Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago feeder steers mostly steady with instances 4.00-9.00 higher, best advancements on 500 and 600 lb steers with instances 15.00-22.00 higher. Heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher instances 9.00. Good demand with good buyer participation with preconditioned and weaned calves bringing higher prices.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $340.24/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −152.91 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$340.24

96 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$49.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WY average

+14.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	346.49	1,852	84
Medium and Large 1-2	535	296.50	1,586	12thin

One grade step is worth $49.99/cwt here — about $265 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale96 hd

340.24

—

WY average1 barns · 96 hd

340.24

+0.00

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+14.87

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−152.91

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	409.89/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,681	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	437.71/cwt	429.00–445.00	1,650	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	654	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,681	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	629	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,667	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	584	294.75/cwt	294.75–294.75	1,721	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	318.91/cwt	300.00–334.00	1,531	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	315.40/cwt	310.00–318.50	2,006	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	1,878	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	289.05/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,653	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	322.50/cwt	312.00–332.50	1,232	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	351.46/cwt	338.00–358.00	1,842	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,586	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,951	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	2,005	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,501	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	365.03/cwt	351.00–378.00	1,770	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	303.68/cwt	295.00–306.00	1,564	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	336.60/cwt	328.00–342.00	1,394	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	296	410.20/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,214	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,744	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,210	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	750–800	763	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,919	15

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 Dec 3, 2024

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

Receipts 1,054Last week 282Year ago 668

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	328	457.50	457.50
34	350–400	377	429.00–445.00	437.71
35	400–450	410	400.00–415.00	409.89
49	450–500	485	351.00–378.00	365.03
65	500–550	524	338.00–358.00	351.46
19	550–600	570	329.50	329.50
162	600–650	636	310.00–318.50	315.40
10	650–700	695	288.50	288.50
10	700–750	707	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	535	296.50	296.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
97	550–600	584	294.75	294.75
18	600–650	629	265.00	265.00
24	650–700	654	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	296	380.00–440.00	410.20
28	350–400	382	312.00–332.50	322.50
23	400–450	414	328.00–342.00	336.60
41	450–500	480	300.00–334.00	318.91
24	500–550	515	295.00–306.00	303.68
39	550–600	572	285.00–291.00	289.05
9	650–700	657	265.50	265.50
6	1000–1050	1,000	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	763	251.50	251.50

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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