Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2019-08-20

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Aug 20
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 90▲ 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 160▲ 188 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 38▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: slaughter cows mostly steady. slaughter bulls steady with instance 2.00 higher. Demand moderate. Next sale in two weeks.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.04/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$128.04
49 head · 671 lb average
Value per head Derived
$860
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−3.43
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1671128.0486049
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale49 hd
128.04
—
WY average2 barns · 176 hd
131.47
−3.43
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—High1,59877.541,23938
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57561.5897013
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32159.2578270
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14356.9865159

Every lot

19 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1910132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2015
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576131.00/cwt131.00–131.007558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658131.00/cwt131.00–131.0086231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777121.00/cwt121.00–121.009405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1801112.00/cwt112.00–112.008975
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,45074.48/cwt68.50–80.501,08018
Bulls——1,67777.79/cwt74.00–81.501,30515
Bulls——1,89787.77/cwt84.00–91.001,6655
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10947.41/cwt46.00–51.005264
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13455.93/cwt53.00–57.5063437
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16961.28/cwt59.00–63.5071618
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28957.88/cwt54.00–66.0074638
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32064.00/cwt64.00–64.008451
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32743.38/cwt40.00–45.005763
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,36362.64/cwt59.50–67.0085428
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,54362.14/cwt58.00–64.5095910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68259.70/cwt56.00–62.001,0043
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,115825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,1991
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,412825.00/cwt825.00–825.0011,6492

This sale against other markets

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.