Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2023-12-19

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Dec 19
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
331 head
85 vs last sale 246 596 vs year ago 927 · 64.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
71 vs last sale 0 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
181 head
181 vs last sale 0 181 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to last Tuesday sale, on last sale of 2023; slaughter cows steady with slaughter bulls steady to instances 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder calves unevenly steady on limited test with few instances 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand moderate. Next sale will be January 9, 2024 with a Special Feeder Calf sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.33/cwt on 134 head.
Average price
$230.33
134 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,312
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$37.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.02
vs WY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564233.711,318122
Medium and Large 1-2626196.041,22612thin
One grade step is worth $37.67/cwt here — about $92 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 sale134 hd
230.33
WY average2 barns · 1,649 hd
243.36
−13.02
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
BullsAverage1,769107.261,89718
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60380.291,2872thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26679.141,00213
CowsLean 85-90%High1,12477.5487217

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,139$1,97535
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,267$1,52514
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,340$1,28011
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,331$1,15516
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)867$1,5504thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1558233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,30018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1045
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2467
HeifersMedium and Large 1911188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,71325
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25081.50/cwt79.50–85.501,0197
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60380.29/cwt79.50–81.001,2872
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28576.38/cwt73.50–77.509816
CowsLean 85-90%1,17280.00/cwt78.50–83.0093810
CowsLean 85-90%1,05674.03/cwt70.00–77.007827
Bulls1,94396.46/cwt91.00–100.001,8743
Bulls1,843109.55/cwt105.00–113.002,01910
BullsReturn to Feed1,515109.15/cwt107.00–110.001,6545
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3401,280.00/head1,280.00–1,280.001,28011
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,38185.58/cwt81.00–88.501,18216
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,18576.29/cwt71.50–79.509047
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,02659.40/cwt57.00–61.0060911
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1934110.00/cwt101.00–113.001,0276
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,14882.01/cwt79.00–88.0094122
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed936135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2648
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 18671,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1391,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,97535
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2671,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,52514
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3311,155.21/head1,025.00–1,225.001,15516
SteersMedium and Large 1472319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,5069
SteersMedium and Large 1524296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,55111
SteersMedium and Large 1359321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,15210
HeifersMedium and Large 1375252.50/cwt252.50–252.509475
HeifersMedium and Large 1710201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,42710
HeifersMedium and Large 1467262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,22414
HeifersMedium and Large 1523230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2035
HeifersMedium and Large 1434261.18/cwt252.50–268.001,13432
SteersMedium and Large 1434324.50/cwt320.00–332.001,40833
SteersMedium and Large 1655235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5399
HeifersMedium and Large 1280230.00/cwt230.00–230.006447
HeifersMedium and Large 1337260.00/cwt260.00–260.008766

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.