Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2024-05-14

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, May 14
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
123 head
760 vs last sale 883 20 vs year ago 143 · 14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
36 vs last sale 125 103 vs year ago 192 · 53.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
36 vs last sale 85 140 vs year ago 189 · 74.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a light offering; slaughter cows firm to instances 8.00-10.00 higher, slaughter bulls 5.00-8.00 higher, with good demand for feeder cows going back to grass or feed. Demand good with buyers aggressive trying to fill trucks for the week. Not enough feeder calves for a good market test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $280.00/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits 211.19 against this barn's trailing median of $491.19.
Average price
$280.00
28 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,322
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
31.36
vs WY average
7.50 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2472280.001,32228
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

10 sales
544490435381median 491.1912/1601/2002/1703/3108/18
Heifers 400–500 lb: high $529.78, low $394.98, median $491.19 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale28 hd
280.00
WY average2 barns · 129 hd
311.36
−31.36
National average167 barns · 8,547 hd
287.50
−7.50
This barn, trailing median10 sales
491.19
−211.19
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
BullsAverage1,758150.922,65316
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,628128.902,0997thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,319127.391,68019
CowsLean 85-90%High1,098119.941,31721

Every lot, as filed

16 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 1-2450–500472280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,32228
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800761227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,7275
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750718230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,6557
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,093154.30/cwt143.00–167.501,6867
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,172129.09/cwt125.00–134.001,5138
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,113118.65/cwt115.00–123.501,3216
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,413127.04/cwt122.00–131.001,79515
Bulls1,784149.32/cwt147.00–152.002,6649
BullsReturn to Feed1,310126.78/cwt124.00–130.001,6612
Bulls1,890163.44/cwt156.00–167.003,0895
CowsLean 85-90%1,089122.70/cwt120.00–130.501,33610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,312124.42/cwt119.00–127.001,63210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,327130.69/cwt120.00–137.501,7349
CowsLean 85-90%1,106117.43/cwt112.50–119.501,29911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,558123.64/cwt120.00–127.001,9263
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,681132.85/cwt130.00–138.502,2334

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.