Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2019-05-21

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, May 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
← earliestMay 21May 28
Feeder Cattle receipts
79 head
79 vs last sale 0 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
183 head
183 vs last sale 0 183 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
213 head
213 vs last sale 0 213 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter bulls sold 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Demand was good with several groups of cows going back to the country. Not enough feeder cattle for a market comparison. Rain and snow throughout the day left some consignments of cattle at home. Baby calves: Mix sexes: 120-170 lbs 225.00-285.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.19/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$149.19
16 head · 607 lb average
Value per head Derived
$905
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$175
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$47.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.96
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2417181.507575thin
Medium and Large 1693134.5093211thin
One grade step is worth $47.00/cwt here — about −$175 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 sale16 hd
149.19
WY average2 barns · 35 hd
163.14
−13.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,83887.781,61321
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56861.7496825
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33460.3680578
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11259.5666231

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1725130.00/cwt130.00–130.0094310
CowsLean 85-90%1,12160.08/cwt55.50–63.0067329
CowsLean 85-90%97852.00/cwt51.00–53.005092
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,47667.53/cwt66.50–71.009974
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58560.64/cwt57.00–62.5096121
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,33761.01/cwt57.00–67.0081651
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32959.14/cwt54.50–62.5078627
Bulls1,93792.77/cwt91.00–93.501,79712
Bulls1,76783.46/cwt76.00–88.001,4757
Bulls1,49372.97/cwt72.50–73.501,0892
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,13173.58/cwt69.00–79.0083218
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,02288.53/cwt65.00–108.0090542
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1791118.90/cwt114.00–125.009409
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,18762.04/cwt60.50–66.0073629
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0621,260.82/cwt1,225.00–1,375.0013,39012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5571,013.84/cwt975.00–1,175.0015,7859
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4131,289.76/cwt1,225.00–1,375.0018,22418
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,397973.86/cwt810.00–985.0013,60521
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3511,415.71/cwt1,225.00–1,425.0019,12618
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3481,205.32/cwt1,160.00–1,400.0016,24811
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4651,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.0015,89512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2417181.50/cwt181.50–181.507575
SteersMedium and Large 1693134.50/cwt134.50–134.5093211

How this sale compares

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.