Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2021-03-09

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Mar 9
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
96 head
1,204 vs last sale 1,300 422 vs year ago 518 · 81.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
56 vs last sale 66 21 vs year ago 101 · +20.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
227 head
113 vs last sale 114 664 vs year ago 891 · 74.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a light offering; slaughter cows steady with instances 1.00-2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady instances 2.00-3.00 higher. Limited test on feeder calves, special sale next Tuesday. Demand moderate. Individual baby calf 70 lbs $450.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $167.36/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$167.36
49 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$738
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.36
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1379177.5067335
Medium and Large 1-2596142.0084614thin
One grade step is worth $35.50/cwt here — about −$174 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 sale49 hd
167.36
WY average2 barns · 1,965 hd
153.00
+14.36
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
BullsAverage1,72482.031,41424
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58957.3491117
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30755.4172420
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06255.075859thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57654.82/cwt50.50–56.5086410
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31155.84/cwt55.00–57.5073218
BullsReturn to Feed883112.00/cwt112.00–112.009893
Bulls2,18382.78/cwt81.50–84.001,8074
Bulls1,76476.56/cwt71.50–79.001,35117
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60860.94/cwt60.50–61.009807
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0081,308.45/cwt1,300.00–1,375.0013,18910
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,358980.94/cwt950.00–1,000.0013,3212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4591,297.90/cwt1,225.00–1,350.0018,93637
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5501,335.00/cwt1,335.00–1,335.0020,6932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,380864.03/cwt750.00–900.0011,92423
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,521966.40/cwt925.00–1,025.0014,6999
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,32357.67/cwt54.50–59.5076327
HeifersMedium and Large 1379177.50/cwt177.50–177.5067335
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,12373.11/cwt69.50–77.008212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4951,120.11/cwt925.00–1,185.0016,74612
Stock CowsMedium and Large 194496.87/cwt94.00–98.009144
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,10452.86/cwt49.50–56.005849
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2596142.00/cwt142.00–142.0084614
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4301,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0018,2331
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 11,0301,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0015,4503
CowsLean 85-90%97953.13/cwt52.00–54.505205
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,404966.44/cwt800.00–1,050.0013,56932
CowsLean 85-90%1,16557.50/cwt57.00–58.006704
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27051.50/cwt51.50–51.506542
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4961,018.59/cwt1,000.00–1,075.0015,23820
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,16658.21/cwt57.00–60.006794
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4511,336.90/cwt1,275.00–1,360.0019,39812
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,2221,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0014,6644

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.