Sale reports / Wyoming / Torrington Livestock Commission Company / 2025-12-17

Torrington Livestock Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Torrington, Wyoming · Wed, Dec 17
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2103
Receipts
4,332 head
▲ 2,133 vs last sale 2,199▲ 1,064 vs year ago 3,268 · +32.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady over 500 lbs. Steers and heifers under 500 lbs traded sharply higher than last week. A nice run this week with several load lots, Majority of the offering being long time weaned. A large crowd on hand with active bidding throughout the day on load lots and package trade. No sale 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 $411.88/cwt on 437 head. That ranks 5 of 19 comparable sales and sits −33.12 against this barn's trailing median of $445.00.
Average price
$411.88
437 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,252
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.15
vs WY average
+21.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547411.882,252437
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 sale437 hd
411.88
—
WY average2 barns · 459 hd
411.73
+0.15
National average175 barns · 15,310 hd
389.91
+21.97
This barn, trailing median19 sales
445.00
−33.12
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

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1341669.60/cwt655.00–680.002,28348
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382636.76/cwt625.00–670.002,432198
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425579.85/cwt570.00–609.002,464101
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464556.21/cwt545.00–567.002,581231
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535489.00/cwt489.00–489.002,61640
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573433.62/cwt420.00–460.002,485248
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622415.55/cwt400.00–429.002,585152
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672381.88/cwt379.00–393.002,566180
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717374.39/cwt361.00–379.502,684256
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788376.33/cwt361.00–377.502,965338
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1837340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,84617
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875351.00/cwt351.00–351.003,071192
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335541.40/cwt532.00–550.001,81499
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362537.42/cwt525.00–558.001,945122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425505.26/cwt490.00–522.002,147175
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472483.11/cwt469.00–495.002,280135
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Replacement510446.15/cwt445.00–447.002,27559
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531419.25/cwt410.00–425.002,226215
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581389.75/cwt381.00–400.002,264163
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619373.10/cwt366.00–385.002,309149
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676343.81/cwt340.00–353.002,324121
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759329.11/cwt327.00–329.502,498474
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1819326.30/cwt324.00–326.502,672321
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1892317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,82820
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1912311.86/cwt310.00–319.002,84482
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1979299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,92717
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,072288.00/cwt288.00–288.003,08720

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.