Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-01-28

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Jan 28
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
99 head
59 vs last sale 158 49 vs year ago 50 · +98.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
191 head
145 vs last sale 46 132 vs year ago 59 · +223.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
157 head
95 vs last sale 62 113 vs year ago 44 · +256.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale selling all classes of animals; slaughter and feeder cows made up most of the sale with higher overtones noted, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Not enough bred cows and feeder calves for a good market test. Special feeder calf sale next week. Demand very good with good buyer attendance and participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $343.10/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits 148.09 against this barn's trailing median of $491.19.
Average price
$343.10
58 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,485
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$35.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
25.10
vs WY average
+15.95 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1416367.541,52918thin
Medium 1-2440332.101,46240
One grade step is worth $35.44/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale58 hd
343.10
WY average2 barns · 284 hd
368.20
−25.10
National average183 barns · 15,377 hd
327.15
+15.95
This barn, trailing median10 sales
491.19
−148.09
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
BullsAverage1,794142.082,54910
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,299130.721,69987
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,519129.931,9747thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,114124.491,38762

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 Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,242$2,7067
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,237$1,7366
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,508$1,7204thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,040$2,6092thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)988$2,4103thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,509135.27/cwt134.00–136.002,0414
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19882,410.00/head2,410.00–2,410.002,4103
HeifersMedium 1-2400–450419338.50/cwt338.50–338.501,41824
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450416367.54/cwt362.50–372.501,52918
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400353402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4217
HeifersMedium 1-2450–500472322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,52216
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0402,609.13/head2,500.00–2,700.002,6092
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,372130.91/cwt121.00–135.001,79663
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1951207.75/cwt187.50–222.501,97623
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1990152.07/cwt148.00–160.001,50516
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,158132.09/cwt126.00–135.001,53017
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2371,736.42/head1,700.00–1,800.001,7366
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5081,719.78/head1,675.00–1,750.001,7204
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2422,706.02/head2,650.00–2,725.002,7067
Bulls1,728130.24/cwt129.00–132.002,2515
Bulls1,860153.91/cwt148.00–159.502,8635
CowsLean 85-90%1,116127.30/cwt119.50–130.751,42148
CowsLean 85-90%1,108114.84/cwt111.00–116.001,27214
CowsBoner 80-85%1,289125.85/cwt124.50–127.501,62211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,301131.42/cwt128.00–132.501,71076
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,533122.80/cwt120.50–127.001,8833

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.