Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2021-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on calf and yearling special: not enough yearlings for a good market test. Feeder steers mostly unevenly steady: under 375 lbs instance 11.00-14.00 lower, 400-440 lbs steady with instances 3.00-9.00 lower, 450-545 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher, 550-599 lbs under pressure instances 2.00- 4.00- lower, over 600 lbs steady. Heifers under 500 lbs mostly steady 2.00-3.00 higher with instances 7.00 higher, most pressure on 600 lb heifers with instances 3.00-7.00 lower on a light offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.37/cwt on 2,014 head.

Average price

$176.37

2,014 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$20.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.05

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	177.96	922	1,860
Medium and Large 1-2	542	157.13	851	154

One grade step is worth $20.83/cwt here — about $71 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 sale2,014 hd

176.37

—

WY average3 barns · 6,653 hd

176.32

+0.05

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

38 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	—	402	181.75/cwt	181.75–181.75	731	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	869	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,148	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	558	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	586	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	150.23/cwt	147.00–152.60	699	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	142.33/cwt	137.00–146.00	944	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	154.09/cwt	149.00–154.75	1,222	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	147.26/cwt	142.00–153.00	913	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	156.07/cwt	150.00–163.50	910	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	252	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	504	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	199.57/cwt	199.00–200.00	643	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,324	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	928	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	173.08/cwt	170.00–174.00	852	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	160.68/cwt	158.00–162.50	853	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	138.07/cwt	137.50–140.00	1,125	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,256	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	803	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	200.95/cwt	199.00–203.00	725	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	141.46/cwt	134.00–145.50	803	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	147.91/cwt	143.75–154.25	774	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	196.81/cwt	184.00–204.00	838	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	789	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	404	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	836	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	504	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	937	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	168.05/cwt	160.00–173.50	728	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	691	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	173.20/cwt	163.50–181.50	913	349
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	192.64/cwt	180.50–196.25	892	388
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	181.14/cwt	176.00–189.00	690	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	192.08/cwt	180.00–200.00	605	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	150.60/cwt	150.00–151.00	556	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	151.30/cwt	151.00–153.00	667	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	129.42/cwt	124.75–133.75	791	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	160.90/cwt	151.50–165.25	759	445
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,188	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	141.78/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,216	17

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 Nov 2, 2021

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

Receipts 5,265Last week 5,654Year ago 4,550

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	402	181.75	181.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	709	122.50	122.50
11	—	772	148.75	148.75
12	—	282	198.00	198.00
127	—	568	134.00–145.50	141.46
179	—	523	143.75–154.25	147.91
203	—	433	160.00–173.50	168.05
180	—	381	176.00–189.00	181.14
37	—	315	180.00–200.00	192.08
67	—	611	124.75–133.75	129.42
445	—	472	151.50–165.25	160.90
13	—	966	123.00	123.00
17	—	858	140.00–145.00	141.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	335	175.00	175.00
24	—	465	147.00–152.60	150.23
12	—	512	135.00	135.00
16	—	369	150.00–151.00	150.60
59	—	441	151.00–153.00	151.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	663	137.00–146.00	142.33
66	—	793	149.00–154.75	154.09
171	—	620	142.00–153.00	147.26
184	—	583	150.00–163.50	156.07
9	—	252	200.00	200.00
21	—	322	199.00–200.00	199.57
9	—	916	144.50	144.50
11	—	711	130.50	130.50
26	—	815	137.50–140.00	138.07
5	—	857	146.50	146.50
83	—	361	199.00–203.00	200.95
211	—	426	184.00–204.00	196.81
349	—	527	163.50–181.50	173.20
388	—	463	180.50–196.25	192.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	492	170.00–174.00	173.08
81	—	531	158.00–162.50	160.68
19	—	664	121.00	121.00
11	—	602	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	404	207.00	207.00
201	—	504	186.00	186.00

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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