Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2021-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; feeder steers traded 4.00 to 7.00 higher with instances 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 3.00 to 5.00 higher. No test on calves this week as there was a limited test. A very nice offering of all classes of cattle with an active market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.88/cwt on 1,182 head.

Average price

$151.88

1,182 head · 786 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,193

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$192

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$19.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.01

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	779	152.41	1,187	1,150
Large 1	1,037	132.94	1,379	32

One grade step is worth $19.47/cwt here — about −$192 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 sale1,182 hd

151.88

—

WY average3 barns · 1,365 hd

151.87

+0.01

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	Large 1	—	1,003	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,344	15
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,067	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,408	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	499	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	778	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	848	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	506	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	699	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	162.09/cwt	160.50–164.00	1,169	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	157.71/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,249	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	833	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	177.79/cwt	177.00–179.00	880	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	973	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,079	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	176.17/cwt	174.00–178.00	890	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,313	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,363	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	667	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	160.61/cwt	160.00–160.75	1,574	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	160.47/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,422	419
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	152.51/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,023	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	151.72/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,082	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	143.29/cwt	142.00–144.00	1,334	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	218.57/cwt	215.00–225.00	769	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,277	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,515	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	148.34/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,210	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	154.66/cwt	148.00–157.00	1,191	270
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	152.39/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,311	356
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	697	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	906	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	135.82/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,338	57

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 15, 2021

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

Receipts 2,647Last week 3,705Year ago 3,473

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,003	134.00	134.00
17	—	1,067	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	499	156.00	156.00
11	—	540	157.00	157.00
20	—	272	186.00	186.00
20	—	397	176.00	176.00
76	—	671	150.00–155.00	152.51
78	—	713	150.00–153.00	151.72
78	—	931	142.00–144.00	143.29
106	—	816	144.00–152.00	148.34
270	—	770	148.00–157.00	154.66
356	—	860	148.00–156.00	152.39
31	—	441	158.00	158.00
37	—	581	156.00	156.00
57	—	985	134.00–137.00	135.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	721	160.50–164.00	162.09
132	—	792	155.00–160.00	157.71
45	—	443	188.00	188.00
45	—	495	177.00–179.00	177.79
17	—	586	166.00	166.00
24	—	620	174.00	174.00
37	—	505	174.00–178.00	176.17
10	—	290	230.00	230.00
179	—	980	160.00–160.75	160.61
419	—	886	150.00–164.00	160.47
28	—	352	215.00–225.00	218.57
32	—	803	159.00	159.00
35	—	938	161.50	161.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	938	140.00	140.00
21	—	970	140.50	140.50

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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