Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2019-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; steer and heifer calves mostly steady with best advances on 450-490 lb calves instances 2.00-10-00 higher. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.57/cwt on 585 head.

Average price

$147.57

585 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$834

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$449

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

$20.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	147.85	841	577
Medium 1-2	308	127.50	393	8thin

One grade step is worth $20.35/cwt here — about $449 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 sale585 hd

147.57

—

WY average1 barns · 585 hd

147.57

+0.00

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

32 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 1-2Unweaned	—	308	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	393	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,145	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,022	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	811	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,138	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	132.62/cwt	130.00–133.50	1,270	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	160.61/cwt	155.00–168.00	745	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	143.63/cwt	136.50–148.00	843	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	688	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	874	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	328	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	525	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	389	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	634	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	413	153.39/cwt	152.00–156.00	634	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	639	129.33/cwt	127.00–130.50	826	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	457	156.61/cwt	154.50–158.00	716	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	512	152.41/cwt	150.00–153.25	780	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	592	139.95/cwt	136.50–141.00	829	64
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	397	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	647	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	799	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,171	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	630	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	832	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	162.95/cwt	154.00–168.50	849	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	157.70/cwt	150.50–161.00	883	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	146.84/cwt	145.50–148.00	927	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	185.59/cwt	180.00–188.50	711	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	183.35/cwt	173.00–190.50	854	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	785	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	661	147.95/cwt	147.50–148.50	978	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	143.53/cwt	136.50–154.50	828	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	933	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	535	165.35/cwt	159.50–168.50	885	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	333	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	566	6

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 Dec 3, 2019

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

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Compared to two weeks ago; steer and heifer calves mostly steady with best advances on 450-490 lb calves instances 2.00-10-00 higher. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	308	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	434	165.00	165.00
5	—	881	130.00	130.00
9	—	652	156.75	156.75
10	—	612	132.50	132.50
19	—	831	137.00	137.00
32	—	958	130.00–133.50	132.62
128	—	464	155.00–168.00	160.61
165	—	587	136.50–148.00	143.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	688	127.00	127.00
8	—	328	160.00	160.00
12	—	389	163.00	163.00
18	—	413	152.00–156.00	153.39
19	—	639	127.00–130.50	129.33
26	—	457	154.50–158.00	156.61
50	—	512	150.00–153.25	152.41
64	—	592	136.50–141.00	139.95
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	397	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	799	146.50	146.50
8	—	315	200.00	200.00
10	—	418	199.00	199.00
19	—	521	154.00–168.50	162.95
27	—	560	150.50–161.00	157.70
38	—	631	145.50–148.00	146.84
67	—	383	180.00–188.50	185.59
88	—	466	173.00–190.50	183.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	420	187.00	187.00
22	—	661	147.50–148.50	147.95
43	—	577	136.50–154.50	143.53
53	—	618	151.00	151.00
54	—	535	159.50–168.50	165.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	333	170.00	170.00

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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