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Centennial

Name: Centennial livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

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

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1898

← Apr 7May 5Jun 2 →

Receipts

1,671 head

▲ 181 vs last sale 1,490▼ 79 vs year ago 1,750 · −4.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand good. Dairy feeder steers traded 21.000 to sharply higher and dairy feeder heifers traded sharply higher. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

Every lot

49 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 Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	150–200	Large 4	190	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	551	4
Dairy Heifers	200–250	Large 3-4	200	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	600	2
Dairy Heifers	250–300	Large 2	273	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,324	2
Dairy Heifers	250–300	Large 2-3	275	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,210	4
Dairy Heifers	250–300	Large 3	283	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,047	5
Dairy Heifers	300–350	Large 3-4	301	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,038	12
Dairy Heifers	300–350	Large 3	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	3
Dairy Heifers	300–350	Large 2-3	318	403.98/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,285	19
Dairy Heifers	350–400	Large 3	375	318.69/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,195	17
Dairy Heifers	350–400	Large 2-3	388	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,533	18
Dairy Heifers	350–400	Large 2	392	458.58/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,798	20
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Large 3	417	334.20/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,394	39
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Large 2	421	422.88/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,780	42
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Large 2-3	427	381.28/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,628	30
Dairy Heifers	500–550	Large 2	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	8
Dairy Heifers	550–600	Large 3	573	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,490	6
Dairy Heifers	550–600	Large 2	580	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,914	19
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Large 2-3	785	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,806	1
Dairy Heifers	1100–1150	Large 2-3	1,120	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,352	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers30 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	150–200	Large 3-4	180	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	653	4
Dairy Steers	200–250	Large 3	205	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	861	6
Dairy Steers	200–250	Large 2-3	231	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	993	24
Dairy Steers	250–300	Large 2-3	270	467.27/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,262	51
Dairy Steers	250–300	Large 3-4	273	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,037	7
Dairy Steers	250–300	Large 2	277	531.70/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,473	15
Dairy Steers	250–300	Large 3	281	420.49/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,182	57
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3-4	322	347.38/cwt	320.00–370.00	1,119	7
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 2	331	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,688	6
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	340	407.04/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,384	46
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3-4	368	359.74/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,324	12
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	370	391.59/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,449	186
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 2-3	379	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,724	24
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 2	383	482.33/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,847	44
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3-4	410	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,538	8
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 2	419	480.23/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,012	56
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	427	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,687	10
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 4	428	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,134	2
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 2-3	432	418.35/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,807	34
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 2	459	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,066	8
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 2-3	469	397.48/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,864	33
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	472	347.35/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,639	23
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3-4	478	332.38/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,589	11
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 2	514	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,082	18
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	534	304.89/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,628	12
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3-4	543	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,385	3
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 2	579	333.68/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,932	45
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 2	604	321.30/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,941	4
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	614	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,719	7
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	751	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,915	5

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 May 5, 2025

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

Receipts 1,671Last week 1,490Year ago 1,750

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	485.00	485.00
20	350–400	392	430.00–460.00	458.58
42	400–450	421	400.00–430.00	422.88
8	500–550	500	350.00	350.00
19	550–600	580	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	200	300.00	300.00
12	300–350	301	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	150–200	190	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	283	370.00	370.00
3	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
17	350–400	375	310.00–335.00	318.69
39	400–450	417	325.00–355.00	334.20
6	550–600	573	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	275	440.00	440.00
19	300–350	318	400.00–405.00	403.98
18	350–400	388	395.00	395.00
30	400–450	427	375.00–385.00	381.28
1	750–800	785	230.00	230.00
1	1100–1150	1,120	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	277	500.00–550.00	531.70
6	300–350	331	510.00	510.00
44	350–400	383	470.00–500.00	482.33
56	400–450	419	475.00–485.00	480.23
8	450–500	459	450.00	450.00
18	500–550	514	405.00	405.00
45	550–600	579	330.00–340.00	333.68
4	600–650	604	295.00–330.00	321.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	150–200	180	362.50	362.50
7	250–300	273	380.00	380.00
7	300–350	322	320.00–370.00	347.38
12	350–400	368	350.00–370.00	359.74
8	400–450	410	375.00	375.00
11	450–500	478	320.00–335.00	332.38
3	500–550	543	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	205	420.00	420.00
57	250–300	281	395.00–435.00	420.49
46	300–350	340	385.00–410.00	407.04
186	350–400	370	380.00–405.00	391.59
10	400–450	427	395.00	395.00
23	450–500	472	345.00–355.00	347.35
12	500–550	534	295.00–315.00	304.89
7	600–650	614	280.00	280.00
5	750–800	751	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	200–250	231	430.00	430.00
51	250–300	270	465.00–470.00	467.27
24	350–400	379	455.00	455.00
34	400–450	432	415.00–425.00	418.35
33	450–500	469	390.00–400.00	397.48

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.