Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2024-04-30

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Apr 30
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
47 vs last sale 0 676 vs year ago 723 · 93.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
77 vs last sale 154 164 vs year ago 241 · 68.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
15 vs last sale 87 188 vs year ago 260 · 72.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a light offering selling all classes of animals; slaughter cows lower undertones noted instances 3.00-5.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00-4.00 higher with feeder cows higher overtones noted. Not enough feeder calves for a good market test. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $281.35/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits 168.94 against this barn's trailing median of $450.29.
Average price
$281.35
13 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,412
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
11.08
vs WY average
+12.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502281.351,41213thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
509388267146median 450.2912/1602/0303/1704/1405/19
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $494.60, low $160.00, median $450.29 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale13 hd
281.35
WY average2 barns · 164 hd
292.43
−11.08
National average173 barns · 11,009 hd
268.38
+12.97
This barn, trailing median13 sales
450.29
−168.94
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
BullsAverage1,739132.602,30615
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,579118.621,8734thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,285112.161,44211
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12095.651,07112

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)1,178$2,5226

Every lot, as filed

17 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 1450–500462280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2947
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550502281.35/cwt267.50–290.001,41213
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1782,521.53/head2,225.00–2,575.002,5226
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,078160.64/cwt142.50–168.001,73220
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,114128.99/cwt123.50–135.001,43717
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,173116.45/cwt111.00–119.501,3668
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,369123.00/cwt117.00–126.501,68413
BullsReturn to Feed1,536127.07/cwt123.00–131.001,9525
Bulls1,774131.83/cwt127.00–139.502,3395
Bulls1,906145.86/cwt141.00–153.002,7804
Bulls1,910111.00/cwt111.00–111.002,1201
CowsLean 85-90%1,09796.73/cwt93.00–101.001,0618
CowsLean 85-90%1,175111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,3041
CowsBoner 80-85%1,286109.67/cwt103.00–113.001,4107
CowsBoner 80-85%1,284116.52/cwt114.50–121.001,4964
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,579118.62/cwt116.00–125.001,8734
CowsLean 85-90%1,16287.66/cwt87.00–89.001,0193

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.