Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2021-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on special calf sale; light offering with higher overtones noted on steer and heifer calves. Reputation quality offering with good demand and buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.89/cwt on 436 head.

Average price

$185.89

436 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$947

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$319

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

$25.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.23

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	300	211.00	633	8thin
Medium and Large 1	514	185.42	952	428

One grade step is worth $25.58/cwt here — about −$319 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 sale436 hd

185.89

—

WY average2 barns · 1,403 hd

187.13

−1.23

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

22 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	168.88/cwt	168.00–173.00	985	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	166.33/cwt	161.00–170.00	699	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	135.71/cwt	135.00–138.00	939	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	684	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,075	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	160.44/cwt	152.00–161.50	826	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	887	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	814	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	169.63/cwt	168.50–171.00	643	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	182.22/cwt	170.00–188.00	492	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	148.13/cwt	144.75–151.50	837	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	158.70/cwt	151.00–161.00	735	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	191.49/cwt	190.00–197.00	938	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	487	17
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	300	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	633	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	163.35/cwt	160.25–166.50	1,027	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	886	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	569	160.35/cwt	160.35–160.35	912	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	854	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,268	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,181	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	190.94/cwt	181.00–194.00	987	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	209.53/cwt	202.00–218.00	788	14

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 30, 2021

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

Receipts 1,049Last week 1,132Year ago 1,749

Compared to last Tuesday on special calf sale; light offering with higher overtones noted on steer and heifer calves. Reputation quality offering with good demand and buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	583	168.00–173.00	168.88
54	—	316	216.50	216.50
25	—	691	155.50	155.50
27	—	490	190.00–197.00	191.49
17	—	263	185.00	185.00
84	—	629	160.25–166.50	163.35
20	—	420	211.00	211.00
9	—	772	153.00	153.00
143	—	517	181.00–194.00	190.94
14	—	376	202.00–218.00	209.53
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	300	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	420	161.00–170.00	166.33
29	—	692	135.00–138.00	135.71
72	—	515	152.00–161.50	160.44
5	—	617	132.00	132.00
15	—	379	168.50–171.00	169.63
27	—	270	170.00–188.00	182.22
28	—	565	144.75–151.50	148.13
47	—	463	151.00–161.00	158.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	569	160.35	160.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	854	148.50	148.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	522	170.00	170.00

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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