Torrington Livestock Auction Market Report

Torrington, Wyoming · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, May 21, 2021

2,532 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.74/cwt ≈ $969/hd at 719 lb · 176 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.51/cwt ≈ $993/hd at 773 lb · 97 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.32/cwt ≈ $1,069/hd at 820 lb · 85 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,532	1,121	1,517
Feeder cattle	826	—	449
Slaughter cattle	657	731	660
Replacement cattle	1,049	390	408

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; slaughter and feeder cows traded mostly steady with instances 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Nice offering of cow calf pairs and feeder cattle. An active market but no trend will be given on feeder cattle or pairs.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	25	183.00	$183.00	$783	—
478	478	10	169.00	$169.00	$808	—
506	506	12	160.00	$160.00	$810	—
576	576	5	178.00	$178.00	$1,025	—
604–642	621	55	155.00–164.00	$159.77	$992	—
746	746	20	145.00	$145.00	$1,082	—
760–779	771	28	134.00–137.00	$135.27	$1,043	—
806–827	813	54	136.00–140.00	$138.64	$1,127	—
851	851	74	131.00	$131.00	$1,115	—
926–941	928	39	124.50–128.00	$127.54	$1,184	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	16	160.00	$160.00	$675	—
506–542	525	69	151.00–159.00	$153.74	$807	—
552–559	555	36	145.00–148.00	$146.66	$814	—
622	622	74	132.00–138.50	$134.11	$834	—
668–698	687	58	131.00–136.00	$133.66	$918	—
703–748	719	176	132.00–136.00	$134.74	$969	—
758–798	773	97	126.00–130.00	$128.51	$993	—
818–827	820	85	128.00–131.00	$130.32	$1,069	—
863	863	47	124.25	$124.25	$1,072	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1211–1660	1361	80-85%	219	63.00–69.00	$66.01	$898	+0.26
1305–1551	1462	80-85%	78	61.50–66.00	$63.53	$929	-2.47

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1312	1193	85-90%	124	56.00–61.00	$58.15	$694	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1625–2095	1774	75-80%	15	59.00–63.50	$61.18	$1,085	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1780–2180	1917	51	86.50–95.00	$89.03	$1,707	—
1830–2120	1958	4	99.50–104.50	$102.68	$2,010	+15.14

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
863–1130	991	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	273	82.00–110.50	$93.26	$924

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040–1214	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,887.53	—
1229–1609	1485	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	173	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,511.46	—
1369–1648	1501	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	191	1,100.00–1,400.00	$1,203.37	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1375	1375	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	975.00	$975.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.