Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2020-11-24

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 24
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
2,408 head
▼ 985 vs last sale 3,393▲ 1,299 vs year ago 1,109 · +117.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a calf and yearling special along with few weigh ups. Feeder steers under 500 lbs steady to 2.00-7.00 higher, instance 10.00 higher on 400-435 lb steers, over 500 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers higher overtones noted with 1.00-3.00 higher, instance 7.00 higher on 550-595 lb heifers. Not enough yearlings for a good market test. Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.41/cwt on 985 head.
Average price
$170.41
985 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.47
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1499170.81852892
Medium and Large 1-2466166.5977793
One grade step is worth $4.22/cwt here — about $76 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 sale985 hd
170.41
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WY average3 barns · 3,851 hd
165.94
+4.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1296181.00/cwt181.00–181.0053610
Steers—Medium and Large 1330185.13/cwt181.00–193.0061192
Steers—Medium and Large 1382196.74/cwt192.00–200.5075251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2391184.00/cwt184.00–184.0071928
Steers—Medium and Large 1424196.87/cwt181.50–198.00835106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428176.00/cwt176.00–176.0075320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470161.63/cwt159.50–163.0076018
Steers—Medium and Large 1482175.93/cwt167.50–183.50848270
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517153.50/cwt153.50–153.5079413
Steers—Medium and Large 1520164.31/cwt160.00–170.00854107
Steers—Medium and Large 1572156.70/cwt151.50–162.5089696
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586142.00/cwt142.00–142.008326
Steers—Medium and Large 1631144.57/cwt140.50–147.0091297
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2643133.00/cwt133.00–133.008558
Steers—Medium and Large 1672135.90/cwt133.50–140.0091316
Steers—Medium and Large 1719134.42/cwt132.50–137.0096633
Steers—Medium and Large 1758132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0019
Steers—Medium and Large 1824134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,1085
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277128.85/cwt125.00–132.0035726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336160.63/cwt159.00–166.0054047
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379169.86/cwt167.00–170.7564490
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428157.47/cwt154.50–165.00674152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479148.28/cwt140.00–154.0071083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy503152.17/cwt152.00–152.5076550
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525139.82/cwt132.00–149.0073486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581135.16/cwt128.00–139.50785111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620131.03/cwt123.00–136.0081265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676129.74/cwt126.00–130.5087730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,06615

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.