Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2022-05-24

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, May 24
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
414 vs last sale 538 55 vs year ago 69 · +79.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
101 vs last sale 289 37 vs year ago 151 · +24.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
125 head
161 vs last sale 286 169 vs year ago 294 · 57.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a light offering; slaughter cows steady instances 2.00 higher, several slaughter bulls firm with instance 1.00 higher, a light run feeder cows mostly steady. Not enough feeder calves for good market test. Demand good to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.61/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$136.61
40 head · 624 lb average
Value per head Derived
$852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$464
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$64.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
21.17
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1637149.4595232
Large 257285.254888thin
One grade step is worth $64.20/cwt here — about $464 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 sale40 hd
136.61
WY average2 barns · 400 hd
157.78
−21.17
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
BullsAverage1,69499.961,69336
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32576.981,02051
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62175.551,22517
CowsLean 85-90%High1,10671.6279245

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1539152.00/cwt152.00–152.008195
HeifersMedium and Large 1607157.50/cwt157.50–157.5095617
HeifersMedium and Large 1737134.50/cwt134.50–134.5099110
HeifersLarge 257285.25/cwt85.25–85.254888
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,06311
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 11,0861,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.0016,5625
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3051,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.0014,15911
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1951,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0013,4446
Stock CowsMedium and Large 190059.58/cwt58.00–61.0053613
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,21073.47/cwt70.00–77.5088915
Stock CowsMedium and Large 197075.28/cwt71.50–82.0073031
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,17167.92/cwt63.00–69.507954
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,07396.60/cwt88.00–103.001,03711
BullsReturn to Feed1,42787.31/cwt82.00–91.001,2466
BullsReturn to Feed1,535109.82/cwt106.00–114.001,6862
Bulls1,848108.33/cwt101.00–113.002,00215
Bulls1,66394.62/cwt90.00–97.501,57413
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27373.19/cwt69.00–76.0093220
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35979.42/cwt76.50–83.501,07931
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64977.84/cwt76.00–82.001,2848
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59773.52/cwt70.00–74.501,1749
CowsLean 85-90%1,14074.69/cwt73.00–78.0085131
CowsLean 85-90%1,04060.97/cwt59.00–62.506347
CowsLean 85-90%1,02468.66/cwt63.00–72.007037

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.