Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2020-03-24

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Mar 24
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,099 head
▲ 1,036 vs last sale 63▲ 1,099 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 114▲ 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 63▲ 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, slaughter cows steady with instances 1.00-3.00 higher, slaughter bulls firm, feeder calves compared to two weeks ago unevenly steady with instances 2.00-8.00 higher few instances 1.00-4.00 lower. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.13/cwt on 604 head.
Average price
$149.13
604 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$839
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.36/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 1569149.63852535
Medium and Large 1-2510145.2774169
One grade step is worth $4.36/cwt here — about $111 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 sale604 hd
149.13
—
WY average1 barns · 604 hd
149.13
+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
Bulls—High1,58580.271,2727thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33165.2886923
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55465.161,0138thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07762.4567221

Every lot, as filed

33 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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10364.87/cwt64.00–69.5071616
SteersMedium and Large 1—566167.00/cwt167.00–167.0094519
SteersMedium and Large 1—864119.48/cwt117.50–120.251,03265
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,405950.00/cwt950.00–950.0013,3481
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32061.50/cwt61.50–61.508121
CowsLean 85-90%—99254.71/cwt54.00–57.505435
SteersMedium and Large 1—843117.90/cwt116.00–119.5099411
SteersMedium and Large 1—532174.00/cwt174.00–174.0092632
SteersMedium and Large 1—722141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,01887
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,48663.52/cwt62.50–64.509446
Bulls——2,00588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,7641
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,06969.65/cwt58.50–86.5074515
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—97396.85/cwt90.00–107.0094217
Bulls——1,51578.98/cwt76.00–82.001,1976
HeifersMedium and Large 1—558146.24/cwt141.00–148.0081637
HeifersMedium and Large 1—611143.60/cwt133.25–147.00877103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—339143.00/cwt143.00–143.004857
HeifersMedium and Large 1—719121.00/cwt121.00–121.0087028
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374170.64/cwt167.00–174.0063863
HeifersMedium and Large 1—461173.38/cwt170.00–175.00799118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—481155.06/cwt149.00–156.5074642
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,0701,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,7001
HeifersMedium and Large 1—774120.47/cwt120.25–121.0093217
HeifersMedium and Large 1—859117.63/cwt114.50–118.501,01056
HeifersMedium and Large 1—546147.04/cwt146.50–148.00803113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—632125.50/cwt125.50–125.5079320
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1111,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0015,5544
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55465.16/cwt63.50–68.001,0138
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33265.45/cwt63.00–69.5087222
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,050975.00/cwt975.00–975.0010,2381
SteersMedium and Large 1—633160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,01676
SteersMedium and Large 1—685144.50/cwt144.50–144.5099023
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,043109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,1378

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.