Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2021-11-02

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 2
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
5,265 head
▼ 389 vs last sale 5,654▲ 715 vs year ago 4,550 · +15.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on calf and yearling special: not enough yearlings for a good market test. Feeder steers mostly unevenly steady: under 375 lbs instance 11.00-14.00 lower, 400-440 lbs steady with instances 3.00-9.00 lower, 450-545 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher, 550-599 lbs under pressure instances 2.00- 4.00- lower, over 600 lbs steady. Heifers under 500 lbs mostly steady 2.00-3.00 higher with instances 7.00 higher, most pressure on 600 lb heifers with instances 3.00-7.00 lower on a light offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $176.37/cwt on 2,014 head.
Average price
$176.37
2,014 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$917
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.05
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518177.969221,860
Medium and Large 1-2542157.13851154
One grade step is worth $20.83/cwt here — about $71 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 sale2,014 hd
176.37
—
WY average3 barns · 6,653 hd
176.32
+0.05
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1252200.00/cwt200.00–200.005049
Steers—Medium and Large 1322199.57/cwt199.00–200.0064321
Steers—Medium and Large 1361200.95/cwt199.00–203.0072583
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy404207.00/cwt207.00–207.0083680
Steers—Medium and Large 1426196.81/cwt184.00–204.00838211
Steers—Medium and Large 1463192.64/cwt180.50–196.25892388
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492173.08/cwt170.00–174.0085243
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy504186.00/cwt186.00–186.00937201
Steers—Medium and Large 1527173.20/cwt163.50–181.50913349
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531160.68/cwt158.00–162.5085381
Steers—Medium and Large 1583156.07/cwt150.00–163.50910184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2602131.00/cwt131.00–131.0078911
Steers—Medium and Large 1620147.26/cwt142.00–153.00913171
Steers—Medium and Large 1663142.33/cwt137.00–146.0094446
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664121.00/cwt121.00–121.0080319
Steers—Medium and Large 1711130.50/cwt130.50–130.5092811
Steers—Medium and Large 1793154.09/cwt149.00–154.751,22266
Steers—Medium and Large 1815138.07/cwt137.50–140.001,12526
Steers—Medium and Large 1857146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,2565
Steers—Medium and Large 1916144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,3249
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1282198.00/cwt198.00–198.0055812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315192.08/cwt180.00–200.0060537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335175.00/cwt175.00–175.0058619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369150.60/cwt150.00–151.0055616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381181.14/cwt176.00–189.00690180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy402181.75/cwt181.75–181.7573181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433168.05/cwt160.00–173.50728203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441151.30/cwt151.00–153.0066759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465150.23/cwt147.00–152.6069924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472160.90/cwt151.50–165.25759445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512135.00/cwt135.00–135.0069112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523147.91/cwt143.75–154.25774179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568141.46/cwt134.00–145.50803127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611129.42/cwt124.75–133.7579167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1709122.50/cwt122.50–122.508697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,14811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858141.78/cwt140.00–145.001,21617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1966123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,18813

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.