Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2019-07-09

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Jul 9
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
404 vs last sale 508 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
172 head
184 vs last sale 356 172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
204 head
58 vs last sale 262 204 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, on a light summer offering: slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady with not enough feeder calves for a good market test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $127.99/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$127.99
66 head · 980 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,255
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$383
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$25.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2626148.3592913thin
Medium and Large 11,067123.001,31253
One grade step is worth $25.35/cwt here — about −$383 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 sale66 hd
127.99
WY average1 barns · 66 hd
127.99
+0.00
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
BullsLow1,71478.281,34254
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31858.0876635
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50758.0587522
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,15155.5964023

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1-2592130.50/cwt130.50–130.507739
SteersMedium and Large 11,067123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,31253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670143.50/cwt143.50–143.509616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2589152.50/cwt152.50–152.508987
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,6351,357.73/cwt1,260.00–1,400.0022,19910
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2051,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0017,7741
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4921,609.75/cwt1,450.00–1,675.0024,01727
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4871,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0015,6144
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,453954.91/cwt900.00–1,000.0013,8752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3321,068.71/cwt950.00–1,125.0014,2353
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,7451,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0023,1211
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,332954.61/cwt825.00–1,175.0012,71511
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,31859.75/cwt55.00–65.0078870
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1760127.40/cwt122.50–133.009682
Stock CowsMedium and Large 198388.05/cwt82.00–101.0086651
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,15970.30/cwt65.50–79.0081524
Bulls1,44071.13/cwt70.00–72.001,0244
Bulls1,93682.21/cwt80.00–84.001,59215
Bulls1,71177.56/cwt73.00–79.501,32730
BullsReturn to Feed1,28476.57/cwt74.00–79.009835
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39049.29/cwt46.50–52.006852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16862.34/cwt62.00–63.507285
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34057.95/cwt54.50–60.0077728
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52362.02/cwt61.50–63.009453
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50557.42/cwt54.00–59.0086419
CowsLean 85-90%1,12349.09/cwt46.00–50.005514
CowsLean 85-90%1,16658.80/cwt58.50–60.506869
CowsLean 85-90%1,14855.31/cwt53.00–57.0063510

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.