Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a light offering feeder steers unevenly steady with best advances on 500 lb steers, not enough yearlings for a good market test. Heifers under pressure with lower undertones noted. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.56/cwt on 569 head.

Average price

$171.56

569 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$13.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.98

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	501	172.32	863	538
Medium and Large 1-2	456	158.42	722	31

One grade step is worth $13.90/cwt here — about $140 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 sale569 hd

171.56

—

WY average2 barns · 2,867 hd

170.58

+0.98

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

26 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 1Fancy	—	516	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	929	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	828	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,074	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	129.23/cwt	128.00–130.00	813	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	161.74/cwt	161.00–162.00	535	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	135.25/cwt	134.00–136.50	972	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	160.45/cwt	155.75–162.50	603	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	546	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	867	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	765	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	743	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	168.37/cwt	160.00–175.00	862	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	136.28/cwt	132.50–140.50	778	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	155.77/cwt	149.00–157.50	682	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	187.99/cwt	180.00–189.75	728	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	154.00/cwt	150.00–157.50	722	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	601	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,187	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	654	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	167.64/cwt	165.00–170.00	783	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	159.30/cwt	151.75–165.00	903	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	146.18/cwt	138.00–149.00	779	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	134.09/cwt	130.50–139.00	913	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	186.14/cwt	176.00–192.00	791	139

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 8, 2020

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

Receipts 1,319Last week 1,749Year ago 1,472

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	516	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	719	134.00–136.50	135.25
79	—	512	160.00–175.00	168.37
69	—	387	180.00–189.75	187.99
5	—	601	148.50	148.50
14	—	920	129.00	129.00
14	—	346	189.00	189.00
29	—	467	165.00–170.00	167.64
75	—	567	151.75–165.00	159.30
33	—	681	130.50–139.00	134.09
139	—	425	176.00–192.00	186.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	329	166.00	166.00
8	—	582	149.00	149.00
6	—	500	153.00	153.00
7	—	456	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	702	121.00	121.00
6	—	668	124.00	124.00
10	—	968	111.00	111.00
18	—	629	128.00–130.00	129.23
25	—	331	161.00–162.00	161.74
48	—	376	155.75–162.50	160.45
35	—	571	132.50–140.50	136.28
80	—	438	149.00–157.50	155.77
81	—	469	150.00–157.50	154.00
76	—	533	138.00–149.00	146.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	500	135.00	135.00

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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