Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2022-03-15

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Mar 15
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
328 head
328 vs last sale 0 328 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
58 vs last sale 125 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
577 vs last sale 644 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a Feeder Special, slaughter cows steady with instances 3.00-6.00 higher, slaughter bulls on a light offering steady. Feeder calves compared to two weeks ago, light offerings; 500 lb steers most advancement with instances 6.00-16.00 higher, heifers unevenly steady with instances 7.00 higher on replacement quality. Demand moderate to good with light supplies. Few baby calves, 100-160 lbs from 300.00-325.00.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.11/cwt on 104 head.
Average price
$152.11
104 head · 650 lb average
Value per head Derived
$989
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
18.88
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1650152.11989104
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale104 hd
152.11
WY average2 barns · 1,620 hd
170.99
−18.88
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
BullsHigh1,61792.911,5025thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48881.731,2163thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28177.0698731
CowsLean 85-90%Low97064.7862826

Every lot, as filed

32 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
CowsLean 85-90%92459.75/cwt59.00–61.5055213
CowsLean 85-90%99168.48/cwt64.00–72.0067911
HeifersMedium and Large 1540160.73/cwt160.25–161.0086816
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement7851,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.008,63512
HeifersMedium and Large 1853133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,1399
SteersMedium and Large 1467202.26/cwt202.00–202.5094510
HeifersMedium and Large 1637147.50/cwt147.50–147.5094015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2498135.00/cwt135.00–135.006726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350172.50/cwt172.50–172.506048
SteersMedium and Large 1447202.50/cwt202.50–202.509055
HeifersMedium and Large 1483168.25/cwt168.25–168.2581313
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement730147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,07334
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement645149.50/cwt149.50–149.5096412
HeifersMedium and Large 1583171.00/cwt171.00–171.009975
SteersMedium and Large 1545195.50/cwt195.50–195.501,06510
SteersMedium and Large 1577187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,0826
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0531,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0010,7933
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,37280.83/cwt77.00–83.501,10918
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,09798.11/cwt91.00–103.001,0768
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1972116.21/cwt112.00–124.001,13013
Stock CowsMedium and Large 184460.51/cwt60.00–61.005114
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3101,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0013,4282
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1951,213.96/cwt1,100.00–1,275.0014,5073
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3501,202.78/cwt1,100.00–1,325.0016,2383
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,12381.02/cwt79.00–83.0091011
BullsReturn to Feed1,62087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,4091
Bulls1,955103.00/cwt103.00–103.002,0141
Bulls1,50391.51/cwt89.00–96.001,3753
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27571.83/cwt67.00–74.0091612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28580.37/cwt75.00–84.501,03319
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48881.73/cwt77.00–84.001,2163
CowsLean 85-90%1,15077.07/cwt74.00–80.008862

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.