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 9 comparable sales and sits −144.27 against this barn's trailing median of $487.37.
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

9 sales
530491452412median 487.3702/0302/1703/3108/1809/22
Heifers 400–500 lb: high $516.12, low $426.47, median $487.37 across 9 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 median9 sales
487.37
−144.27
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
Bulls—Average1,794142.082,54910
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 1—9882,410.00/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 1—1,0402,609.13/head2,500.00–2,700.002,6092
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,372130.91/cwt121.00–135.001,79663
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—951207.75/cwt187.50–222.501,97623
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—990152.07/cwt148.00–160.001,50516
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,158132.09/cwt126.00–135.001,53017
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2371,736.42/head1,700.00–1,800.001,7366
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,5081,719.78/head1,675.00–1,750.001,7204
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2422,706.02/head2,650.00–2,725.002,7067
Bulls——1,728130.24/cwt129.00–132.002,2515
Bulls——1,860153.91/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.