Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2020-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend this week as it was the first Wednesday Feeder special. Nice offering of all yearlings off grass with a few coming out of the feed yard. Next feeder special will be in two weeks.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.58/cwt on 1,334 head.

Average price

$136.58

1,334 head · 806 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,101

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

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

$10.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.04

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	803	137.33	1,102	1,242
Medium and Large 1-2	847	126.39	1,070	92

One grade step is worth $10.95/cwt here — about $32 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 sale1,334 hd

136.58

—

WY average2 barns · 1,361 hd

136.54

+0.04

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

25 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	981	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	762	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,006	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	912	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,163	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,033	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,209	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	885	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	149.42/cwt	146.00–150.50	997	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,036	126.87/cwt	126.50–127.00	1,314	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	155.12/cwt	154.00–157.00	1,075	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	164.61/cwt	163.00–167.00	1,021	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	135.90/cwt	135.50–136.00	1,301	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	146.21/cwt	142.00–148.50	1,205	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	140.83/cwt	138.50–144.00	1,235	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	131.33/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,149	312
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,037	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	124.78/cwt	123.75–127.00	1,089	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	139.16/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,272	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	156.75/cwt	154.00–158.50	1,122	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	152.36/cwt	150.00–154.50	1,179	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	136.69/cwt	132.00–141.00	1,100	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	138.10/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,069	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	146.98/cwt	140.00–150.50	1,052	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	146.44/cwt	144.00–151.00	887	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	131.65/cwt	131.00–132.25	1,209	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	124.50/cwt	121.50–127.00	1,205	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	822	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	1,260	85

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 Aug 12, 2020

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

Receipts 2,624Last week 245Year ago 0

No trend this week as it was the first Wednesday Feeder special. Nice offering of all yearlings off grass with a few coming out of the feed yard. Next feeder special will be in two weeks.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	633	155.00	155.00
17	—	762	132.00	132.00
21	—	912	127.50	127.50
27	—	1,033	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	586	151.00	151.00
42	—	667	146.00–150.50	149.42
312	—	875	128.00–135.00	131.33
172	—	805	132.00–141.00	136.69
187	—	774	135.00–142.00	138.10
232	—	716	140.00–150.50	146.98
86	—	606	144.00–151.00	146.44
94	—	918	131.00–132.25	131.65
104	—	968	121.50–127.00	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	804	129.00	129.00
57	—	873	123.75–127.00	124.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,036	126.50–127.00	126.87
40	—	693	154.00–157.00	155.12
46	—	620	163.00–167.00	164.61
93	—	957	135.50–136.00	135.90
105	—	824	142.00–148.50	146.21
155	—	877	138.50–144.00	140.83
57	—	914	134.00–141.00	139.16
72	—	716	154.00–158.50	156.75
76	—	774	150.00–154.50	152.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	822	153.25	153.25

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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