Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer and heifer calves sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with excellent demand on a lighter offering than last week. Nice offering of weaned calves. Last Feeder Special at Torrington livestock for 2019. Will resume feeder specials in January 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.56/cwt on 1,338 head.

Average price

$146.56

1,338 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$5.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.06

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	146.70	822	1,304
Medium and Large 1-2	518	141.00	730	34

One grade step is worth $5.70/cwt here — about $92 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 sale1,338 hd

146.56

—

WY average3 barns · 1,531 hd

145.49

+1.06

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

39 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	—	977	129.61/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,266	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,482	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	546	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,269	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	139.06/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,000	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	138.22/cwt	136.00–141.00	1,196	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	134.47/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,323	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,126	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,408	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	621	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	188.31/cwt	186.00–194.00	800	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	185.09/cwt	181.00–190.50	875	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	149.42/cwt	147.00–150.50	1,085	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,125	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	154.37/cwt	150.00–159.00	969	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	210.86/cwt	209.00–213.00	681	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	919	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	189.81/cwt	188.00–192.50	731	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	966	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,198	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	157.69/cwt	151.00–162.00	583	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	152.35/cwt	150.00–157.00	725	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	138.60/cwt	136.00–143.50	933	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	694	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	151.85/cwt	146.00–155.50	1,025	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	177.02/cwt	173.00–180.00	924	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	766	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	142.96/cwt	140.00–145.00	815	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	148.84/cwt	146.00–152.00	777	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	135.61/cwt	134.00–136.50	848	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,116	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	159.11/cwt	154.00–165.00	652	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	783	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,088	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	442	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	648	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	135.77/cwt	135.50–136.00	790	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	144.37/cwt	142.00–147.00	692	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	168.46/cwt	161.00–171.00	868	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	440	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	761	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	594	161.75/cwt	161.50–162.00	961	61

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

Wed Dec 18, 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
13	—	977	129.00–130.00	129.61
16	—	1,240	119.50	119.50
20	—	327	167.00	167.00
31	—	933	136.00	136.00
34	—	719	135.00–144.00	139.06
34	—	865	136.00–141.00	138.22
142	—	370	151.00–162.00	157.69
145	—	476	150.00–157.00	152.35
162	—	673	136.00–143.50	138.60
163	—	570	140.00–145.00	142.96
180	—	522	146.00–152.00	148.84
41	—	625	134.00–136.50	135.61
48	—	762	146.50	146.50
129	—	410	154.00–165.00	159.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	492	141.00	141.00
17	—	543	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	442	146.50	146.50
62	—	582	135.50–136.00	135.77
72	—	479	142.00–147.00	144.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	984	132.00–136.00	134.47
18	—	1,126	125.00	125.00
5	—	830	145.00	145.00
10	—	292	212.50	212.50
51	—	425	186.00–194.00	188.31
89	—	473	181.00–190.50	185.09
115	—	726	147.00–150.50	149.42
11	—	760	148.00	148.00
260	—	628	150.00–159.00	154.37
31	—	323	209.00–213.00	210.86
37	—	578	159.00	159.00
43	—	385	188.00–192.50	189.81
118	—	675	146.00–155.50	151.85
138	—	522	173.00–180.00	177.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	455	167.00	167.00
16	—	966	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	783	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	515	161.00–171.00	168.46
24	—	440	173.00	173.00
61	—	594	161.50–162.00	161.75

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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