Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2019-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; steers under 450 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Steers over 450 lbs sold steady. Heifer calves sold unevenly steady with a few instances 2.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers continue to sell stronger each week with supplies being limited. Lots of long strings of mainly pre-conditioned calves. An active market throughout the day with active bidding throughout.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.10/cwt on 4,602 head.

Average price

$168.10

4,602 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$16.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.85

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	168.35	919	4,532
Medium and Large 1-2	479	152.00	729	70

One grade step is worth $16.35/cwt here — about $190 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 sale4,602 hd

168.10

—

WY average3 barns · 6,690 hd

167.25

+0.85

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

43 lots · USDA AMS · Torrington Livestock Feeder Cattle Auction - 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	—	1,057	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,490	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	138.08/cwt	136.00–139.50	1,335	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,095	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	147.79/cwt	146.00–149.50	1,144	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,019	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	135.18/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,399	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	145.62/cwt	142.50–148.00	1,188	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	144.17/cwt	142.00–147.50	1,319	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	146.45/cwt	142.00–148.50	1,268	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	287	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	459	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	331	169.38/cwt	165.00–171.00	561	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	662	135.02/cwt	131.00–139.00	894	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	132.77/cwt	131.00–134.00	826	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	375	169.34/cwt	165.00–173.00	635	330
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	137.50/cwt	132.00–141.00	785	498
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	481	151.15/cwt	146.00–160.00	727	513
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	418	167.41/cwt	159.00–179.50	700	570
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	144.41/cwt	138.00–152.00	749	688
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	862	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	678	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	497	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	676	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,461	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,099	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,484	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,454	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,331	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	158.46/cwt	157.50–159.50	1,310	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,356	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	154.60/cwt	150.00–160.00	962	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	163.75/cwt	163.75–163.75	1,205	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	164.43/cwt	159.00–169.00	850	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	155.51/cwt	149.00–160.50	1,216	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	153.22/cwt	150.00–155.00	870	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	340	217.90/cwt	215.00–221.00	741	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	666	152.79/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,018	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	381	204.56/cwt	199.00–217.00	779	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	710	144.29/cwt	141.00–145.50	1,024	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	148.29/cwt	145.00–152.00	911	363
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	422	193.80/cwt	182.00–207.50	818	679
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	182.20/cwt	175.00–186.00	862	774
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	523	165.48/cwt	160.00–171.00	865	780
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	152.81/cwt	147.00–159.50	882	814
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	405	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	628	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	529	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	794	42

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 Feeder Cattle Auction - Torrington, WY

Wed Nov 13, 2019

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,057	141.00	141.00
25	—	967	136.00–139.50	138.08
35	—	725	151.00	151.00
35	—	774	146.00–149.50	147.79
42	—	679	150.00	150.00
42	—	1,035	132.00–138.00	135.18
44	—	816	142.50–148.00	145.62
49	—	915	142.00–147.50	144.17
87	—	866	142.00–148.50	146.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	287	160.00	160.00
103	—	331	165.00–171.00	169.38
109	—	662	131.00–139.00	135.02
127	—	622	131.00–134.00	132.77
330	—	375	165.00–173.00	169.34
498	—	571	132.00–141.00	137.50
513	—	481	146.00–160.00	151.15
570	—	418	159.00–179.50	167.41
688	—	519	138.00–152.00	144.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	658	131.00	131.00
53	—	443	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	497	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	955	153.00	153.00
10	—	1,099	135.00	135.00
17	—	1,003	145.00	145.00
26	—	870	153.00	153.00
35	—	827	157.50–159.50	158.46
35	—	942	144.00	144.00
57	—	622	150.00–160.00	154.60
113	—	736	163.75	163.75
116	—	517	159.00–169.00	164.43
126	—	782	149.00–160.50	155.51
147	—	568	150.00–155.00	153.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	340	215.00–221.00	217.90
106	—	666	148.00–155.00	152.79
133	—	381	199.00–217.00	204.56
141	—	710	141.00–145.50	144.29
363	—	614	145.00–152.00	148.29
679	—	422	182.00–207.50	193.80
774	—	473	175.00–186.00	182.20
780	—	523	160.00–171.00	165.48
814	—	577	147.00–159.50	152.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	405	155.00	155.00
42	—	529	150.00	150.00

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.

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