Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2022-04-26

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Apr 26
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
72 head
445 vs last sale 517 80 vs year ago 152 · 52.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
32 vs last sale 145 25 vs year ago 138 · 18.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
15 vs last sale 55 222 vs year ago 292 · 76.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a light offering selling all classes of animals. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady with offering not as attractive as past weeks. Demand moderate. Several baby calves ranging from 95-140 lbs and 150.00 to 325.00 each.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.88/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$171.88
16 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$925
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
6.12
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538171.8892516thin
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 sale16 hd
171.88
WY average2 barns · 573 hd
178.00
−6.12
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
BullsHigh1,627102.171,66211
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29081.081,04632
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40479.301,11322
CowsLean 85-90%High1,10376.3684230

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1586160.00/cwt160.00–160.009386
SteersMedium and Large 1318175.00/cwt175.00–175.005576
SteersMedium and Large 1670170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,13910
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,6401,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0022,1401
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 12,1301,675.00/cwt1,675.00–1,675.0035,6781
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4221,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0018,1312
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5201,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0020,5201
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,038897.83/cwt800.00–1,000.009,3192
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 11,1351,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0016,7412
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,13177.63/cwt73.00–79.0087810
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,14262.93/cwt62.00–65.007193
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,33677.14/cwt74.00–83.501,03114
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,08388.25/cwt81.00–92.0095628
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1946111.46/cwt110.00–114.001,0547
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2351,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0014,5111
BullsReturn to Feed1,485104.34/cwt104.00–107.001,5497
Bulls1,87598.37/cwt96.00–102.501,8444
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28782.77/cwt80.00–85.501,06526
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30573.74/cwt70.00–77.509626
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53379.20/cwt76.50–83.001,21415
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,12679.50/cwt79.50–79.508957
CowsLean 85-90%1,11878.15/cwt76.00–80.0087419
CowsLean 85-90%1,07673.28/cwt70.00–74.5078811

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.