Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2024-09-10

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Sep 10
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
556 head
387 vs last sale 943 134 vs year ago 422 · +31.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
70 vs last sale 128 28 vs year ago 86 · 32.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
19 vs last sale 24 7 vs year ago 12 · 58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a light offering; slaughter cows and bulls steady, not enough feeder cows for a market test. Yearlings unevenly steady, with few unweaned calves in the run. Demand moderate. Fall run sales every Tuesday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $225.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits 225.29 against this barn's trailing median of $450.29.
Average price
$225.00
7 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,260
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
22.32
vs WY average
13.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560225.001,2607thin
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 sale7 hd
225.00
WY average2 barns · 51 hd
247.32
−22.32
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−13.61
This barn, trailing median13 sales
450.29
−225.29
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
BullsAverage1,763150.292,65013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,301120.011,5615thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,503119.591,7973thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,191115.411,3756thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,550$3,0504thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5503,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0504
BullsReturn to Feed1,661142.27/cwt138.00–153.002,3638
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed700–750715232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,66248
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700670206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3805
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950916216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,9836
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650605242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,4677
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900897216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,93815
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850830221.74/cwt218.50–225.001,84012
SteersLarge 1-2850–900875215.75/cwt215.75–215.751,88817
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750700250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,75411
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550537252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3537
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500469259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,2157
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,55039
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2607
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750720224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,6138
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700658222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4619
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open800–850819224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,83563
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open850–900856224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,91764
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750711251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,78538
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450449239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,0738
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open750–800762229.25/cwt229.25–229.251,74717
Bulls1,926163.13/cwt158.00–169.003,1425
CowsBoner 80-85%1,301120.01/cwt118.00–122.001,5615
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,503119.59/cwt115.00–126.001,7973
CowsLean 85-90%1,191115.41/cwt114.00–121.001,3756

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.