Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2020-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday; steer and heifer calves traded 3.00 to 4.00 lower that last week. Buyers willing to pay a premium for preconditioned calves compared to calves with just spring shots. Overall a nice offering calves directly off the cow. Next Monday will be another calf special.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.55/cwt on 1,811 head.

Average price

$174.55

1,811 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$105

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$4.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.80

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	414	179.06	742	102
Medium and Large 1	486	174.28	847	1,709

One grade step is worth $4.77/cwt here — about −$105 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 sale1,811 hd

174.55

—

WY average3 barns · 4,592 hd

168.75

+5.80

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

Every lot, as filed

25 lots · USDA AMS · Torrington Livestock Auction Special - Torrington, WY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	163.25/cwt	160.00–166.00	619	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	162.71/cwt	156.00–171.00	843	359
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	216.44/cwt	205.00–225.00	701	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	185.71/cwt	184.00–189.00	730	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	221	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	488	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	761	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	145.46/cwt	142.50–149.00	691	476
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	206.53/cwt	202.00–213.00	764	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	155.03/cwt	150.00–160.00	877	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	172.99/cwt	170.00–177.00	799	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	174.84/cwt	170.00–178.00	577	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	597	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	148.67/cwt	140.00–155.00	639	328
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	147.40/cwt	144.00–150.50	980	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	227.66/cwt	219.00–234.00	633	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	137.37/cwt	134.00–141.00	780	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	141.86/cwt	135.00–145.00	736	416
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	144.07/cwt	141.00–150.00	886	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	179.93/cwt	175.00–186.00	763	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	139.36/cwt	139.00–139.75	1,001	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	541	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	848	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	630	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,036	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	526	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	923	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	463	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	882	53

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.

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

Torrington Livestock Auction Special - Torrington, WY

Mon Oct 12, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Torrington, WY (LS-TO)

Receipts 4,780Last week 4,883Year ago 3,966

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	379	160.00–166.00	163.25
476	—	475	142.50–149.00	145.46
172	—	330	170.00–178.00	174.84
328	—	430	140.00–155.00	148.67
182	—	568	134.00–141.00	137.37
416	—	519	135.00–145.00	141.86
25	—	282	192.00	192.00
16	—	633	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	398	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
359	—	518	156.00–171.00	162.71
93	—	324	205.00–225.00	216.44
14	—	221	221.00	221.00
187	—	370	202.00–213.00	206.53
204	—	566	150.00–160.00	155.03
225	—	462	170.00–177.00	172.99
38	—	665	144.00–150.50	147.40
42	—	278	219.00–234.00	227.66
152	—	615	141.00–150.00	144.07
172	—	424	175.00–186.00	179.93
19	—	718	139.00–139.75	139.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	393	184.00–189.00	185.71
19	—	507	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	630	164.50	164.50
132	—	526	175.50	175.50
53	—	463	190.50	190.50

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.

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