Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2024-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale; Not enough yearlings for a good market test or comparisons. Feeder steers unevenly steady, under 500 lbs instances 8.00-11.00 lower over 500 lbs instances 3.00-5.00 higher, only 600 lb calves instances 9.00 lower. Heifer calves under 400 lbs 7.00-12.00 lower over 400 lbs instances 3.00-10.00 higher only 450 lb calves under pressure with 4.00-6.00 lower and over 600 lbs instances 9.00-12.00 lower. Demand moderate to good with fewer buyers in attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $308.86/cwt on 578 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −184.29 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$308.86

578 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$10.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.07

vs WY average

+7.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	309.27	1,672	555
Medium 1-2	523	299.00	1,564	23

One grade step is worth $10.27/cwt here — about $108 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 sale578 hd

308.86

—

WY average3 barns · 1,953 hd

311.93

−3.07

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+7.01

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−184.29

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

22 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	600–650	613	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,514	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,227	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	235.28/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,562	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	334.25/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,223	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	282.64/cwt	272.00–291.00	1,478	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	321.43/cwt	311.00–335.00	1,363	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	290.66/cwt	270.00–302.00	1,660	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	368.67/cwt	350.00–377.00	1,545	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	437.30/cwt	417.00–448.00	1,334	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	378.67/cwt	372.00–387.00	1,481	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	315.19/cwt	300.00–330.50	1,674	421
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,731	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	277.96/cwt	276.00–279.00	1,540	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	244.00/cwt	243.00–244.25	1,893	25
Steers	Medium 1-2	300–350	332	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,220	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	329.64/cwt	305.00–341.00	1,460	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	838	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,869	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	301.54/cwt	282.50–311.00	1,417	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	273.55/cwt	260.00–279.50	1,691	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	339.16/cwt	320.00–347.00	1,625	411
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	419	361.75/cwt	361.75–361.75	1,516	106
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	523	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,564	23

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 5, 2024

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

Receipts 2,902Last week 5,243Year ago 3,901

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	334	367.50	367.50
61	350–400	366	320.00–345.00	334.25
175	400–450	424	311.00–335.00	321.43
186	450–500	470	282.50–311.00	301.54
70	500–550	523	272.00–291.00	282.64
40	550–600	554	276.00–279.00	277.96
12	600–650	613	247.00	247.00
17	650–700	664	230.00–239.00	235.28
25	750–800	776	243.00–244.25	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	838	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	305	417.00–448.00	437.30
117	350–400	391	372.00–387.00	378.67
258	400–450	419	350.00–377.00	368.67
411	450–500	479	320.00–347.00	339.16
421	500–550	531	300.00–330.50	315.19
134	550–600	571	270.00–302.00	290.66
66	600–650	618	260.00–279.50	273.55
14	650–700	679	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	300–350	332	367.50	367.50
106	400–450	419	361.75	361.75
23	500–550	523	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	400–450	443	305.00–341.00	329.64

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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