Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2020-10-06

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Oct 6
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,227 head
▲ 1,063 vs last sale 2,164▲ 340 vs year ago 2,887 · +11.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
161 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 214▼ 99 vs year ago 260 · −38.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 241 vs last sale 331▼ 93 vs year ago 183 · −50.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady with instances 1.00-2.00 lower, Feeder steer calves under 600 lbs steady with instances 1.00-2.00 lower, heifer calves under 600 lbs lower undertones noted. Yearlings not as many as last week, 900 lb heifers steady instances 3.00-6.00 higher. Demand moderate to good. Starting fall sales: Calves & yearlings on Tuesdays, cows and bulls sale on Fridays.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.10/cwt on 1,539 head.
Average price
$169.10
1,539 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$839
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.34
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498169.618441,446
Medium and Large 1-2476161.1476793
One grade step is worth $8.47/cwt here — about $77 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 sale1,539 hd
169.10
—
WY average3 barns · 6,188 hd
169.44
−0.34
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—Average1,69981.901,39215
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,72555.499578thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31149.5465040
CowsLean 85-90%High1,13149.1755645

Every lot, as filed

55 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—575134.73/cwt131.00–138.0077553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—461136.73/cwt136.00–137.0063023
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—581137.50/cwt137.50–137.5079938
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—820130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,07030
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,21162.67/cwt56.00–68.007594
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,067122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3025
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,04951.91/cwt50.00–58.0054512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,032860.00/cwt860.00–860.008,8752
SteersMedium and Large 1—365193.12/cwt186.00–202.00705106
SteersMedium and Large 1—637143.34/cwt141.00–145.5091345
SteersMedium and Large 1—819134.15/cwt132.00–140.001,09923
SteersMedium and Large 1—435184.31/cwt170.00–187.00802421
SteersMedium and Large 1—579147.58/cwt141.00–153.00854218
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—501141.50/cwt141.50–141.5070915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Spayed—696130.00/cwt130.00–130.0090511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—511149.00/cwt149.00–149.007619
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25546.15/cwt45.50–47.005793
Bulls—Return to Feed—1,59082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,3041
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,85057.50/cwt57.50–57.501,0643
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19154.00/cwt54.00–54.006434
Bulls——1,76981.26/cwt79.00–103.001,4377
Bulls—Return to Feed—705121.00/cwt121.00–121.008531
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10946.59/cwt45.00–48.0051716
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—813131.74/cwt131.00–132.501,07112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—289189.00/cwt189.00–189.005466
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13550.04/cwt48.50–52.5056825
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31649.82/cwt47.50–52.0065637
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,65054.28/cwt54.00–55.508965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—487157.64/cwt157.00–159.0076846
Bulls——1,80276.11/cwt70.50–78.001,3726
HeifersMedium and Large 1—509141.37/cwt135.00–143.00720149
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421153.72/cwt146.25–159.50647194
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—535131.00/cwt131.00–131.007017
SteersMedium and Large 1—324211.79/cwt199.00–215.0068673
SteersMedium and Large 1—771144.94/cwt144.75–146.501,11755
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—1,064111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1815
SteersMedium and Large 1—519161.23/cwt151.00–166.00837242
SteersMedium and Large 1—473167.22/cwt161.75–179.00791233
HeifersMedium and Large 1—866135.25/cwt135.25–135.251,17128
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—670137.45/cwt134.50–142.5092129
SteersMedium and Large 1—705137.00/cwt137.00–137.009666
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468143.39/cwt138.00–153.00671121
HeifersMedium and Large 1—317167.20/cwt162.00–169.0053037
HeifersMedium and Large 1—369158.98/cwt153.50–167.0058782
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—915131.07/cwt128.75–131.751,199155
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—901124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,1228
SteersMedium and Large 1—671138.73/cwt131.00–144.2593119
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—847112.68/cwt95.50–133.5095419
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,6651,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0019,9801
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—97575.00/cwt66.00–87.0073116
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,011610.00/cwt610.00–610.006,1675
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—426141.62/cwt141.00–142.0060316
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,20751.28/cwt49.00–54.5061919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—801121.50/cwt121.50–121.509737
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—377178.80/cwt177.00–180.0067431

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.