Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2020-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady with instances 1.00-2.00 lower, Feeder steer calves under 600 lbs steady with instances 1.00-2.00 lower, heifer calves under 600 lbs lower undertones noted. Yearlings not as many as last week, 900 lb heifers steady instances 3.00-6.00 higher. Demand moderate to good. Starting fall sales: Calves & yearlings on Tuesdays, cows and bulls sale on Fridays.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.10/cwt on 1,539 head.

Average price

$169.10

1,539 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$8.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.34

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	498	169.61	844	1,446
Medium and Large 1-2	476	161.14	767	93

One grade step is worth $8.47/cwt here — about $77 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 sale1,539 hd

169.10

—

WY average3 barns · 6,188 hd

169.44

−0.34

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	—	Average	1,699	81.90	1,392	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,725	55.49	957	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,311	49.54	650	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,131	49.17	556	45

Every lot, as filed

55 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	—	575	134.73/cwt	131.00–138.00	775	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	136.73/cwt	136.00–137.00	630	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	581	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	799	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	820	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,070	30
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,211	62.67/cwt	56.00–68.00	759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,067	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,302	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,049	51.91/cwt	50.00–58.00	545	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,032	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	8,875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	193.12/cwt	186.00–202.00	705	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	143.34/cwt	141.00–145.50	913	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	134.15/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,099	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	184.31/cwt	170.00–187.00	802	421
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	147.58/cwt	141.00–153.00	854	218
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	709	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	696	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	905	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	761	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	46.15/cwt	45.50–47.00	579	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,590	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,304	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,850	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	1,064	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,191	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	643	4
Bulls	—	—	1,769	81.26/cwt	79.00–103.00	1,437	7
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	705	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	853	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	46.59/cwt	45.00–48.00	517	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	813	131.74/cwt	131.00–132.50	1,071	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	546	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	50.04/cwt	48.50–52.50	568	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	49.82/cwt	47.50–52.00	656	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	54.28/cwt	54.00–55.50	896	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	157.64/cwt	157.00–159.00	768	46
Bulls	—	—	1,802	76.11/cwt	70.50–78.00	1,372	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	141.37/cwt	135.00–143.00	720	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	153.72/cwt	146.25–159.50	647	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	701	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	211.79/cwt	199.00–215.00	686	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	144.94/cwt	144.75–146.50	1,117	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	1,064	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,181	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	161.23/cwt	151.00–166.00	837	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	167.22/cwt	161.75–179.00	791	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,171	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	670	137.45/cwt	134.50–142.50	921	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	966	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	143.39/cwt	138.00–153.00	671	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	167.20/cwt	162.00–169.00	530	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	158.98/cwt	153.50–167.00	587	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	915	131.07/cwt	128.75–131.75	1,199	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	901	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,122	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	138.73/cwt	131.00–144.25	931	19
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	847	112.68/cwt	95.50–133.50	954	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,665	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	19,980	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	975	75.00/cwt	66.00–87.00	731	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,167	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	141.62/cwt	141.00–142.00	603	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,207	51.28/cwt	49.00–54.50	619	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	973	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	178.80/cwt	177.00–180.00	674	31

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 Oct 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,227Last week 2,164Year ago 2,887

Slaughter CattleReceipts 161Last week 214Year ago 260

Replacement CattleReceipts 90Last week 331Year ago 183

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	575	131.00–138.00	134.73
6	—	289	189.00	189.00
149	—	509	135.00–143.00	141.37
194	—	421	146.25–159.50	153.72
28	—	866	135.25	135.25
121	—	468	138.00–153.00	143.39
37	—	317	162.00–169.00	167.20
82	—	369	153.50–167.00	158.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	461	136.00–137.00	136.73
7	—	535	131.00	131.00
16	—	426	141.00–142.00	141.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	581	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	820	130.50	130.50
29	—	670	134.50–142.50	137.45
8	—	901	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	696	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	813	131.00–132.50	131.74
5	—	1,064	111.00	111.00
155	—	915	128.75–131.75	131.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,067	122.00	122.00
106	—	365	186.00–202.00	193.12
45	—	637	141.00–145.50	143.34
23	—	819	132.00–140.00	134.15
421	—	435	170.00–187.00	184.31
218	—	579	141.00–153.00	147.58
73	—	324	199.00–215.00	211.79
55	—	771	144.75–146.50	144.94
242	—	519	151.00–166.00	161.23
233	—	473	161.75–179.00	167.22
6	—	705	137.00	137.00
19	—	671	131.00–144.25	138.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	511	149.00	149.00
46	—	487	157.00–159.00	157.64
7	—	801	121.50	121.50
31	—	377	177.00–180.00	178.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	501	141.50	141.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,211	56.00–68.00	62.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,049	50.00–58.00	51.91
(<2 yrs)	Open	19	—	847	95.50–133.50	112.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	975	66.00–87.00	75.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,207	49.00–54.50	51.28
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,032	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,011	610.00	610.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,665	1,200.00	1,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,255	45.50–47.00	46.15
37	—	1,316	47.50–52.00	49.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,850	57.50	57.50
5	—	1,650	54.00–55.50	54.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,191	54.00	54.00
16	—	1,109	45.00–48.00	46.59
25	—	1,135	48.50–52.50	50.04
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	82.00	82.00
1	—	705	121.00	121.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,769	79.00–103.00	81.26
6	—	1,802	70.50–78.00	76.11

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

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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

Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle