Name: Torrington Livestock Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; steer and heifer calves traded sharply higher under 500 lbs. Calves over 500 lbs traded mostly steady. A very active market today with a large crowd on hand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.70/cwt on 785 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −185.03 against this barn's trailing median of $505.72.

Average price

$320.70

785 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.52

vs WY average

+11.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	320.70	1,732	785

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $535.39, low $441.31, median $505.72 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale785 hd

320.70

—

WY average2 barns · 1,281 hd

321.22

−0.52

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+11.44

This barn, trailing median21 sales

505.72

−185.03

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

27 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	850–900	884	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,104	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,129	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,867	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,001	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,052	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	229.25/cwt	225.00–233.00	2,098	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	249.00/cwt	246.00–255.00	2,087	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	459.18/cwt	444.00–470.00	1,488	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	283.87/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,800	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	281.33/cwt	278.00–289.00	1,871	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	364.83/cwt	355.00–372.00	1,339	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	341.20/cwt	329.00–360.00	1,607	380
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	396.64/cwt	390.00–411.00	1,682	530
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,073	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,200	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	235.39/cwt	233.00–239.00	2,161	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	258.08/cwt	253.00–260.00	2,075	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	351.00/cwt	345.00–366.00	1,495	416
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	307.14/cwt	296.00–326.00	1,582	443
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	263.57/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,618	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	304.22/cwt	299.00–322.00	1,761	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	426.39/cwt	420.00–447.00	1,573	336
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,359	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	258.48/cwt	257.00–261.00	1,701	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	384.00/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,279	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	278.81/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,589	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	326.29/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,720	586
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	357.76/cwt	349.00–382.00	1,699	589
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	255.31/cwt	252.00–258.00	2,237	67

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 Nov 20, 2024

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

Receipts 5,000Last week 5,475Year ago 5,660

Compared to last week; steer and heifer calves traded sharply higher under 500 lbs. Calves over 500 lbs traded mostly steady. A very active market today with a large crowd on hand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
155	300–350	333	370.00–410.00	384.00
269	350–400	367	355.00–372.00	364.83
416	400–450	426	345.00–366.00	351.00
380	450–500	471	329.00–360.00	341.20
443	500–550	515	296.00–326.00	307.14
260	550–600	570	270.00–285.00	278.81
101	600–650	614	259.00–270.00	263.57
110	650–700	658	257.00–261.00	258.48
28	700–750	738	253.00	253.00
78	800–850	838	246.00–255.00	249.00
50	850–900	884	238.00	238.00
67	900–950	915	225.00–233.00	229.25
10	950–1000	995	214.00	214.00
29	1000–1050	1,001	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	250–300	297	457.50	457.50
87	300–350	324	444.00–470.00	459.18
336	350–400	369	420.00–447.00	426.39
530	400–450	424	390.00–411.00	396.64
589	450–500	475	349.00–382.00	357.76
586	500–550	527	320.00–340.00	326.29
199	550–600	579	299.00–322.00	304.22
145	600–650	634	280.00–287.00	283.87
166	650–700	665	278.00–289.00	281.33
51	800–850	804	253.00–260.00	258.08
67	850–900	876	252.00–258.00	255.31
33	900–950	918	233.00–239.00	235.39
26	1050–1100	1,073	205.00	205.00

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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