Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2024-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale feeder steers mostly steady with 350-395 lbs and 605-645 lbs instances 7.00-9.00 higher, 400 lb steers under most pressure with lower undertones noted. Heifer calves under 500 lbs mostly steady, 500-545 and 600-625 lbs instances 5.00-6.00 higher, 550 lb steers lower undertones noted. Light offering yearling steers with yearling heifers over 765 lbs 2.00-3.00 higher, small package weighing 813 lbs instances 12.00 higher. Demand moderate to good with good buyer participation and attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.14/cwt on 437 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −186.01 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$307.14

437 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$33.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.50

vs WY average

+1.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	313.11	1,703	352
Medium 1-2	546	289.50	1,581	21
Medium and Large 1-2	560	280.09	1,569	64

One grade step is worth $33.02/cwt here — about $134 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 sale437 hd

307.14

—

WY average2 barns · 1,047 hd

312.63

−5.50

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+1.70

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−186.01

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

39 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	500–550	526	320.27/cwt	302.00–331.00	1,685	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	343.92/cwt	322.50–352.50	1,328	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	263.71/cwt	261.00–275.00	1,545	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	339.88/cwt	322.50–368.00	1,122	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	737	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,780	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	770	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,817	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	360.87/cwt	341.00–371.00	1,512	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	705	247.75/cwt	242.00–253.00	1,747	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,260	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	251.61/cwt	250.00–256.50	1,819	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,441	18
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	364	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,283	15
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	546	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,581	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	281.08/cwt	276.25–286.00	1,748	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	255.84/cwt	248.00–265.00	1,737	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	750–800	764	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,845	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	813	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,915	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	850–900	877	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,925	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	1050–1100	1,089	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,835	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	404	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,357	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	353	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,306	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,622	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	322.78/cwt	310.00–333.00	1,239	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	285.80/cwt	271.00–296.00	1,486	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	302.00/cwt	281.00–318.00	1,727	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	295.47/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,584	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,372	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	299.35/cwt	282.50–310.00	1,413	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,342	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,564	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	304.80/cwt	290.50–317.00	1,326	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	340.90/cwt	327.50–348.50	1,640	247
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	463	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,505	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,257	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	272.63/cwt	252.50–287.50	1,153	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	306.16/cwt	285.00–325.00	958	24
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	396	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,137	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	460	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,481	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,404	11

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

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Receipts 3,008Last week 2,902Year ago 3,376

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	319	395.00	395.00
18	350–400	363	397.00	397.00
120	400–450	419	341.00–371.00	360.87
247	450–500	481	327.50–348.50	340.90
214	500–550	526	302.00–331.00	320.27
138	550–600	572	281.00–318.00	302.00
94	600–650	622	276.25–286.00	281.08
56	650–700	679	248.00–265.00	255.84
20	700–750	723	250.00–256.50	251.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	350–400	386	322.50–352.50	343.92
8	400–450	441	311.00	311.00
33	500–550	536	280.00–300.00	295.47
31	550–600	586	261.00–275.00	263.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	700–750	705	242.00–253.00	247.75
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	364	352.50	352.50
55	450–500	463	325.00	325.00
21	500–550	546	289.50	289.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	300–350	330	322.50–368.00	339.88
60	350–400	384	310.00–333.00	322.78
133	400–450	435	290.50–317.00	304.80
104	450–500	472	282.50–310.00	299.35
75	500–550	520	271.00–296.00	285.80
14	550–600	577	232.50	232.50
7	600–650	618	253.00	253.00
30	700–750	734	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	700–750	737	241.50	241.50
6	750–800	770	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	764	241.50	241.50
12	800–850	813	235.50	235.50
8	850–900	877	219.50	219.50
6	1050–1100	1,089	168.50	168.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	353	370.00	370.00
14	400–450	404	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	313	285.00–325.00	306.16
17	400–450	423	252.50–287.50	272.63
10	450–500	493	255.00	255.00
11	500–550	538	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	396	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
57	450–500	460	322.00	322.00

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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