Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2024-01-09

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Jan 9
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,840 head
▲ 3,509 vs last sale 331▲ 3,665 vs year ago 175 · +2,094.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 71▼ 94 vs year ago 220 · −42.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 160 vs last sale 181▼ 1,173 vs year ago 1,194 · −98.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First calf and yearling special sale of 2024 - Several reputation quality calves offered with good demand and buyer attendance. No comparisons available being first sale of 2024. Few slaughter cows and bulls. Next sale will be January 16th Bred Cow Special, along with all cattle classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $300.92/cwt on 1,649 head.
Average price
$300.92
1,649 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,692
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$497
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$161.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.48
vs WY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2438329.811,443120
Medium and Large 1569299.341,7031,521
Large 11,155168.001,9408thin
One grade step is worth $161.81/cwt here — about −$497 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 sale1,649 hd
300.92
—
WY average2 barns · 3,167 hd
297.43
+3.48
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—Low1,713101.221,73418
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53885.331,3123thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29283.931,0846thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11780.6090013

Every lot

39 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 1378388.91/cwt363.00–395.001,47047
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398342.50/cwt340.00–347.501,36354
Steers—Medium and Large 1422361.14/cwt350.00–387.001,52471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,44111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478316.32/cwt311.00–318.001,51255
Steers—Medium and Large 1481328.09/cwt320.00–352.001,578230
Steers—Medium and Large 1524313.19/cwt297.50–323.001,641245
Steers—Medium and Large 1585290.57/cwt271.00–295.501,700435
Steers—Medium and Large 1631282.47/cwt271.00–294.001,782289
Steers—Medium and Large 1670258.25/cwt252.00–275.001,730109
Steers—Medium and Large 1708248.53/cwt241.25–251.001,76070
Steers—Medium and Large 1770224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,72525
Steers—Large 11,155168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,9408
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340313.33/cwt300.00–330.001,06523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384313.39/cwt308.00–320.001,20388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427310.18/cwt294.00–322.001,324164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2458265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,21414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487293.71/cwt277.00–304.001,430355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,33412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518279.42/cwt263.00–286.001,447157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570268.88/cwt253.00–277.001,533192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578246.64/cwt242.50–248.001,42623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617252.41/cwt245.00–265.001,557142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672234.93/cwt232.50–235.501,57932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723219.50/cwt218.00–222.001,58713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,77411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,25093.44/cwt92.00–95.001,1682
Bulls——Return to Feed1,573112.33/cwt110.00–114.501,7672
Bulls——1,70589.57/cwt84.00–92.001,5274
Bulls——1,726101.11/cwt99.00–105.001,7455
Bulls——1,946109.33/cwt108.00–113.002,1285
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09373.71/cwt73.00–75.008063
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12381.97/cwt78.00–85.009219
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,0061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29283.93/cwt80.00–85.501,0846
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53885.33/cwt85.00–86.001,3123
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1821137.20/cwt137.00–138.001,1265
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,07582.03/cwt81.00–84.008828
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,36686.72/cwt86.50–87.501,1854

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.