Sale reports / Wyoming / Torrington Livestock Commission Company / 2024-05-10

Torrington Livestock Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Torrington, Wyoming · Fri, May 10
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2101
Feeder Cattle receipts
870 head
▲ 870 vs last sale 0▲ 88 vs year ago 782 · +11.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
461 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 405▼ 114 vs year ago 575 · −19.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week boning type cows going to kill sold steady to 3.00 lower. Lean cows going to slaughter sold 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher, most advance on the lower end prices. Most cows going to the feedlot sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. A small offering of feeder cattle with not enough receipts for a trend this week. Sale again next Friday with all classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $284.41/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −125.56 against this barn's trailing median of $409.97.
Average price
$284.41
33 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,505
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.96
vs WY average
+16.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529284.411,50533
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale33 hd
284.41
—
WY average2 barns · 220 hd
281.45
+2.96
National average178 barns · 10,823 hd
267.59
+16.82
This barn, trailing median2 sales
409.97
−125.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,759153.892,70733
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,286139.161,789207
CowsLean 85-90%High1,203133.961,61164

Every lot

22 lots · USDA AMS · Torrington Livestock Auction - Torrington, WY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1978
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1396365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,44516
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,54916
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481337.93/cwt335.00–342.001,62564
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,76314
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607289.69/cwt287.00–294.001,75826
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1826230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9008
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428327.40/cwt322.00–332.001,40156
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1486310.92/cwt304.00–320.001,51145
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529284.41/cwt279.00–288.001,50533
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624273.91/cwt270.00–280.001,70950
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,77019
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732242.95/cwt240.00–257.001,77870
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766236.21/cwt229.00–241.001,80986
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,91562
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873211.23/cwt210.00–215.001,84432
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,738152.55/cwt149.00–158.002,65130
Bulls——1,972167.28/cwt166.00–170.003,2993
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,202133.77/cwt128.00–138.001,60863
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,240146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,8101
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,257138.81/cwt135.00–146.001,745177
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,456141.22/cwt138.00–146.002,05630

This sale against other markets

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.