Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2019-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers under 450 lbs 3.00-10.00 higher, over 450 lbs mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs under pressure with instances 6.00-10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.73/cwt on 2,489 head.

Average price

$159.73

2,489 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$852

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$19.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.83

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	160.50	873	1,961
Medium and Large 1-2	496	157.72	783	502
Medium 1-2	467	140.62	657	26

One grade step is worth $19.89/cwt here — about $216 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 sale2,489 hd

159.73

—

WY average4 barns · 6,318 hd

160.56

−0.83

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

42 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	141.28/cwt	139.75–142.00	1,082	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	992	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,220	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	168.11/cwt	167.00–170.00	555	36
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	415	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	564	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	502	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	612	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	887	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	974	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	949	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,238	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,210	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	161.61/cwt	157.00–166.00	585	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	138.75/cwt	134.50–143.50	719	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	152.25/cwt	144.00–159.50	658	339
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	147.66/cwt	140.00–153.00	704	376
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	650	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	861	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	129.04/cwt	124.00–131.00	788	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	812	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,096	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	857	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,136	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	719	135.92/cwt	135.00–136.50	977	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	583	18
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	392	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	568	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	495	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	688	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,255	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,191	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,025	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	202.76/cwt	201.00–206.00	586	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	145.10/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,207	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	135.31/cwt	132.50–137.50	959	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	188.26/cwt	180.00–197.00	783	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	198.74/cwt	189.00–206.00	767	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	175.76/cwt	169.00–185.50	837	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	149.21/cwt	141.00–155.50	855	432
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	162.93/cwt	155.00–170.50	846	599
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	661	136.75/cwt	131.00–138.50	904	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	145.30/cwt	143.50–152.50	895	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	136.96/cwt	135.00–138.00	778	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	178.42/cwt	175.00–181.00	694	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	168.01/cwt	161.00–177.00	707	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	163.40/cwt	159.00–165.00	786	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	152.22/cwt	145.00–153.50	799	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	618	133.75/cwt	131.00–136.00	827	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	135.28/cwt	127.00–138.50	760	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	144.00/cwt	143.00–146.00	1,136	18

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 22, 2019

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

Receipts 5,509Last week 4,586Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers under 450 lbs 3.00-10.00 higher, over 450 lbs mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs under pressure with instances 6.00-10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	766	139.75–142.00	141.28
24	—	992	123.00	123.00
36	—	330	167.00–170.00	168.11
6	—	650	136.50	136.50
9	—	719	135.50	135.50
10	—	949	130.50	130.50
15	—	860	140.75	140.75
77	—	362	157.00–166.00	161.61
234	—	518	134.50–143.50	138.75
339	—	432	144.00–159.50	152.25
376	—	477	140.00–153.00	147.66
244	—	562	127.00–138.50	135.28
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	415	136.00	136.00
8	—	502	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	650	132.50	132.50
25	—	611	124.00–131.00	129.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	812	135.00	135.00
14	—	857	132.50	132.50
21	—	719	135.00–136.50	135.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	445	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	392	145.00	145.00
19	—	495	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	887	141.50	141.50
10	—	938	127.00	127.00
13	—	670	153.00	153.00
17	—	289	201.00–206.00	202.76
26	—	832	142.00–146.00	145.10
30	—	709	132.50–137.50	135.31
83	—	416	180.00–197.00	188.26
149	—	386	189.00–206.00	198.74
203	—	476	169.00–185.50	175.76
432	—	573	141.00–155.50	149.21
599	—	519	155.00–170.50	162.93
18	—	789	143.00–146.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	661	131.00–138.50	136.75
295	—	616	143.50–152.50	145.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	568	135.00–138.00	136.96
40	—	389	175.00–181.00	178.42
58	—	421	161.00–177.00	168.01
152	—	481	159.00–165.00	163.40
199	—	525	145.00–153.50	152.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	618	131.00–136.00	133.75

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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