Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2021-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on calf and yearling special: Steers higher overtones noted with 2.00-6.00 higher, instance 8.00 higher on 500 lb calves. Heifers unevenly steady with most lower undertones noted only 400 lb calves 2.00-3.00 higher. Yearlings steady with higher overtones noted, 2.00-4.00 higher on steers and heifers. Demand good with good buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.06/cwt on 1,556 head.

Average price

$175.06

1,556 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$957

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$161

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

$2.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.23

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	456	177.26	809	127
Medium and Large 1	555	174.86	970	1,429

One grade step is worth $2.40/cwt here — about −$161 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 sale1,556 hd

175.06

—

WY average2 barns · 4,949 hd

183.29

−8.23

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

37 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	—	905	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,303	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	782	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,208	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	651	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	937	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	737	150.23/cwt	142.00–152.75	1,107	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	705	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	924	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	525	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	149.33/cwt	149.25–149.50	1,080	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	200.54/cwt	185.00–203.50	830	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	613	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	888	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	158.90/cwt	148.50–164.00	977	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	203.20/cwt	199.00–206.00	764	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	182.25/cwt	182.25–182.25	795	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,285	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	185.08/cwt	181.75–191.00	901	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	151.10/cwt	144.50–155.00	1,003	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	165.29/cwt	160.50–173.00	957	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,431	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	910	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	501	158.08/cwt	158.00–158.10	792	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	183.85/cwt	174.00–193.00	945	418
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	805	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,232	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	451	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	943	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	152.59/cwt	146.50–154.50	1,207	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	688	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	162.33/cwt	151.00–166.00	612	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,290	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	911	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,303	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	157.50/cwt	149.00–163.00	759	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	148.41/cwt	141.50–156.50	793	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	791	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,216	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	165.09/cwt	160.00–173.25	697	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	645	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	993	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	241	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	362	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	135.96/cwt	134.25–137.75	861	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,274	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	140.08/cwt	136.50–143.00	807	189

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 16, 2021

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

Receipts 3,886Last week 5,249Year ago 3,393

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	905	144.00	144.00
13	—	782	154.50	154.50
20	—	651	144.00	144.00
48	—	737	142.00–152.75	150.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	705	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	309	170.00	170.00
45	—	377	151.00–166.00	162.33
211	—	482	149.00–163.00	157.50
89	—	534	141.50–156.50	148.41
110	—	422	160.00–173.25	165.09
15	—	241	150.00	150.00
30	—	633	134.25–137.75	135.96
18	—	867	147.00	147.00
189	—	576	136.50–143.00	140.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	501	158.00–158.10	158.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	805	153.00	153.00
19	—	911	143.00	143.00
31	—	791	153.75	153.75
32	—	645	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	723	149.25–149.50	149.33
63	—	414	185.00–203.50	200.54
31	—	321	191.00	191.00
217	—	615	148.50–164.00	158.90
20	—	376	199.00–206.00	203.20
15	—	829	155.00	155.00
130	—	487	181.75–191.00	185.08
92	—	664	144.50–155.00	151.10
291	—	579	160.50–173.00	165.29
23	—	926	154.50	154.50
418	—	514	174.00–193.00	183.85
21	—	791	146.50–154.50	152.59
8	—	860	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	543	163.50	163.50
86	—	436	182.25	182.25
15	—	587	155.00	155.00
15	—	380	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	451	209.00	209.00

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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