Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2023-04-11

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Apr 11
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
227 head
71 vs last sale 156 30 vs year ago 197 · +15.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
223 head
177 vs last sale 46 117 vs year ago 106 · +110.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
147 head
131 vs last sale 16 223 vs year ago 370 · 60.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale, several bred cows, cow calf pairs and special feeder calves. Slaughter cows and bulls firm on a good offering with instances 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder calves higher overtones noted again this week with instances 10.00 to 20.00 higher on bigger packages. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $234.74/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$234.74
75 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,423
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.29
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1606234.741,42375
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale75 hd
234.74
WY average2 barns · 651 hd
225.45
+9.29
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
BullsAverage1,780107.611,91627
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55093.081,44315
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29890.201,17150
CowsLean 85-90%High1,11288.1498057

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
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,452$1,7257
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,242$2,60613
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,165$2,0004thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
HeifersMedium and Large 11,010149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,50518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,19115
HeifersMedium and Large 1506241.57/cwt237.50–242.501,22227
SteersMedium and Large 1685229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,56918
SteersMedium and Large 1625242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5136
SteersMedium and Large 1530246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,30424
SteersMedium and Large 1723207.25/cwt196.50–215.001,49812
SteersMedium and Large 1477258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,2316
HeifersMedium and Large 11,131146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,6515
SteersMedium and Large 1569232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,3239
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1652,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2422,605.98/head2,300.00–2,700.002,60613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4521,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7257
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,40594.25/cwt87.00–98.501,32419
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1995123.99/cwt115.00–132.501,23413
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,12398.39/cwt95.00–102.001,10549
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,10985.75/cwt81.50–87.0095111
BullsReturn to Feed1,28892.56/cwt90.00–96.001,1923
BullsReturn to Feed1,510107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,6231
Bulls1,788103.26/cwt97.00–106.501,8469
Bulls1,900113.64/cwt108.00–118.502,15914
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29994.63/cwt93.00–102.001,22917
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50885.18/cwt84.50–86.001,2853
CowsLean 85-90%1,17197.58/cwt94.50–104.501,1439
CowsLean 85-90%1,03877.19/cwt72.00–81.0080110
CowsLean 85-90%1,11888.78/cwt82.50–94.0099338
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27082.97/cwt76.50–85.001,0546
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30489.01/cwt82.50–92.501,16127
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56195.06/cwt93.00–99.501,48412

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.