Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2023-01-06

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Fri, Jan 6
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,471 head
▲ 1,544 vs last sale 927▲ 2,471 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
173 head
▲ 173 vs last sale 0▲ 173 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 0▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale for 2023 with cows and bulls along with feeder special. No comparisons available for cows and bulls, feeder calves trended higher with good demand from buyers in attendance. Last Friday sale will start only Tuesday sale with special bred cow offering on the schedule.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $231.31/cwt on 1,098 head.
Average price
$231.31
1,098 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,274
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.81
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550232.221,2771,063
Medium and Large 1-2576203.711,17335
One grade step is worth $28.51/cwt here — about $104 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 sale1,098 hd
231.31
—
WY average2 barns · 3,138 hd
218.50
+12.81
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—Average1,81081.131,46831
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57670.061,1048thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10262.7369122

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1287250.00/cwt250.00–250.0071814
Steers—Medium and Large 1388292.15/cwt291.00–292.501,13493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,0577
Steers—Medium and Large 1437271.77/cwt269.00–281.001,188110
Steers—Medium and Large 1461260.17/cwt242.00–266.001,19983
Steers—Medium and Large 1526234.73/cwt225.75–248.001,235278
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0846
Steers—Medium and Large 1583216.16/cwt200.00–222.501,260237
Steers—Medium and Large 1623213.71/cwt202.00–216.001,33150
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628192.43/cwt191.00–194.501,20822
Steers—Medium and Large 1665198.58/cwt189.00–208.001,321141
Steers—Medium and Large 1715183.32/cwt180.75–185.001,31122
Steers—Medium and Large 1846177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,49713
Steers—Medium and Large 1983148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,45511
Steers—Medium and Large 11,029141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4515
Steers—Medium and Large 11,057142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,5016
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321233.15/cwt230.00–234.0074831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365206.65/cwt195.00–218.0075433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385240.04/cwt238.00–241.0092444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421178.25/cwt171.00–181.0075022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437225.01/cwt208.00–228.0098386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481220.12/cwt210.50–226.001,059201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512186.47/cwt184.50–189.0095516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530207.14/cwt205.00–209.001,098206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577169.52/cwt161.00–175.0097829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584200.72/cwt192.00–206.001,17292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620189.76/cwt187.00–193.001,17797
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,0406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,20916
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,80483.10/cwt80.00–87.501,49924
Bulls——1,82974.38/cwt69.00–79.001,3607
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10262.73/cwt60.00–65.5069122
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47165.37/cwt64.00–66.009623
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63972.87/cwt71.50–73.501,1945
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1856102.40/cwt102.00–105.008779
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 186196.28/cwt93.00–99.0082940
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,12558.72/cwt54.00–61.006616
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,16570.42/cwt65.00–78.0082012

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.