Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2024-09-17

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Sep 17
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
625 head
69 vs last sale 556 190 vs year ago 435 · +43.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
176 head
118 vs last sale 58 25 vs year ago 201 · 12.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
47 vs last sale 5 5 vs year ago 47 · +10.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale (September 10) slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, with few more feeder cows returning to feed lower undertones noted. Yearlings unevenly steady, several packages feeder calves steady with higher overtones noted on light comparisons from last sale. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $284.31/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 208.84 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.
Average price
$284.31
90 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,442
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.35
vs WY average
+17.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507284.311,44290
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales
547510473435median 493.1512/1602/0303/2405/0508/18
Steers 500–600 lb: high $533.45, low $449.22, median $493.15 across 15 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 sale90 hd
284.31
WY average2 barns · 125 hd
280.97
+3.35
National average174 barns · 10,991 hd
266.64
+17.67
This barn, trailing median15 sales
493.15
−208.84
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
BullsHigh1,726141.572,44322
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,559116.651,81910
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,299110.281,43256
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,100108.491,19345

Every lot, as filed

27 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
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700689231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5925
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450430357.28/cwt350.00–359.001,536103
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900875222.29/cwt219.00–223.001,94528
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350310320.00/cwt320.00–320.009927
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400382305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,16515
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650600262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,57212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450412312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,28811
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350326380.14/cwt372.50–393.001,23935
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550502286.10/cwt285.00–291.001,43682
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450418313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,30861
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600559266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,4878
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,3917
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950919218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,00317
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700652230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5009
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500464270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,25350
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed967102.32/cwt101.00–102.509897
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1923122.39/cwt121.00–129.001,13015
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,006111.08/cwt109.00–113.001,1175
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,351113.43/cwt105.00–117.501,53222
Bulls2,243162.10/cwt160.00–164.503,6362
BullsReturn to Feed1,515133.27/cwt125.00–139.002,0198
Bulls1,780143.69/cwt139.00–150.002,55812
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,559116.65/cwt111.00–126.501,81910
CowsLean 85-90%1,153100.21/cwt99.00–104.001,1557
CowsLean 85-90%1,090110.02/cwt106.00–117.501,19938
CowsBoner 80-85%1,340104.41/cwt100.00–106.501,3997
CowsBoner 80-85%1,293111.12/cwt108.50–120.001,43749

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.