Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2020-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a calf and yearling special along with few weigh ups. Feeder steers under 500 lbs steady to 2.00-7.00 higher, instance 10.00 higher on 400-435 lb steers, over 500 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers higher overtones noted with 1.00-3.00 higher, instance 7.00 higher on 550-595 lb heifers. Not enough yearlings for a good market test. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.41/cwt on 985 head.

Average price

$170.41

985 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$845

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$4.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.47

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	170.81	852	892
Medium and Large 1-2	466	166.59	777	93

One grade step is worth $4.22/cwt here — about $76 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 sale985 hd

170.41

—

WY average3 barns · 3,851 hd

165.94

+4.47

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

29 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 1Fancy	—	503	152.17/cwt	152.00–152.50	765	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,066	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	128.85/cwt	125.00–132.00	357	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	129.74/cwt	126.00–130.50	877	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	160.63/cwt	159.00–166.00	540	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	131.03/cwt	123.00–136.00	812	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	175.93/cwt	167.50–183.50	848	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	134.42/cwt	132.50–137.00	966	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	169.86/cwt	167.00–170.75	644	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	185.13/cwt	181.00–193.00	611	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	144.57/cwt	140.50–147.00	912	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	157.47/cwt	154.50–165.00	674	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,108	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	148.28/cwt	140.00–154.00	710	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	139.82/cwt	132.00–149.00	734	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	196.74/cwt	192.00–200.50	752	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	296	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	536	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	794	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	135.16/cwt	128.00–139.50	785	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	719	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	156.70/cwt	151.50–162.50	896	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	161.63/cwt	159.50–163.00	760	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	164.31/cwt	160.00–170.00	854	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	855	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	753	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	196.87/cwt	181.50–198.00	835	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,001	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	135.90/cwt	133.50–140.00	913	16

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 24, 2020

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

Receipts 2,408Last week 3,393Year ago 1,109

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	503	152.00–152.50	152.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	781	136.50	136.50
26	—	277	125.00–132.00	128.85
30	—	676	126.00–130.50	129.74
47	—	336	159.00–166.00	160.63
65	—	620	123.00–136.00	131.03
90	—	379	167.00–170.75	169.86
152	—	428	154.50–165.00	157.47
83	—	479	140.00–154.00	148.28
86	—	525	132.00–149.00	139.82
111	—	581	128.00–139.50	135.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
270	—	482	167.50–183.50	175.93
33	—	719	132.50–137.00	134.42
92	—	330	181.00–193.00	185.13
97	—	631	140.50–147.00	144.57
5	—	824	134.50	134.50
51	—	382	192.00–200.50	196.74
10	—	296	181.00	181.00
96	—	572	151.50–162.50	156.70
107	—	520	160.00–170.00	164.31
106	—	424	181.50–198.00	196.87
9	—	758	132.00	132.00
16	—	672	133.50–140.00	135.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	517	153.50	153.50
28	—	391	184.00	184.00
18	—	470	159.50–163.00	161.63
6	—	586	142.00	142.00
8	—	643	133.00	133.00
20	—	428	176.00	176.00

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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