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Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2023-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Oct 17

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104

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Receipts

3,039 head

▼ 548 vs last sale 3,587▲ 249 vs year ago 2,790 · +8.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a calf and yearling special; Yearlings on a lighter offering than last week mostly steady with higher overtones noted. Feeder calves reputation quality higher overtones noted,steer and heifer calves from 450-650 lbs showed most advances. 300-400 lb calves lower undertones noted.

Demand good with good buyer participation. Cows, bulls along with bred cows and pairs are on Fridays.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $301.59/cwt on 1,306 head.

Average price

$301.59

1,306 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$118

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

$7.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.76

vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	515	308.55	1,589	93
Medium and Large 1	567	301.06	1,707	1,213

One grade step is worth $7.49/cwt here — about −$118 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 sale1,306 hd

301.59

—

WY average3 barns · 4,222 hd

303.35

−1.76

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	285	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,133	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,228	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	362.23/cwt	350.00–379.50	1,384	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	365.08/cwt	359.00–374.00	1,570	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	453	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,631	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	340.78/cwt	331.00–358.00	1,608	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	314.52/cwt	308.00–324.00	1,544	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	509	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	1,713	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	317.27/cwt	303.50–331.00	1,666	244
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	301.90/cwt	299.00–303.00	1,636	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	562	303.67/cwt	303.50–303.75	1,707	165
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	270.92/cwt	262.50–286.00	1,582	107
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	266.95/cwt	253.50–276.00	1,655	209
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	253.22/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,697	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	246.82/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,782	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	798	260.75/cwt	260.75–260.75	2,081	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	842	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,084	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	889	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,169	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	958	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,251	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	345.56/cwt	335.00–354.00	1,303	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	398	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,198	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	314.98/cwt	296.00–326.00	1,332	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,183	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	295.48/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,406	284
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	262.60/cwt	250.00–274.50	1,366	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	535	287.75/cwt	287.75–287.75	1,539	121
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	545	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,373	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	251.76/cwt	244.00–259.50	1,440	144
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	582	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,583	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	247.75/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,526	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	239.60/cwt	231.00–246.50	1,636	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	719	243.11/cwt	240.00–244.50	1,748	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	741	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,767	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	860	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,914	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	923	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,031	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	961	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,037	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	1,015	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,132	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	478	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,573	10

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.

Wyoming feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Tue Oct 17, 2023

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

Receipts 3,039Last week 3,587Year ago 2,790

Demand good with good buyer participation. Cows, bulls along with bred cows and pairs are on Fridays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	478	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,015	210.00	210.00
9	—	923	220.00	220.00
20	—	719	240.00–244.50	243.11
44	—	860	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
284	—	476	280.00–310.00	295.48
103	—	520	250.00–274.50	262.60
144	—	572	244.00–259.50	251.76
40	—	683	231.00–246.50	239.60
47	—	377	335.00–354.00	345.56
16	—	616	243.00–250.00	247.75
77	—	423	296.00–326.00	314.98
11	—	741	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	398	301.00	301.00
8	—	473	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	535	287.75	287.75
41	—	582	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	545	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	961	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	584	262.50–286.00	270.92
244	—	525	303.50–331.00	317.27
30	—	722	240.00–258.00	246.82
141	—	472	331.00–358.00	340.78
6	—	958	235.00	235.00
9	—	285	397.50	397.50
15	—	341	360.00	360.00
68	—	670	240.00–263.00	253.22
5	—	889	244.00	244.00
62	—	798	260.75	260.75
29	—	382	350.00–379.50	362.23
209	—	620	253.50–276.00	266.95
53	—	430	359.00–374.00	365.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	509	336.50	336.50
165	—	562	303.50–303.75	303.67
23	—	453	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	842	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	542	299.00–303.00	301.90
49	—	491	308.00–324.00	314.52

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.