Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, on calf and yearling special; feeder steers under 450 lbs mostly steady, over 450 lbs steady instances 4.00-5.00 lower, feeder heifers under 450 lbs steady instances 2.00-4.00 higher, over 450 lbs most steady. Yearlings not enough steers for a good market test, heifers mostly steady with instances 4.00 higher, 900 lb heifers higher overtones noted. Demand good to moderate with good buyer attendance and participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.20/cwt on 2,387 head.

Average price

$159.20

2,387 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$808

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$20.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.59

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	160.58	818	2,119
Medium and Large 1-2	500	149.31	747	236
Medium 1-2	451	140.38	632	32

One grade step is worth $20.21/cwt here — about $186 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 sale2,387 hd

159.20

—

WY average2 barns · 4,256 hd

158.60

+0.59

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

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	287	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	531	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	437	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	631	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	465	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	767	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	144.76/cwt	142.00–147.00	777	82
Heifers	Medium 1	—	476	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	690	31
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	387	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	437	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	380	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	566	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	474	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	652	24
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	512	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	589	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	616	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	825	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	130.61/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,192	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	160.90/cwt	151.00–165.00	821	532
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	183.92/cwt	182.75–186.50	695	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	699	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	895	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,052	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	143.12/cwt	136.00–148.00	811	489
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	134.81/cwt	129.75–137.00	697	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	128.55/cwt	125.00–130.50	730	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	201.97/cwt	194.00–205.00	656	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,091	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	163.74/cwt	156.50–168.00	789	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,226	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	271	205.39/cwt	195.00–213.00	557	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	751	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,036	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	916	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	130.60/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,200	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	134.13/cwt	130.10–138.00	1,089	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	136.79/cwt	133.50–142.50	862	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	104.38/cwt	102.00–107.50	692	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	156.90/cwt	151.00–161.00	698	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	146.77/cwt	141.00–155.00	628	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	152.38/cwt	145.75–159.00	582	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	371	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	772	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	178.51/cwt	169.00–186.00	753	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	746	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	152.09/cwt	149.50–152.50	750	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	996	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	352	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	605	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	141.90/cwt	135.00–146.25	671	535
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	171.09/cwt	168.00–182.00	570	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	271	179.81/cwt	177.50–182.50	487	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,053	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	704	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	947	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	156.65/cwt	151.00–160.00	537	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	819	11

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 Oct 27, 2020

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

Receipts 4,910Last week 4,964Year ago 4,951

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	287	185.00	185.00
37	—	437	144.50	144.50
33	—	352	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	476	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	387	113.00	113.00
25	—	512	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	616	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	699	128.00	128.00
308	—	517	129.75–137.00	134.81
101	—	568	125.00–130.50	128.55
23	—	757	121.00	121.00
26	—	919	128.00–132.00	130.60
178	—	812	130.10–138.00	134.13
239	—	428	141.00–155.00	146.77
110	—	382	145.75–159.00	152.38
16	—	738	135.00	135.00
535	—	473	135.00–146.25	141.90
82	—	333	168.00–182.00	171.09
5	—	628	121.00	121.00
14	—	271	177.50–182.50	179.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	751	138.00	138.00
19	—	704	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	663	102.00–107.50	104.38
25	—	343	151.00–160.00	156.65
11	—	700	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	465	165.00	165.00
30	—	371	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	537	142.00–147.00	144.76
71	—	445	151.00–161.00	156.90
18	—	574	130.00	130.00
65	—	493	149.50–152.50	152.09
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	380	149.00	149.00
24	—	474	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	913	127.00–132.00	130.61
532	—	510	151.00–165.00	160.90
51	—	378	182.75–186.50	183.92
7	—	803	131.00	131.00
489	—	567	136.00–148.00	143.12
70	—	325	194.00–205.00	201.97
12	—	782	139.50	139.50
299	—	482	156.50–168.00	163.74
9	—	898	136.50	136.50
16	—	271	195.00–213.00	205.39
142	—	630	133.50–142.50	136.79
332	—	422	169.00–186.00	178.51
19	—	734	143.50	143.50

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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