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Wyoming Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Wyoming · Weekly summary · Mon, May 4

● As filed54 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2106

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Wyoming reported 54 priced lines covering 1,944 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 455 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 761 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,522 head. Counted as USDA files them — 447 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wyoming Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 455Last week 4,222Year ago 2,424

Slaughter CattleReceipts 761Last week 734Year ago 544

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,522Last week 655Year ago 741

Compared to last week not enough feeders for a market comparison. Slaughter and feeding cows sold steady to 1.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. Demand was good for calves and feeder cattle and cow/calf pairs with moderate to good demand for slaughter cattle. Bulk of the bred cows and the cow/calf pairs headed to different states where there has been some moisture and green grass. Like a broken record player repeating or skipping back to the same place on another week talking about the drought situation in the state. More than likely one would have to find an old timer in a nursing home to see if they can remember a time this dry, the dirty 30's come to the minds of some. Very limited moisture came to the SE part of the state as a snow system blew through. Ranchers have started to sell off some cow/calf pairs just hoping rain will come very soon and the rest of the herd will survive another year on the range. Plus some would be grass turn out cattle are being sold on video or through the area auction barns for the some reason.

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,463	169.00–181.00	174.18
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,498	161.00–169.00	164.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,292	180.50–197.00	185.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	109	—	1,031	187.50–349.00	294.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	119	—	1,244	165.00–246.00	228.34
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,103	170.00–282.50	233.05

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,063	232.00–256.00	238.81

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,284	3,300.00–4,250.00	3,527.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	153	—	1,518	3,550.00–4,725.00	4,385.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	3,800.00	3,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,512	2,750.00–3,700.00	3,489.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	107	—	1,228	4,450.00–5,325.00	5,152.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	99	—	1,410	4,200.00–5,400.00	4,901.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,317	2,800.00–3,650.00	3,327.12

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,585	2,850.00	2,850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	933	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,738.34

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	73	—	1,423	3,600.00–3,850.00	3,703.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	51	—	1,390	2,300.00–3,550.00	3,482.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	61	—	1,254	2,050.00–4,100.00	3,896.65
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,277	2,050.00–2,950.00	2,323.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,152	3,875.00–4,250.00	4,098.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	39	—	1,368	3,750.00–4,000.00	3,873.46

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	3,050.00	3,050.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	54	—	1,231	5,175.00–5,400.00	5,359.57

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)	1	—	1,410	3,700.00	3,700.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	585	438.00	438.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	620	437.00	437.00
45	650–700	684	423.00	423.00
14	700–750	731	397.00	397.00
53	800–850	836	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	500	420.00	420.00
22	550–600	566	400.00–426.00	408.74
7	650–700	690	370.00	370.00
5	750–800	754	379.00	379.00
54	800–850	818	360.00–363.00	361.49
5	850–900	899	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	652	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	474	547.50	547.50
14	550–600	566	513.00	513.00
10	600–650	622	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	443	590.00	590.00
8	450–500	485	560.00	560.00
16	550–600	565	519.00	519.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,081	156.00–163.50	157.94
4	—	1,086	150.00–155.50	153.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,554	159.50–165.50	161.32
22	—	1,704	153.00–189.00	182.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,257	158.00–168.00	163.07
53	—	1,535	145.00–187.00	182.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	1,204	180.00–185.00	182.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
246	—	1,380	187.00–199.00	192.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,858	205.00–221.50	212.29
44	—	1,849	199.00–229.00	217.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,410	200.00–211.00	205.13

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.