Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2023-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a calf and yearling special; Light offering slaughter cows steady to instances 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls not as attractive as last week 2.00-4.00 lower, with good run feeder cows going back to feed. Yearling steers and heifers unevenly steady, feeder steer calves under 500 lbs mostly steady instances lower undertones noted, over 600 lbs light comparisons, heifer calves steady to lower undertones noted, Demand good to moderate with good buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $235.66/cwt on 629 head.

Average price

$235.66

629 head · 751 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,769

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$199

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$45.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.60

vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	748	236.02	1,767	624
Medium and Large 1-2	1,029	191.00	1,965	5thin

One grade step is worth $45.02/cwt here — about −$199 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 sale629 hd

235.66

—

WY average4 barns · 3,064 hd

258.26

−22.60

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,664	107.98	1,797	1,705
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,614	96.72	1,561	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	94.22	1,166	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,089	91.13	992	10

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,086	$1,500	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	976	$1,450	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,325	$1,233	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,205	$2,025	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,071	$1,950	7

Every lot, as filed

57 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	97.56/cwt	95.00–101.00	995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	962	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,116	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	870	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,827	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	234.64/cwt	225.00–243.00	1,323	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,042	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,178	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	227.68/cwt	222.00–232.50	1,544	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,247	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	309.39/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,671	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	595	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,458	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	256.04/cwt	254.00–256.50	1,613	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	247.24/cwt	242.00–250.50	1,642	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	202.67/cwt	201.00–205.00	1,830	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	335.37/cwt	323.00–352.50	1,425	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,210	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	266.13/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,565	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,316	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,218	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	319.00/cwt	302.50–330.00	1,531	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,967	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,059	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,346	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,245	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,722	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	298	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,419	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	870	227.07/cwt	225.50–227.50	1,976	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	1,007	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	2,180	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	600	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,425	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	1,029	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	563	293.88/cwt	293.00–295.00	1,655	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	88.38/cwt	85.00–91.50	988	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,485	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,644	95.59/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,571	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	94.22/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,166	14
Bulls	—	—	2,005	116.08/cwt	114.00–117.00	2,327	4
Bulls	—	—	1,658	108.52/cwt	106.00–113.50	1,799	18
Bulls	—	—	1,381	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,395	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,664	107.98/cwt	102.50–108.00	1,797	1,678
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,086	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	1,233.36/head	1,225.00–1,250.00	1,233	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,271	100.63/cwt	98.50–103.00	1,279	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,336	94.72/cwt	90.50–97.00	1,265	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,106	97.79/cwt	92.00–103.00	1,082	38
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	111.87/cwt	105.00–116.50	1,141	70
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	967	126.49/cwt	120.00–142.50	1,223	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	976	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,071	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,015	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,070	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	247.51/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,314	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	230.51/cwt	217.50–234.00	1,800	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,518	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	322.81/cwt	313.00–327.00	1,227	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	766	231.35/cwt	223.50–235.00	1,772	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	735	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	264.79/cwt	252.50–271.00	1,245	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	265.72/cwt	263.00–267.50	1,411	13

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.

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Torrington, WY (LS-TO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,559Last week 1,239Year ago 1,714

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 92Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 185Last week 57Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,020	95.00–101.00	97.56
7	—	1,118	85.00–91.50	88.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	103.50	103.50
6	—	1,644	95.00–97.00	95.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,237	91.00–97.00	94.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,005	114.00–117.00	116.08
18	—	1,658	106.00–113.50	108.52
5	—	1,381	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1,678	—	1,664	102.50–108.00	107.98

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	962	220.00	220.00
6	—	870	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	564	225.00–243.00	234.64
8	—	1,042	209.00	209.00
15	—	678	222.00–232.50	227.68
12	—	433	288.00	288.00
12	—	344	295.00	295.00
15	—	912	227.00	227.00
67	—	531	245.00–255.00	247.51
32	—	781	217.50–234.00	230.51
17	—	380	313.00–327.00	322.81
19	—	470	252.50–271.00	264.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
276	—	870	225.50–227.50	227.07
17	—	1,007	216.50	216.50
36	—	766	223.50–235.00	231.35
7	—	735	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	600	237.50	237.50
12	—	657	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,029	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	540	300.00–320.00	309.39
24	—	425	323.00–352.50	335.37
13	—	961	230.00	230.00
64	—	588	260.00–272.00	266.13
9	—	363	362.50	362.50
11	—	942	235.50	235.50
60	—	480	302.50–330.00	319.00
5	—	837	235.00	235.00
12	—	1,059	221.50	221.50
8	—	1,016	221.00	221.00
21	—	710	242.50	242.50
5	—	298	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	595	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	630	254.00–256.50	256.04
13	—	664	242.00–250.50	247.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	903	201.00–205.00	202.67
11	—	561	253.00	253.00
13	—	531	263.00–267.50	265.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	563	293.00–295.00	293.88

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,086	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	1,325	1,225.00–1,250.00	1,233.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	976	1,450.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	2,025.00	2,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,071	1,950.00	1,950.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,271	98.50–103.00	100.63
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,336	90.50–97.00	94.72
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	—	1,106	92.00–103.00	97.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	70	—	1,020	105.00–116.50	111.87
(<2 yrs)	Open	16	—	967	120.00–142.50	126.49

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle