Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2021-08-10

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Aug 10
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
83 vs last sale 123 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
164 head
60 vs last sale 104 164 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
122 vs last sale 146 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; slaughter cows steady instances 3.00-5.00 higher with slaughter bulls firm. Not enough feeder calves or feeder cows for a good market test. Demand good. Next sale will be August 24 th along with sheep and horses.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.23/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$138.23
11 head · 843 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,166
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$169
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
25.16
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2757141.501,0715thin
Medium and Large 1915135.501,2406thin
One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about −$169 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 sale11 hd
138.23
WY average2 barns · 184 hd
163.39
−25.16
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
BullsHigh1,73886.201,49843
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54070.511,08529
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33167.9290445
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14363.8773022

Every lot, as filed

22 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
BullsReturn to Feed1,42281.96/cwt78.00–86.001,1653
Bulls1,82286.64/cwt80.50–89.501,5798
Bulls1,87494.93/cwt91.00–98.001,77920
BullsReturn to Feed1,72067.00/cwt67.00–67.001,1522
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51070.69/cwt69.50–73.001,06725
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58365.24/cwt64.00–66.501,0332
SteersMedium and Large 1915135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,2406
SteersMedium and Large 1-2757141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,0715
CowsLean 85-90%1,08662.62/cwt62.00–63.506805
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,34068.85/cwt67.50–70.009234
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,05765.34/cwt63.00–67.5069110
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,195900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,7551
CowsLean 85-90%1,15767.49/cwt65.00–69.5078113
CowsLean 85-90%1,16653.68/cwt53.00–56.006264
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4701,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0018,7431
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,6501,560.00/cwt1,560.00–1,560.0025,7401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25765.39/cwt63.00–67.5082218
BullsReturn to Feed1,49773.52/cwt68.50–77.001,10110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Heavy Weight1,86573.50/cwt73.50–73.501,3712
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38169.60/cwt68.00–72.0096127
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1925123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1381
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,08676.07/cwt69.00–81.008264

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.