Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2019-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; steer calves traded steady to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves traded unevenly steady with lighter heifers under 450 lbs trading 2.00 lower. Nice offering of all classes of feeder cattle with both weaned and unweaned calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.16/cwt on 2,625 head.

Average price

$148.16

2,625 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$800

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$263

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

$20.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.11

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	148.33	798	2,603
Medium and Large 1-2	830	127.82	1,061	22

One grade step is worth $20.51/cwt here — about −$263 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 sale2,625 hd

148.16

—

WY average2 barns · 3,210 hd

148.05

+0.11

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

40 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	—	885	138.61/cwt	136.00–141.00	1,227	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	126.04/cwt	125.00–126.50	1,162	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,255	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	141.74/cwt	139.50–143.00	1,083	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	946	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	143.47/cwt	142.00–144.00	1,199	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	145.57/cwt	139.00–153.00	1,052	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	138.77/cwt	133.00–142.50	863	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	164.86/cwt	160.00–167.50	701	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	143.88/cwt	141.00–147.00	803	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	149.42/cwt	144.00–151.50	770	318
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	154.11/cwt	151.00–160.00	720	329
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	810	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	133.64/cwt	130.00–135.00	886	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	378	167.73/cwt	165.00–174.00	634	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	423	158.06/cwt	155.00–161.00	669	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	139.39/cwt	136.00–144.00	804	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	469	150.33/cwt	142.00–154.00	705	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	144.16/cwt	141.00–150.00	755	477
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,028	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,086	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,153	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,447	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,199	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,304	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	145.96/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,321	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	208.16/cwt	205.00–219.00	787	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	149.51/cwt	148.50–150.00	1,169	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	194.62/cwt	189.00–199.00	804	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	155.42/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,043	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	160.11/cwt	159.00–162.00	991	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	161.94/cwt	160.00–164.00	920	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	164.65/cwt	161.00–172.00	873	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	186.39/cwt	180.00–192.00	869	323
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	330	204.57/cwt	202.00–209.00	675	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	147.86/cwt	145.00–149.00	974	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	191.66/cwt	190.00–192.00	820	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	157.24/cwt	152.00–159.50	816	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	155.60/cwt	151.00–159.00	888	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	177.08/cwt	174.00–179.00	850	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	153.43/cwt	145.00–156.00	941	232

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.

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Torrington Livestock Feeder Cattle Auction - Torrington, WY

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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
23	—	885	136.00–141.00	138.61
26	—	922	125.00–126.50	126.04
26	—	965	130.00	130.00
30	—	764	139.50–143.00	141.74
32	—	671	141.00	141.00
76	—	836	142.00–144.00	143.47
90	—	723	139.00–153.00	145.57
120	—	622	133.00–142.50	138.77
125	—	425	160.00–167.50	164.86
157	—	558	141.00–147.00	143.88
318	—	515	144.00–151.50	149.42
329	—	467	151.00–160.00	154.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	618	131.00	131.00
40	—	663	130.00–135.00	133.64
111	—	378	165.00–174.00	167.73
167	—	423	155.00–161.00	158.06
180	—	577	136.00–144.00	139.39
261	—	469	142.00–154.00	150.33
477	—	524	141.00–150.00	144.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	791	130.00	130.00
12	—	862	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,153	125.50	125.50
18	—	810	148.00	148.00
24	—	875	149.00	149.00
31	—	905	145.00–148.00	145.96
44	—	378	205.00–219.00	208.16
56	—	782	148.50–150.00	149.51
83	—	413	189.00–199.00	194.62
96	—	671	155.00–156.00	155.42
151	—	619	159.00–162.00	160.11
216	—	568	160.00–164.00	161.94
274	—	530	161.00–172.00	164.65
323	—	466	180.00–192.00	186.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	330	202.00–209.00	204.57
52	—	659	145.00–149.00	147.86
56	—	428	190.00–192.00	191.66
130	—	519	152.00–159.50	157.24
204	—	571	151.00–159.00	155.60
218	—	480	174.00–179.00	177.08
232	—	613	145.00–156.00	153.43

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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