Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2020-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last feeder calves for 2020 on a light offering, feeder steers mostly steady with heifer calves lower undertones, only replacement quality heifers higher overtones noted. Demand moderate. Next feeder calf sale January 5th, 2021.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.08/cwt on 409 head.

Average price

$144.08

409 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$17.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.44

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	144.95	744	388
Medium and Large 1-2	499	127.94	638	21

One grade step is worth $17.01/cwt here — about $105 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 sale409 hd

144.08

—

WY average2 barns · 2,604 hd

152.51

−8.44

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

18 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	—	489	154.18/cwt	148.50–158.00	754	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	148.84/cwt	142.00–150.50	772	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	607	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	870	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	148.74/cwt	147.00–150.50	866	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	914	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	167.56/cwt	161.00–169.50	893	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	126.67/cwt	122.50–131.50	627	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	180.67/cwt	177.00–181.50	757	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	170.17/cwt	168.50–175.50	786	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	188.90/cwt	188.50–190.00	646	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,238	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	150.40/cwt	149.00–152.00	633	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	128.61/cwt	128.00–130.50	804	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	144.53/cwt	140.00–151.00	541	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	491	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	98.69/cwt	97.00–101.00	812	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	864	10

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	489	148.50–158.00	154.18
82	—	519	142.00–150.50	148.84
59	—	421	149.00–152.00	150.40
37	—	625	128.00–130.50	128.61
33	—	374	140.00–151.00	144.53
16	—	348	141.00	141.00
14	—	823	97.00–101.00	98.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	607	143.25	143.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	495	122.50–131.50	126.67
8	—	505	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	582	147.00–150.50	148.74
6	—	605	151.00	151.00
43	—	533	161.00–169.50	167.56
39	—	419	177.00–181.50	180.67
37	—	462	168.50–175.50	170.17
19	—	342	188.50–190.00	188.90
16	—	1,011	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	667	129.50	129.50

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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