Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2021-04-20

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Apr 20
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
669 head
▲ 330 vs last sale 339▲ 387 vs year ago 282 · +137.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 79▲ 4 vs year ago 49 · +8.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 312 vs last sale 409▼ 221 vs year ago 318 · −69.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a feeder calf special; light offering on slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady with feeder steers and heifers higher overtones noted. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $166.24/cwt on 401 head.
Average price
$166.24
401 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$875
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.03
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526166.64877395
Medium and Large 1-2513140.007186thin
One grade step is worth $26.64/cwt here — about $159 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 sale401 hd
166.24
—
WY average2 barns · 2,331 hd
152.21
+14.03
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—Low2,06879.331,6413thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,59063.671,01212
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30660.9179516
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12060.496778thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1471210.14/cwt206.00–212.0099020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471191.00/cwt191.00–191.009007
Steers—Medium and Large 1527189.50/cwt189.50–189.509997
Steers—Medium and Large 1577184.84/cwt184.00–187.001,06742
Steers—Medium and Large 1623173.06/cwt172.50–174.001,07816
Steers—Medium and Large 1722146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,05839
Steers—Medium and Large 1756142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,07710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1399176.00/cwt176.00–176.007026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Source/Aged413178.75/cwt178.00–181.0073859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Source/Aged465180.25/cwt180.25–180.25838114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476174.44/cwt169.00–177.0083032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513140.00/cwt140.00–140.007186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527157.25/cwt157.00–157.5082930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Source/Aged541159.00/cwt159.00–159.0086010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Source/Aged558186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581152.76/cwt148.00–156.0088817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637153.89/cwt151.00–156.00980100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1653136.00/cwt136.00–136.008887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716127.57/cwt123.00–130.0091315
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,71288.50/cwt88.50–88.501,5152
Bulls——2,78061.00/cwt61.00–61.001,6961
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07364.50/cwt64.50–64.506922
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13559.15/cwt55.50–61.006716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30660.91/cwt59.00–64.0079516
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47371.10/cwt71.10–71.101,0473
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62961.19/cwt60.00–63.009979
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1081,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0014,4043
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,1652
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2681,080.45/cwt1,010.00–1,210.0013,7003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3161,358.20/cwt1,325.00–1,435.0017,87415
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4301,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0018,2332
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1896111.87/cwt103.00–115.501,0026
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,03797.67/cwt90.00–101.501,01326
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,08876.17/cwt72.00–87.0082913
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,29866.49/cwt62.00–71.0086311
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,35660.26/cwt57.50–62.5081712
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5051,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0019,5651
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 18501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.008,9252

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.