Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First feeder calf sale for 2021; no comparisons available for a good market test. Demand good with good buyer attendance and participation. Next Tuesday will start selling all classes of cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.92/cwt on 2,406 head.

Average price

$166.92

2,406 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$951

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$10.01/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	570	167.12	952	2,359
Medium and Large 1-2	552	157.11	868	47

One grade step is worth $10.01/cwt here — about $85 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 sale2,406 hd

166.92

—

WY average1 barns · 2,406 hd

166.92

+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

36 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	—	373	176.72/cwt	167.00–182.00	659	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	191.69/cwt	183.00–200.00	824	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	477	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	811	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	641	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	853	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	996	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	131.77/cwt	126.00–136.00	929	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	133.74/cwt	133.00–134.50	1,085	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	596	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	942	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	299	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	541	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	209.32/cwt	209.00–210.00	701	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	132.38/cwt	131.50–133.00	1,018	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	204.09/cwt	191.00–210.00	757	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	139.18/cwt	133.00–141.50	1,030	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	178.59/cwt	174.25–186.00	870	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	134.58/cwt	127.00–138.50	904	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	175.75/cwt	166.75–182.00	926	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	157.18/cwt	155.00–164.00	984	401
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	146.19/cwt	140.00–150.00	982	401
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	168.22/cwt	160.00–174.50	967	489
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,219	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	171.68/cwt	158.00–178.00	718	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	150.47/cwt	142.00–155.00	862	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	156.89/cwt	150.75–162.00	753	421
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	154.46/cwt	145.00–159.00	820	471
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	138.98/cwt	133.00–145.00	864	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	690	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	776	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	155.71/cwt	155.50–156.00	682	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	141.15/cwt	136.00–142.00	826	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	517	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	788	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	929	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	853	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	162.34/cwt	160.00–164.00	870	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	732	5

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 Jan 5, 2021

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

Receipts 5,597Last week 829Year ago 5,036

First feeder calf sale for 2021; no comparisons available for a good market test. Demand good with good buyer attendance and participation. Next Tuesday will start selling all classes of cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	373	167.00–182.00	176.72
10	—	760	131.00	131.00
49	—	705	126.00–136.00	131.77
50	—	811	133.00–134.50	133.74
203	—	672	127.00–138.50	134.58
206	—	418	158.00–178.00	171.68
221	—	573	142.00–155.00	150.47
421	—	480	150.75–162.00	156.89
471	—	531	145.00–159.00	154.46
168	—	622	133.00–145.00	138.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	477	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	596	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	493	140.00	140.00
17	—	543	143.00	143.00
19	—	438	155.50–156.00	155.71
42	—	585	136.00–142.00	141.15
8	—	363	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
262	—	430	183.00–200.00	191.69
6	—	299	181.00	181.00
15	—	335	209.00–210.00	209.32
26	—	769	131.50–133.00	132.38
94	—	371	191.00–210.00	204.09
94	—	740	133.00–141.50	139.18
5	—	806	122.00	122.00
189	—	487	174.25–186.00	178.59
368	—	527	166.75–182.00	175.75
401	—	626	155.00–164.00	157.18
401	—	672	140.00–150.00	146.19
489	—	575	160.00–174.50	168.22
9	—	983	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	440	179.00	179.00
8	—	683	136.00	136.00
9	—	632	135.00	135.00
19	—	536	160.00–164.00	162.34
5	—	397	184.50	184.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	641	133.00	133.00

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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