Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2020-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, on lighter offering mostly steady with steer calves over 500 lbs 2.00-3.00 higher, instances 6.00-7.00. Heifer calves 500 lbs steady to 2.00-4.00 higher, instances 10.00. 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 $157.88/cwt on 582 head.

Average price

$157.88

582 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$900

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$11.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	159.10	912	522
Medium and Large 1-2	545	147.26	803	60

One grade step is worth $11.84/cwt here — about $109 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 sale582 hd

157.88

—

WY average1 barns · 582 hd

157.88

+0.00

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

31 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	—	483	154.28/cwt	148.50–156.50	745	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	153.28/cwt	151.00–156.00	814	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	154.70/cwt	148.00–159.50	668	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	882	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	135.66/cwt	132.00–138.50	1,058	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	586	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,221	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	559	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	144.91/cwt	141.00–149.00	777	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	670	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	181.55/cwt	171.00–187.50	777	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	134.63/cwt	127.50–137.00	880	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	185.13/cwt	181.00–191.00	694	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	131.40/cwt	128.50–134.00	958	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	132.25/cwt	126.00–135.50	1,147	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	619	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	137.35/cwt	130.00–142.00	916	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	142.12/cwt	137.50–149.25	817	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	141.08/cwt	135.50–144.50	1,020	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	136.04/cwt	134.50–136.50	833	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	165.62/cwt	159.00–174.50	874	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	146.80/cwt	142.00–155.00	919	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	154.47/cwt	152.75–159.00	896	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	172.84/cwt	171.00–178.00	826	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	184.48/cwt	181.00–189.00	618	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,128	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	416	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,022	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	510	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,094	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	532	153.86/cwt	152.50–154.00	819	117

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 Dec 1, 2020

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

Receipts 1,749Last week 2,408Year ago 1,399

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	483	148.50–156.50	154.28
81	—	432	148.00–159.50	154.70
55	—	536	141.00–149.00	144.91
61	—	654	127.50–137.00	134.63
28	—	729	128.50–134.00	131.40
18	—	366	169.00	169.00
45	—	575	137.50–149.25	142.12
26	—	612	134.50–136.50	136.04
9	—	888	127.00	127.00
8	—	255	163.00	163.00
6	—	780	131.00	131.00
6	—	325	157.00	157.00
5	—	919	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	410	143.00	143.00
6	—	357	156.50	156.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	532	152.50–154.00	153.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	531	151.00–156.00	153.28
14	—	639	138.00	138.00
12	—	475	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	780	132.00–138.50	135.66
15	—	908	134.50	134.50
75	—	428	171.00–187.50	181.55
17	—	375	181.00–191.00	185.13
15	—	867	126.00–135.50	132.25
19	—	667	130.00–142.00	137.35
56	—	723	135.50–144.50	141.08
62	—	528	159.00–174.50	165.62
102	—	626	142.00–155.00	146.80
51	—	580	152.75–159.00	154.47
82	—	478	171.00–178.00	172.84
14	—	335	181.00–189.00	184.48

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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