Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2022-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a calf and yearling special; light offering yearling steers. several yearling heifers with steady to instances 2.00 higher. Steer calves under 500 lbs lower undertones noted, over 500 lbs unevenly steady instances 1.00-4.00 lower, heifer calves under 500 lbs steady instances 4.00 lower, over 500 lbs under pressure with instances 6.00-9.00 lower. Demand moderate. Continuing with cow and bull sales on Fridays with calves and yearlings on Tuesday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.55/cwt on 798 head.

Average price

$189.55

798 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,135

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$39.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.54

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	190.83	1,136	772
Medium and Large 1-2	704	151.46	1,066	26

One grade step is worth $39.37/cwt here — about $70 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 sale798 hd

189.55

—

WY average3 barns · 3,601 hd

200.09

−10.54

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

29 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 1	—	573	160.97/cwt	160.00–162.00	922	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,414	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	162.37/cwt	155.00–169.00	1,007	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	665	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	192.09/cwt	191.00–197.00	761	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	175.90/cwt	170.00–182.00	828	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	213.37/cwt	209.00–218.00	900	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	609	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	192.61/cwt	187.00–199.25	1,092	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	872	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	198.74/cwt	167.00–210.00	1,065	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	183.83/cwt	177.00–188.00	776	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	168.35/cwt	167.00–169.75	1,313	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	170.12/cwt	162.50–175.50	893	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	227.71/cwt	223.00–238.00	881	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,579	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	173.77/cwt	165.00–182.60	1,063	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	168.93/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,150	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	205.08/cwt	201.00–212.50	991	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	155.12/cwt	151.00–166.50	1,340	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	633	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	236.46/cwt	236.00–239.00	795	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,127	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,379	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	872	165.06/cwt	164.50–165.50	1,439	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	733	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,239	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	641	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,051	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	943	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,469	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	826	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,330	11

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 Oct 4, 2022

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

Receipts 1,714Last week 1,621Year ago 3,382

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	573	160.00–162.00	160.97
23	—	857	165.00	165.00
58	—	620	155.00–169.00	162.37
43	—	396	191.00–197.00	192.09
31	—	471	170.00–182.00	175.90
31	—	319	191.00	191.00
37	—	422	177.00–188.00	183.83
172	—	525	162.50–175.50	170.12
7	—	836	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	436	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	872	164.50–165.50	165.06
23	—	733	169.00	169.00
13	—	641	164.00	164.00
11	—	943	155.75	155.75
11	—	826	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	422	209.00–218.00	213.37
241	—	567	187.00–199.25	192.61
115	—	536	167.00–210.00	198.74
20	—	780	167.00–169.75	168.35
15	—	387	223.00–238.00	227.71
74	—	960	164.50	164.50
65	—	612	165.00–182.60	173.77
61	—	681	165.00–172.00	168.93
55	—	483	201.00–212.50	205.08
26	—	864	151.00–166.50	155.12
5	—	275	230.00	230.00
33	—	336	236.00–239.00	236.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	610	143.00	143.00
20	—	732	154.00	154.00

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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