Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2021-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on calf and yearling special: steers and heifers unevenly steady with few instances 5.00 higher on 350 and 500 lb calves. Package yearling heifers weighing 800 lbs 7.00 higher, yearling steers 800-900 lbs instances 4.00 higher. Demand moderate to good with good buyer participation. Fall schedule: calves and yearlings on Tuesday and cows, bulls and bred cows on Fridays.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.20/cwt on 1,345 head.

Average price

$171.20

1,345 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$6.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.04

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	171.52	941	1,274
Medium and Large 1-2	492	165.43	815	71

One grade step is worth $6.09/cwt here — about $127 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 sale1,345 hd

171.20

—

WY average3 barns · 5,278 hd

177.24

−6.04

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

27 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	—	938	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,229	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,142	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	897	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	616	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	174.17/cwt	171.00–179.00	669	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	171.56/cwt	169.00–179.00	736	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	155.37/cwt	150.00–157.00	960	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	196.73/cwt	189.00–206.00	844	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	575	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	170.53/cwt	162.00–176.00	899	407
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	153.16/cwt	152.25–153.75	1,329	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	174.46/cwt	166.75–182.50	837	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	158.25/cwt	158.25–158.25	858	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	873	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	153.60/cwt	153.60–153.60	1,187	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	152.50/cwt	147.00–162.25	738	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	135.14/cwt	132.10–136.75	704	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	150.90/cwt	144.50–154.25	782	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	156.29/cwt	151.00–165.00	917	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	206.66/cwt	199.00–208.75	802	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	814	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,204	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	144.15/cwt	141.00–148.00	835	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	353	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	791	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	149.65/cwt	140.00–154.50	988	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	631	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,413	9

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 Oct 12, 2021

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

Receipts 2,662Last week 3,382Year ago 4,167

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	938	131.00	131.00
9	—	782	146.00	146.00
10	—	648	138.50	138.50
12	—	344	179.00	179.00
20	—	384	171.00–179.00	174.17
82	—	429	169.00–179.00	171.56
135	—	484	147.00–162.25	152.50
294	—	518	144.50–154.25	150.90
121	—	808	149.00	149.00
122	—	579	141.00–148.00	144.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	521	132.10–136.75	135.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	618	150.00–157.00	155.37
188	—	429	189.00–206.00	196.73
407	—	527	162.00–176.00	170.53
97	—	868	152.25–153.75	153.16
173	—	480	166.75–182.50	174.46
11	—	773	153.60	153.60
186	—	587	151.00–165.00	156.29
52	—	388	199.00–208.75	206.66
40	—	660	140.00–154.50	149.65
6	—	325	194.00	194.00
9	—	981	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	381	151.00	151.00
30	—	542	158.25	158.25
6	—	598	146.00	146.00
27	—	447	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	353	224.00	224.00

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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