Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2024-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Report did not publish correctly last Tuesday, May28. This the final report for that sale.*

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	1,764	152.37	2,688	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,487	132.70	1,973	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	129.70	1,642	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,135	126.06	1,430	24

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)	1,321	$2,417	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,626	$3,159	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,662	$3,079	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,450	$2,729	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,258	$2,608	3thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	129.16/cwt	126.00–131.00	1,957	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	124.49/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,544	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	131.65/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,680	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	135.42/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,984	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,450	2,729.14/head	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,729	6
Bulls	—	—	1,784	161.40/cwt	160.00–165.50	2,879	6
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,570	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	3,624	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,556	141.74/cwt	141.00–142.00	2,205	4
Bulls	—	—	1,755	152.34/cwt	149.00–156.00	2,674	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	123.72/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,418	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	126.84/cwt	123.50–129.50	1,435	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,378	2,559.66/head	2,500.00–2,625.00	2,560	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,648	3,211.65/head	3,125.00–3,250.00	3,212	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,321	2,416.79/head	2,000.00–3,050.00	2,417	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,394	135.06/cwt	130.00–139.50	1,883	53
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,069	169.59/cwt	155.00–181.00	1,813	30
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,149	144.45/cwt	137.00–152.00	1,660	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	131.77/cwt	121.00–135.00	1,621	21
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,356	125.41/cwt	117.00–127.00	1,701	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,662	3,079.26/head	2,925.00–3,150.00	3,079	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,258	2,607.87/head	2,550.00–2,650.00	2,608	3

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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Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Tue May 28, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 246Last week 157Year ago 136

Replacement CattleReceipts 212Last week 187Year ago 294

* Report did not publish correctly last Tuesday, May28. This the final report for that sale.*

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,515	126.00–131.00	129.16
13	—	1,465	133.00–140.00	135.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,240	121.00–130.00	124.49
32	—	1,276	127.00–136.00	131.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,146	118.00–127.00	123.72
18	—	1,131	123.50–129.50	126.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,784	160.00–165.50	161.40
10	—	1,755	149.00–156.00	152.34
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,570	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,556	141.00–142.00	141.74

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,450	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,729.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,378	2,500.00–2,625.00	2,559.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,648	3,125.00–3,250.00	3,211.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,662	2,925.00–3,150.00	3,079.26
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,258	2,550.00–2,650.00	2,607.87
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,321	2,000.00–3,050.00	2,416.79
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	53	—	1,394	130.00–139.50	135.06
(<2 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,069	155.00–181.00	169.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,149	137.00–152.00	144.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,230	121.00–135.00	131.77
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,356	117.00–127.00	125.41

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