Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2022-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported cow and bull sale for 2022: On a bred cow special good buyer attendance and participation, with several reputation quality bred heifers and cows offerings. No comparisons available for slaughter cows and bulls. Not enough feeder calves for a good market test. Demand moderate to good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,781	77.35	1,377	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,722	62.28	1,072	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,316	50.81	668	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,056	45.89	484	22

Every lot, as filed

42 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,304	795.24/cwt	685.00–810.00	10,370	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	12,031	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,330	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	12,768	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,590	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	14,310	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,485	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	13,736	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,076	1,671.81/cwt	1,650.00–1,675.00	17,989	160
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	62.17/cwt	57.00–67.00	659	66
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,016	51.65/cwt	45.50–56.00	525	93
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	864	112.12/cwt	101.00–121.00	969	32
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,258	50.12/cwt	48.50–53.00	631	38
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,277	44.33/cwt	37.50–47.00	566	40
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,444	59.81/cwt	55.00–64.00	864	47
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,449	71.44/cwt	68.00–74.50	1,035	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,252	1,382.08/cwt	1,300.00–1,525.00	17,304	66
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,269	1,007.53/cwt	800.00–1,100.00	12,786	161
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,047	1,526.78/cwt	1,500.00–1,560.00	15,985	115
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	1,275.58/cwt	1,250.00–1,500.00	11,582	55
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	877	87.27/cwt	81.00–95.50	765	48
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	987	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	701	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,256	900.50/cwt	875.00–910.00	11,310	65
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	732.37/cwt	690.00–800.00	8,788	154
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,173	651.63/cwt	625.00–680.00	7,644	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,519	56
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	13,074	39
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,103	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,824	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	900	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Registered	—	1,310	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	18,340	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Registered	—	1,595	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	23,128	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	986.32/cwt	825.00–1,100.00	12,526	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,243	1,361.26/cwt	1,225.00–1,585.00	16,920	96
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,214	1,099.40/cwt	735.00–1,175.00	13,347	43
Bulls	—	—	1,966	84.04/cwt	81.00–89.50	1,652	20
Bulls	—	—	1,699	67.33/cwt	63.00–71.00	1,144	9
Bulls	—	—	1,672	76.17/cwt	71.00–80.50	1,274	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	49.33/cwt	47.00–52.50	648	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,768	65.58/cwt	65.50–66.00	1,159	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	46.28/cwt	44.00–48.00	476	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	53.24/cwt	50.00–56.50	585	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	36.22/cwt	35.00–41.00	385	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	57.52/cwt	56.00–60.50	751	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	44.16/cwt	43.50–45.00	609	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	52.37/cwt	50.00–54.50	829	2

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.

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Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Tue Jan 11, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Torrington, WY (LS-TO)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 215Last week 0Year ago 81

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,616Last week 0Year ago 1,582

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,304	685.00–810.00	795.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,060.00	1,060.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,330	960.00	960.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,590	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,485	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	160	—	1,076	1,650.00–1,675.00	1,671.81
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	66	—	1,252	1,300.00–1,525.00	1,382.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	161	—	1,269	800.00–1,100.00	1,007.53
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	65	—	1,256	875.00–910.00	900.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	154	—	1,200	690.00–800.00	732.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,173	625.00–680.00	651.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	39	—	1,205	1,085.00	1,085.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,103	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	96	—	1,243	1,225.00–1,585.00	1,361.26
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	56	—	1,275	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,270	825.00–1,100.00	986.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	—	1,214	735.00–1,175.00	1,099.40
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Registered$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,310	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,595	1,450.00	1,450.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	66	—	1,060	57.00–67.00	62.17
(<2 yrs)	Open	32	—	864	101.00–121.00	112.12
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	38	—	1,258	48.50–53.00	50.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,277	37.50–47.00	44.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	47	—	1,444	55.00–64.00	59.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	48	—	877	81.00–95.50	87.27
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	93	—	1,016	45.50–56.00	51.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	987	71.00	71.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	115	—	1,047	1,500.00–1,560.00	1,526.78
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	55	—	908	1,250.00–1,500.00	1,275.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,449	68.00–74.50	71.44
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,966	81.00–89.50	84.04
9	—	1,699	63.00–71.00	67.33
12	—	1,672	71.00–80.50	76.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,314	47.00–52.50	49.33
12	—	1,305	56.00–60.50	57.52
3	—	1,378	43.50–45.00	44.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,768	65.50–66.00	65.58
2	—	1,583	50.00–54.50	52.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,029	44.00–48.00	46.28
6	—	1,098	50.00–56.50	53.24
5	—	1,063	35.00–41.00	36.22

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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