Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2022-02-01

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Feb 1
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,800 head
1,493 vs last sale 307 1,105 vs year ago 2,905 · 38.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
156 head
8 vs last sale 164 35 vs year ago 121 · +28.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
107 vs last sale 168 161 vs year ago 222 · 72.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady with instances 3.00-5.00 higher. On special feeder calf sale, calves compared to two weeks ago; steers under 550 lbs steady with instances 9.00-13.00 higher, 550-650 lb steers under pressure with instances 4.00-7.00 lower. Heifer calves under pressure with instances 3.00-4.00 lower. Demand moderate to good with special bred cow sale next Tuesday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.08/cwt on 779 head.
Average price
$186.08
779 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,107
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$35.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.84
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1600186.611,119729
Medium and Large 1-2499185.8992739
Medium 1-2606151.0091511thin
One grade step is worth $35.61/cwt here — about $204 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 sale779 hd
186.08
WY average2 barns · 3,657 hd
183.24
+2.84
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
BullsHigh1,78094.881,68953
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55171.691,11215
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29169.7990145
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13468.6377822

Every lot, as filed

46 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30867.23/cwt64.00–72.5087915
Bulls1,86699.19/cwt97.00–105.251,85135
Bulls1,74890.98/cwt87.00–95.001,5909
Bulls2,13085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,8111
BullsReturn to Feed1,41285.01/cwt83.00–89.001,2005
BullsReturn to Feed1,37075.99/cwt74.50–77.001,0413
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,37170.01/cwt69.00–72.0096035
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open907132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1979
HeifersMedium and Large 1541164.35/cwt163.25–165.2588960
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2498151.00/cwt151.00–151.0075212
HeifersMedium and Large 1624152.42/cwt148.75–160.0095181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418155.00/cwt155.00–155.006485
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement513172.00/cwt172.00–172.008828
SteersMedium and Large 1750153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,1516
SteersMedium and Large 1680166.14/cwt160.00–168.501,13068
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514179.92/cwt172.50–187.0092520
SteersMedium and Large 1509206.83/cwt198.25–209.251,05384
SteersMedium and Large 1462215.18/cwt205.00–225.5099477
SteersMedium and Large 1625186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,163178
SteersMedium and Large 1903145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3098
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483192.17/cwt191.00–193.0092819
SteersMedium and Large 1574185.41/cwt181.50–187.501,064184
SteersMedium 1-2606151.00/cwt151.00–151.0091511
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement682151.63/cwt151.00–152.501,034212
HeifersMedium and Large 1392184.00/cwt184.00–184.0072122
SteersMedium and Large 1376231.00/cwt231.00–231.008695
HeifersMedium and Large 1716142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0209
SteersMedium and Large 1410221.89/cwt211.00–226.5091017
SteersMedium and Large 1849153.25/cwt153.25–153.251,30120
HeifersMedium and Large 1433185.87/cwt185.50–186.0080520
HeifersMedium and Large 1659147.50/cwt147.50–147.509727
SteersMedium and Large 1710164.70/cwt155.25–168.001,16982
HeifersMedium and Large 1291194.68/cwt188.00–205.0056718
HeifersMedium and Large 1484175.00/cwt170.00–181.0084794
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement611156.00/cwt156.00–156.0095310
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open898131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1766
HeifersMedium and Large 1812140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,13722
HeifersMedium and Large 1331193.15/cwt192.00–195.5063915
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2121,127.79/cwt1,000.00–1,300.0013,6693
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,21265.81/cwt64.00–68.007987
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,20271.12/cwt69.25–75.5085511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58173.99/cwt71.50–76.501,1708
CowsLean 85-90%96560.51/cwt60.00–61.005842
CowsLean 85-90%1,15169.44/cwt67.00–74.0079920
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28371.07/cwt69.00–75.5091230
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51769.06/cwt68.00–69.501,0487

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.