Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2022-11-22

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 22
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
1,446 head
▼ 3,033 vs last sale 4,479▲ 314 vs year ago 1,132 · +27.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale; Light offering on sale before Thanksgiving with very few yearlings available for a good market test. Feeder steers and heifers were lightly tested for a accurate market comparison, with quality mostly average today. Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.52/cwt on 457 head.
Average price
$185.52
457 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$925
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.11
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1501187.36939390
Medium and Large 1-2484174.8284667
One grade step is worth $12.54/cwt here — about $93 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 sale457 hd
185.52
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WY average2 barns · 2,414 hd
193.63
−8.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1333207.50/cwt207.50–207.506917
Steers—Medium and Large 1354269.00/cwt269.00–269.0095220
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368226.00/cwt226.00–226.0083230
Steers—Medium and Large 1425231.66/cwt226.00–240.0098588
Steers—Medium and Large 1473225.34/cwt225.00–225.501,06623
Steers—Medium and Large 1521209.19/cwt201.00–212.501,09051
Steers—Medium and Large 1575189.81/cwt181.50–201.001,09181
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned615184.74/cwt183.50–186.001,13626
Steers—Medium and Large 1634171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0846
Steers—Medium and Large 1670170.28/cwt170.00–170.501,14118
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned682174.04/cwt173.00–175.001,18760
Steers—Medium and Large 1702169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,19018
Steers—Medium and Large 1945170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,60712
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327180.00/cwt180.00–180.005896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358207.51/cwt202.00–210.0074316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421197.92/cwt188.00–207.50833102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463204.03/cwt190.00–207.5094584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473179.91/cwt170.00–186.0085149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513160.95/cwt155.50–167.5082618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526182.07/cwt172.50–187.0095894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584165.57/cwt163.50–169.0096745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607154.69/cwt151.00–157.0093913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned675154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1706154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open749162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,21314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed842161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3565
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1493200.00/cwt200.00–200.0098610

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.