Sale reports / Wyoming / Torrington Livestock Commission Company / 2020-11-11

Torrington Livestock Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Torrington, Wyoming · Wed, Nov 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2103
Receipts
5,657 head
▲ 2,885 vs last sale 2,772▼ 2,451 vs year ago 8,108 · −30.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; lighter steer and heifer calves sold steady to 4.00 higher with heavier steer and heifer calves trading 4.00 to 7.00 higher with a few instances 9.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers also trading higher to comparable trades last week. Most of the offering consisted of mainly preconditioned calves with a few weaned calves showing up in the offering. Buyers still willing to pay a premium for preconditioned calves over calves with just spring shots.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.52/cwt on 2,945 head.
Average price
$168.52
2,945 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$914
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.09
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544169.249212,720
Medium and Large 1-2519159.88830225
One grade step is worth $9.36/cwt here — about $91 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 sale2,945 hd
168.52
—
WY average2 barns · 5,148 hd
167.43
+1.09
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322211.96/cwt205.00–217.0068360
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2339189.00/cwt189.00–189.0064124
Steers—Medium and Large 1389191.42/cwt185.00–195.00745171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2407170.00/cwt170.00–170.0069220
Steers—Medium and Large 1421184.77/cwt179.00–197.00778401
Steers—Medium and Large 1478177.66/cwt169.00–189.00849615
Steers—Medium and Large 1528171.72/cwt167.00–181.00907441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535157.96/cwt154.00–160.00845153
Steers—Medium and Large 1573159.73/cwt154.00–164.00915400
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586149.00/cwt149.00–149.0087312
Steers—Medium and Large 1620151.02/cwt148.00–157.50936258
Steers—Medium and Large 1661144.00/cwt140.50–147.0095295
Steers—Medium and Large 1712152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,08219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727130.00/cwt130.00–130.0094516
Steers—Medium and Large 1777140.82/cwt139.00–145.001,09453
Steers—Medium and Large 1842147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,23825
Steers—Medium and Large 1888141.64/cwt137.50–143.501,25882
Steers—Medium and Large 1917143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,31629
Steers—Medium and Large 1975140.33/cwt139.50–141.001,36835
Steers—Medium and Large 11,035128.44/cwt127.00–130.001,32931
Steers—Medium and Large 11,161112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,3005
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1287185.00/cwt185.00–185.0053117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328173.50/cwt165.00–180.00569101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374173.72/cwt169.00–179.00650330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417163.82/cwt159.00–170.00683376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436147.10/cwt145.00–148.00641109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2451136.00/cwt136.00–136.0061326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469155.92/cwt149.00–161.00731356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503146.81/cwt141.00–153.00738199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514137.00/cwt137.00–137.0070420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563146.71/cwt141.00–150.00826165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2597135.00/cwt135.00–135.0080649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616140.09/cwt134.50–144.00863126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733137.64/cwt137.00–138.501,00956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,11918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870134.90/cwt133.50–136.001,17462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2891120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,06915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1920131.84/cwt128.00–135.501,213108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979128.63/cwt124.50–131.501,25943
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,006118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,19218

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.