Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2020-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cows steady with instances 2.00-4.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00-6.00 higher, feeder cows and feeder calves mostly firm with few instances 1.00-3.00 higher. Demand moderate to good. No sale next Tuesday: Next sale will be June 23 rd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.44/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$132.44

138 head · 754 lb average

Value per head Derived

$998

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$183

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

$27.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.22

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	611	145.63	890	72
Medium and Large 1	909	118.05	1,073	66

One grade step is worth $27.58/cwt here — about −$183 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 sale138 hd

132.44

—

WY average2 barns · 198 hd

132.22

+0.22

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	1,525	85.65	1,306	57
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,309	59.05	773	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,111	58.25	647	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,615	56.88	919	8thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	—	1,855	86.55/cwt	83.50–91.50	1,606	17
Bulls	—	—	1,709	78.56/cwt	73.50–83.00	1,343	19
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	944	100.12/cwt	93.00–106.00	945	13
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,429	84.26/cwt	75.00–88.00	1,204	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,162	64.98/cwt	63.00–67.00	755	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	129.09/cwt	128.50–129.50	618	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	716	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	857	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	927	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	59.93/cwt	57.50–63.50	685	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	55.78/cwt	52.50–57.00	594	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	891	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	154.43/cwt	152.00–160.00	820	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	884	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	988	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	713	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	757	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,273	784.43/cwt	725.00–850.00	9,986	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,138	733.13/cwt	625.00–825.00	8,343	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	112.92/cwt	112.75–113.75	1,084	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,069	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,047	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	915	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,315	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,164	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,466	1,040.06/cwt	900.00–1,110.00	15,247	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,655	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	15,309	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	777.69/cwt	735.00–800.00	10,499	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,215	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	17,921	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,365	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	13,991	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	942	93.82/cwt	83.00–111.00	884	64
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,402	58.91/cwt	54.00–62.50	826	147
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	996	49.32/cwt	47.00–52.50	491	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,116	60.61/cwt	55.50–65.00	676	24
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	986.67/cwt	975.00–1,010.00	9,817	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	1,210.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,210.00	15,125	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,048	70.68/cwt	61.00–81.00	741	72
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	872	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	60.85/cwt	59.50–63.00	998	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	60.23/cwt	58.00–65.50	793	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	56.61/cwt	54.00–57.50	732	27

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 Jun 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 346Last week 372Year ago 290

Slaughter CattleReceipts 280Last week 157Year ago 614

Replacement CattleReceipts 334Last week 164Year ago 446

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,855	83.50–91.50	86.55
19	—	1,709	73.50–83.00	78.56
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	944	93.00–106.00	100.12
5	—	1,429	75.00–88.00	84.26
3	—	1,162	63.00–67.00	64.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,143	57.50–63.50	59.93
17	—	1,065	52.50–57.00	55.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,600	54.50	54.50
3	—	1,640	59.50–63.00	60.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,316	58.00–65.50	60.23
27	—	1,293	54.00–57.50	56.61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	479	128.50–129.50	129.09
11	—	573	125.00	125.00
28	—	536	133.00	133.00
16	—	644	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	769	111.50	111.50
9	—	831	111.50	111.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	586	152.00	152.00
22	—	531	152.00–160.00	154.43
12	—	688	128.50	128.50
10	—	766	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	960	112.75–113.75	112.92
10	—	898	119.00	119.00
8	—	833	125.75	125.75
5	—	618	148.00	148.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,273	725.00–850.00	784.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,138	625.00–825.00	733.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,365	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,315	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,466	900.00–1,110.00	1,040.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,655	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,350	735.00–800.00	777.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,210.00	1,210.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	1,475.00	1,475.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	64	—	942	83.00–111.00	93.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	147	—	1,402	54.00–62.50	58.91
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	996	47.00–52.50	49.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,116	55.50–65.00	60.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	72	—	1,048	61.00–81.00	70.68
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	995	975.00–1,010.00	986.67

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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Steers · 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

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