Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2020-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, on a special feeder and yearling sale; several reputation quality lots , with all calves steady to 2.00-5.00 higher, instances 6.00-8.00. Demand good with good buyer attendance and participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.98/cwt on 2,203 head.

Average price

$165.98

2,203 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$859

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$52

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

$19.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.57

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	423	175.35	741	218
Medium and Large 1	528	165.09	872	1,955
Medium and Large 1-2	509	155.73	793	30

One grade step is worth $19.62/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 sale2,203 hd

165.98

—

WY average2 barns · 3,305 hd

164.41

+1.57

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

39 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	—	886	135.93/cwt	135.00–136.50	1,204	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	183.15/cwt	177.00–193.50	595	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	140.91/cwt	137.50–142.50	1,223	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	129.32/cwt	127.00–130.50	1,278	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	164.06/cwt	159.50–173.00	866	622
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	152.05/cwt	145.00–155.00	709	496
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	605	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	865	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	130.15/cwt	122.00–135.00	1,187	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	132.56/cwt	130.00–134.00	901	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	145.05/cwt	141.50–147.00	947	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	193.95/cwt	191.50–200.00	729	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	136.95/cwt	133.00–138.00	756	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	156.34/cwt	150.00–162.00	591	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	138.83/cwt	131.00–144.50	736	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	914	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	134.82/cwt	133.50–135.50	959	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	139.36/cwt	138.00–141.00	665	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	148.04/cwt	147.00–151.00	805	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	167.30/cwt	163.50–173.00	557	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	132.75/cwt	130.50–136.00	815	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	160.98/cwt	157.25–164.00	668	233
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	463	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	820	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	778	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,116	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	688	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,032	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	143.37/cwt	135.00–148.00	886	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,178	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	294	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	556	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	813	141.65/cwt	138.50–142.75	1,152	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	150.77/cwt	144.00–159.50	870	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	176.49/cwt	169.00–181.00	822	410
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	182.68/cwt	175.50–188.00	786	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	715	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	147.90/cwt	147.00–150.00	663	20
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	358	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	609	47
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	329	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	592	32
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	539	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	841	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	441	164.97/cwt	139.00–174.00	728	57
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	512	18
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	499	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	734	14

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 Nov 10, 2020

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

Receipts 5,539Last week 4,550Year ago 6,145

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	886	135.00–136.50	135.93
496	—	466	145.00–155.00	152.05
28	—	912	122.00–135.00	130.15
14	—	680	130.00–134.00	132.56
64	—	552	133.00–138.00	136.95
113	—	378	150.00–162.00	156.34
212	—	530	131.00–144.50	138.83
8	—	700	130.50	130.50
41	—	333	163.50–173.00	167.30
43	—	614	130.50–136.00	132.75
233	—	415	157.25–164.00	160.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	605	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	477	138.00–141.00	139.36
20	—	448	147.00–150.00	147.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	778	143.50	143.50
98	—	688	150.00	150.00
115	—	813	138.50–142.75	141.65
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	441	139.00–174.00	164.97
18	—	320	160.00	160.00
14	—	499	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	325	177.00–193.50	183.15
47	—	868	137.50–142.50	140.91
30	—	988	127.00–130.50	129.32
622	—	528	159.50–173.00	164.06
50	—	653	141.50–147.00	145.05
122	—	376	191.50–200.00	193.95
45	—	711	133.50–135.50	134.82
139	—	618	135.00–148.00	143.37
5	—	849	138.75	138.75
6	—	294	189.00	189.00
264	—	577	144.00–159.50	150.77
410	—	466	169.00–181.00	176.49
169	—	430	175.50–188.00	182.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	544	147.00–151.00	148.04
7	—	395	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	463	177.00	177.00
47	—	358	170.00	170.00
32	—	329	180.00	180.00
6	—	539	156.00	156.00

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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