Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2023-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on calf and yearling special; not enough yearlings for a good market test. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady with lower undertones noted. Reputation, pre-conditioned cattle in load lots most in demand with good buyer attendance and participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $307.78/cwt on 1,712 head.

Average price

$307.78

1,712 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,518

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$184

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

$43.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.24

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	387	310.25	1,200	135
Medium and Large 1	502	308.89	1,550	1,528
Medium and Large 1-2	519	266.63	1,384	49

One grade step is worth $43.62/cwt here — about −$184 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 sale1,712 hd

307.78

—

WY average3 barns · 6,194 hd

311.03

−3.24

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

37 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	—	635	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,524	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,326	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	389	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,175	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	257.66/cwt	251.00–270.50	1,340	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	868	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,901	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	301.53/cwt	285.00–313.00	1,155	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	577	231.75/cwt	231.75–231.75	1,337	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,966	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,201	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	271.58/cwt	265.50–289.00	1,165	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,048	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	470	287.99/cwt	287.99–287.99	1,354	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,465	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,772	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	241.83/cwt	236.00–246.00	1,378	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	273.89/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,295	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	357	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,246	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	243.96/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,330	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,102	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	278.96/cwt	264.50–284.50	1,576	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	351	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,393	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	465	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	1,583	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	252.51/cwt	237.50–260.50	1,568	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	480	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,318	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	333.45/cwt	321.00–344.00	1,444	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	553	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,548	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,827	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	254.82/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,498	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	457	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,536	122
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	415	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,270	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	297.54/cwt	284.25–304.25	1,574	375
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	312.75/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,526	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	346.28/cwt	332.00–358.00	1,361	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,188	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	293	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	938	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	322	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,030	41

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 7, 2023

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

Receipts 3,901Last week 4,596Year ago 5,614

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	635	240.00	240.00
143	—	520	251.00–270.50	257.66
121	—	383	285.00–313.00	301.53
15	—	936	210.00	210.00
60	—	429	265.50–289.00	271.58
5	—	1,025	180.00	180.00
6	—	666	220.00	220.00
6	—	886	200.00	200.00
42	—	570	236.00–246.00	241.83
110	—	473	268.00–280.00	273.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	389	302.00	302.00
35	—	577	231.75	231.75
135	—	480	274.50	274.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	868	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	473	254.00	254.00
12	—	371	282.50	282.50
25	—	545	243.00–245.00	243.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	470	287.99	287.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	506	262.00	262.00
22	—	588	254.00–256.00	254.82
11	—	400	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	357	349.00	349.00
32	—	553	280.00	280.00
122	—	457	336.00	336.00
8	—	293	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	980	214.50	214.50
158	—	565	264.50–284.50	278.96
155	—	621	237.50–260.50	252.51
227	—	433	321.00–344.00	333.45
6	—	870	210.00	210.00
375	—	529	284.25–304.25	297.54
208	—	488	300.00–325.00	312.75
74	—	393	332.00–358.00	346.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	351	397.00	397.00
83	—	465	340.50	340.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	415	306.00	306.00
41	—	322	320.00	320.00

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