Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2021-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, on a light offering; slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Few yearling steers on a steady market, heifers under pressure with instances 5.00-10.00 lower. Feeder calves light offering unevenly steady with instances 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.03/cwt on 155 head.

Average price

$167.03

155 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.31

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	167.03	986	155

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale155 hd

167.03

—

WY average3 barns · 1,758 hd

171.35

−4.31

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	1,710	84.70	1,448	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,537	61.59	946	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,331	54.57	726	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,121	52.92	593	23

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	1,058	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	534	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	45.29/cwt	44.00–46.00	464	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	795	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	607	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	60.61/cwt	58.00–61.50	919	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	53.80/cwt	51.00–55.00	618	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	697	1
Bulls	—	—	1,837	84.68/cwt	84.00–85.50	1,556	5
Bulls	—	—	1,901	78.67/cwt	74.00–82.00	1,496	11
Bulls	—	—	1,405	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	1,019	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	813	138.48/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,126	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,375	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	935	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,334	57.12/cwt	54.00–59.00	762	21
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	934	48.40/cwt	43.50–51.00	452	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,188	56.20/cwt	54.00–61.00	668	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	997	80.25/cwt	71.00–84.00	800	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	798	112.22/cwt	110.50–115.25	896	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	950	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,123	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	736	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	181.34/cwt	175.00–187.00	854	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	990	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	1,230	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	788	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,032	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	743	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	693	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	942	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,354	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	190.35/cwt	187.50–193.00	710	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	132.96/cwt	131.50–134.50	1,028	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	155.77/cwt	155.00–158.00	754	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,305	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	879	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,079	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	155.66/cwt	152.50–161.75	946	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	726	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	674	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	997	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,221	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,141	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	599	13

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 Sep 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 507Last week 1,653Year ago 712

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 204Year ago 155

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 80Year ago 144

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	65.50	65.50
4	—	1,517	58.00–61.50	60.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	59.00	59.00
3	—	1,025	44.00–46.00	45.29
19	—	1,148	51.00–55.00	53.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,347	59.00	59.00
2	—	1,320	46.00	46.00
1	—	1,290	54.00	54.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,837	84.00–85.50	84.68
11	—	1,901	74.00–82.00	78.67
2	—	1,405	72.50	72.50
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	813	137.00–140.00	138.48
1	—	1,375	68.00	68.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,334	54.00–59.00	57.12
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	934	43.50–51.00	48.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,188	54.00–61.00	56.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	997	71.00–84.00	80.25
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	798	110.50–115.25	112.22
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	950	825.00	825.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	788	142.50	142.50
5	—	400	184.00	184.00
56	—	471	175.00–187.00	181.34
7	—	952	142.25	142.25
17	—	373	187.50–193.00	190.35
17	—	891	146.50	146.50
7	—	520	169.00	169.00
5	—	744	145.00	145.00
26	—	608	152.50–161.75	155.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	990	124.25	124.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	788	131.00	131.00
6	—	693	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	502	148.00	148.00
18	—	773	131.50–134.50	132.96
19	—	484	155.00–158.00	155.77
26	—	447	162.50	162.50
5	—	392	172.00	172.00
7	—	997	122.50	122.50
6	—	890	128.25	128.25
13	—	342	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	607	120.00	120.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

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