Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2021-04-13

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Apr 13
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
339 head
1,460 vs last sale 1,799 339 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
45 vs last sale 124 32 vs year ago 47 · +68.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
409 head
269 vs last sale 140 149 vs year ago 260 · +57.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale, on a bred cow & pair special; slaughter cows on a light offering mostly steady with lower undertones noted with slaughter bulls 3.00-5.00 higher, feeder calves lighter run than lasts weeks special calf sale. Demand moderate to good with good interest in bred cows and pairs. Only one baby calf this week: 90 lbs bull calf $310.00.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.12/cwt on 110 head.
Average price
$154.12
110 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$839
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$65
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.50
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529158.7984098
Medium and Large 1-2668116.0077512thin
One grade step is worth $42.79/cwt here — about $65 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 sale110 hd
154.12
WY average2 barns · 2,021 hd
156.62
−2.50
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
BullsHigh1,78885.591,53129
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62859.7297217
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31559.2978019
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06457.7661524

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1715145.74/cwt143.50–149.001,04225
SteersMedium and Large 1494191.00/cwt191.00–191.0094418
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1111,704.78/cwt1,400.00–1,800.0018,94049
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2851,288.58/cwt1,250.00–1,290.0016,55829
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4191,305.34/cwt1,200.00–1,375.0018,52314
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,32957.26/cwt55.00–60.0076123
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4721,285.00/cwt1,285.00–1,285.0018,9152
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,7001,491.37/cwt1,425.00–1,500.0025,3539
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3711,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0020,2224
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5581,377.53/cwt1,300.00–1,400.0021,4628
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2971,469.65/cwt1,350.00–1,575.0019,06141
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1949100.43/cwt91.00–102.5095329
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,24565.14/cwt61.00–71.5081137
Stock CowsMedium and Large 198879.59/cwt76.00–89.0078634
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0971,476.39/cwt1,300.00–1,575.0016,19648
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1881112.25/cwt106.00–117.0098926
CowsLean 85-90%1,14260.02/cwt58.00–63.5068517
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73363.06/cwt62.50–63.501,0936
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57057.90/cwt56.50–60.5090911
BullsReturn to Feed1,61982.03/cwt80.00–84.001,3289
BullsReturn to Feed1,63071.96/cwt68.00–75.501,1732
Bulls2,03093.46/cwt90.00–96.001,89710
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3531,050.31/cwt1,025.00–1,100.0014,2113
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5351,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0021,1061
HeifersMedium and Large 1471167.00/cwt167.00–167.0078742
SteersMedium and Large 1561171.00/cwt171.00–171.009595
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3601,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0017,3402
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1111,333.02/cwt1,275.00–1,385.0014,8104
HeifersMedium and Large 1639141.00/cwt141.00–141.009018
HeifersMedium and Large 1381180.00/cwt180.00–180.0068611
HeifersMedium and Large 1721125.75/cwt125.75–125.7590711
HeifersMedium and Large 1571156.00/cwt156.00–156.0089126
CowsLean 85-90%87552.28/cwt50.00–55.504577
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31559.29/cwt57.00–63.0078019
SteersMedium and Large 1528182.00/cwt182.00–182.0096115
SteersMedium and Large 1606165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,00015
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4151,069.24/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0015,1308
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3531,036.43/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0014,0236
Stock CowsMedium and Large 196952.72/cwt50.50–55.0051113
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4171,111.76/cwt950.00–1,200.0015,7543
SteersMedium and Large 1848132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,1245
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2668116.00/cwt116.00–116.0077512
Bulls1,44577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,1131
Bulls1,75584.04/cwt81.00–88.001,4757

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.