Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2023-11-21

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 21
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,083 head
▼ 1,293 vs last sale 3,376▲ 637 vs year ago 1,446 · +44.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
▲ 137 vs last sale 0▲ 137 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 0▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on special calf sale, slaughter cows and bulls no comparisons available. Not enough yearlings for a good market test. Feeder steers mostly steady with reputation load lots 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady with calves under 500 lbs higher, over 500 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower.No cow sale Friday, Demand good with good buyer attendance and participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $280.92/cwt on 1,065 head.
Average price
$280.92
1,065 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,332
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$53.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.43
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1471284.301,340998
Medium and Large 1-2514230.541,18467
One grade step is worth $53.76/cwt here — about $156 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 sale1,065 hd
280.92
—
WY average3 barns · 3,211 hd
267.49
+13.43
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—Average1,91197.221,85710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65783.531,3857thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09878.918677thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24377.7896720

Every lot

36 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1328375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2305
Steers—Medium and Large 1421321.16/cwt313.00–338.001,35248
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy438356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,55951
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy451332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,49718
Steers—Medium and Large 1489297.59/cwt292.00–299.251,45537
Steers—Medium and Large 1530301.68/cwt291.50–309.501,599258
Steers—Medium and Large 1588253.42/cwt246.50–270.001,490153
Steers—Medium and Large 1608251.60/cwt245.00–253.001,53075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,24313
Steers—Medium and Large 1671226.12/cwt221.25–240.001,51759
Steers—Medium and Large 1905220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,99132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2283271.00/cwt271.00–271.0076715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy355320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,136142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368281.30/cwt280.00–285.001,03527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423298.28/cwt286.00–299.751,262297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,22711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486278.35/cwt265.00–291.001,353421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529267.36/cwt260.00–272.001,41438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559239.37/cwt233.00–245.001,33815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,28115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615205.25/cwt205.25–205.251,26226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1889202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,80031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1933180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,68412
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,001185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,8526
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,82590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6431
Bulls——1,92098.02/cwt96.50–100.001,8829
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09076.13/cwt70.00–79.008304
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10982.62/cwt80.00–84.009163
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24173.94/cwt70.00–79.009189
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24580.92/cwt80.00–85.001,00711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,4011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67782.29/cwt81.00–85.501,3806
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,008118.38/cwt117.00–120.001,1932
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,14089.27/cwt86.00–101.001,0187
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,38585.67/cwt80.00–90.001,18710

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.