Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2022-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on special calf and yearling sale with several reputation quality offerings. Light offering yearlings with no comparisons available. Feeder steers under 500 lbs steady instances 4.00-8.00 higher, 500-700 lbs steady to 8.00-10.00 higher instances 15.00-16.00. Heifer calves higher overtones noted with 2.00-6 higher, best advances on 550-590 lb replacement quality heifers instances 15.00 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 $206.71/cwt on 1,985 head.

Average price

$206.71

1,985 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,137

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

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

$34.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.65

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	207.54	1,145	1,937
Medium and Large 1-2	477	172.97	825	48

One grade step is worth $34.57/cwt here — about $320 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 sale1,985 hd

206.71

—

WY average3 barns · 5,996 hd

209.36

−2.65

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

31 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 1Fancy	—	433	211.23/cwt	210.25–216.00	915	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,104	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	222.19/cwt	215.00–235.00	735	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	167.68/cwt	167.00–168.00	1,310	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	164.52/cwt	159.00–172.50	1,045	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	215.09/cwt	213.00–221.00	830	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,576	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	228.78/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,098	384
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	234.48/cwt	228.00–240.00	896	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	214.16/cwt	199.00–222.00	1,148	605
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,289	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	175.26/cwt	167.50–181.00	831	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	215.88/cwt	210.00–230.00	738	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	696	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	234.25/cwt	221.00–243.00	991	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	197.93/cwt	186.00–206.00	1,136	334
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	977	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,515	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	179.30/cwt	175.00–185.50	1,203	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	165.14/cwt	161.00–173.00	860	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	168.22/cwt	161.00–174.50	1,204	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	171.93/cwt	166.00–177.00	978	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	722	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,184	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	188.96/cwt	176.00–193.50	979	350
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	198.00/cwt	188.00–208.00	855	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	553	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,023	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	185.31/cwt	173.50–189.00	1,154	315
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	198.01/cwt	188.50–202.00	954	351
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	902	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	644	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	757	10

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 25, 2022

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

Receipts 4,344Last week 2,790Year ago 5,654

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	433	210.25–216.00	211.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	665	166.00	166.00
18	—	331	215.00–235.00	222.19
18	—	781	167.00–168.00	167.68
62	—	635	159.00–172.50	164.52
82	—	386	213.00–221.00	215.09
115	—	569	166.00–177.00	171.93
350	—	518	176.00–193.50	188.96
154	—	432	188.00–208.00	198.00
351	—	482	188.50–202.00	198.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	521	161.00–173.00	165.14
8	—	571	158.00	158.00
36	—	432	149.00	149.00
10	—	470	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	722	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	553	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	988	159.50	159.50
384	—	480	220.00–236.00	228.78
28	—	382	228.00–240.00	234.48
605	—	536	199.00–222.00	214.16
6	—	767	168.00	168.00
20	—	342	210.00–230.00	215.88
101	—	423	221.00–243.00	234.25
334	—	574	186.00–206.00	197.93
16	—	894	169.50	169.50
37	—	671	175.00–185.50	179.30
80	—	716	161.00–174.50	168.22
315	—	623	173.50–189.00	185.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	474	167.50–181.00	175.26
16	—	428	162.50	162.50
14	—	537	182.00	182.00

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