Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2019-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; uneven market with mostly steady on all classes. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.80/cwt on 573 head.

Average price

$163.80

573 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$903

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$20.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.54

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	164.39	910	556
Medium and Large 1-2	475	144.34	686	17thin

One grade step is worth $20.05/cwt here — about $225 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 sale573 hd

163.80

—

WY average3 barns · 2,844 hd

166.34

−2.54

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

36 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	—	611	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	805	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	161.61/cwt	159.00–163.50	595	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,058	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	147.20/cwt	140.00–149.50	979	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	699	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	171.35/cwt	169.00–174.00	888	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	147.73/cwt	142.00–151.25	911	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	577	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,246	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,283	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	806	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	142.95/cwt	131.50–147.50	935	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	157.12/cwt	154.50–159.50	737	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	144.50/cwt	140.75–152.00	767	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	144.34/cwt	135.00–157.00	686	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	889	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	190.63/cwt	187.50–193.00	795	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	133.48/cwt	130.00–135.50	821	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	163.09/cwt	155.00–167.50	685	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	468	164.34/cwt	155.50–165.00	769	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	144.16/cwt	130.00–149.00	809	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	290	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	496	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	364	157.54/cwt	155.00–161.00	573	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	370	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	729	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	344	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	628	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	301	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	506	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	682	139.89/cwt	139.50–140.50	954	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	173.56/cwt	172.00–175.00	831	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	437	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	848	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	154.97/cwt	151.00–166.50	890	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	522	172.52/cwt	167.00–174.25	901	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	674	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	784	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	544	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	131.15/cwt	129.00–134.50	1,280	15

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 10, 2019

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

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Compared to last Tuesday; uneven market with mostly steady on all classes. Demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	611	131.75	131.75
27	—	368	159.00–163.50	161.61
28	—	654	131.50–147.50	142.95
53	—	469	154.50–159.50	157.12
56	—	531	140.75–152.00	144.50
7	—	421	160.00	160.00
12	—	570	137.50	137.50
14	—	333	163.50	163.50
15	—	976	129.00–134.50	131.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	615	130.00–135.50	133.48
42	—	420	155.00–167.50	163.09
71	—	468	155.50–165.00	164.34
84	—	561	130.00–149.00	144.16
10	—	290	171.00	171.00
12	—	364	155.00–161.00	157.54
13	—	301	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	761	139.00	139.00
26	—	665	140.00–149.50	147.20
5	—	749	139.50	139.50
6	—	355	197.00	197.00
57	—	518	169.00–174.00	171.35
86	—	617	142.00–151.25	147.73
7	—	317	182.00	182.00
9	—	903	138.00	138.00
9	—	956	134.25	134.25
10	—	453	178.00	178.00
27	—	583	152.50	152.50
37	—	417	187.50–193.00	190.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	475	135.00–157.00	144.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	370	197.00	197.00
14	—	344	182.50	182.50
18	—	682	139.50–140.50	139.89
20	—	479	172.00–175.00	173.56
25	—	437	194.00	194.00
59	—	574	151.00–166.50	154.97
123	—	522	167.00–174.25	172.52

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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