Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2023-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale, on a light offering with lighter test on calves coming in smaller packages. Steers steady instances 10.00 higher, heifers under pressure. Demand moderate to good for 350-550 lb steer calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $258.59/cwt on 265 head.

Average price

$258.59

265 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$206

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

$1.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−39.16

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	516	259.79	1,339	19thin
Medium and Large 1	598	258.50	1,546	246

One grade step is worth $1.29/cwt here — about −$206 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 sale265 hd

258.59

—

WY average2 barns · 2,257 hd

297.75

−39.16

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

20 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 1-2	—	444	222.16/cwt	220.00–225.00	986	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	211.44/cwt	201.00–214.50	1,296	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,391	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,457	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,422	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,828	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	217.93/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,488	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,786	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	231.86/cwt	225.00–241.00	1,426	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	13
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	316	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	679	25
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	558	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,116	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	308.67/cwt	296.00–316.00	1,469	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	273.31/cwt	267.50–283.00	1,465	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,052	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	232.79/cwt	223.00–235.00	1,313	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	399	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,025	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	823	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,158	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	732	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,493	9

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 Dec 5, 2023

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	444	220.00–225.00	222.16
8	—	474	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	613	201.00–214.50	211.44
33	—	564	223.00–235.00	232.79
20	—	399	257.00	257.00
13	—	329	250.00	250.00
9	—	463	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	316	215.00	215.00
13	—	558	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	495	281.00	281.00
13	—	525	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	596	244.50	244.50
17	—	387	367.50	367.50
16	—	935	195.50	195.50
17	—	683	216.00–219.00	217.93
12	—	865	206.50	206.50
57	—	615	225.00–241.00	231.86
47	—	476	296.00–316.00	308.67
26	—	536	267.50–283.00	273.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	732	204.00	204.00

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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