Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2020-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, on a special calf and yearling sale; feeder steers mostly steady with reputation quality packages over 500 lbs instances 4.00-5.00 higher, feeder heifers mostly steady with higher overtones noted with 2.00-3.00 higher, instances 5.00-7.00. Not enough yearlings for a good market test. Demand good with good buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.89/cwt on 2,240 head.

Average price

$161.89

2,240 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$829

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$14.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.69

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	162.73	832	2,107
Medium and Large 1-2	526	148.50	781	133

One grade step is worth $14.23/cwt here — about $52 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 sale2,240 hd

161.89

—

WY average3 barns · 5,819 hd

163.58

−1.69

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

32 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	137.08/cwt	134.00–141.00	807	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	731	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	153.84/cwt	153.00–154.00	758	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	134.92/cwt	131.00–140.00	576	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	678	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	796	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	143.50/cwt	143.00–144.00	560	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	642	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	164.89/cwt	155.00–169.50	790	333
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	133.60/cwt	127.50–135.00	779	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	137.88/cwt	131.50–138.50	1,038	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	146.44/cwt	139.00–151.00	699	518
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	148.89/cwt	142.00–156.25	849	382
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	155.51/cwt	151.00–161.50	572	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	163.85/cwt	151.25–169.00	842	688
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	182.40/cwt	179.00–185.00	688	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	632	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	134.14/cwt	133.50–134.50	1,100	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	153.94/cwt	147.00–158.50	651	323
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	137.61/cwt	132.50–144.00	731	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	137.66/cwt	135.00–138.75	911	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,147	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	182.42/cwt	172.00–186.00	781	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,163	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	138.31/cwt	129.50–141.50	855	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	127.76/cwt	122.00–132.50	790	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	162.16/cwt	156.00–171.00	524	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,007	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,163	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	914	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	490	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	453	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	786	42

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 Nov 3, 2020

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

Receipts 4,550Last week 4,910Year ago 7,115

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	589	134.00–141.00	137.08
42	—	493	153.00–154.00	153.84
14	—	412	164.50	164.50
31	—	527	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
333	—	479	155.00–169.50	164.89
382	—	570	142.00–156.25	148.89
688	—	514	151.25–169.00	163.85
87	—	377	179.00–185.00	182.40
10	—	331	191.00	191.00
64	—	662	135.00–138.75	137.66
18	—	842	136.25	136.25
346	—	428	172.00–186.00	182.42
5	—	878	132.50	132.50
132	—	618	129.50–141.50	138.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	453	173.50	173.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	587	124.50	124.50
30	—	427	131.00–140.00	134.92
30	—	390	143.00–144.00	143.50
17	—	490	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	583	127.50–135.00	133.60
70	—	753	131.50–138.50	137.88
518	—	477	139.00–151.00	146.44
53	—	368	151.00–161.50	155.51
41	—	820	133.50–134.50	134.14
323	—	423	147.00–158.50	153.94
260	—	531	132.50–144.00	137.61
40	—	618	122.00–132.50	127.76
30	—	323	156.00–171.00	162.16
28	—	727	138.50	138.50
7	—	927	125.50	125.50
7	—	682	134.00	134.00
7	—	290	169.00	169.00

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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