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Centennial

Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2024-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Fort Collins, Colorado · Mon, Mar 4

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1898

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Receipts

1,600 head

▼ 252 vs last sale 1,852▼ 360 vs year ago 1,960 · −18.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand good. Dairy feeder steers and heifers across all weights sold sharply higher. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

Every lot

68 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 Steers43 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	150–200	Large 4	194	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	398	7
Dairy Steers	200–250	Large 3-4	225	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	563	20
Dairy Steers	200–250	Large 3	234	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	661	34
Dairy Steers	250–300	Large 2-3	273	360.37/cwt	347.50–375.00	984	2
Dairy Steers	250–300	Large 3-4	286	261.52/cwt	255.00–267.50	748	4
Dairy Steers	250–300	Large 3	287	278.99/cwt	270.00–285.00	801	72
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 2-3	318	302.93/cwt	300.00–335.00	963	71
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 2	321	391.92/cwt	377.50–400.00	1,258	15
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3-4	321	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	851	7
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 4	333	194.04/cwt	177.50–210.00	646	10
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	338	275.51/cwt	270.00–285.00	931	45
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3-4	363	241.55/cwt	232.50–250.00	877	2
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 2	372	399.23/cwt	387.50–400.00	1,485	49
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 4	373	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	578	9
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	374	272.71/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,020	38
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 2-3	383	284.73/cwt	282.50–305.00	1,091	63
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	405	263.04/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,065	31
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 4	410	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	800	2
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 2	419	396.60/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,662	22
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3-4	419	246.46/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,033	17
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 2-3	430	310.65/cwt	285.00–340.00	1,336	39
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 2	456	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,493	5
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	458	251.90/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,154	83
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3-4	458	234.82/cwt	232.50–240.00	1,075	39
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 4	472	217.62/cwt	210.00–222.50	1,027	10
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 2-3	477	283.32/cwt	272.50–300.00	1,351	10
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 2-3	514	276.41/cwt	265.00–287.50	1,421	30
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 2	523	309.70/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,620	29
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	536	233.67/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,252	68
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 2	562	285.12/cwt	281.00–293.00	1,602	29
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 2-3	562	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,461	3
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	593	217.86/cwt	216.00–222.50	1,292	51
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 2-3	600	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,440	3
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	640	215.64/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,380	27
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 2	659	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,628	4
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 2-3	665	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,476	2
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3-4	720	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,152	1
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 2-3	723	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,453	3
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	728	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,340	8
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 2	744	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,681	12
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 2	751	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,667	5
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3-4	790	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,126	2
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 2	800	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,672	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	200–250	Large 3	227	224.61/cwt	222.50–225.00	510	32
Dairy Heifers	250–300	Large 2-3	273	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	853	2
Dairy Heifers	250–300	Large 4	280	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	448	7
Dairy Heifers	300–350	Large 3-4	320	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	656	14
Dairy Heifers	300–350	Large 2-3	323	315.70/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,020	10
Dairy Heifers	300–350	Large 3	335	238.32/cwt	220.00–255.00	798	29
Dairy Heifers	300–350	Large 2	338	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,183	24
Dairy Heifers	350–400	Large 2	365	322.01/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,175	20
Dairy Heifers	350–400	Large 3	368	222.23/cwt	217.50–242.50	818	32
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Large 2-3	415	231.18/cwt	220.00–245.00	959	62
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Large 3	419	210.53/cwt	197.50–217.50	882	18
Dairy Heifers	450–500	Large 2-3	480	239.87/cwt	222.50–247.50	1,151	45
Dairy Heifers	450–500	Large 2	483	284.87/cwt	262.50–292.50	1,376	36
Dairy Heifers	500–550	Large 3	540	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,026	1
Dairy Heifers	600–650	Large 2	614	211.23/cwt	202.50–215.00	1,297	10
Dairy Heifers	650–700	Large 2-3	662	188.76/cwt	176.00–197.00	1,250	21
Dairy Heifers	700–750	Large 3	713	175.16/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,249	26
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Large 3	757	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,363	5
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Large 2	790	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,627	3
Dairy Heifers	800–850	Large 2-3	819	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,466	9
Dairy Heifers	850–900	Large 2-3	888	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,465	3
Dairy Heifers	900–950	Large 2-3	933	162.78/cwt	161.00–163.50	1,519	21
Dairy Heifers	1000–1050	Large 2-3	1,014	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,633	15
Dairy Heifers	1050–1100	Large 2-3	1,061	160.03/cwt	156.00–164.00	1,698	10
Dairy Heifers	1350–1400	Large 3	1,384	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,868	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 Monthly Dairy Feeder Cattle Sale - Fort Collins, CO

Mon Mar 4, 2024

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

Receipts 1,600Last week 1,852Year ago 1,960

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand good. Dairy feeder steers and heifers across all weights sold sharply higher. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	347.50–375.00	360.37
71	300–350	318	300.00–335.00	302.93
63	350–400	383	282.50–305.00	284.73
39	400–450	430	285.00–340.00	310.65
10	450–500	477	272.50–300.00	283.32
30	500–550	514	265.00–287.50	276.41
3	550–600	562	260.00	260.00
3	600–650	600	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	665	222.00	222.00
3	700–750	723	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
34	200–250	234	282.50	282.50
72	250–300	287	270.00–285.00	278.99
45	300–350	338	270.00–285.00	275.51
38	350–400	374	270.00–277.50	272.71
31	400–450	405	250.00–265.00	263.04
83	450–500	458	250.00–253.00	251.90
68	500–550	536	227.00–240.00	233.67
51	550–600	593	216.00–222.50	217.86
27	600–650	640	210.00–218.00	215.64
8	700–750	728	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
20	200–250	225	250.00	250.00
4	250–300	286	255.00–267.50	261.52
7	300–350	321	265.00	265.00
2	350–400	363	232.50–250.00	241.55
17	400–450	419	245.00–247.50	246.46
39	450–500	458	232.50–240.00	234.82
1	700–750	720	160.00	160.00
2	750–800	790	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	150–200	194	205.00	205.00
10	300–350	333	177.50–210.00	194.04
9	350–400	373	155.00	155.00
2	400–450	410	195.00	195.00
10	450–500	472	210.00–222.50	217.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	321	377.50–400.00	391.92
49	350–400	372	387.50–400.00	399.23
22	400–450	419	385.00–400.00	396.60
5	450–500	456	327.50	327.50
29	500–550	523	295.00–317.50	309.70
29	550–600	562	281.00–293.00	285.12
4	650–700	659	247.00	247.00
12	700–750	744	226.00	226.00
5	750–800	751	222.00	222.00
5	800–850	800	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	312.50	312.50
10	300–350	323	312.50–322.50	315.70
62	400–450	415	220.00–245.00	231.18
45	450–500	480	222.50–247.50	239.87
21	650–700	662	176.00–197.00	188.76
9	800–850	819	179.00	179.00
3	850–900	888	165.00	165.00
21	900–950	933	161.00–163.50	162.78
15	1000–1050	1,014	161.00	161.00
10	1050–1100	1,061	156.00–164.00	160.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	320	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
32	200–250	227	222.50–225.00	224.61
29	300–350	335	220.00–255.00	238.32
32	350–400	368	217.50–242.50	222.23
18	400–450	419	197.50–217.50	210.53
1	500–550	540	190.00	190.00
26	700–750	713	170.00–179.00	175.16
5	750–800	757	180.00	180.00
10	1350–1400	1,384	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	280	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	338	350.00	350.00
20	350–400	365	315.00–337.50	322.01
36	450–500	483	262.50–292.50	284.87
10	600–650	614	202.50–215.00	211.23
3	750–800	790	206.00	206.00

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.