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Wyoming Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Wyoming · Weekly summary · Mon, Jan 23

● As filed54 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2106

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Wyoming reported 54 priced lines covering 5,856 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,200 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,055 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,314 head.

Wyoming Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Jan 23, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Torrington, WY (LS-TO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,200Last week 9,715Year ago 6,699

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,055Last week 607Year ago 1,224

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,314Last week 50Year ago 1,579

Compared to last week, steers under 500 lbs sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 500 to 600 lbs 3.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Fly-weight heifers sold sharply higher, 400 to 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher and over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Bred heifers and cows sold mostly steady, especially on the complete dispersal consignments. Demand was good for grass type cattle with moderate to instances good for feedlot placements. Once again, snow made it way across many areas of the state curbing receipts at the reporting auctions. Plus, with customer pens in poor shape some buyers backed off from buying feeder cattle. Wyoming's SNOTELs are reading 114% of median with a basin high of 155% and a basin low of 70%. Last year the state was at 103%, and at 80% in 2021. The South Platte continues to be the lowest basin in the state but, it's a lot better this week at 70% as the previous weeks have been at 57% snowpack. This great snowpack will help fill reservoirs for this year's irrigation needs. Many livestock owners are looking for hay as winter grazing is snowed under adding a little upward tick to that tight market.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,100	67.00–72.00	68.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	104	—	1,142	73.50–99.00	91.64
(<2 yrs)	Open	38	—	935	84.00–99.00	88.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	1,439	71.50–80.50	75.63
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,127	60.00–68.50	64.68

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	135	—	1,126	1,385.00–1,800.00	1,604.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	208	—	1,344	1,050.00–1,935.00	1,516.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	313	—	1,352	900.00–1,775.00	1,418.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	62	—	1,187	1,225.00–1,560.00	1,504.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,089	1,050.00–1,285.00	1,161.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,296	1,150.00–1,250.00	1,187.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	—	1,259	975.00–1,075.00	1,001.66
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,354	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,369	1,400.00	1,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,505	1,250.00	1,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	191	—	1,322	1,250.00–1,425.00	1,338.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,102	1,425.00	1,425.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	872	1,045.00	1,045.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	334	—	1,048	1,325.00–1,885.00	1,749.56
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	81	—	922	1,640.00	1,640.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,199	1,485.00	1,485.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	874	170.00–176.00	173.62
103	—	484	242.00–253.00	247.96
58	—	815	179.00–179.50	179.33
195	—	723	185.00–199.50	194.80
578	—	666	195.00–215.00	204.53
217	—	526	227.00–238.00	229.80
55	—	361	249.00–260.00	257.08
165	—	568	216.00–218.00	216.89
152	—	623	205.00–211.00	207.93
155	—	424	250.00–266.00	255.52
316	—	773	177.00–185.00	179.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
322	—	625	180.00–186.00	183.69
276	—	525	198.00–204.00	202.92
199	—	677	179.00–181.00	180.44
198	—	483	200.00–220.00	206.74
86	—	413	225.00–235.50	230.87
19	—	770	169.00	169.00
321	—	567	192.00–225.00	201.79
98	—	365	225.00–242.00	237.10
88	—	732	168.00–170.00	168.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,388	62.00–82.00	76.31
43	—	1,259	70.00–78.50	72.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,252	65.00–77.00	71.90
3	—	1,095	58.00–61.50	59.31
40	—	1,121	69.50–77.00	73.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,608	69.00–85.00	77.34
12	—	1,423	71.00–78.00	75.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,351	72.00–81.00	76.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,675	74.00–75.00	74.67
9	—	1,932	85.50–93.00	89.29
53	—	1,879	81.50–109.00	100.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,579	81.00–87.00	82.53
2	—	1,480	75.00	75.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Wyoming barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.