Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2022-12-06

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Dec 6
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
1,010 head
492 vs last sale 518 142 vs year ago 1,152 · 12.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a light comparison most steady with higher overtones noted on most classes. Demand moderate to good. Few yearlings not enough for a good market test. Feeder calves small packages with no load lots for comparisons.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $204.33/cwt on 309 head.
Average price
$204.33
309 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,097
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$347
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.42
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2354216.0476514thin
Medium and Large 1546203.781,112295
One grade step is worth $12.26/cwt here — about −$347 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 sale309 hd
204.33
WY average2 barns · 2,325 hd
207.75
−3.42
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

21 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
SteersMedium and Large 1736172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2669
SteersMedium and Large 1334250.00/cwt250.00–250.008356
SteersMedium and Large 1469223.52/cwt222.00–227.501,04818
SteersMedium and Large 1360244.43/cwt240.00–250.0088026
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy435248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,0799
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed629162.64/cwt162.00–164.001,02315
SteersMedium and Large 1419216.80/cwt212.50–235.0090825
SteersMedium and Large 1542204.77/cwt199.00–205.751,11065
SteersMedium and Large 1574199.26/cwt192.00–202.501,14455
HeifersMedium and Large 1571178.11/cwt168.25–184.001,01783
HeifersMedium and Large 1655163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,0715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2466142.00/cwt142.00–142.006627
SteersMedium and Large 1637183.71/cwt176.25–187.501,17039
SteersMedium and Large 1-2354216.04/cwt200.00–225.0076514
SteersMedium and Large 1663176.78/cwt173.00–181.251,17243
HeifersMedium and Large 1340185.00/cwt185.00–185.0062912
HeifersMedium and Large 1527186.56/cwt183.00–189.0098351
HeifersMedium and Large 1469181.27/cwt172.00–188.0085032
HeifersMedium and Large 1615173.49/cwt168.50–175.001,06722
HeifersMedium and Large 1442190.00/cwt190.00–190.0084017
HeifersMedium and Large 1364142.50/cwt142.50–142.5051912

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.