Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2020-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, on Special Bred Cow Sale: slaughter cows and bulls lower undertones noted. Feeder calves unevenly steady compared to light offering last week. Demand good to moderate with good buyer participation and attendance for bred sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.20/cwt on 203 head.

Average price

$128.20

203 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−18.12

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	680	128.20	871	203

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale203 hd

128.20

—

WY average2 barns · 1,813 hd

146.32

−18.12

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	—	Low	1,723	67.91	1,170	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,302	52.67	686	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,115	52.55	586	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,578	51.84	818	5thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,296	1,417.30/cwt	1,350.00–1,450.00	18,368	89
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,245	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,450	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,390	991.32/cwt	925.00–1,050.00	13,779	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,072	1,525.00/cwt	1,525.00–1,525.00	16,348	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,111	1,540.69/cwt	1,450.00–1,575.00	17,117	136
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,002	1,186.10/cwt	1,050.00–1,250.00	11,885	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	900	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,875	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,326	1,548.99/cwt	975.00–1,575.00	20,540	106
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,320	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,860	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,290	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	13,223	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	1,360.00/cwt	1,360.00–1,360.00	12,254	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	1,161.70/cwt	1,075.00–1,200.00	12,953	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	1,378.58/cwt	1,235.00–1,425.00	13,979	12
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,434	55.12/cwt	53.00–60.00	790	66
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	861	103.05/cwt	97.00–113.50	887	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,399	933.79/cwt	925.00–935.00	13,064	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,316	819.13/cwt	800.00–950.00	10,780	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,302	973.59/cwt	850.00–1,125.00	12,676	171
Bred Cows	Medium 2-3	—	970	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,910	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	736	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	3,128	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	159.61/cwt	150.00–161.00	975	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	164.26/cwt	158.75–165.50	923	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	139.00/cwt	134.50–141.00	983	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	845	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	974	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	132.50/cwt	132.00–133.00	889	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	958	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	131.12/cwt	125.25–134.00	856	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	119.00/cwt	118.50–120.00	933	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	127.18/cwt	120.50–130.00	916	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	956	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	129.36/cwt	129.00–129.85	815	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	700	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	772	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	622	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	873	80.13/cwt	64.00–96.00	700	66
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	958	55.82/cwt	50.00–62.50	535	29
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,375	53.10/cwt	41.00–57.00	730	6
Bulls	—	—	1,590	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	986	1
Bulls	—	—	1,605	75.01/cwt	74.50–75.50	1,204	2
Bulls	—	—	2,057	67.28/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,384	7
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,530	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	857	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,369	69.51/cwt	61.00–76.50	952	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	49.32/cwt	48.00–50.00	655	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	53.39/cwt	51.00–56.00	692	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,995	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	1,147	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	50.43/cwt	48.00–53.50	743	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	627	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	47.48/cwt	47.00–48.00	544	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	52.73/cwt	50.00–54.50	587	39
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,224	1,149.18/cwt	925.00–1,225.00	14,066	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 Mar 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 518Last week 153Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 81Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 891Last week 163Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	89	—	1,296	1,350.00–1,450.00	1,417.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,245	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,390	925.00–1,050.00	991.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	—	1,072	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	136	—	1,111	1,450.00–1,575.00	1,540.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,002	1,050.00–1,250.00	1,186.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	900	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	106	—	1,326	975.00–1,575.00	1,548.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,320	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	1,025.00	1,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,399	925.00–935.00	933.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,316	800.00–950.00	819.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	171	—	1,302	850.00–1,125.00	973.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,224	925.00–1,225.00	1,149.18
Bred Cows — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	300.00	300.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	736	425.00	425.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	901	1,360.00	1,360.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,115	1,075.00–1,200.00	1,161.70
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,014	1,235.00–1,425.00	1,378.58
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	66	—	1,434	53.00–60.00	55.12
(<2 yrs)	Open	23	—	861	97.00–113.50	103.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	66	—	873	64.00–96.00	80.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	958	50.00–62.50	55.82
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,375	41.00–57.00	53.10
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	850.00	850.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	611	150.00–161.00	159.61
29	—	562	158.75–165.50	164.26
20	—	707	134.50–141.00	139.00
13	—	509	166.00	166.00
12	—	812	120.00	120.00
12	—	671	132.00–133.00	132.50
7	—	785	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	653	125.25–134.00	131.12
29	—	784	118.50–120.00	119.00
24	—	720	120.50–130.00	127.18
22	—	815	117.25	117.25
16	—	630	129.00–129.85	129.36
8	—	491	142.50	142.50
7	—	570	135.50	135.50
6	—	438	142.00	142.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	62.00	62.00
2	—	1,605	74.50–75.50	75.01
7	—	2,057	65.00–70.00	67.28
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	56.00	56.00
5	—	1,369	61.00–76.50	69.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,328	48.00–50.00	49.32
14	—	1,296	51.00–56.00	53.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,995	57.50	57.50
4	—	1,474	48.00–53.50	50.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	55.50	55.50
2	—	1,145	47.00–48.00	47.48
39	—	1,113	50.00–54.50	52.73

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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Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle