Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2022-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a calf and yearling special; steer calves under 500 lbs 4.00-10.00 higher instances 17.00-20.00 on reputation quality offerings, steers over 550 lbs under pressure instances 4.00-7.00 lower. Yearlings steers over 800 lbs steady instances 3.00-4.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs 5.00-9.00 higher instances 13.00-20.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady instances 4.00-8.00 higher. Yearling heifers over 700 lbs steady to 1.00 higher instances 10.00 higher, 850 lb yearlings under pressure with 4.00-5.00 lower and heifers over 900 lbs instances 10.00-11.00 higher. Demand good with good buyer attendance and participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $206.80/cwt on 1,634 head.

Average price

$206.80

1,634 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,166

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$15.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.68

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	207.20	1,171	1,592
Medium and Large 1-2	518	191.80	994	42

One grade step is worth $15.40/cwt here — about $177 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 sale1,634 hd

206.80

—

WY average3 barns · 5,910 hd

202.13

+4.68

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

35 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	—	346	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	785	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	156.41/cwt	152.50–162.50	734	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	554	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	664	166.74/cwt	161.00–172.50	1,107	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	188.94/cwt	182.00–195.00	884	363
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	168.65/cwt	165.00–171.00	943	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,021	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	163.62/cwt	162.50–165.00	866	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	914	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	170.10/cwt	170.10–170.10	1,363	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	198.96/cwt	191.00–208.50	836	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	185.09/cwt	173.00–192.00	1,081	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	651	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	983	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	648	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,115	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	778	168.75/cwt	168.75–168.75	1,313	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,615	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	902	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	1,495	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	189.26/cwt	184.50–191.50	1,003	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	787	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	223.04/cwt	212.00–230.00	1,082	384
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	941	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	232.36/cwt	220.00–239.00	971	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	227.73/cwt	220.00–242.00	879	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	214.81/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,106	371
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	182.56/cwt	176.00–185.50	1,117	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	169.41/cwt	168.75–169.75	1,565	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	928	166.15/cwt	165.00–166.50	1,542	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	787	168.73/cwt	168.25–170.25	1,328	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	956	162.75/cwt	162.75–162.75	1,556	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	869	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,390	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	690	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,139	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	849	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,414	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	596	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	183.37/cwt	172.00–190.50	957	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	210.86/cwt	204.00–216.50	808	121

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 Oct 11, 2022

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

Receipts 3,842Last week 1,714Year ago 2,662

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	346	227.00	227.00
8	—	273	203.00	203.00
363	—	468	182.00–195.00	188.94
44	—	559	165.00–171.00	168.65
7	—	619	165.00	165.00
82	—	420	191.00–208.50	198.96
133	—	522	172.00–190.50	183.37
121	—	383	204.00–216.50	210.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	469	152.50–162.50	156.41
22	—	529	162.50–165.00	163.62
13	—	568	161.00	161.00
9	—	368	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	664	161.00–172.50	166.74
15	—	648	172.00	172.00
141	—	778	168.75	168.75
59	—	902	165.75	165.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	651	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	928	165.00–166.50	166.15
90	—	787	168.25–170.25	168.73
18	—	956	162.75	162.75
11	—	869	160.00	160.00
14	—	690	165.00	165.00
12	—	849	166.50	166.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	801	170.10	170.10
209	—	584	173.00–192.00	185.09
40	—	1,011	159.75	159.75
7	—	335	235.00	235.00
384	—	485	212.00–230.00	223.04
235	—	418	220.00–239.00	232.36
62	—	386	220.00–242.00	227.73
371	—	515	200.00–220.00	214.81
71	—	612	176.00–185.50	182.56
173	—	924	168.75–169.75	169.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	530	184.50–191.50	189.26
7	—	460	204.50	204.50

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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