Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday (October 22nd) steer calves under 500 lbs 6.00-13.00 higher, instances 23.00-36.00, over 500 lbs mostly steady with 600-645 lbs instances 17.00 higher. Heifer calves under 500 lbs 9.00-11.00 higher instances 22.00, over 500 lbs steady with 600-635 lbs instances 9.00 higher. Yearling heifers on a light offering under pressure with instances 4.00-10.00 lower. Demand good with good buyer attendance and participation. Most demand consisted mainly of preconditioned calves along with reputation quality packages.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.49/cwt on 630 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −186.66 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$306.49

630 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$41.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.53

vs WY average

+5.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	307.22	1,657	619
Medium and Large 1-2	594	265.50	1,577	11thin

One grade step is worth $41.72/cwt here — about $80 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 sale630 hd

306.49

—

WY average2 barns · 1,129 hd

312.02

−5.53

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+5.80

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−186.66

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

35 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	350–400	387	404.78/cwt	381.00–420.00	1,566	428
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,170	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,138	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	459	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,671	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,577	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	505	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,712	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	245.08/cwt	242.00–257.50	1,765	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	286.34/cwt	271.00–299.00	1,649	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	270.34/cwt	261.00–288.00	1,682	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	363.14/cwt	352.00–387.00	1,540	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	435.38/cwt	417.50–448.00	1,363	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	251.40/cwt	241.00–255.00	1,682	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	338.53/cwt	328.50–358.00	1,642	495
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,551	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	313.20/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,647	387
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	247	393.27/cwt	385.00–400.00	971	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	284	381.69/cwt	367.00–395.00	1,084	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	366.37/cwt	352.50–375.00	1,172	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	402	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,359	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,443	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,409	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	305.84/cwt	288.00–315.50	1,431	376
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	354.40/cwt	345.00–367.50	1,361	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	265.17/cwt	256.00–272.00	1,530	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	244.04/cwt	242.00–248.00	1,645	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	826	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,958	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	318.78/cwt	302.00–327.00	1,361	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,296	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	418	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,651	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	242.67/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,262	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	256.52/cwt	247.00–267.00	1,601	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	281.73/cwt	262.00–288.50	1,476	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	338.54/cwt	332.50–354.00	1,259	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,111	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,214	35

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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 5,243Last week 4,860Year ago 4,596

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	250–300	260	450.00	450.00
185	300–350	313	417.50–448.00	435.38
428	350–400	387	381.00–420.00	404.78
74	400–450	424	352.00–387.00	363.14
495	450–500	485	328.50–358.00	338.53
387	500–550	526	295.00–325.00	313.20
184	550–600	576	271.00–299.00	286.34
80	600–650	622	261.00–288.00	270.34
40	650–700	669	241.00–255.00	251.40
45	700–750	720	242.00–257.50	245.08
20	800–850	845	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	400–450	418	395.00	395.00
119	450–500	459	364.00	364.00
48	500–550	505	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	384	345.00–367.50	354.40
27	400–450	447	347.00	347.00
11	550–600	594	265.50	265.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	200–250	247	385.00–400.00	393.27
19	250–300	284	367.00–395.00	381.69
121	300–350	320	352.50–375.00	366.37
163	350–400	372	332.50–354.00	338.54
181	400–450	427	302.00–327.00	318.78
376	450–500	468	288.00–315.50	305.84
155	500–550	524	262.00–288.50	281.73
26	550–600	577	256.00–272.00	265.17
73	600–650	624	247.00–267.00	256.52
23	650–700	674	242.00–248.00	244.04
11	900–950	932	226.50	226.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	400–450	402	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	800–850	826	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	400–450	436	278.50	278.50
11	450–500	473	274.00	274.00
17	500–550	520	235.00–251.00	242.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	443	318.00	318.00
9	500–550	502	287.50	287.50

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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