Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2020-10-27

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Oct 27
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
4,910 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 4,964▼ 41 vs year ago 4,951 · −0.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, on calf and yearling special; feeder steers under 450 lbs mostly steady, over 450 lbs steady instances 4.00-5.00 lower, feeder heifers under 450 lbs steady instances 2.00-4.00 higher, over 450 lbs most steady. Yearlings not enough steers for a good market test, heifers mostly steady with instances 4.00 higher, 900 lb heifers higher overtones noted. Demand good to moderate with good buyer attendance and participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.20/cwt on 2,387 head.
Average price
$159.20
2,387 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$808
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$20.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.59
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1509160.588182,119
Medium and Large 1-2500149.31747236
Medium 1-2451140.3863232
One grade step is worth $20.21/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2,387 hd
159.20
—
WY average2 barns · 4,256 hd
158.60
+0.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1271205.39/cwt195.00–213.0055716
Steers—Medium and Large 1325201.97/cwt194.00–205.0065670
Steers—Medium and Large 1Source/Aged371208.00/cwt208.00–208.0077230
Steers—Medium and Large 1378183.92/cwt182.75–186.5069551
Steers—Medium 1-2380149.00/cwt149.00–149.005668
Steers—Medium and Large 1422178.51/cwt169.00–186.00753332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445156.90/cwt151.00–161.0069871
Steers—Medium and Large 1Source/Aged465165.00/cwt165.00–165.0076786
Steers—Medium 1-2474137.50/cwt137.50–137.5065224
Steers—Medium and Large 1482163.74/cwt156.50–168.00789299
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493152.09/cwt149.50–152.5075065
Steers—Medium and Large 1510160.90/cwt151.00–165.00821532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537144.76/cwt142.00–147.0077782
Steers—Medium and Large 1567143.12/cwt136.00–148.00811489
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574130.00/cwt130.00–130.0074618
Steers—Medium and Large 1630136.79/cwt133.50–142.50862142
Steers—Medium and Large 1734143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,05319
Steers—Medium and Large 1782139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,09112
Steers—Medium and Large 1803131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0527
Steers—Medium and Large 1898136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,2269
Steers—Medium and Large 1913130.61/cwt127.00–132.001,19225
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1271179.81/cwt177.50–182.5048714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Source/Aged287185.00/cwt185.00–185.005319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333171.09/cwt168.00–182.0057082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2343156.65/cwt151.00–160.0053725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Source/Aged352172.00/cwt172.00–172.0060533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382152.38/cwt145.75–159.00582110
Heifers—Medium 1-2387113.00/cwt113.00–113.004379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428146.77/cwt141.00–155.00628239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Source/Aged437144.50/cwt144.50–144.5063137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473141.90/cwt135.00–146.25671535
Heifers—Medium 1476145.00/cwt145.00–145.0069031
Heifers—Medium 1-2512115.00/cwt115.00–115.0058925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517134.81/cwt129.75–137.00697308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568128.55/cwt125.00–130.50730101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy616134.00/cwt134.00–134.008258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628121.00/cwt121.00–121.007605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663104.38/cwt102.00–107.5069214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1699128.00/cwt128.00–128.0089521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700117.00/cwt117.00–117.0081911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed704134.50/cwt134.50–134.5094719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738135.00/cwt135.00–135.0099616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed751138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,03627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757121.00/cwt121.00–121.0091623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1812134.13/cwt130.10–138.001,089178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1919130.60/cwt128.00–132.001,20026

This sale against other markets

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.