Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday (October 15th) steer and heifer calves weighing 300-350 lbs higher with instances sharply higher, calves over 350-440 lbs under most pressure with instances 10.00-15.00 lower with calves over 450- lbs steady to instances 4.00-7.00 higher. Yearling heifers instances 3.00-10.00 higher, yearling steers lightly tested. Demand moderate to good with reputation quality packages and preconditioned calves bringing premium prices.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.14/cwt on 685 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −195.01 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$298.14

685 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$12.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.83

vs WY average

−0.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	298.32	1,621	675
Medium and Large 1-2	529	286.00	1,513	10thin

One grade step is worth $12.32/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale685 hd

298.14

—

WY average3 barns · 1,746 hd

308.96

−10.83

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−0.90

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−195.01

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	411.40/cwt	392.00–435.00	1,551	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	238.72/cwt	234.00–241.00	1,967	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	816	225.75/cwt	225.75–225.75	1,842	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	330.84/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,261	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	312.22/cwt	302.00–316.25	1,352	376
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	257.23/cwt	256.00–258.00	1,579	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,070	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	360.59/cwt	350.00–374.00	1,536	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	1,375	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	265.10/cwt	261.00–271.00	1,641	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,513	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,141	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,188	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	315.50/cwt	305.00–326.50	1,628	312
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	259.25/cwt	258.50–261.50	2,020	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	319.05/cwt	311.00–322.00	1,544	386
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	415.36/cwt	409.00–435.00	1,321	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,059	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	258.82/cwt	252.00–265.00	1,726	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,712	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	384.28/cwt	362.00–397.00	1,453	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	361.54/cwt	353.00–365.00	1,226	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	721	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,687	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,002	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	2,069	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	457	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,650	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	239.65/cwt	231.00–244.00	1,809	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	283.55/cwt	271.00–298.50	1,608	363
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	296.72/cwt	287.00–307.75	1,415	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	286.13/cwt	282.00–289.00	1,482	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	265.22/cwt	254.50–274.00	1,506	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,964	6

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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 4,860Last week 2,931Year ago 4,596

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	377	392.00–435.00	411.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	300–350	339	353.00–365.00	361.54
235	350–400	381	315.00–345.00	330.84
376	400–450	433	302.00–316.25	312.22
56	450–500	477	287.00–307.75	296.72
119	500–550	518	282.00–289.00	286.13
28	550–600	568	254.50–274.00	265.22
27	600–650	614	256.00–258.00	257.23
25	700–750	733	233.50	233.50
18	750–800	755	231.00–244.00	239.65
25	800–850	824	234.00–241.00	238.72
6	850–900	865	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	721	234.00	234.00
15	800–850	816	225.75	225.75
22	1000–1050	1,002	206.50	206.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	285	417.00	417.00
27	300–350	318	409.00–435.00	415.36
167	350–400	378	362.00–397.00	384.28
256	400–450	426	350.00–374.00	360.59
386	450–500	484	311.00–322.00	319.05
312	500–550	516	305.00–326.50	315.50
363	550–600	567	271.00–298.50	283.55
149	600–650	619	261.00–271.00	265.10
70	650–700	667	252.00–265.00	258.82
71	750–800	779	258.50–261.50	259.25
11	800–850	809	254.50	254.50
6	850–900	866	239.00	239.00
6	900–950	927	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	398	345.50	345.50
10	500–550	529	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	457	361.00	361.00

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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