Sale reports / Wyoming / Torrington Livestock Commission Company / 2021-03-10

Torrington Livestock Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Torrington, Wyoming · Wed, Mar 10
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2103
Receipts
3,171 head
▼ 1,384 vs last sale 4,555▲ 1,369 vs year ago 1,802 · +76.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; 700 lb steers traded 3.00 to 5.00 lower. 600 lb steers traded steady to 2.00 lower. Steer calves under 600 lbs traded steady to 6.00 higher. Heifer calves over 600 lbs traded steady with a few instances 1.00 lower. Heifer calves under 600 lbs lbs traded 3.00 to 4.00 higher with instances 8.00 higher. Nice offering of cattle today with an active market from the seats and from the internet.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.66/cwt on 1,836 head.
Average price
$148.66
1,836 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$889
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.49
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1602149.098981,703
Medium and Large 1-2546143.16781133
One grade step is worth $5.93/cwt here — about $117 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 sale1,836 hd
148.66
—
WY average2 barns · 1,885 hd
149.14
−0.49
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

26 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—501175.00/cwt175.00–175.0087767
HeifersMedium and Large 1—781129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,00715
HeifersMedium and Large 1—845122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,03124
HeifersMedium and Large 1—489171.63/cwt163.00–178.0083993
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428175.61/cwt169.00–179.00752110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—711136.30/cwt133.50–139.00969181
SteersMedium and Large 1—628160.31/cwt154.00–164.001,007146
SteersMedium and Large 1—393219.00/cwt219.00–219.0086132
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532156.59/cwt148.00–163.00833258
SteersMedium and Large 1—587176.69/cwt173.50–178.501,037145
SteersMedium and Large 1—528187.67/cwt184.00–188.5099162
SteersMedium and Large 1—435189.11/cwt187.50–190.0082356
SteersMedium and Large 1—766137.04/cwt131.00–138.501,050128
SteersMedium and Large 1—477191.52/cwt185.00–197.00914194
HeifersMedium and Large 1—677135.19/cwt131.50–138.00915363
SteersMedium and Large 1—882128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,12932
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620144.78/cwt140.50–148.00898339
SteersMedium and Large 1—711145.29/cwt145.00–145.501,03347
SteersMedium and Large 1—678151.79/cwt145.00–158.501,029211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576153.37/cwt147.00–157.00883253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—520165.09/cwt164.00–167.0085840
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—591151.00/cwt151.00–151.0089218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—639131.38/cwt129.50–134.0084045
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—409155.00/cwt155.00–155.0063418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—465155.00/cwt155.00–155.0072138
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—587139.00/cwt139.00–139.0081632

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.