Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2020-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, on a lighter run; slaughter cows steady with instances 1.00-5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00-5.00 higher,, instance 9.00. Demand moderate to good with not enough feeder calves for a good market test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.67/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$144.67

81 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$4.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.01

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	145.07	796	73
Medium and Large 1-2	446	141.00	629	8thin

One grade step is worth $4.07/cwt here — about $167 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 sale81 hd

144.67

—

WY average2 barns · 3,145 hd

155.67

−11.01

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,836	76.83	1,410	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,632	59.37	969	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,276	54.25	692	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,106	50.47	558	39

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Bulls	—	—	2,111	85.73/cwt	82.00–91.50	1,810	6
Bulls	—	—	1,702	64.39/cwt	61.00–67.00	1,096	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	53.26/cwt	49.50–54.50	690	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	56.41/cwt	55.00–60.00	715	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	47.27/cwt	47.00–48.00	597	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	62.13/cwt	61.00–65.00	995	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	980	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	10,388	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,146	50.37/cwt	41.00–52.50	577	23
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,034	78.65/cwt	69.50–97.50	813	125
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,313	998.09/cwt	935.00–1,050.00	13,105	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,340	770.94/cwt	735.00–810.00	10,331	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,336	731.87/cwt	725.00–760.00	9,778	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	165.45/cwt	165.00–166.00	668	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	152.96/cwt	146.00–155.00	746	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,357	865.47/cwt	735.00–925.00	11,744	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	11,651	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,033	760.48/cwt	725.00–825.00	7,856	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,228	864.22/cwt	775.00–1,025.00	10,613	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,750	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	1,286	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	63.01/cwt	62.00–64.00	706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	903	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,460	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	14,746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	399	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	666	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	170.84/cwt	170.00–171.50	892	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	629	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	918	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	709	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	1,111	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,227	861.31/cwt	775.00–975.00	10,568	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	806	115.06/cwt	99.00–122.50	927	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	816	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,032	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	741.26/cwt	625.00–775.00	9,117	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,630	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,190	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	50.07/cwt	47.00–51.00	538	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	54.51/cwt	53.00–57.00	625	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,673	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	1,146	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	823	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	44.27/cwt	41.00–45.00	490	8
Bulls	—	—	1,752	75.75/cwt	64.50–80.00	1,327	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,663	56.60/cwt	54.00–58.00	941	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,339	60.67/cwt	50.00–65.00	812	27
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	1,048.26/cwt	825.00–1,150.00	9,487	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,091	58.20/cwt	48.00–66.00	635	126

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 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 333Last week 3,660Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 136Last week 212Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 450Last week 75Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,111	82.00–91.50	85.73
3	—	1,702	61.00–67.00	64.39
15	—	1,752	64.50–80.00	75.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,295	49.50–54.50	53.26
18	—	1,267	55.00–60.00	56.41
4	—	1,263	47.00–48.00	47.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,601	61.00–65.00	62.13
8	—	1,663	54.00–58.00	56.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,074	47.00–51.00	50.07
14	—	1,146	53.00–57.00	54.51
8	—	1,106	41.00–45.00	44.27

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	1,060.00	1,060.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,460	1,010.00	1,010.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,146	41.00–52.50	50.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	125	—	1,034	69.50–97.50	78.65
(<2 yrs)	Open	23	—	806	99.00–122.50	115.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,339	50.00–65.00	60.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	126	—	1,091	48.00–66.00	58.20
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,313	935.00–1,050.00	998.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,340	735.00–810.00	770.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,336	725.00–760.00	731.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,357	735.00–925.00	865.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,195	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,033	725.00–825.00	760.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,228	775.00–1,025.00	864.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,227	775.00–975.00	861.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	—	1,230	625.00–775.00	741.26
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	905	825.00–1,150.00	1,048.26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	404	165.00–166.00	165.45
27	—	488	146.00–155.00	152.96
5	—	746	121.00	121.00
11	—	399	167.00	167.00
9	—	858	107.00	107.00
10	—	661	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	446	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	73.50	73.50
2	—	1,120	62.00–64.00	63.01
1	—	1,275	66.00	66.00
1	—	1,415	78.50	78.50
2	—	1,395	74.00	74.00
4	—	1,630	73.00	73.00
4	—	1,673	68.50	68.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	522	170.00–171.50	170.84
6	—	394	180.00	180.00
10	—	421	195.50	195.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	136.00	136.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Slaughter Cattle

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