Sale reports / Wyoming / Torrington Livestock Commission Company / 2024-05-01

Torrington Livestock Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Torrington, Wyoming · Wed, May 1
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2103
Receipts
1,228 head
▼ 793 vs last sale 2,021▼ 2,096 vs year ago 3,324 · −63.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; heifer calves traded mostly steady. No trend on steer calves this week as there was not enough receipts. Still a very active market with every week the receipts becoming lighter. A smaller offering with the majority being package trade. Sale again next Wednesday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $291.51/cwt on 170 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −153.49 against this barn's trailing median of $445.00.
Average price
$291.51
170 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.72
vs WY average
+23.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563291.511,640170
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 sale170 hd
291.51
—
WY average2 barns · 183 hd
290.79
+0.72
National average173 barns · 11,009 hd
268.38
+23.13
This barn, trailing median19 sales
445.00
−153.49
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales
500460420380median 445.0003/0404/0106/2409/3010/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $486.37, low $394.00, median $445.00 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

24 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,50917
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,54918
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476349.50/cwt340.00–355.001,66455
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535353.21/cwt340.00–360.001,89045
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,82919
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,93710
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,03320
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1754284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,14120
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1826232.05/cwt230.00–235.001,91724
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875236.70/cwt232.00–240.002,07144
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1980220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1569
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1386333.99/cwt333.00–335.001,28940
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426333.55/cwt330.00–338.001,42143
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478321.07/cwt315.00–330.001,53548
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,60820
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565291.05/cwt290.00–293.001,644150
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637289.38/cwt279.00–292.001,843221
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,87712
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,89732
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,72515
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766231.42/cwt230.00–232.001,77328
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,81736
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,78518
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1978194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,89723

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.