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Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 19

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104

← Nov 12Nov 19Nov 26 →

Receipts

2,364 head

▼ 644 vs last sale 3,008▲ 281 vs year ago 2,083 · +13.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder calves on all classed steady to higher, higher. Calves under 500 lbs 5.00-12.00 instances 20.00-30.00 higher. Demand good with good buyer attendance and participation. Calves weaned with two rounds of shots and reputation quality offerings best demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.05/cwt on 496 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −132.97 against this barn's trailing median of $455.02.

Average price

$322.05

496 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$9.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.54

vs WY average

+12.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	322.43	1,761	477
Medium and Large 1-2	542	312.50	1,694	19thin

One grade step is worth $9.93/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale496 hd

322.05

—

WY average2 barns · 1,343 hd

320.52

+1.54

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+12.79

This barn, trailing median18 sales

455.02

−132.97

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $533.45, low $406.00, median $455.02 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

23 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	440.42/cwt	435.00–447.50	1,233	13
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,447	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	415.69/cwt	397.00–434.00	1,555	57
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	384.80/cwt	373.00–411.00	1,658	84
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,625	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	362.35/cwt	341.00–374.00	1,732	116
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	333.51/cwt	319.00–337.00	1,751	225
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	312.50/cwt	306.00–317.25	1,694	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	312.54/cwt	300.25–320.50	1,766	252
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	294.16/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,850	64
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	276.68/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,879	20
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	262.41/cwt	257.50–265.50	2,181	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	395.80/cwt	385.00–409.00	1,302	54
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	341.05/cwt	330.00–352.00	1,282	29
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	372.88/cwt	372.00–376.00	1,406	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	332.58/cwt	324.00–349.00	1,413	126
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	312.22/cwt	309.00–315.00	1,336	66
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	313.57/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,486	176
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	296.20/cwt	289.00–302.00	1,573	95
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	278.09/cwt	260.00–285.75	1,582	111
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,587	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,668	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	895	233.75/cwt	233.75–233.75	2,092	17

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 Nov 19, 2024

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

Receipts 2,364Last week 3,008Year ago 2,083

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	376	330.00–352.00	341.05
66	400–450	428	309.00–315.00	312.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	300–350	329	385.00–409.00	395.80
30	350–400	377	372.00–376.00	372.88
126	400–450	425	324.00–349.00	332.58
176	450–500	474	300.00–322.50	313.57
95	500–550	531	289.00–302.00	296.20
111	550–600	569	260.00–285.75	278.09
6	600–650	620	256.00	256.00
12	650–700	654	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
17	850–900	895	233.75	233.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	280	435.00–447.50	440.42
20	300–350	323	448.00	448.00
57	350–400	374	397.00–434.00	415.69
84	400–450	431	373.00–411.00	384.80
116	450–500	478	341.00–374.00	362.35
225	500–550	525	319.00–337.00	333.51
252	550–600	565	300.25–320.50	312.54
64	600–650	629	280.00–299.00	294.16
20	650–700	679	275.00–282.00	276.68
18	800–850	831	257.50–265.50	262.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	449	362.00	362.00
19	500–550	542	306.00–317.25	312.50

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.