Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on calf and yearling special: steers steady with 3.00-4.00 higher, reputation quality instances 10.00 higher on 450-545 lbs, heifers unevenly steady instances 3.00 higher on 450-540 lb calves others lower undertones noted. Reputation quality replacement fancy heifers 10.00-17.00 higher. Light offering yearling heifers with few steady to instance 3.00 lower. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.26/cwt on 2,209 head.

Average price

$177.26

2,209 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$8.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.00

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	177.56	894	2,133
Medium and Large 1-2	493	168.72	833	76

One grade step is worth $8.84/cwt here — about $62 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 sale2,209 hd

177.26

—

WY average3 barns · 5,697 hd

178.26

−1.00

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

30 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 1Fancy	—	488	172.75/cwt	172.75–172.75	843	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	967	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,267	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	731	144.09/cwt	142.50–144.50	1,053	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	778	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,113	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	271	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	528	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	132.82/cwt	132.00–134.50	818	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	178.11/cwt	169.75–186.50	914	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	164.81/cwt	155.25–170.50	930	555
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	154.34/cwt	146.25–157.00	955	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	199.75/cwt	192.50–209.50	833	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	579	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	925	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	897	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	162.34/cwt	160.50–164.75	880	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	796	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	952	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	200.36/cwt	200.00–203.00	677	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	202.43/cwt	191.00–209.50	757	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,250	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	175.36/cwt	169.00–183.00	675	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	158.99/cwt	150.00–165.00	754	536
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	561	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	914	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	181.68/cwt	174.50–192.50	872	566
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	664	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	189.46/cwt	181.00–197.00	627	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	142.46/cwt	136.50–146.00	819	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	168.17/cwt	164.00–177.50	726	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	150.72/cwt	142.00–157.00	794	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	143.08/cwt	137.00–152.00	602	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	604	11

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 19, 2021

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

Receipts 5,043Last week 2,662Year ago 4,964

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	488	172.75	172.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	967	131.00	131.00
24	—	731	142.50–144.50	144.09
54	—	778	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	271	195.00	195.00
24	—	616	132.00–134.50	132.82
6	—	1,012	123.50	123.50
244	—	385	169.00–183.00	175.36
536	—	474	150.00–165.00	158.99
30	—	331	181.00–197.00	189.46
130	—	575	136.50–146.00	142.46
202	—	432	164.00–177.50	168.17
237	—	527	142.00–157.00	150.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	561	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	421	137.00–152.00	143.08
11	—	341	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
350	—	513	169.75–186.50	178.11
555	—	564	155.25–170.50	164.81
201	—	619	146.25–157.00	154.34
225	—	417	192.50–209.50	199.75
10	—	288	201.00	201.00
10	—	706	131.00	131.00
12	—	680	140.00	140.00
75	—	338	200.00–203.00	200.36
129	—	374	191.00–209.50	202.43
566	—	480	174.50–192.50	181.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	587	152.75	152.75
28	—	542	160.50–164.75	162.34
14	—	463	172.00	172.00
17	—	345	192.50	192.50

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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