Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2021-02-23

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Feb 23
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 2,186 vs last sale 2,281▼ 345 vs year ago 440 · −78.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 102▲ 36 vs year ago 71 · +50.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
338 head
▲ 332 vs last sale 6▲ 146 vs year ago 192 · +76.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, on a special bred cow sale; light offering with slaughter cows steady to instances 7.00-9.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady instances 2.00-5.00 lower. Limited offering feeder calves no comparisons available. Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.03/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$153.03
19 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$879
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$0.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.44
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1585153.0489513thin
Medium 1-2551153.008436thin
One grade step is worth $0.04/cwt here — about $52 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale19 hd
153.03
—
WY average2 barns · 862 hd
169.47
−16.44
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—High1,83277.991,42927
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59859.599522thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30356.9874248
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11353.7559831

Every lot

33 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1510164.00/cwt164.00–164.008368
Steers—Medium 1-2551153.00/cwt153.00–153.008436
Steers—Medium and Large 1705135.50/cwt135.50–135.509555
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457153.00/cwt153.00–153.006995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615133.00/cwt133.00–133.008186
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,63970.05/cwt67.00–73.001,1484
Bulls——1,84278.06/cwt73.00–83.501,43819
Bulls——1,98085.61/cwt85.50–86.001,6954
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97044.49/cwt42.00–47.004323
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12453.74/cwt50.00–56.5060422
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14558.42/cwt57.50–61.506696
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30162.14/cwt60.00–63.008084
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30156.84/cwt55.00–59.5073942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34049.54/cwt49.00–50.006642
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59859.59/cwt58.00–61.009522
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0301,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1401,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0012,5401
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1011,387.81/cwt1,225.00–1,400.0015,28015
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,200922.12/cwt900.00–1,000.0011,06510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,255875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,9815
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3101,047.01/cwt850.00–1,100.0013,71615
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,316807.44/cwt800.00–810.0010,6264
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,335921.34/cwt910.00–935.0012,30033
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,382920.14/cwt800.00–950.0012,7165
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4151,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0020,51843
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 189498.41/cwt92.25–105.008808
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 199078.81/cwt71.50–87.007808
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,11853.01/cwt50.50–55.005937
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,15061.01/cwt56.00–64.0070233
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,36060.30/cwt56.00–67.0082042
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed1,43844.73/cwt42.50–47.006432
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-29221,069.86/cwt900.00–1,085.009,86410
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19581,288.51/cwt1,225.00–1,450.0012,34478

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.