Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2019-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers mostly steady with under 450 lbs instances 2.00 lower, over 450 lbs instances 2.00-5.00 higher, feeder heifers mostly steady with heifers under 550 lbs 5.00 higher instances 10.00, over 550 lbs instances 1.00-3.00 lower. Demand good with good buyer attendance and participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.74/cwt on 2,304 head.

Average price

$169.74

2,304 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$13.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.57

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	170.72	887	2,128
Medium 1-2	493	161.77	797	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	515	157.48	812	163

One grade step is worth $13.25/cwt here — about $76 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 sale2,304 hd

169.74

—

WY average4 barns · 5,971 hd

168.17

+1.57

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	700	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	450	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	839	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	540	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	829	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	417	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	138.07/cwt	135.25–146.50	679	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	855	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,197	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	911	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,228	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	779	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,028	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	131.60/cwt	130.00–133.00	825	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	655	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	863	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	166.17/cwt	157.00–171.50	723	425
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	157.91/cwt	149.00–162.35	747	270
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	142.44/cwt	138.00–147.50	758	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	140.90/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,072	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	169.64/cwt	162.00–175.00	645	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	133.34/cwt	127.25–137.00	749	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	170.61/cwt	164.00–176.50	563	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	130.48/cwt	129.50–132.00	904	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	797	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,173	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	536	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	726	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	918	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,112	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,050	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	619	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,080	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	210.84/cwt	199.00–223.00	797	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	193.45/cwt	188.50–205.00	843	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	154.83/cwt	146.50–161.00	893	347
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	176.50/cwt	168.00–181.50	851	380
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	167.78/cwt	159.00–181.00	881	544
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	395	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	778	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	576	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	812	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	478	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	793	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	711	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,070	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	149.95/cwt	149.50–150.50	994	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	147.08/cwt	141.00–150.00	925	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	721	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	182.20/cwt	181.00–185.00	798	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	150.93/cwt	138.00–157.00	810	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	159.17/cwt	155.00–164.00	759	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	143.41/cwt	142.00–144.50	845	62

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 Nov 5, 2019

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	321	218.00	218.00
12	—	612	150.00	150.00
13	—	809	137.50	137.50
14	—	761	138.00	138.00
15	—	292	212.00	212.00
16	—	740	146.00	146.00
158	—	378	199.00–223.00	210.84
222	—	436	188.50–205.00	193.45
347	—	577	146.50–161.00	154.83
380	—	482	168.00–181.50	176.50
544	—	525	159.00–181.00	167.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	450	186.50	186.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	540	153.50	153.50
5	—	417	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	395	197.00	197.00
24	—	576	141.00	141.00
94	—	478	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	711	150.50	150.50
56	—	663	149.50–150.50	149.95
155	—	629	141.00–150.00	147.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	368	196.00	196.00
17	—	438	181.00–185.00	182.20
25	—	537	138.00–157.00	150.93
45	—	477	155.00–164.00	159.17
62	—	589	142.00–144.50	143.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	492	135.25–146.50	138.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	855	140.00	140.00
44	—	911	134.75	134.75
11	—	779	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	627	130.00–133.00	131.60
17	—	655	131.75	131.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
425	—	435	157.00–171.50	166.17
270	—	473	149.00–162.35	157.91
187	—	532	138.00–147.50	142.44
117	—	761	130.00–144.00	140.90
78	—	380	162.00–175.00	169.64
44	—	562	127.25–137.00	133.34
44	—	330	164.00–176.50	170.61
41	—	693	129.50–132.00	130.48
9	—	613	130.00	130.00
7	—	869	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	536	135.50	135.50

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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