Compared to last week; slaughter and feeder cows traded mostly steady with a few instances 1.00 lower. On a limited test slaughter bulls traded steady. A lighter run this week on Heiferettes but mainly trading steady to last week on comparable trades.
Slaughter cattle
By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
Class
Weight
Grade / description
Avg wt
Price
Range
Per head
Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls
—
—
1,755
90.13/cwt
88.00–92.00
1,582
29
Bulls
—
—
1,770
97.00/cwt
97.00–97.00
1,717
1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows
—
Lean 85-90%
1,280
61.11/cwt
59.00–63.50
782
191
Cows
—
Boner 80-85%Return to Feed
1,341
65.37/cwt
62.00–68.00
877
214
Cows
—
Boner 80-85%
1,470
69.79/cwt
65.50–73.00
1,026
201
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows
—
Medium and Large 1
932
113.03/cwt
95.00–133.00
1,053
217
This sale against other markets
Wyoming weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Wyoming auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.
Slaughter CattleReceipts 975Last week 1,886Year ago 1,199
Replacement CattleReceipts 495Last week 639Year ago 658
Compared to last week; slaughter and feeder cows traded mostly steady with a few instances 1.00 lower. On a limited test slaughter bulls traded steady. A lighter run this week on Heiferettes but mainly trading steady to last week on comparable trades.
Slaughter Cattle
As reported
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
201
—
1,470
65.50–73.00
69.79
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
214
—
1,341
62.00–68.00
65.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
191
—
1,280
59.00–63.50
61.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
Source: USDA AMS · Torrington Livestock Commission Company · Fri, Dec 9 · slug 2101 · RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA · www.raisedbeef.com/markets/barn/wy/torrington-livestock-auction-2101/2022-12-09
1
—
1,770
97.00
97.00
29
—
1,755
88.00–92.00
90.13
Replacement Cattle
As reported
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Age
Stage
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
Young (2-4 yrs)
Open
217
—
932
95.00–133.00
113.03
Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.