Sale reports / Wyoming / Torrington Livestock Commission Company / 2026-03-18

Torrington Livestock Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Torrington, Wyoming · Wed, Mar 18
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2103
Receipts
3,440 head
▲ 1,550 vs last sale 1,890▲ 1,824 vs year ago 1,616 · +112.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; feeder steers traded mostly steady on comparable trades to last week. Feeder heifers traded steady to 4.00 higher. A nice run today with several load lots of heifers and steers. Active bidding throughout the day with a active internet. Several buyers in the seats also actively bidding. 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 $461.51/cwt on 214 head, down $18.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 19 comparable sales and sits +16.51 against this barn's trailing median of $445.00.
Average price
$461.51
▼ 18.46 vs prior sale
214 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,556
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.35
vs WY average
+45.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554461.512,556214
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 sale214 hd
461.51
—
WY average2 barns · 270 hd
455.16
+6.35
National average164 barns · 8,069 hd
416.12
+45.39
This barn, trailing median19 sales
445.00
+16.51
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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370613.00/cwt612.00–615.002,26827
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437585.53/cwt575.00–602.002,55966
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1451610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,75115
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530515.13/cwt510.00–525.002,73086
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586478.00/cwt478.00–478.002,80140
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610472.00/cwt472.00–472.002,87915
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678418.12/cwt409.00–429.002,835117
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726398.78/cwt392.00–405.002,895269
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1781379.36/cwt375.00–392.002,963209
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817368.88/cwt359.00–372.503,014246
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870359.57/cwt356.00–361.003,128200
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940344.60/cwt341.00–345.503,23998
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,046337.50/cwt337.50–337.503,53050
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1404545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,20219
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461506.97/cwt500.00–520.002,33784
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512493.71/cwt490.00–501.002,52872
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575445.18/cwt435.00–455.002,560142
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630417.42/cwt410.00–434.002,630234
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676392.98/cwt385.00–403.002,657285
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720373.23/cwt362.00–379.002,687363
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1776348.30/cwt342.00–356.002,703198
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1824336.75/cwt330.00–343.002,77577
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1887318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,82155
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1932308.40/cwt301.00–312.002,87461

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.