Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2022-10-11

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Oct 11
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
3,842 head
▲ 2,128 vs last sale 1,714▲ 1,180 vs year ago 2,662 · +44.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a calf and yearling special; steer calves under 500 lbs 4.00-10.00 higher instances 17.00-20.00 on reputation quality offerings, steers over 550 lbs under pressure instances 4.00-7.00 lower. Yearlings steers over 800 lbs steady instances 3.00-4.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs 5.00-9.00 higher instances 13.00-20.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady instances 4.00-8.00 higher. Yearling heifers over 700 lbs steady to 1.00 higher instances 10.00 higher, 850 lb yearlings under pressure with 4.00-5.00 lower and heifers over 900 lbs instances 10.00-11.00 higher. Demand good with good buyer attendance and participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $206.80/cwt on 1,634 head.
Average price
$206.80
1,634 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,166
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.68
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565207.201,1711,592
Medium and Large 1-2518191.8099442
One grade step is worth $15.40/cwt here — about $177 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 sale1,634 hd
206.80
—
WY average3 barns · 5,910 hd
202.13
+4.68
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1335235.00/cwt235.00–235.007877
Steers—Medium and Large 1386227.73/cwt220.00–242.0087962
Steers—Medium and Large 1418232.36/cwt220.00–239.00971235
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460204.50/cwt204.50–204.509417
Steers—Medium and Large 1485223.04/cwt212.00–230.001,082384
Steers—Medium and Large 1515214.81/cwt200.00–220.001,106371
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530189.26/cwt184.50–191.501,00335
Steers—Medium and Large 1584185.09/cwt173.00–192.001,081209
Steers—Medium and Large 1612182.56/cwt176.00–185.501,11771
Steers—Medium and Large 1801170.10/cwt170.10–170.101,36340
Steers—Medium and Large 1924169.41/cwt168.75–169.751,565173
Steers—Medium and Large 11,011159.75/cwt159.75–159.751,61540
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273203.00/cwt203.00–203.005548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1346227.00/cwt227.00–227.007858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368162.00/cwt162.00–162.005969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383210.86/cwt204.00–216.50808121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420198.96/cwt191.00–208.5083682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468188.94/cwt182.00–195.00884363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469156.41/cwt152.50–162.5073432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522183.37/cwt172.00–190.50957133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529163.62/cwt162.50–165.0086622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559168.65/cwt165.00–171.0094344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568161.00/cwt161.00–161.0091413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed648172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,11515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Spayed651151.00/cwt151.00–151.0098325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed664166.74/cwt161.00–172.501,10769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open690165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,13914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed778168.75/cwt168.75–168.751,313141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open787168.73/cwt168.25–170.251,32890
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open849166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,41412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open869160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,39011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed902165.75/cwt165.75–165.751,49559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open928166.15/cwt165.00–166.501,54251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open956162.75/cwt162.75–162.751,55618

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.