Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2022-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; steer calves under 800 lbs traded mostly steady to last week. Steer calves 800 lbs to 900 lbs traded 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifer calves traded steady to 4.00 higher. Nice offering with several long strings of cattle. An active market from both the seats and the internet.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $164.85/cwt on 1,614 head.

Average price

$164.85

1,614 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$19.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.09

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	624	165.33	1,031	1,574
Medium and Large 1-2	646	146.00	943	40

One grade step is worth $19.33/cwt here — about $88 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 sale1,614 hd

164.85

—

WY average2 barns · 1,626 hd

164.76

+0.09

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	—	340	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	663	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	899	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,074	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	202.28/cwt	196.00–208.00	746	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	166.62/cwt	165.00–169.00	951	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	195.53/cwt	190.00–200.00	821	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	996	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,355	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	185.38/cwt	180.00–190.50	1,170	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	167.65/cwt	162.00–170.00	1,192	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	233.32/cwt	229.00–238.00	828	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,408	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,016	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	199.57/cwt	195.00–204.00	1,034	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	147.35/cwt	147.00–148.50	1,139	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	183.08/cwt	180.00–185.50	1,214	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	164.14/cwt	163.00–167.00	1,274	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	162.99/cwt	162.00–163.25	1,310	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	227.62/cwt	222.00–231.00	1,061	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	189.68/cwt	185.00–198.50	1,077	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	165.11/cwt	160.00–168.50	1,019	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	162.52/cwt	154.00–164.50	1,401	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	145.19/cwt	145.00–145.25	1,205	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	154.11/cwt	148.00–157.50	1,117	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	943	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	174.62/cwt	170.00–178.00	899	291

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 Apr 13, 2022

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

Receipts 3,372Last week 2,895Year ago 3,682

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	340	195.00	195.00
26	—	466	193.00	193.00
50	—	671	160.00	160.00
55	—	369	196.00–208.00	202.28
99	—	571	165.00–169.00	166.62
116	—	420	190.00–200.00	195.53
236	—	773	147.00–148.50	147.35
350	—	617	160.00–168.50	165.11
131	—	830	145.00–145.25	145.19
205	—	725	148.00–157.50	154.11
291	—	515	170.00–178.00	174.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	646	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	996	136.00	136.00
162	—	631	180.00–190.50	185.38
70	—	711	162.00–170.00	167.65
31	—	355	229.00–238.00	233.32
34	—	926	152.00	152.00
40	—	425	239.00	239.00
60	—	518	195.00–204.00	199.57
136	—	663	180.00–185.50	183.08
190	—	776	163.00–167.00	164.14
160	—	804	162.00–163.25	162.99
141	—	466	222.00–231.00	227.62
174	—	568	185.00–198.50	189.68
265	—	862	154.00–164.50	162.52

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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