Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2021-11-09

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 9
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
5,249 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 5,265▼ 290 vs year ago 5,539 · −5.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on calf and yearling special: Steers unevenly steady with instances 6.00-8.00 higher on 550-645 lb calves, heifers higher overtones noted with 2.00-4.00 higher, instances 7.00. Most advances on heifers on 400 and 600 lb calves. Few yearlings with higher overtones noted on 800 lb steers, Demand moderate to good 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 $181.84/cwt on 2,275 head.
Average price
$181.84
2,275 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$909
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$68
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.96
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2404192.32778316
Medium and Large 1516180.619321,874
Medium and Large 1-2497170.1584685
One grade step is worth $22.17/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale2,275 hd
181.84
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WY average2 barns · 4,236 hd
177.88
+3.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1221200.78/cwt197.50–202.0044424
Steers—Medium 1-2239212.50/cwt212.50–212.5050816
Steers—Medium and Large 1297200.00/cwt200.00–200.005947
Steers—Medium 1-2314193.00/cwt193.00–193.0060656
Steers—Medium and Large 1339207.90/cwt200.00–216.0070551
Steers—Medium and Large 1387201.85/cwt194.00–207.25781126
Steers—Medium 1-2391205.70/cwt189.00–207.50804103
Steers—Medium and Large 1431200.86/cwt190.00–211.00866263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440180.00/cwt180.00–180.0079229
Steers—Medium 1-2444186.00/cwt186.00–186.0082620
Steers—Medium 1-2466180.49/cwt174.00–182.0084197
Steers—Medium and Large 1477187.28/cwt180.00–197.00893472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477177.00/cwt177.00–177.0084418
Steers—Medium 1-2502173.00/cwt173.00–173.0086824
Steers—Medium and Large 1528176.72/cwt167.50–185.00933482
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539160.83/cwt160.25–162.0086730
Steers—Medium and Large 1582160.54/cwt158.00–165.00934190
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595154.00/cwt154.00–154.009168
Steers—Medium and Large 1625152.38/cwt146.00–160.50952134
Steers—Medium and Large 1687147.11/cwt146.50–148.501,01135
Steers—Medium and Large 1708145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0277
Steers—Medium and Large 1825157.46/cwt155.50–159.501,29928
Steers—Medium and Large 1987151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,49055
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1222187.00/cwt187.00–187.0041516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340180.02/cwt169.00–185.0061227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377183.21/cwt172.00–189.00691109
Heifers—Medium 1-2387154.44/cwt154.25–155.0059836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2397161.00/cwt161.00–161.0063921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434165.37/cwt161.00–170.00718223
Heifers—Medium 1-2461148.50/cwt148.50–148.5068543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471158.43/cwt148.50–164.00746252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483142.77/cwt142.00–143.5069023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532151.22/cwt147.00–155.50804272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558149.18/cwt147.50–151.5083259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617135.89/cwt131.00–141.5083833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed704145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open753152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,14819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1797149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,18815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open892143.41/cwt143.00–143.501,27945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1933140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3067

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.