Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; yearling steers and heifers traded unevenly steady on comparable trades to last week with the exception of a 700 lb steer and heifer which traded 3.00 higher. Nice offering of calves also with both steers and heifers trading steady to higher to last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.62/cwt on 1,927 head.

Average price

$146.62

1,927 head · 644 lb average

Value per head Derived

$944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$283

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

$0.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.32

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	454	147.17	669	53
Medium and Large 1	649	146.61	951	1,874

One grade step is worth $0.56/cwt here — about −$283 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 sale1,927 hd

146.62

—

WY average4 barns · 4,923 hd

148.94

−2.32

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

33 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	—	1,190	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,351	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	824	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,026	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,216	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	772	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	110.58/cwt	110.50–111.00	1,137	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	164.92/cwt	162.50–167.50	449	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	568	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	132.05/cwt	129.00–134.25	1,215	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	155.70/cwt	153.00–162.00	875	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	152.82/cwt	144.00–157.50	1,171	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	143.62/cwt	139.00–147.50	1,185	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	158.01/cwt	155.50–161.00	847	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	154.46/cwt	147.50–160.50	972	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	207.23/cwt	200.00–221.00	771	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	143.64/cwt	139.00–152.00	1,043	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	140.53/cwt	135.00–145.00	801	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	157.06/cwt	152.00–162.00	666	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,015	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	399	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	599	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	721	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	154.25/cwt	150.00–158.50	713	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	135.11/cwt	131.50–137.00	1,161	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	140.49/cwt	132.50–144.25	1,162	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	136.30/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,243	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	130.85/cwt	129.50–132.00	1,286	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	142.35/cwt	141.50–143.00	1,230	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	145.93/cwt	145.00–148.50	919	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	138.72/cwt	133.00–141.75	1,070	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	170.65/cwt	166.00–175.00	630	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	155.86/cwt	154.75–157.00	1,146	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	170.95/cwt	162.50–176.00	809	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	149.28/cwt	140.00–152.50	1,023	259

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 Oct 7, 2020

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

Receipts 3,912Last week 5,291Year ago 3,846

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,190	113.50	113.50
13	—	408	202.00	202.00
23	—	675	152.00	152.00
93	—	562	153.00–162.00	155.70
93	—	766	144.00–157.50	152.82
95	—	825	139.00–147.50	143.62
98	—	536	155.50–161.00	158.01
108	—	629	147.50–160.50	154.46
125	—	372	200.00–221.00	207.23
43	—	912	135.00–137.00	136.30
70	—	983	129.50–132.00	130.85
77	—	864	141.50–143.00	142.35
141	—	735	154.75–157.00	155.86
239	—	473	162.50–176.00	170.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	720	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,105	110.00	110.00
25	—	544	142.00	142.00
29	—	1,028	110.50–111.00	110.58
31	—	272	162.50–167.50	164.92
36	—	330	172.00	172.00
47	—	920	129.00–134.25	132.05
148	—	726	139.00–152.00	143.64
170	—	570	135.00–145.00	140.53
175	—	424	152.00–162.00	157.06
179	—	462	150.00–158.50	154.25
198	—	859	131.50–137.00	135.11
253	—	827	132.50–144.25	140.49
74	—	630	145.00–148.50	145.93
99	—	771	133.00–141.75	138.72
134	—	369	166.00–175.00	170.65
259	—	685	140.00–152.50	149.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	399	150.00	150.00
30	—	497	145.00	145.00

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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