Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2020-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale of the year: No comparisons available. Good buyer attendance and participation on special weaned calf special. Friday will be last cow sale, after Friday all livestock will be held on Tuesdays.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.87/cwt on 2,500 head.

Average price

$168.87

2,500 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$992

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$20.26/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	587	169.30	994	2,447
Medium and Large 1-2	602	149.04	897	53

One grade step is worth $20.26/cwt here — about $97 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 sale2,500 hd

168.87

—

WY average1 barns · 2,500 hd

168.87

+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

25 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	—	485	164.66/cwt	160.00–167.50	799	396
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	146.73/cwt	142.00–156.00	858	383
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	156.80/cwt	144.00–161.00	845	354
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	183.91/cwt	169.00–188.00	756	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	154.82/cwt	149.00–162.00	663	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,000	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	169.18/cwt	167.00–172.00	634	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	133.77/cwt	131.00–138.50	963	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	179.53/cwt	174.00–181.50	601	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	137.17/cwt	130.00–140.50	931	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	140.24/cwt	135.50–143.50	875	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	199.75/cwt	187.00–207.00	855	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	182.54/cwt	173.00–187.50	962	442
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	158.87/cwt	157.00–161.50	909	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,159	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	141.53/cwt	133.50–145.75	1,152	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	141.40/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,106	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	201.22/cwt	192.63–206.50	743	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	170.20/cwt	163.00–179.00	987	503
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	191.82/cwt	178.00–194.00	884	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	143.09/cwt	142.00–145.50	887	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	148.14/cwt	140.00–149.50	1,059	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	149.29/cwt	131.00–156.50	1,018	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	159.17/cwt	145.25–166.00	996	375
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	810	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 Jan 7, 2020

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
396	—	485	160.00–167.50	164.66
383	—	585	142.00–156.00	146.73
354	—	539	144.00–161.00	156.80
230	—	411	169.00–188.00	183.91
14	—	763	131.00	131.00
34	—	375	167.00–172.00	169.18
45	—	720	131.00–138.50	133.77
66	—	335	174.00–181.50	179.53
105	—	679	130.00–140.50	137.17
161	—	624	135.50–143.50	140.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	428	149.00–162.00	154.82
9	—	591	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	428	187.00–207.00	199.75
442	—	527	173.00–187.50	182.54
9	—	875	132.50	132.50
15	—	814	133.50–145.75	141.53
96	—	782	135.00–145.00	141.40
100	—	369	192.63–206.50	201.22
503	—	580	163.00–179.00	170.20
142	—	461	178.00–194.00	191.82
260	—	715	140.00–149.50	148.14
304	—	682	131.00–156.50	149.29
375	—	626	145.25–166.00	159.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	572	157.00–161.50	158.87
33	—	620	142.00–145.50	143.09

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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