Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2024-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale (Oct 8th), steers calves under 500 lbs steady instances 2.00-8.00 higher, over 500 lbs unevenly steady with lower undertones instances 3.00-8.00 lower. Heifer calves under 500 lbs instances 5.00-7.00 higher, most advancement on 350 lbs instances 27.00 higher, calves under 500 lbs steady instances 2.00-3.00 lower, with 550 lb calves instances 30.00 higher. No packages yearling steers, yearling heifers not as many as last week instances 7.00-10.00 lower. Demand good to moderate with lower undertones noted as sale progress, Several new buyers in attendance and on internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.53/cwt on 548 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −191.62 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$301.53

548 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$13.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.61

vs WY average

+2.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	301.85	1,651	535
Medium and Large 1-2	530	288.29	1,528	13thin

One grade step is worth $13.56/cwt here — about $123 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $533.45, low $449.22, median $493.15 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale548 hd

301.53

—

WY average3 barns · 1,588 hd

306.14

−4.61

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+2.20

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−191.62

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

29 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	550–600	571	288.33/cwt	275.50–299.00	1,646	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	241.82/cwt	237.50–248.00	1,359	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	770	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,779	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,739	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	400.38/cwt	382.50–407.00	1,289	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	270.31/cwt	262.00–274.00	1,327	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	267.84/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,690	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,437	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,037	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	315.73/cwt	310.00–324.50	1,648	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	372.94/cwt	362.50–390.00	1,592	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	404.91/cwt	401.00–407.50	1,482	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,506	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	342.96/cwt	330.50–357.00	1,632	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	261.91/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,710	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	260.89/cwt	246.25–274.00	1,477	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	350.10/cwt	332.00–367.00	1,320	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,777	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,940	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,197	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	2,061	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	274.73/cwt	260.50–282.50	1,429	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	288.29/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,528	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	295.23/cwt	282.00–310.00	1,376	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,863	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	245.22/cwt	232.00–249.50	1,621	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,304	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	285.66/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,228	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	315.39/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,350	132

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.

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Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Tue Oct 15, 2024

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

Receipts 2,931Last week 3,240Year ago 3,039

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	322	382.50–407.00	400.38
33	350–400	366	401.00–407.50	404.91
201	400–450	427	362.50–390.00	372.94
219	450–500	476	330.50–357.00	342.96
264	500–550	522	310.00–324.50	315.73
271	550–600	571	275.50–299.00	288.33
41	600–650	631	261.00–270.00	267.84
44	650–700	653	250.00–265.00	261.91
7	800–850	833	244.50	244.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	398	361.00	361.00
6	450–500	489	308.00	308.00
13	500–550	530	285.00–291.00	288.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	395	330.00	330.00
27	400–450	430	275.00–290.00	285.66
29	450–500	491	262.00–274.00	270.31
20	550–600	562	237.50–248.00	241.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	750–800	770	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	315	380.00	380.00
60	350–400	377	332.00–367.00	350.10
132	400–450	428	300.00–330.00	315.39
120	450–500	466	282.00–310.00	295.23
120	500–550	520	260.50–282.50	274.73
77	550–600	566	246.25–274.00	260.89
63	650–700	661	232.00–249.50	245.22
14	700–750	739	240.50	240.50
7	750–800	787	221.00	221.00
8	800–850	843	221.00	221.00
13	850–900	864	224.50	224.50
5	950–1000	979	210.50	210.50

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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