Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2019-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers mostly steady 2.00-5.00 lower, instances 10.00 lower on 500 lbs, feeder heifers higher overtones noted with 1.00-5.00 higher instances 7.00-8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.18/cwt on 2,062 head.

Average price

$165.18

2,062 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$887

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$188

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

$0.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.11

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	425	165.90	705	68
Medium and Large 1	541	165.16	893	1,994

One grade step is worth $0.74/cwt here — about −$188 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 sale2,062 hd

165.18

—

WY average3 barns · 5,510 hd

166.29

−1.11

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	—	515	162.78/cwt	158.00–167.50	838	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	427	190.21/cwt	182.00–199.00	812	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	669	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	136.38/cwt	135.50–138.50	859	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,095	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	277	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	367	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	380	170.63/cwt	167.00–175.00	648	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	518	143.63/cwt	134.50–148.50	744	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	535	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	144.60/cwt	144.00–145.00	889	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	148.64/cwt	142.00–151.00	908	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	513	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	764	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	365	169.12/cwt	167.50–171.00	617	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	653	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	137.80/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,257	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	928	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	144.72/cwt	141.25–148.00	1,255	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	130.95/cwt	130.00–133.50	805	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	575	135.24/cwt	130.00–148.00	778	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	633	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,193	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,397	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	148.20/cwt	147.50–149.50	1,000	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	151.81/cwt	144.00–154.50	884	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	729	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	418	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	706	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	804	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	144.44/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,221	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	143.65/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,113	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	137.47/cwt	134.50–138.25	676	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	684	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	858	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	164.23/cwt	154.00–171.00	682	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	476	150.97/cwt	141.25–157.00	719	331
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	971	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	187.98/cwt	182.00–190.50	797	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	380	217.00/cwt	216.00–218.00	825	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	181.61/cwt	169.00–186.50	861	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	166.00/cwt	154.00–171.00	876	842
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	473	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	743	9

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 Nov 12, 2019

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

Receipts 6,145Last week 7,115Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers mostly steady 2.00-5.00 lower, instances 10.00 lower on 500 lbs, feeder heifers higher overtones noted with 1.00-5.00 higher instances 7.00-8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	515	158.00–167.50	162.78
13	—	615	144.00–145.00	144.60
11	—	820	145.50	145.50
24	—	960	145.50	145.50
8	—	665	146.00	146.00
20	—	424	182.00–190.50	187.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	427	182.00–199.00	190.21
274	—	611	142.00–151.00	148.64
52	—	675	147.50–149.50	148.20
267	—	582	144.00–154.50	151.81
32	—	380	216.00–218.00	217.00
202	—	474	169.00–186.50	181.61
842	—	528	154.00–171.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	513	149.00	149.00
18	—	365	167.50–171.00	169.12
11	—	418	169.00	169.00
9	—	473	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	425	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	414	161.50	161.50
27	—	630	135.50–138.50	136.38
53	—	749	146.25	146.25
14	—	396	165.00	165.00
23	—	912	135.00–139.00	137.80
31	—	674	137.75	137.75
68	—	867	141.25–148.00	144.72
7	—	591	136.00	136.00
22	—	845	143.00–147.00	144.44
29	—	775	140.00–145.00	143.65
62	—	492	134.50–138.25	137.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	277	132.50	132.50
47	—	380	167.00–175.00	170.63
276	—	518	134.50–148.50	143.63
18	—	615	130.00–133.50	130.95
205	—	575	130.00–148.00	135.24
11	—	684	125.50	125.50
78	—	415	154.00–171.00	164.23
331	—	476	141.25–157.00	150.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	354	151.00	151.00
8	—	505	125.25	125.25

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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