Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2021-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves under 700 lbs traded steady to 2.00 lower. No test on cattle over 700 lbs as there was a limited test. Nice offering of long timed weaned calves with several long strings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.62/cwt on 2,204 head.

Average price

$164.62

2,204 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$11.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.38

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	610	165.72	1,010	1,999
Medium and Large 1-2	601	153.82	925	205

One grade step is worth $11.91/cwt here — about $85 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 sale2,204 hd

164.62

—

WY average2 barns · 2,902 hd

162.23

+2.38

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	—	855	125.61/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,074	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,015	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,089	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	190.62/cwt	187.50–194.00	612	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	165.84/cwt	163.00–169.00	655	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	145.83/cwt	144.00–150.50	895	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	183.90/cwt	179.00–191.00	859	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	148.21/cwt	141.00–152.00	1,067	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	578	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,144	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	132.70/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,080	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	209.16/cwt	200.00–216.00	839	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	153.40/cwt	146.50–158.00	1,023	401
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	165.36/cwt	158.50–170.00	1,015	442
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	215.56/cwt	207.00–222.50	802	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	147.77/cwt	147.50–148.00	1,119	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	180.16/cwt	175.00–186.00	960	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	168.87/cwt	165.00–179.00	976	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	178.09/cwt	169.00–183.00	743	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	161.58/cwt	156.50–167.50	858	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	134.68/cwt	132.50–136.00	987	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	135.09/cwt	131.50–141.50	921	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	167.22/cwt	160.00–173.50	809	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	154.14/cwt	149.00–160.00	883	397
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	854	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	122.42/cwt	121.00–125.00	966	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	970	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,045	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	145.90/cwt	141.00–149.00	940	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	877	112

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 Mar 3, 2021

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

Receipts 4,555Last week 3,931Year ago 3,123

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	855	125.00–129.00	125.61
20	—	769	132.00	132.00
27	—	825	132.00	132.00
41	—	321	187.50–194.00	190.62
70	—	395	163.00–169.00	165.84
123	—	614	144.00–150.50	145.83
179	—	417	169.00–183.00	178.09
194	—	531	156.50–167.50	161.58
196	—	733	132.50–136.00	134.68
276	—	682	131.50–141.50	135.09
279	—	484	160.00–173.50	167.22
397	—	573	149.00–160.00	154.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	683	125.00	125.00
58	—	789	121.00–125.00	122.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
209	—	467	179.00–191.00	183.90
253	—	720	141.00–152.00	148.21
6	—	275	210.00	210.00
14	—	860	133.00	133.00
30	—	814	131.00–136.00	132.70
47	—	401	200.00–216.00	209.16
401	—	667	146.50–158.00	153.40
442	—	614	158.50–170.00	165.36
71	—	372	207.00–222.50	215.56
121	—	757	147.50–148.00	147.77
198	—	533	175.00–186.00	180.16
207	—	578	165.00–179.00	168.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	688	141.00	141.00
18	—	780	134.00	134.00
59	—	644	141.00–149.00	145.90
112	—	538	163.00	163.00

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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