Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as it was the first Feeder Special of the New year. A very active market with a full crowd on hand. Nice offering of feeders this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.54/cwt on 3,593 head.

Average price

$170.54

3,593 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,042

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$18.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.68

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	610	171.20	1,044	3,463
Medium and Large 1-2	631	153.09	966	130

One grade step is worth $18.11/cwt here — about $78 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 sale3,593 hd

170.54

—

WY average2 barns · 6,093 hd

169.86

+0.68

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

32 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	158.28/cwt	145.50–164.00	1,146	515
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,207	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,052	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,315	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,104	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,369	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,201	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	633	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	132.49/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,166	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	223.58/cwt	211.00–228.00	838	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	157.20/cwt	150.00–160.75	1,060	631
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	807	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,136	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	149.90/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,160	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	145.66/cwt	143.50–148.00	1,205	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	163.27/cwt	156.00–169.50	1,027	488
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	996	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	212.48/cwt	208.00–216.00	888	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	190.60/cwt	180.00–199.00	902	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	159.01/cwt	158.00–160.00	940	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	151.83/cwt	149.00–154.00	966	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	185.16/cwt	181.00–193.00	968	573
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	159.11/cwt	155.00–163.00	845	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	142.97/cwt	139.00–146.00	889	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	150.50/cwt	150.00–151.00	739	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	137.15/cwt	136.50–138.00	1,045	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	175.15/cwt	170.00–182.00	659	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	175.75/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,005	662
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	678	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	816	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	142.19/cwt	140.00–144.00	956	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	176.43/cwt	167.00–181.00	745	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	153.44/cwt	146.00–159.00	872	324
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	164.55/cwt	160.00–173.00	785	374

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 Jan 8, 2020

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

Receipts 5,411Last week 170Year ago 0

No trend as it was the first Feeder Special of the New year. A very active market with a full crowd on hand. Nice offering of feeders this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
515	—	724	145.50–164.00	158.28
59	—	375	211.00–228.00	223.58
631	—	674	150.00–160.75	157.20
78	—	774	147.00–157.00	149.90
107	—	827	143.50–148.00	145.66
488	—	629	156.00–169.50	163.27
130	—	418	208.00–216.00	212.48
220	—	473	180.00–199.00	190.60
573	—	523	181.00–193.00	185.16
662	—	572	170.00–182.00	175.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	495	163.00	163.00
13	—	835	136.00	136.00
5	—	687	145.00	145.00
36	—	591	158.00–160.00	159.01
63	—	636	149.00–154.00	151.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	950	127.00	127.00
5	—	1,052	125.00	125.00
5	—	1,104	124.00	124.00
8	—	917	131.00	131.00
30	—	346	183.00	183.00
40	—	880	131.00–134.00	132.49
268	—	531	155.00–163.00	159.11
277	—	622	139.00–146.00	142.97
59	—	762	136.50–138.00	137.15
65	—	376	170.00–182.00	175.15
161	—	672	140.00–144.00	142.19
186	—	422	167.00–181.00	176.43
324	—	568	146.00–159.00	153.44
374	—	477	160.00–173.00	164.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	491	150.00–151.00	150.50
8	—	424	160.00	160.00
16	—	583	140.00	140.00

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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