Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2020-07-07

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Jul 7
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
189 head
60 vs last sale 129 85 vs year ago 104 · +81.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
53 vs last sale 188 37 vs year ago 172 · 21.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
144 head
71 vs last sale 215 60 vs year ago 204 · 29.4%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; slaughter cows mostly steady with instances 1.00-2.00 lower, slaughter bulls firm with instance 1.50 higher. Demand moderate to good on a light summer offering. Not enough feeder calves for a good market test. No sale next week (Summer Schedule) next sale: July 21 st.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.27/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$133.27
79 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$146
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.24
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2490137.0767142
Medium and Large 1634128.9581837
One grade step is worth $8.13/cwt here — about −$146 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 sale79 hd
133.27
WY average2 barns · 111 hd
129.03
+4.24
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
BullsLow1,67683.271,39658
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61563.501,0261thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13061.2269227
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33660.6981137

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,22565.00/cwt65.00–65.007961
Bulls1,67483.37/cwt78.00–86.501,39619
Bulls1,84686.94/cwt80.00–92.001,60522
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35159.07/cwt57.50–60.0079812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32961.47/cwt61.00–63.0081725
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61563.50/cwt63.50–63.501,0261
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4551,460.00/cwt1,460.00–1,460.0021,2431
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,41761.59/cwt55.00–66.0087371
Stock CowsMedium and Large 195885.25/cwt77.00–95.0081719
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,02366.93/cwt64.00–75.0068523
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,20762.22/cwt60.00–63.0075126
Stock CowsMedium and Large 197556.00/cwt56.00–56.005461
SteersMedium and Large 1770129.00/cwt129.00–129.009937
SteersMedium and Large 1429157.50/cwt157.50–157.506768
SteersMedium and Large 1544155.00/cwt155.00–155.0084335
SteersMedium and Large 1698130.00/cwt130.00–130.009078
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,9801,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0026,7301
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2031,104.00/cwt1,025.00–1,225.0013,2812
CowsLean 85-90%1,12459.24/cwt57.00–61.0066612
CowsLean 85-90%1,13462.81/cwt62.50–64.0071215
HeifersMedium and Large 1574133.00/cwt133.00–133.007637
HeifersMedium and Large 1648128.00/cwt128.00–128.0082930
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2411142.00/cwt142.00–142.005846
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2503136.25/cwt136.25–136.2568536
BullsReturn to Feed1,25759.98/cwt58.50–63.007543
BullsReturn to Feed1,69874.92/cwt74.00–77.001,2723
BullsReturn to Feed1,47186.32/cwt82.00–97.001,27010

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.