Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2019-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers mostly steady with best advances on 350-440 lb calves, feeder heifers steady with instances 2.00-5.00 higher. Demand good with cold winter storm stopping many consignments from getting to sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.32/cwt on 2,541 head.

Average price

$167.32

2,541 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$138

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

$4.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.46

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	433	171.81	743	112
Medium and Large 1	527	167.12	881	2,429

One grade step is worth $4.69/cwt here — about −$138 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 sale2,541 hd

167.32

—

WY average3 barns · 4,517 hd

164.86

+2.46

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

29 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	—	938	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,215	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,261	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	867	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	469	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	593	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	135.03/cwt	133.50–136.00	768	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	168.54/cwt	159.00–174.50	634	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	156.46/cwt	148.50–160.00	685	299
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	140.15/cwt	135.00–142.00	753	355
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	149.62/cwt	145.00–153.50	714	633
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	133.62/cwt	130.00–136.00	820	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,241	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	261	192.22/cwt	188.00–201.00	502	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	139.49/cwt	135.00–140.50	995	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	148.24/cwt	144.00–151.50	934	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,169	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	195.94/cwt	185.00–207.00	815	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	173.25/cwt	167.50–181.00	832	391
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	163.98/cwt	155.50–170.00	854	749
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	711	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,024	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	143.20/cwt	141.00–144.50	951	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	636	145.52/cwt	144.50–149.90	926	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	810	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	762	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	664	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	174.45/cwt	157.00–179.00	759	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	717	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	214.47/cwt	206.00–224.00	791	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	152.93/cwt	145.00–155.75	882	563

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.

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Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Tue Oct 29, 2019

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	938	129.50	129.50
6	—	1,060	119.00	119.00
8	—	640	135.50	135.50
10	—	268	175.00	175.00
47	—	343	173.00	173.00
115	—	569	133.50–136.00	135.03
184	—	376	159.00–174.50	168.54
299	—	438	148.50–160.00	156.46
355	—	537	135.00–142.00	140.15
633	—	477	145.00–153.50	149.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	614	130.00–136.00	133.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	868	143.00	143.00
16	—	261	188.00–201.00	192.22
27	—	713	135.00–140.50	139.49
34	—	630	144.00–151.50	148.24
81	—	787	148.50	148.50
275	—	416	185.00–207.00	195.94
391	—	480	167.50–181.00	173.25
749	—	521	155.50–170.00	163.98
12	—	340	211.00	211.00
119	—	369	206.00–224.00	214.47
563	—	577	145.00–155.75	152.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	711	144.00	144.00
52	—	664	141.00–144.50	143.20
92	—	636	144.50–149.90	145.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	549	147.50	147.50
10	—	498	153.00	153.00
29	—	369	180.00	180.00
64	—	435	157.00–179.00	174.45

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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