Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2022-12-13

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Dec 13
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
927 head
83 vs last sale 1,010 822 vs year ago 1,749 · 47.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday with another major snow storm affecting cattle numbers and transportation. Mostly steady with reputation quality load lots bringing best advances compared to smaller packages offered. Demand moderate to good with limited buyers. Christmas holiday next feeder calf sale will be January 3rd, 2023.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $199.99/cwt on 442 head.
Average price
$199.99
442 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,116
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$263
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.03
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563201.491,134413
Medium and Large 1-2488178.5787129
One grade step is worth $22.92/cwt here — about $263 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 sale442 hd
199.99
WY average2 barns · 2,717 hd
215.02
−15.03
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 1-2450191.00/cwt191.00–191.008608
SteersMedium and Large 1516214.01/cwt203.00–219.501,10458
SteersMedium and Large 1599194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,162101
SteersMedium and Large 1635185.75/cwt185.75–185.751,180115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2614162.50/cwt162.50–162.509985
SteersMedium and Large 1388252.45/cwt252.00–255.0098045
SteersMedium and Large 1721165.63/cwt162.50–167.501,19428
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500165.00/cwt165.00–165.008257
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned624187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1679
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy458225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,03126
HeifersMedium and Large 1470189.23/cwt188.00–191.0088935
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement567185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,04997
SteersMedium and Large 1464200.19/cwt200.00–200.2592926
SteersMedium and Large 1347222.50/cwt222.50–222.507725
SteersMedium and Large 1-2442187.00/cwt187.00–187.008279
HeifersMedium and Large 1431194.00/cwt194.00–194.0083630
HeifersMedium and Large 1348182.50/cwt182.50–182.5063528
HeifersMedium and Large 1634163.76/cwt161.50–169.501,03824
HeifersMedium and Large 1579167.11/cwt164.00–169.2596819
HeifersMedium and Large 1355183.00/cwt183.00–183.006507
HeifersMedium and Large 1662172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,1425

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.