Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2021-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on calf and yearling special: Steers unevenly steady with instances 6.00-8.00 higher on 550-645 lb calves, heifers higher overtones noted with 2.00-4.00 higher, instances 7.00. Most advances on heifers on 400 and 600 lb calves. Few yearlings with higher overtones noted on 800 lb steers, Demand moderate to good with good buyer attendance and participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $181.84/cwt on 2,275 head.

Average price

$181.84

2,275 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$68

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

$22.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.96

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	404	192.32	778	316
Medium and Large 1	516	180.61	932	1,874
Medium and Large 1-2	497	170.15	846	85

One grade step is worth $22.17/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale2,275 hd

181.84

—

WY average2 barns · 4,236 hd

177.88

+3.96

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

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	753	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,148	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	892	143.41/cwt	143.00–143.50	1,279	45
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	461	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	685	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	158.43/cwt	148.50–164.00	746	252
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	387	154.44/cwt	154.25–155.00	598	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,306	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	147.11/cwt	146.50–148.50	1,011	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,490	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	152.38/cwt	146.00–160.50	952	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	187.28/cwt	180.00–197.00	893	472
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	160.83/cwt	160.25–162.00	867	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	207.90/cwt	200.00–216.00	705	51
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	466	180.49/cwt	174.00–182.00	841	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	916	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	201.85/cwt	194.00–207.25	781	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	157.46/cwt	155.50–159.50	1,299	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	297	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	594	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	391	205.70/cwt	189.00–207.50	804	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	200.86/cwt	190.00–211.00	866	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,027	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	176.72/cwt	167.50–185.00	933	482
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	792	29
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	239	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	508	16
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	314	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	606	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	165.37/cwt	161.00–170.00	718	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	135.89/cwt	131.00–141.50	838	33
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	444	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	826	20
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	502	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	868	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	151.22/cwt	147.00–155.50	804	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	160.54/cwt	158.00–165.00	934	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,188	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	639	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	221	200.78/cwt	197.50–202.00	444	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	844	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	142.77/cwt	142.00–143.50	690	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	183.21/cwt	172.00–189.00	691	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	222	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	415	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	180.02/cwt	169.00–185.00	612	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	149.18/cwt	147.50–151.50	832	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	704	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,021	7

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 Nov 9, 2021

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

Receipts 5,249Last week 5,265Year ago 5,539

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	753	152.50	152.50
45	—	892	143.00–143.50	143.41
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	461	148.50	148.50
36	—	387	154.25–155.00	154.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
252	—	471	148.50–164.00	158.43
7	—	933	140.00	140.00
223	—	434	161.00–170.00	165.37
33	—	617	131.00–141.50	135.89
272	—	532	147.00–155.50	151.22
15	—	797	149.00	149.00
109	—	377	172.00–189.00	183.21
16	—	222	187.00	187.00
27	—	340	169.00–185.00	180.02
59	—	558	147.50–151.50	149.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	397	161.00	161.00
23	—	483	142.00–143.50	142.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	704	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	687	146.50–148.50	147.11
55	—	987	151.00	151.00
134	—	625	146.00–160.50	152.38
472	—	477	180.00–197.00	187.28
51	—	339	200.00–216.00	207.90
126	—	387	194.00–207.25	201.85
28	—	825	155.50–159.50	157.46
7	—	297	200.00	200.00
263	—	431	190.00–211.00	200.86
7	—	708	145.00	145.00
482	—	528	167.50–185.00	176.72
190	—	582	158.00–165.00	160.54
24	—	221	197.50–202.00	200.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	539	160.25–162.00	160.83
8	—	595	154.00	154.00
29	—	440	180.00	180.00
18	—	477	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	466	174.00–182.00	180.49
103	—	391	189.00–207.50	205.70
16	—	239	212.50	212.50
56	—	314	193.00	193.00
20	—	444	186.00	186.00
24	—	502	173.00	173.00

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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