Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2023-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a calf and yearling special; yearling steers and heifers traded 10.00-15.00 lower, Feeder steers and heifers traded steady with lower undertones noted, 10.00-15.00 lower instances 20.00, Pre-conditioned, reputation cattle in load lots most in demand with buyers in attendance, moderate demand as sale progress.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $300.22/cwt on 1,738 head.

Average price

$300.22

1,738 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$357

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

$2.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.17

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	412	302.72	1,248	63
Medium and Large 1	535	300.12	1,605	1,675

One grade step is worth $2.59/cwt here — about −$357 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 sale1,738 hd

300.22

—

WY average3 barns · 5,839 hd

302.38

−2.17

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

33 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	—	429	339.92/cwt	335.00–343.50	1,458	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	212.75/cwt	212.75–212.75	2,047	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	913	213.85/cwt	213.75–214.00	1,952	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	331.38/cwt	319.00–341.00	1,216	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	238.00/cwt	220.00–242.50	1,349	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	325.78/cwt	313.00–342.00	1,564	442
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	302.51/cwt	286.50–314.50	1,588	454
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	308.35/cwt	302.00–312.00	1,187	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,825	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	290.90/cwt	276.00–295.50	1,367	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,051	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	220.31/cwt	216.50–227.50	1,773	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	300.04/cwt	294.00–302.50	1,134	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	292.39/cwt	279.00–307.00	1,246	158
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	504	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,356	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	236.74/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,330	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,254	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	956	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,984	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	788	227.91/cwt	223.00–230.00	1,796	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,435	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	292.00/cwt	282.50–302.00	990	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	220.26/cwt	210.00–226.50	1,363	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,831	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	347.84/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,360	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	229.72/cwt	221.00–231.00	1,973	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	364.65/cwt	364.00–365.00	1,243	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	218.67/cwt	215.00–220.50	1,605	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	267.98/cwt	261.00–273.00	1,273	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	265.44/cwt	250.00–273.50	1,375	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	278.44/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,595	319
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	256.40/cwt	242.00–261.00	1,582	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	883	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,859	33

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 24, 2023

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

Receipts 4,596Last week 3,039Year ago 4,344

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	429	335.00–343.50	339.92
11	—	962	212.75	212.75
442	—	480	313.00–342.00	325.78
454	—	525	286.50–314.50	302.51
59	—	391	335.00–360.00	347.84
57	—	859	221.00–231.00	229.72
23	—	341	364.00–365.00	364.65
5	—	709	230.00	230.00
319	—	573	265.00–287.00	278.44
199	—	617	242.00–261.00	256.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	385	302.00–312.00	308.35
14	—	507	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	913	213.75–214.00	213.85
9	—	956	207.50	207.50
27	—	788	223.00–230.00	227.91
33	—	883	210.50	210.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	367	319.00–341.00	331.38
51	—	567	220.00–242.50	238.00
13	—	931	196.00	196.00
264	—	470	276.00–295.50	290.90
10	—	288	365.00	365.00
32	—	805	216.50–227.50	220.31
158	—	426	279.00–307.00	292.39
25	—	339	282.50–302.00	292.00
16	—	619	210.00–226.50	220.26
12	—	872	210.00	210.00
15	—	734	215.00–220.50	218.67
230	—	518	250.00–273.50	265.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	378	294.00–302.50	300.04
93	—	475	261.00–273.00	267.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	504	269.00	269.00
15	—	562	230.00–242.50	236.74
16	—	370	339.00	339.00

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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