Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2022-10-25

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Oct 25
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
4,344 head
▲ 1,554 vs last sale 2,790▼ 1,310 vs year ago 5,654 · −23.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on special calf and yearling sale with several reputation quality offerings. Light offering yearlings with no comparisons available. Feeder steers under 500 lbs steady instances 4.00-8.00 higher, 500-700 lbs steady to 8.00-10.00 higher instances 15.00-16.00. Heifer calves higher overtones noted with 2.00-6 higher, best advances on 550-590 lb replacement quality heifers instances 15.00 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 $206.71/cwt on 1,985 head.
Average price
$206.71
1,985 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,137
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$320
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$34.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.65
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552207.541,1451,937
Medium and Large 1-2477172.9782548
One grade step is worth $34.57/cwt here — about $320 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 sale1,985 hd
206.71
—
WY average3 barns · 5,996 hd
209.36
−2.65
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1342215.88/cwt210.00–230.0073820
Steers—Medium and Large 1382234.48/cwt228.00–240.0089628
Steers—Medium and Large 1423234.25/cwt221.00–243.00991101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428162.50/cwt162.50–162.5069616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474175.26/cwt167.50–181.0083118
Steers—Medium and Large 1480228.78/cwt220.00–236.001,098384
Steers—Medium and Large 1536214.16/cwt199.00–222.001,148605
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537182.00/cwt182.00–182.0097714
Steers—Medium and Large 1574197.93/cwt186.00–206.001,136334
Steers—Medium and Large 1623185.31/cwt173.50–189.001,154315
Steers—Medium and Large 1671179.30/cwt175.00–185.501,20337
Steers—Medium and Large 1716168.22/cwt161.00–174.501,20480
Steers—Medium and Large 1767168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2896
Steers—Medium and Large 1894169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,51516
Steers—Medium and Large 1988159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,57611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331222.19/cwt215.00–235.0073518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386215.09/cwt213.00–221.0083082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432198.00/cwt188.00–208.00855154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432149.00/cwt149.00–149.0064436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy433211.23/cwt210.25–216.0091598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470161.00/cwt161.00–161.0075710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482198.01/cwt188.50–202.00954351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518188.96/cwt176.00–193.50979350
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521165.14/cwt161.00–173.0086021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement553185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,02338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569171.93/cwt166.00–177.00978115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571158.00/cwt158.00–158.009028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635164.52/cwt159.00–172.501,04562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,10413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed722164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,18425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781167.68/cwt167.00–168.001,31018

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.