Sale reports / Wyoming / Torrington Livestock Commission Company / 2024-05-24

Torrington Livestock Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Torrington, Wyoming · Fri, May 24
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2101
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,121 head
▲ 353 vs last sale 768▼ 60 vs year ago 1,181 · −5.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
616 head
▲ 136 vs last sale 480▲ 107 vs year ago 509 · +21.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
204 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 346▼ 646 vs year ago 850 · −76.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; slaughter and feeder cows traded 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded mostly steady to last week. A nice run of feeder cattle with heifers selling 4.00 to 6.00 higher than last week. A small offering of steers with lighter steers selling higher than last week. Sale again next Friday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $310.97/cwt on 175 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −99.00 against this barn's trailing median of $409.97.
Average price
$310.97
175 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.23
vs WY average
+34.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560310.971,743175
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 sale175 hd
310.97
—
WY average2 barns · 186 hd
309.74
+1.23
National average163 barns · 12,702 hd
276.46
+34.51
This barn, trailing median2 sales
409.97
−99.00
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—Average1,884159.343,00272
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,413141.251,997317
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,196135.771,624188

Every lot

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476339.40/cwt333.00–345.001,61682
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532322.89/cwt311.00–332.001,71876
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,85710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637312.26/cwt310.00–317.501,98973
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1694302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,09629
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2711259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,84120
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1747296.50/cwt296.50–296.502,21542
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1803258.11/cwt252.00–269.002,07328
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2834243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,02711
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1858246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,11118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,05920
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,37315
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470316.88/cwt310.00–325.001,48975
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,60018
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564311.94/cwt307.50–313.001,759157
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630283.37/cwt281.00–290.001,78589
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1697268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,86832
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725267.64/cwt263.00–271.001,940107
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773248.21/cwt242.00–259.001,91962
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,884159.34/cwt154.00–172.003,00272
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,196135.77/cwt133.00–139.001,624188
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,366140.46/cwt135.00–147.001,919244
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,505151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,2731
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,573143.81/cwt139.00–149.002,26272
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1957202.57/cwt175.00–217.001,93970

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.