Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2022-08-23

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Aug 23
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
19 vs last sale 81 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
18 vs last sale 144 126 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
38 vs last sale 29 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady on a light offering on last sale on summer schedule. Not enough feeder cows or feeder calves for a good market test. Demand moderate. Next sale will be September 6 th with sales every Tuesday going into fall.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $161.28/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$161.28
36 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,101
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.85
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2705161.501,13925
Medium and Large 1633160.771,01711thin
One grade step is worth $0.73/cwt here — about $121 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 sale36 hd
161.28
WY average3 barns · 407 hd
175.13
−13.85
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
BullsHigh1,72596.641,66738
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30988.311,15641
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56484.521,32112
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07471.497689thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,20870.47/cwt70.00–71.008516
SteersMedium and Large 1781171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,33920
CowsLean 85-90%1,11362.25/cwt62.00–62.506932
CowsLean 85-90%1,06374.13/cwt70.00–81.007887
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54289.55/cwt88.00–91.501,3813
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58284.20/cwt83.00–85.501,3328
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30390.16/cwt88.00–94.001,17532
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32981.75/cwt78.00–86.501,0869
BullsReturn to Feed1,39599.93/cwt95.50–103.001,3943
Bulls1,918106.90/cwt102.00–112.002,05011
Bulls1,77894.71/cwt90.00–100.501,68415
BullsReturn to Feed1,51086.22/cwt82.00–92.001,3029
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,14995.62/cwt93.50–105.001,0999
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,037116.40/cwt108.50–122.001,20744
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,39190.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2705161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,13925
HeifersMedium and Large 1421176.00/cwt176.00–176.007416
HeifersMedium and Large 1887142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,2645

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.