Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2021-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a regular calf sale; Steers under 450 lb under pressure, over 450 lbs 3.00-6.00 higher instances 8.00-12.00, heifers unevenly steady with lower undertones noted. Demand good to moderate. Light offering yearlings with no comparisons available.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.74/cwt on 447 head.

Average price

$177.74

447 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$20.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.97

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	179.41	1,040	411
Medium and Large 1-2	477	158.75	758	36

One grade step is worth $20.66/cwt here — about $282 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 sale447 hd

177.74

—

WY average2 barns · 2,625 hd

184.72

−6.97

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

26 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	593	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	786	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	797	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,116	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	857	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,260	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	831	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,251	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	837	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	143.80/cwt	141.00–144.75	775	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	159.49/cwt	152.00–169.00	887	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,405	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	192.57/cwt	190.25–196.00	824	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	716	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	199.08/cwt	195.50–200.00	1,021	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	155.10/cwt	155.00–155.50	1,073	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	168.99/cwt	164.50–176.00	1,058	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	600	11
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	321	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	523	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	155.85/cwt	152.50–163.00	734	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	151.09/cwt	147.00–155.50	1,107	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	196.49/cwt	183.50–202.00	955	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	134.02/cwt	131.00–137.00	952	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	162.72/cwt	162.50–164.00	696	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	161.54/cwt	160.00–162.00	601	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	516	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	183.34/cwt	181.75–185.50	1,051	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	207.95/cwt	200.00–211.50	759	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	133.51/cwt	131.00–141.00	908	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	140.09/cwt	135.50–143.00	817	35

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 Dec 7, 2021

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

Receipts 1,152Last week 1,049Year ago 1,319

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	593	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	797	140.00	140.00
6	—	857	147.00	147.00
15	—	831	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	639	131.00	131.00
39	—	539	141.00–144.75	143.80
75	—	471	152.50–163.00	155.85
16	—	710	131.00–137.00	134.02
32	—	428	162.50–164.00	162.72
23	—	372	160.00–162.00	161.54
64	—	680	131.00–141.00	133.51
35	—	583	135.50–143.00	140.09
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	321	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	430	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	556	152.00–169.00	159.49
9	—	474	151.00	151.00
11	—	366	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	854	164.50	164.50
40	—	428	190.25–196.00	192.57
29	—	513	195.50–200.00	199.08
26	—	692	155.00–155.50	155.10
61	—	626	164.50–176.00	168.99
75	—	733	147.00–155.50	151.09
78	—	486	183.50–202.00	196.49
28	—	573	181.75–185.50	183.34
45	—	365	200.00–211.50	207.95

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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