Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2023-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a calf and yearling special; Lighter offering yearling steer and heifers. Feeder steers mostly steady with most advancement on 350-450 lb calves with instances 19.00 higher, heifer calves mostly steady with most advancements on 550-650 lbs instances 12.00-19.00 higher. Demand moderate to good with good buyer participation though out the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $304.88/cwt on 1,292 head.

Average price

$304.88

1,292 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$7.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.02

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	305.75	1,617	1,148
Medium and Large 1-2	487	297.97	1,450	144

One grade step is worth $7.78/cwt here — about $167 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 sale1,292 hd

304.88

—

WY average2 barns · 3,679 hd

308.91

−4.02

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 1	—	911	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,899	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	255.90/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,494	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	287.51/cwt	281.00–302.50	1,239	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	318.23/cwt	296.00–340.00	1,184	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	236.59/cwt	230.00–251.00	1,346	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	760	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,543	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	252.44/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,318	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	256.01/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,618	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	582	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,478	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	281.65/cwt	262.50–294.00	1,597	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	351.95/cwt	335.00–358.00	1,478	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	242.62/cwt	241.00–247.00	1,902	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	254.28/cwt	254.00–254.50	1,673	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	286	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,187	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	524	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,428	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	369.30/cwt	354.00–379.00	1,370	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	329.37/cwt	316.00–344.00	1,581	352
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	306.57/cwt	281.00–312.00	1,585	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	233.25/cwt	233.25–233.25	2,104	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,954	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	334.97/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,119	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	338.89/cwt	334.00–342.50	1,328	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	217.00/cwt	216.00–220.00	1,688	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,509	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,125	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,544	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,974	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	454	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,330	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,101	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	268.88/cwt	262.00–277.00	1,296	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	912	23

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 31, 2023

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

Receipts 4,596Last week 4,596Year ago 4,860

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	911	208.50	208.50
145	—	431	281.00–302.50	287.51
41	—	372	296.00–340.00	318.23
57	—	569	230.00–251.00	236.59
95	—	522	240.00–260.00	252.44
27	—	778	216.00–220.00	217.00
24	—	616	245.00	245.00
12	—	326	345.00	345.00
10	—	680	227.00	227.00
5	—	956	206.50	206.50
103	—	482	262.00–277.00	268.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	760	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	582	254.00	254.00
15	—	524	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	454	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	367	300.00	300.00
23	—	320	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	584	240.00–264.00	255.90
73	—	392	334.00–342.50	338.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	632	240.00–265.00	256.01
256	—	567	262.50–294.00	281.65
32	—	420	335.00–358.00	351.95
22	—	784	241.00–247.00	242.62
48	—	658	254.00–254.50	254.28
12	—	286	415.00	415.00
67	—	371	354.00–379.00	369.30
352	—	480	316.00–344.00	329.37
230	—	517	281.00–312.00	306.57
26	—	902	233.25	233.25
5	—	821	238.00	238.00
20	—	334	330.00–340.00	334.97

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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