Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2023-03-28

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Mar 28
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
120 vs last sale 208 11 vs year ago 77 · +14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
42 vs last sale 74 73 vs year ago 105 · 69.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a light offering selling all classes of animals. Slaughter and feeder cows firm with slaughter bulls steady instances 3.00 lower, not enough feeder calves for a good market test. Demand moderate to good.

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
BullsAverage1,63598.341,60812
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49693.921,40515
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31991.341,20420
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08284.3591314

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,371$1,5009

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3711,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5009
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,39091.97/cwt89.00–93.001,2784
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,256109.92/cwt105.00–116.001,3815
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,14495.18/cwt91.50–102.501,0895
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,19088.01/cwt87.00–89.001,0472
Bulls1,47598.10/cwt96.00–101.001,4473
BullsReturn to Feed1,55089.62/cwt82.00–94.501,3895
BullsReturn to Feed1,090112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2211
Bulls2,120108.55/cwt107.00–110.002,3013
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50294.99/cwt93.00–101.501,42712
CowsLean 85-90%1,12985.50/cwt84.00–86.509655
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48784.64/cwt83.50–86.001,2593
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28992.52/cwt89.00–95.501,19317
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47389.66/cwt89.00–90.501,3213
CowsLean 85-90%1,13590.14/cwt88.00–93.001,0235
CowsLean 85-90%95875.66/cwt72.50–79.507254

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.