Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2022-03-22

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Mar 22
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
239 vs last sale 328 1,225 vs year ago 1,314 · 93.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
6 vs last sale 67 97 vs year ago 158 · 61.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
246 head
179 vs last sale 67 6 vs year ago 240 · +2.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale, slaughter cows steady to 2.00-6.00 higher with slaughter bulls steady instances 10.00 higher. feeder cows 2.00-5.00 higher. Not enough feeder calves for a good market test. Demand moderate to good on a special bred cow sale. Baby calves 250.00-300.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.01/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$154.01
22 head · 600 lb average
Value per head Derived
$925
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.89
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580160.7793213thin
Medium and Large 1-2630144.259099thin
One grade step is worth $16.52/cwt here — about $24 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 sale22 hd
154.01
WY average2 barns · 1,875 hd
169.90
−15.89
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
BullsAverage1,73795.351,65637
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66287.571,4553thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31479.031,03919
CowsLean 85-90%High1,11178.1786824

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1524162.00/cwt162.00–162.008495
HeifersMedium and Large 1615160.00/cwt160.00–160.009848
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630144.25/cwt144.25–144.259099
HeifersMedium and Large 17481,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.008,22826
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4411,550.00/cwt1,550.00–1,550.0022,33610
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4001,274.82/cwt1,250.00–1,300.0017,8472
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2921,195.55/cwt1,010.00–1,210.0015,44737
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2421,413.95/cwt1,325.00–1,475.0017,56127
Stock CowsMedium and Large 197380.68/cwt74.00–85.0078526
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,27377.57/cwt74.00–78.5098710
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1701,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,9939
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2901,245.28/cwt1,225.00–1,275.0016,0649
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19891,364.54/cwt1,350.00–1,455.0013,49515
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,04598.51/cwt90.00–104.001,02923
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4071,724.41/cwt1,675.00–1,750.0024,2623
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3901,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0018,0701
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-28551,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.008,7642
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3701,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0015,7551
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,39681.73/cwt79.50–87.001,14122
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1952115.77/cwt113.00–126.001,10223
BullsReturn to Feed1,68184.54/cwt76.00–88.501,4218
BullsReturn to Feed1,61498.68/cwt96.50–100.501,5938
Bulls1,77497.12/cwt92.50–98.501,72319
Bulls2,098108.48/cwt103.00–113.002,2762
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22568.00/cwt68.00–68.008331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30977.36/cwt75.00–80.001,01313
CowsLean 85-90%1,10380.25/cwt77.00–82.5088518
CowsLean 85-90%1,18064.00/cwt64.00–64.007551
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34585.58/cwt82.50–90.001,1515
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,3491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67090.35/cwt86.00–94.501,5092
CowsLean 85-90%1,12473.51/cwt70.50–75.008265

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.