Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2020-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday; steer and heifer calves traded 4.00 to 8.00 higher with instances of 11.00 dollars higher. A very active market with lots of big strings of reputation feeder cattle on display. Active bidding from the seats and the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.31/cwt on 4,027 head.

Average price

$171.31

4,027 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$23.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.08

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	625	176.39	1,102	3,139
Medium and Large 1-2	654	153.34	1,003	888

One grade step is worth $23.04/cwt here — about $99 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 sale4,027 hd

171.31

—

WY average2 barns · 4,123 hd

171.23

+0.08

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

36 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	—	769	157.96/cwt	151.00–159.50	1,215	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,001	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,261	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	234.53/cwt	233.00–237.00	872	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,040	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,247	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,114	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	146.19/cwt	144.00–148.50	966	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	183.06/cwt	179.00–185.00	703	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	187.12/cwt	178.00–202.00	775	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	147.97/cwt	142.00–150.75	1,292	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	204.06/cwt	196.00–211.00	965	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	221.87/cwt	219.00–229.00	763	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	169.32/cwt	163.00–174.00	1,057	615
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,208	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	173.60/cwt	172.00–175.00	898	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	220.65/cwt	220.00–224.00	947	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	1,260	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	164.24/cwt	161.00–165.00	1,163	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	155.00/cwt	142.00–159.00	975	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	159.22/cwt	150.00–167.00	938	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	148.91/cwt	145.00–149.50	1,056	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	166.11/cwt	161.00–168.50	1,123	402
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	191.50/cwt	186.00–197.50	1,007	421
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	181.52/cwt	177.50–188.75	1,044	556
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	172.09/cwt	168.00–179.00	811	337
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	883	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	676	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	773	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,015	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	144.25/cwt	143.50–146.00	1,134	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	142.70/cwt	142.00–143.50	838	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,107	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	781	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	149.53/cwt	142.00–153.50	932	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	154.34/cwt	150.00–159.00	875	248
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	162.64/cwt	157.00–167.50	847	302

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 15, 2020

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
265	—	769	151.00–159.50	157.96
5	—	1,001	126.00	126.00
26	—	372	233.00–237.00	234.53
193	—	873	142.00–150.75	147.97
227	—	473	196.00–211.00	204.06
40	—	344	219.00–229.00	221.87
615	—	624	163.00–174.00	169.32
101	—	429	220.00–224.00	220.65
101	—	801	157.25	157.25
187	—	708	161.00–165.00	164.24
402	—	676	161.00–168.50	166.11
421	—	526	186.00–197.50	191.50
556	—	575	177.50–188.75	181.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	869	139.00	139.00
36	—	517	172.00–175.00	173.60
136	—	629	142.00–159.00	155.00
231	—	589	150.00–167.00	159.22
246	—	709	145.00–149.50	148.91
55	—	489	158.00	158.00
71	—	681	149.00	149.00
86	—	786	143.50–146.00	144.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	751	138.50	138.50
10	—	959	130.00	130.00
23	—	822	135.50	135.50
81	—	661	144.00–148.50	146.19
94	—	384	179.00–185.00	183.06
152	—	414	178.00–202.00	187.12
337	—	471	168.00–179.00	172.09
184	—	623	142.00–153.50	149.53
248	—	567	150.00–159.00	154.34
302	—	521	157.00–167.50	162.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	640	138.00	138.00
21	—	407	166.00	166.00
46	—	587	142.00–143.50	142.70
59	—	875	126.50	126.50
107	—	482	162.00	162.00

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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