Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2023-07-11

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Jul 11
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
197 vs last sale 63 135 vs year ago 125 · +108.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
7 vs last sale 122 105 vs year ago 220 · 47.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
205 head
28 vs last sale 233 169 vs year ago 36 · +469.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago slaughter cows and bulls steady instances 2.00-5.00 higher, good run feeder cows returning to feed or grass. Several packages feeder steers and heifers with no comparisons available from two weeks ago higher market noted. Demand good with good buyer attendance. Still summer schedule next sale will be; JULY 25 TH.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $272.44/cwt on 124 head.
Average price
$272.44
124 head · 655 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,783
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$280
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556272.501,5155thin
Medium and Large 1-2659272.441,795119
One grade step is worth $0.06/cwt here — about −$280 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 sale124 hd
272.44
WY average1 barns · 124 hd
272.44
+0.00
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
BullsHigh1,870130.382,4381,896
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,529107.111,63827
CowsLean 85-90%High1,150103.461,19018
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,294101.521,31427

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)1,302$2,10715

Every lot, as filed

27 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
BullsMedium and Large 1662249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6487
HeifersMedium and Large 1480260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2485
SteersMedium and Large 1556272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,5155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed649285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,85370
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed660272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7997
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed435249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,0839
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed661260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,71915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed610268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,63543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed467290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,35413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed572277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,58414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed951192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,82615
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3022,107.01/head1,950.00–2,300.002,10715
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,362110.67/cwt108.00–114.001,50730
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,348103.12/cwt98.00–107.501,39014
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed877162.10/cwt150.00–164.001,42218
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,127113.14/cwt102.50–117.251,27576
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,037134.76/cwt121.00–138.001,39740
BullsReturn to Feed1,515112.40/cwt110.00–116.501,7033
Bulls1,817117.54/cwt110.50–120.502,13611
Bulls1,871130.48/cwt121.00–133.002,4411,882
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,295102.08/cwt99.00–104.001,32226
CowsLean 85-90%1,181107.50/cwt104.50–113.001,2709
CowsLean 85-90%1,175108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,2754
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44295.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3704
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,544109.22/cwt106.50–112.501,68623
CowsLean 85-90%1,07492.15/cwt89.00–94.009905

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.