Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2021-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend this week as it was the first feeder sale of the year. A very active market with the majority of the cattle weighing over 600 lbs. Nice offering with many long strings of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.26/cwt on 3,228 head.

Average price

$153.26

3,228 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,047

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$15.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.83

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	682	153.95	1,051	3,084
Medium and Large 1-2	704	138.57	976	144

One grade step is worth $15.38/cwt here — about $75 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 sale3,228 hd

153.26

—

WY average2 barns · 5,634 hd

159.09

−5.83

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

30 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	—	1,206	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,339	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,169	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	130.16/cwt	128.50–134.00	1,112	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	172.20/cwt	168.00–174.00	670	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	133.06/cwt	129.50–134.00	1,003	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	171.04/cwt	168.00–174.00	717	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	129.65/cwt	127.00–131.00	1,245	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	204.91/cwt	200.00–212.00	887	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	173.88/cwt	169.00–178.50	941	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	154.57/cwt	149.00–161.00	974	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	135.41/cwt	132.00–137.50	1,121	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	151.99/cwt	145.00–156.50	1,090	347
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,192	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	769	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	151.42/cwt	145.00–158.00	789	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	144.58/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,106	424
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	164.60/cwt	159.00–168.50	951	473
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	149.88/cwt	145.00–155.25	1,009	611
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	181.20/cwt	178.00–188.00	864	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	138.66/cwt	137.50–138.85	1,217	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	147.54/cwt	141.00–152.00	834	405
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	153.03/cwt	149.00–158.00	731	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	131.44/cwt	128.00–136.00	949	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	138.88/cwt	138.00–140.00	861	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	137.12/cwt	134.00–141.00	927	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	127.13/cwt	126.50–128.00	1,049	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,055	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	900	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	138.48/cwt	136.00–142.00	997	75

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 6, 2021

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

Receipts 5,291Last week 2,863Year ago 5,411

No trend this week as it was the first feeder sale of the year. A very active market with the majority of the cattle weighing over 600 lbs. Nice offering with many long strings of reputation cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,206	111.00	111.00
16	—	1,008	116.00	116.00
53	—	854	128.50–134.00	130.16
85	—	389	168.00–174.00	172.20
87	—	754	129.50–134.00	133.06
93	—	419	168.00–174.00	171.04
237	—	521	145.00–158.00	151.42
405	—	565	141.00–152.00	147.54
113	—	478	149.00–158.00	153.03
123	—	722	128.00–136.00	131.44
133	—	620	138.00–140.00	138.88
139	—	676	134.00–141.00	137.12
168	—	825	126.50–128.00	127.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	565	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	960	127.00–131.00	129.65
48	—	433	200.00–212.00	204.91
231	—	541	169.00–178.50	173.88
262	—	630	149.00–161.00	154.57
264	—	828	132.00–137.50	135.41
347	—	717	145.00–156.50	151.99
11	—	928	128.50	128.50
30	—	366	210.00	210.00
424	—	765	140.00–152.00	144.58
473	—	578	159.00–168.50	164.60
611	—	673	145.00–155.25	149.88
109	—	477	178.00–188.00	181.20
229	—	878	137.50–138.85	138.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	776	136.00	136.00
46	—	643	140.00	140.00
75	—	720	136.00–142.00	138.48

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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