Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2022-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend this week due to the first feeder special of 2022. Nice offering of mostly all long time weaned calves. A very active market with load lots and package trade selling very well.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $188.99/cwt on 2,150 head.

Average price

$188.99

2,150 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,160

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$1.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.55

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	189.09	1,177	1,950
Medium and Large 1-2	526	187.99	989	200

One grade step is worth $1.10/cwt here — about $189 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 sale2,150 hd

188.99

—

WY average2 barns · 4,469 hd

185.44

+3.55

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

25 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	—	561	170.23/cwt	169.00–172.00	955	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	191.49/cwt	186.50–195.00	844	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	161.59/cwt	159.00–166.00	1,007	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	180.90/cwt	178.00–186.00	881	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	208.97/cwt	207.00–213.00	913	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	173.79/cwt	169.00–176.50	1,171	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,026	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	173.06/cwt	172.00–176.00	1,326	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	164.89/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,426	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	202.21/cwt	200.00–208.00	989	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	182.08/cwt	180.00–183.50	1,142	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	187.99/cwt	185.00–192.50	1,085	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	999	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	200.81/cwt	198.00–209.00	1,062	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	166.92/cwt	160.00–168.50	1,372	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	796	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	235.11/cwt	233.00–239.00	886	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	174.14/cwt	169.00–179.00	1,263	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	228.05/cwt	222.00–232.00	951	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	173.35/cwt	171.00–176.00	920	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	157.82/cwt	157.00–159.00	1,075	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	194.44/cwt	190.00–199.00	651	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	758	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	146.64/cwt	144.00–150.00	1,197	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,044	20

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 5, 2022

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

Receipts 4,985Last week 5,020Year ago 5,291

No trend this week due to the first feeder special of 2022. Nice offering of mostly all long time weaned calves. A very active market with load lots and package trade selling very well.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	561	169.00–172.00	170.23
279	—	441	186.50–195.00	191.49
200	—	623	159.00–166.00	161.59
190	—	487	178.00–186.00	180.90
170	—	531	171.00–176.00	173.35
96	—	681	157.00–159.00	157.82
60	—	335	190.00–199.00	194.44
59	—	378	200.50	200.50
53	—	816	144.00–150.00	146.64
20	—	701	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	437	207.00–213.00	208.97
50	—	546	188.00	188.00
90	—	574	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
339	—	674	169.00–176.50	173.79
244	—	766	172.00–176.00	173.06
71	—	865	162.00–166.00	164.89
126	—	489	200.00–208.00	202.21
85	—	627	180.00–183.50	182.08
338	—	577	185.00–192.50	187.99
92	—	529	198.00–209.00	200.81
240	—	822	160.00–168.50	166.92
63	—	336	237.00	237.00
116	—	377	233.00–239.00	235.11
59	—	725	169.00–179.00	174.14
177	—	417	222.00–232.00	228.05

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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