Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; feeder steers traded unevenly steady to 2.00 higher on comparable trades to last week. Feeder heifers traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded unevenly steady to comparable trades last week. An active market both on the seats and the on the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.38/cwt on 2,038 head.

Average price

$149.38

2,038 head · 766 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,144

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$534

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

$0.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.55

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	410	150.00	615	20
Medium and Large 1	769	149.38	1,149	2,018

One grade step is worth $0.62/cwt here — about −$534 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 sale2,038 hd

149.38

—

WY average3 barns · 2,578 hd

150.94

−1.55

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

34 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	—	1,143	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,326	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	853	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,230	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	485	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	618	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	145.46/cwt	144.00–146.50	842	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	136.65/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,323	393
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	615	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	802	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	148.63/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,155	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	147.30/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,199	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	173.60/cwt	170.00–180.00	752	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	140.00/cwt	135.00–140.75	1,267	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	999	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	160.96/cwt	158.00–166.25	832	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	144.55/cwt	140.00–147.25	1,262	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,066	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,121	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	123.30/cwt	122.00–123.50	1,375	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	191.84/cwt	190.00–193.00	723	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	154.81/cwt	153.50–158.00	878	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,001	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,354	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	144.63/cwt	141.00–147.25	1,051	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	696	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,013	123.50/cwt	122.00–125.50	1,251	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	170.60/cwt	165.00–175.00	640	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	151.39/cwt	148.00–153.50	718	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	135.89/cwt	134.00–136.50	1,132	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	143.02/cwt	140.00–144.75	970	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	150.11/cwt	146.00–154.50	787	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	130.87/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,214	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	133.70/cwt	129.00–136.50	1,173	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	158.84/cwt	152.00–161.50	680	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	141.07/cwt	139.00–144.50	1,093	220

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 Sep 23, 2020

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

Receipts 3,918Last week 3,473Year ago 2,768

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,143	116.00	116.00
14	—	609	140.00	140.00
15	—	976	126.00	126.00
18	—	282	172.00	172.00
18	—	347	178.00	178.00
26	—	579	144.00–146.50	145.46
279	—	727	141.00–147.25	144.63
30	—	1,013	122.00–125.50	123.50
60	—	375	165.00–175.00	170.60
167	—	474	148.00–153.50	151.39
192	—	833	134.00–136.50	135.89
107	—	678	140.00–144.75	143.02
115	—	524	146.00–154.50	150.11
139	—	928	127.00–132.00	130.87
140	—	877	129.00–136.50	133.70
199	—	428	152.00–161.50	158.84
220	—	775	139.00–144.50	141.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	843	126.50	126.50
10	—	501	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
393	—	968	130.00–139.00	136.65
82	—	495	162.00	162.00
115	—	777	142.00–152.00	148.63
166	—	814	145.00–149.00	147.30
186	—	433	170.00–180.00	173.60
204	—	905	135.00–140.75	140.00
5	—	628	159.00	159.00
244	—	517	158.00–166.25	160.96
271	—	873	140.00–147.25	144.55
21	—	745	150.50	150.50
37	—	1,115	122.00–123.50	123.30
68	—	377	190.00–193.00	191.84
76	—	567	153.50–158.00	154.81
150	—	1,001	135.25	135.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	410	150.00	150.00

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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