Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2020-02-11

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Feb 11
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,060 head
2,727 vs last sale 333 3,060 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
222 head
86 vs last sale 136 222 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
856 head
406 vs last sale 450 856 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale in two weeks due to winter snow storm, special calf, yearling and bred cow sale: slaughter cows and bulls on a light offering mostly steady with bulls 3.00-7.00 lower. No comparisons available on feeder calves for a good market test, heifers mostly steady with steers under pressure. Demand good to moderate with good participation for bred cow sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.30/cwt on 1,436 head.
Average price
$153.30
1,436 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,027
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$147
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.93
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2562157.0088331
Medium and Large 1672153.221,0301,405
One grade step is worth $3.78/cwt here — about −$147 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 sale1,436 hd
153.30
WY average2 barns · 2,132 hd
156.23
−2.93
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
BullsHigh1,75874.781,31443
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62261.079906thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07454.2758324
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26854.1368636

Every lot, as filed

59 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
SteersMedium and Large 1410203.86/cwt196.00–209.0083658
SteersMedium and Large 1825133.87/cwt130.50–136.251,104195
SteersMedium and Large 1738136.74/cwt136.50–140.001,00970
SteersMedium and Large 1-2393184.00/cwt184.00–184.007236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578158.50/cwt158.50–158.5091618
SteersMedium and Large 1639152.78/cwt144.00–154.85976329
SteersMedium and Large 1656152.82/cwt140.00–154.851,002244
SteersMedium and Large 1533180.74/cwt180.50–181.00963107
SteersMedium and Large 1466189.33/cwt182.00–200.0088227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667130.00/cwt130.00–130.008677
CowsLean 85-90%1,11558.44/cwt56.50–59.0065212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64057.82/cwt54.00–59.509483
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24044.00/cwt44.00–44.005461
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60364.31/cwt64.00–64.501,0313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33657.50/cwt57.50–57.5076813
CowsLean 85-90%1,03250.10/cwt47.00–55.5051712
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22952.60/cwt50.00–55.0064622
HeifersMedium and Large 1469164.64/cwt157.00–168.50772126
HeifersMedium and Large 1611131.91/cwt128.00–136.0080658
HeifersMedium and Large 1381167.78/cwt167.50–168.0063948
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521139.34/cwt138.00–141.5072613
HeifersMedium and Large 1543155.88/cwt145.00–157.75846133
HeifersMedium and Large 1442166.02/cwt155.50–170.5073495
HeifersMedium and Large 1783128.04/cwt126.25–128.751,00349
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2558138.71/cwt135.00–143.0077427
HeifersMedium and Large 1686131.87/cwt124.00–135.00905246
HeifersMedium and Large 1722134.23/cwt127.00–138.0096997
HeifersMedium and Large 1824126.85/cwt123.00–128.001,04554
HeifersMedium and Large 1863121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0448
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2561,445.70/cwt1,175.00–1,650.0018,15869
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4821,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0017,04310
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,27156.19/cwt54.00–56.5071421
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4681,214.52/cwt900.00–1,525.0017,82970
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,521950.00/cwt950.00–950.0014,4506
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4431,535.00/cwt1,535.00–1,535.0022,15029
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0871,437.14/cwt1,175.00–1,525.0015,62212
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19891,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0013,35222
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1181,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.0017,05013
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19601,218.57/cwt825.00–1,285.0011,69857
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,5008
HeifersMedium and Large 1587153.15/cwt146.00–158.00899350
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,08165.44/cwt51.00–77.5070756
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,40760.49/cwt57.50–64.5085144
Stock CowsMedium and Large 193044.24/cwt44.00–44.504112
Stock CowsMedium and Large 192798.92/cwt96.00–101.0091710
Stock CowsMedium and Large 190786.73/cwt79.00–92.0078730
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1850800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,8001
Bulls1,91882.21/cwt80.00–84.001,5774
Bulls1,78675.27/cwt70.00–78.001,34434
Bulls1,21553.00/cwt53.00–53.006441
BullsReturn to Feed1,41372.91/cwt70.50–75.001,0302
Bulls1,57364.32/cwt62.50–66.001,0122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,324830.76/cwt750.00–925.0010,99910
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,339876.23/cwt835.00–900.0011,73313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,358908.59/cwt875.00–1,025.0012,33930
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2901,041.80/cwt700.00–1,375.0013,43971
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,258794.83/cwt725.00–850.009,999157
SteersMedium and Large 1778138.80/cwt134.00–140.851,080259
SteersMedium and Large 1576170.83/cwt161.50–179.00984116

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.