Sale reports / Wyoming / Torrington Livestock Commission Company / 2022-05-20

Torrington Livestock Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Torrington, Wyoming · Fri, May 20
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2101
Feeder Cattle receipts
652 head
770 vs last sale 1,422 174 vs year ago 826 · 21.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
530 head
13 vs last sale 517 127 vs year ago 657 · 19.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
495 head
219 vs last sale 714 554 vs year ago 1,049 · 52.8%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 19, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; slaughter and feeder cows traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 3.00 higher. A lighter run of feeder with higher undertones noted on comparable trades to last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.13/cwt on 360 head.
Average price
$160.13
360 head · 672 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,076
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.03
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1654162.651,064328
Medium and Large 1-2856134.371,15032
One grade step is worth $28.28/cwt here — about −$87 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 sale360 hd
160.13
WY average2 barns · 475 hd
159.10
+1.03
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,912102.391,95732
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,42980.211,146209
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,78378.661,4039thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18277.97922101

Every lot, as filed

25 lots · USDA AMS · Torrington Livestock Auction - Torrington, WY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1721152.44/cwt150.00–153.501,09939
HeifersMedium and Large 1497177.72/cwt175.00–180.0088366
HeifersMedium and Large 1841148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,24553
SteersMedium and Large 1569200.72/cwt198.00–204.001,14245
SteersMedium and Large 1489196.00/cwt196.00–196.0095823
HeifersMedium and Large 1776146.43/cwt145.00–147.001,13655
HeifersMedium and Large 1584176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,02829
HeifersMedium and Large 1622170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,05722
HeifersMedium and Large 1426182.00/cwt182.00–182.0077516
HeifersMedium and Large 1681163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,11020
HeifersMedium and Large 1545170.00/cwt170.00–170.0092728
SteersMedium and Large 1521196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,02115
SteersMedium and Large 1610191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,16520
SteersMedium and Large 1712181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,29220
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2856134.37/cwt134.00–135.001,15032
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,14685.54/cwt80.00–94.00980163
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,106102.00/cwt92.00–112.001,128154
Bulls1,908102.03/cwt98.00–106.001,94731
Bulls2,030113.50/cwt113.50–113.502,3041
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,41380.06/cwt76.00–83.001,131172
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3462
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50380.36/cwt77.50–83.001,20835
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78378.66/cwt76.00–80.001,4039
CowsLean 85-90%1,18477.66/cwt76.00–79.0091996
CowsLean 85-90%1,14584.00/cwt84.00–84.009625

How this sale compares

Wyoming weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Wyoming auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.