Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2024-04-16

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Apr 16
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
295 head
213 vs last sale 82 79 vs year ago 216 · +36.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
23 vs last sale 67 121 vs year ago 211 · 57.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
201 vs last sale 249 112 vs year ago 160 · 70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a feeder special; a light offering of slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady with instances 3.-00-5.00 lower on bulls. Few feeder cows returning to feed or pasture. Compared to last week; feeder calves were lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend. Demand good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $288.75/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 142.37 against this barn's trailing median of $431.12.
Average price
$288.75
25 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,834
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.53
vs WY average
+7.13 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1635288.751,83425
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

14 sales
491457423390median 431.1212/1602/0303/2404/2805/26
Steers 600–700 lb: high $477.19, low $403.50, median $431.12 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale25 hd
288.75
WY average2 barns · 201 hd
292.28
−3.53
National average158 barns · 10,016 hd
281.62
+7.13
This barn, trailing median14 sales
431.12
−142.37
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
BullsAverage1,722132.732,28512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,409110.101,5514thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,117109.551,22410
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,241109.431,3583thin

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 Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,031$2,4508
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,076$2,3005
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,397$2,1002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,157$2,1002thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1350–400363265.00/cwt265.00–265.009628
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850805202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,62613
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800766248.48/cwt245.00–251.251,90318
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550516275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4197
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700660245.25/cwt245.25–245.251,6196
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750716269.31/cwt267.25–275.501,92890
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650635288.75/cwt288.75–288.751,83425
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900871227.50/cwt222.25–230.001,98228
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3972,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1572,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0762,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3005
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0312,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4508
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,097171.01/cwt155.00–175.001,87610
Stock CowsMedium and Large 191386.73/cwt85.00–88.007922
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,450109.66/cwt109.00–110.001,5903
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,467117.76/cwt115.00–121.501,7287
BullsReturn to Feed1,557131.24/cwt129.50–135.502,0435
Bulls1,738125.92/cwt121.00–130.002,1884
Bulls1,975144.31/cwt140.00–152.502,8503
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,409110.10/cwt107.50–114.001,5514
CowsLean 85-90%1,123115.09/cwt113.00–120.001,2925
CowsLean 85-90%1,111104.01/cwt101.00–109.001,1565
CowsBoner 80-85%1,241109.43/cwt107.50–113.001,3583

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.