Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2019-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder calves unevenly steady with higher overtones noted, 3.00-7.00, instances 10.00-12.00 higher. Cow and bull sales are held on Fridays for fall season

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.60/cwt on 2,350 head.

Average price

$160.60

2,350 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$14.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.16

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	161.34	921	2,225
Medium and Large 1-2	542	147.34	799	125

One grade step is worth $14.01/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,350 hd

160.60

—

WY average3 barns · 5,961 hd

157.43

+3.16

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	174.83/cwt	172.00–178.00	572	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	149.73/cwt	142.50–153.50	930	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	141.32/cwt	137.00–144.00	954	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	707	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	944	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	169.57/cwt	164.00–179.50	814	491
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	161.93/cwt	155.75–169.50	844	449
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	153.13/cwt	143.00–156.00	885	424
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	182.08/cwt	177.00–187.00	772	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,396	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	190.56/cwt	186.00–193.00	730	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,340	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	206.26/cwt	197.00–210.00	697	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,186	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,241	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,093	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	904	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	969	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	284	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	540	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	221	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	643	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	130.90/cwt	125.00–136.50	816	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	724	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	970	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	157.48/cwt	153.00–164.00	685	319
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	147.53/cwt	140.50–152.00	699	300
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	143.17/cwt	137.00–145.50	734	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	136.34/cwt	132.50–138.50	779	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	170.01/cwt	162.00–179.00	651	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	140.51/cwt	136.00–142.50	1,076	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	178.06/cwt	171.00–183.00	572	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	138.25/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,190	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	846	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,019	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	874	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	479	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	763	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	825	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	148.10/cwt	141.00–153.50	797	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	657	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	874	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	630	135.06/cwt	133.00–138.00	851	14

How this sale compares

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.

Wyoming feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Tue Oct 15, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Torrington, WY (LS-TO)

Receipts 4,586Last week 2,887Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder calves unevenly steady with higher overtones noted, 3.00-7.00, instances 10.00-12.00 higher. Cow and bull sales are held on Fridays for fall season

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	327	172.00–178.00	174.83
18	—	486	157.00	157.00
30	—	589	140.00	140.00
41	—	538	141.00–153.50	148.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	621	142.50–153.50	149.73
41	—	675	137.00–144.00	141.32
14	—	707	133.50	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
491	—	480	164.00–179.50	169.57
449	—	521	155.75–169.50	161.93
424	—	578	143.00–156.00	153.13
193	—	424	177.00–187.00	182.08
143	—	973	143.50	143.50
79	—	383	186.00–193.00	190.56
74	—	1,011	132.50	132.50
38	—	338	197.00–210.00	206.26
34	—	788	150.50	150.50
13	—	871	142.50	142.50
10	—	731	149.50	149.50
8	—	628	144.00	144.00
6	—	680	142.50	142.50
6	—	284	190.00	190.00
6	—	221	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	657	133.00	133.00
14	—	630	133.00–138.00	135.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	485	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	623	125.00–136.50	130.90
5	—	724	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
319	—	435	153.00–164.00	157.48
300	—	474	140.50–152.00	147.53
275	—	513	137.00–145.50	143.17
232	—	571	132.50–138.50	136.34
167	—	383	162.00–179.00	170.01
72	—	766	136.00–142.50	140.51
40	—	321	171.00–183.00	178.06
38	—	861	130.00–140.00	138.25
24	—	600	141.00	141.00
10	—	725	140.50	140.50
7	—	652	134.00	134.00
7	—	275	174.00	174.00

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.

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