,771	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	339.71/cwt	335.00–343.00	1,654	36
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	359.88/cwt	351.00–368.00	1,774	42
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	514	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,619	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	357.39/cwt	350.00–364.00	1,844	158
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	314.83/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,678	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	342.69/cwt	340.00–344.00	1,840	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	344.37/cwt	336.00–353.00	1,928	187
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	587	300.07/cwt	295.00–303.00	1,761	47
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	327.13/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,924	77
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	590	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,894	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	325.26/cwt	316.00–331.00	2,000	243
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,808	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	301.46/cwt	295.00–309.00	1,908	86
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	308.03/cwt	302.00–313.00	2,051	111
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	280.22/cwt	276.00–281.00	1,891	65
Steers	650–700	Large 1	679	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,894	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	293.70/cwt	286.00–297.00	2,000	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	686	264.63/cwt	252.50–268.00	1,815	23
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	277.15/cwt	274.00–284.00	1,990	16
Steers	700–750	Medium 1	719	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,905	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	294.75/cwt	289.00–300.00	2,140	190
Steers	700–750	Medium 1-2	748	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,870	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	760	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,968	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	768	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,912	61
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	280.40/cwt	278.00–283.00	2,162	103
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,162	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	827	256.17/cwt	250.00–259.00	2,119	49
Steers	800–850	Large 1	833	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,145	61
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	846	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,191	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,148	51
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,342	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	389	329.02/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,280	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	349.35/cwt	345.00–351.00	1,369	71
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	399	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,277	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	427	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,409	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	350.54/cwt	344.00–355.00	1,504	137
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,441	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	335.01/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,561	98
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	470	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,434	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	327.05/cwt	320.00–333.00	1,547	67
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,531	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	518	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,647	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	318.89/cwt	310.00–333.00	1,677	255
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	302.85/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,629	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	541	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,623	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	300.88/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,721	298
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	285.38/cwt	278.00–287.00	1,678	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,529	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	281.05/cwt	277.00–287.00	1,734	174
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	264.57/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,659	69
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	265.78/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,749	222
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	255.31/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,757	45
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,704	61
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	694	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,686	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	258.45/cwt	247.50–260.00	1,819	81
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	243.98/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,791	30
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	246.34/cwt	245.50–247.50	1,892	107
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	781	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,843	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	801	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,906	21
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	807	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,852	73
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,991	10

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.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Centennial Livestock Auction Stock Show Special - Fort Collins, CO

Mon Jan 6, 2025

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Receipts 4,376Last week 3,671Year ago 3,671

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
137	400–450	429	344.00–355.00	350.54
98	450–500	466	334.00–340.00	335.01
255	500–550	526	310.00–333.00	318.89
298	550–600	572	290.00–310.00	300.88
174	600–650	617	277.00–287.00	281.05
222	650–700	658	260.00–272.00	265.78
81	700–750	704	247.50–260.00	258.45
107	750–800	768	245.50–247.50	246.34
21	800–850	801	238.00	238.00
10	950–1000	957	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	399	320.00	320.00
11	450–500	470	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	350–400	392	345.00–351.00	349.35
16	400–450	430	335.00	335.00
67	450–500	473	320.00–333.00	327.05
16	500–550	538	300.00–305.00	302.85
33	550–600	588	278.00–287.00	285.38
69	600–650	627	260.00–268.00	264.57
45	650–700	688	250.00–259.00	255.31
30	700–750	734	240.00–245.00	243.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	389	325.00–335.00	329.02
7	450–500	494	310.00	310.00
6	550–600	588	260.00	260.00
61	650–700	690	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	541	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	518	318.00	318.00
8	650–700	694	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	781	236.00	236.00
73	800–850	807	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	650–700	679	279.00	279.00
61	800–850	833	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	590	321.00	321.00
6	750–800	760	259.00	259.00
49	800–850	827	250.00–259.00	256.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	650–700	686	252.50–268.00	264.63
61	750–800	768	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	361	480.00	480.00
12	400–450	417	422.50	422.50
43	450–500	454	390.00	390.00
158	500–550	516	350.00–364.00	357.39
187	550–600	560	336.00–353.00	344.37
243	600–650	615	316.00–331.00	325.26
111	650–700	666	302.00–313.00	308.03
190	700–750	726	289.00–300.00	294.75
103	750–800	771	278.00–283.00	280.40
28	800–850	819	264.00	264.00
51	850–900	873	246.00	246.00
19	950–1000	980	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	514	315.00	315.00
5	700–750	719	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	493	351.00–368.00	359.88
28	500–550	537	340.00–344.00	342.69
77	550–600	588	317.50–330.00	327.13
86	600–650	633	295.00–309.00	301.46
27	650–700	681	286.00–297.00	293.70
16	700–750	718	274.00–284.00	277.15
11	800–850	846	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	385.00	385.00
36	450–500	487	335.00–343.00	339.71
23	500–550	533	310.00–320.00	314.83
47	550–600	587	295.00–303.00	300.07
5	600–650	632	286.00	286.00
65	650–700	675	276.00–281.00	280.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	748	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	392	325.00	325.00

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.