Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2021-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, on a special bred cow sale; light offering with slaughter cows steady to instances 7.00-9.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady instances 2.00-5.00 lower. Limited offering feeder calves no comparisons available. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.03/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$153.03

19 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$0.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.44

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	153.04	895	13thin
Medium 1-2	551	153.00	843	6thin

One grade step is worth $0.04/cwt here — about $52 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 sale19 hd

153.03

—

WY average2 barns · 862 hd

169.47

−16.44

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,832	77.99	1,429	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,598	59.59	952	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,303	56.98	742	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,113	53.75	598	31

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	44.49/cwt	42.00–47.00	432	3
Bulls	—	—	1,980	85.61/cwt	85.50–86.00	1,695	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	58.42/cwt	57.50–61.50	669	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	59.59/cwt	58.00–61.00	952	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	56.84/cwt	55.00–59.50	739	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	62.14/cwt	60.00–63.00	808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	699	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,540	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,255	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,981	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	836	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	955	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,415	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	20,518	43
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,118	53.01/cwt	50.50–55.00	593	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,438	44.73/cwt	42.50–47.00	643	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,316	807.44/cwt	800.00–810.00	10,626	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,360	60.30/cwt	56.00–67.00	820	42
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,382	920.14/cwt	800.00–950.00	12,716	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	1,047.01/cwt	850.00–1,100.00	13,716	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	61.01/cwt	56.00–64.00	702	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,335	921.34/cwt	910.00–935.00	12,300	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	53.74/cwt	50.00–56.50	604	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	49.54/cwt	49.00–50.00	664	2
Bulls	—	—	1,842	78.06/cwt	73.00–83.50	1,438	19
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	990	78.81/cwt	71.50–87.00	780	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	894	98.41/cwt	92.25–105.00	880	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	818	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,639	70.05/cwt	67.00–73.00	1,148	4
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	922	1,069.86/cwt	900.00–1,085.00	9,864	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	551	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	843	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	1,288.51/cwt	1,225.00–1,450.00	12,344	78
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	922.12/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	11,065	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,101	1,387.81/cwt	1,225.00–1,400.00	15,280	15

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 Feb 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 95Last week 2,281Year ago 440

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 102Year ago 71

Replacement CattleReceipts 338Last week 6Year ago 192

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	970	42.00–47.00	44.49
6	—	1,145	57.50–61.50	58.42
22	—	1,124	50.00–56.50	53.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,598	58.00–61.00	59.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,301	55.00–59.50	56.84
4	—	1,301	60.00–63.00	62.14
2	—	1,340	49.00–50.00	49.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,980	85.50–86.00	85.61
19	—	1,842	73.00–83.50	78.06
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,639	67.00–73.00	70.05

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	457	153.00	153.00
6	—	615	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	510	164.00	164.00
5	—	705	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	551	153.00	153.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,255	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	—	1,415	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,316	800.00–810.00	807.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,382	800.00–950.00	920.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,310	850.00–1,100.00	1,047.01
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	—	1,335	910.00–935.00	921.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,200	900.00–1,000.00	922.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,101	1,225.00–1,400.00	1,387.81
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,118	50.50–55.00	53.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	42	—	1,360	56.00–67.00	60.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,150	56.00–64.00	61.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	990	71.50–87.00	78.81
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	894	92.25–105.00	98.41
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,438	42.50–47.00	44.73
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	922	900.00–1,085.00	1,069.86
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	78	—	958	1,225.00–1,450.00	1,288.51

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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