Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a calf special; Steers steady to 4.00-9.00 higher instance 17.00-18.00 on reputation quality steers weighing 400-500 lbs and 650 to 680 lbs.. Heifers higher overtones noted with instances 5.00-8.00 higher. Demand good with good buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $188.42/cwt on 752 head.

Average price

$188.42

752 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$22.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.56

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	192.21	1,047	626
Medium and Large 1-2	526	169.59	892	126

One grade step is worth $22.62/cwt here — about $155 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 sale752 hd

188.42

—

WY average2 barns · 3,077 hd

185.86

+2.56

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

27 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 1-2	—	446	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	807	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	701	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	209.89/cwt	198.00–219.00	978	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	166.27/cwt	158.00–172.00	715	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	149.72/cwt	145.00–152.00	704	75
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	335	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	549	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,103	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	173.96/cwt	172.00–175.00	845	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,084	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	137.78/cwt	136.75–139.00	854	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	156.82/cwt	150.00–162.25	881	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	160.29/cwt	152.50–165.50	843	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	867	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	196.53/cwt	184.50–200.00	1,053	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	186.76/cwt	175.00–189.00	1,053	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	169.00/cwt	164.50–174.00	1,066	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	170.45/cwt	159.00–172.50	1,147	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	605	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,119	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	199.57/cwt	190.00–203.00	768	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	148.26/cwt	147.00–150.00	956	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	171.41/cwt	167.00–177.00	910	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	153.37/cwt	152.00–157.00	673	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	640	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	953	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	910	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,342	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	831	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	931	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	460	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	775	29

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

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

Receipts 1,749Last week 1,152Year ago 829

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	446	181.00	181.00
41	—	486	172.00–175.00	173.96
19	—	645	147.00–150.00	148.26
55	—	531	167.00–177.00	171.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	349	201.00	201.00
138	—	466	198.00–219.00	209.89
11	—	743	148.50	148.50
5	—	769	141.00	141.00
5	—	405	214.00	214.00
180	—	536	184.50–200.00	196.53
33	—	564	175.00–189.00	186.76
35	—	631	164.50–174.00	169.00
47	—	673	159.00–172.50	170.45
39	—	385	190.00–203.00	199.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	605	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	430	158.00–172.00	166.27
75	—	470	145.00–152.00	149.72
15	—	620	136.75–139.00	137.78
139	—	562	150.00–162.25	156.82
89	—	526	152.50–165.50	160.29
8	—	381	168.00	168.00
7	—	655	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	335	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	439	152.00–157.00	153.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	910	147.50	147.50
8	—	831	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	460	168.50	168.50

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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