Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2022-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale; Light offering on sale before Thanksgiving with very few yearlings available for a good market test. Feeder steers and heifers were lightly tested for a accurate market comparison, with quality mostly average today. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.52/cwt on 457 head.

Average price

$185.52

457 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$925

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$12.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.11

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	501	187.36	939	390
Medium and Large 1-2	484	174.82	846	67

One grade step is worth $12.54/cwt here — about $93 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 sale457 hd

185.52

—

WY average2 barns · 2,414 hd

193.63

−8.11

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	749	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,213	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,087	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	154.69/cwt	151.00–157.00	939	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	207.51/cwt	202.00–210.00	743	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	691	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,607	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,084	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	160.95/cwt	155.50–167.50	826	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	179.91/cwt	170.00–186.00	851	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	682	174.04/cwt	173.00–175.00	1,187	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	231.66/cwt	226.00–240.00	985	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	952	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	832	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	165.57/cwt	163.50–169.00	967	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	182.07/cwt	172.50–187.00	958	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	197.92/cwt	188.00–207.50	833	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	184.74/cwt	183.50–186.00	1,136	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	209.19/cwt	201.00–212.50	1,090	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	189.81/cwt	181.50–201.00	1,091	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	204.03/cwt	190.00–207.50	945	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,040	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	842	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,356	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	170.28/cwt	170.00–170.50	1,141	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	225.34/cwt	225.00–225.50	1,066	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,190	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	986	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.

Wyoming feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Tue Nov 22, 2022

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

Receipts 1,446Last week 4,479Year ago 1,132

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	749	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	327	180.00	180.00
6	—	706	154.00	154.00
13	—	607	151.00–157.00	154.69
16	—	358	202.00–210.00	207.51
45	—	584	163.50–169.00	165.57
94	—	526	172.50–187.00	182.07
102	—	421	188.00–207.50	197.92
84	—	463	190.00–207.50	204.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	513	155.50–167.50	160.95
49	—	473	170.00–186.00	179.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	675	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	842	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	333	207.50	207.50
12	—	945	170.00	170.00
6	—	634	171.00	171.00
88	—	425	226.00–240.00	231.66
20	—	354	269.00	269.00
51	—	521	201.00–212.50	209.19
81	—	575	181.50–201.00	189.81
18	—	670	170.00–170.50	170.28
23	—	473	225.00–225.50	225.34
18	—	702	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	682	173.00–175.00	174.04
26	—	615	183.50–186.00	184.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	368	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	493	200.00	200.00

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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