Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2023-04-04

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Apr 4
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
156 head
156 vs last sale 0 1,303 vs year ago 1,459 · 89.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
42 vs last sale 88 64 vs year ago 110 · 58.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
16 vs last sale 32 141 vs year ago 157 · 89.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale, a light offering due to another winter spring storm. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady with not enough feeder calves for a good market test. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $226.79/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$226.79
51 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,322
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$165
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$18.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.53
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522236.061,23225
Medium and Large 1641217.881,39726
One grade step is worth $18.18/cwt here — about −$165 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 sale51 hd
226.79
WY average2 barns · 1,433 hd
243.33
−16.53
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
BullsHigh1,638108.631,7798thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37594.501,2991thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30886.111,1277thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13683.629505thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1685200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,37011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522236.06/cwt228.00–238.001,23225
SteersMedium and Large 1609231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,40715
HeifersMedium and Large 1621212.49/cwt211.00–214.001,32031
HeifersMedium and Large 1489222.10/cwt220.00–225.001,08614
HeifersMedium and Large 1950164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5585
CowsLean 85-90%1,13683.62/cwt80.00–87.509505
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37594.50/cwt94.50–94.501,2991
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31784.07/cwt75.00–88.001,1074
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28076.50/cwt76.50–76.509791
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2402
Bulls1,721110.50/cwt110.00–112.001,9024
Bulls1,555106.75/cwt105.00–108.001,6604
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,67089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,4861
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,21792.97/cwt92.50–96.001,1317
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,051127.39/cwt122.50–130.001,3397

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.