Winter Livestock Auction Market Report

Riverton, Wyoming · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 23, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	540	2,389	703
Feeder cattle	95	2,281	440
Slaughter cattle	107	102	71
Replacement cattle	338	6	192

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday, on a special bred cow sale; light offering with slaughter cows steady to instances 7.00-9.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady instances 2.00-5.00 lower. Limited offering feeder calves no comparisons available. Demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	8	164.00	$164.00	$836	+2.88
705	705	5	135.50	$135.50	$955	-7.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
551	551	6	153.00	$153.00	$843	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457	457	5	153.00	$153.00	$699	-10.18
615	615	6	133.00	$133.00	$818	-0.86

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1450	1301	80-85%	42	55.00–59.50	$56.84	$739	-10.91
1270–1350	1301	80-85%	4	60.00–63.00	$62.14	$808	-5.61
1230–1450	1340	80-85%	2	49.00–50.00	$49.54	$664	-18.21

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1080	970	85-90%	3	42.00–47.00	$44.49	$432	—
930–1185	1124	85-90%	22	50.00–56.50	$53.74	$604	-13.78
1087–1190	1145	85-90%	6	57.50–61.50	$58.42	$669	-9.10

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505–1690	1598	75-80%	2	58.00–61.00	$59.59	$952	-2.41

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1612–1665	1639	4	67.00–73.00	$70.05	$1,148	—
1685–1945	1842	19	73.00–83.50	$78.06	$1,438	—
1795–2041	1980	4	85.50–86.00	$85.61	$1,695	+14.61

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–960	894	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	92.25–105.00	$98.41	$880
872–1090	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	71.50–87.00	$78.81	$780
940–1320	1118	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	50.50–55.00	$53.01	$593
995–1392	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	56.00–64.00	$61.01	$702
1219–1800	1360	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	42	56.00–67.00	$60.30	$820
1425–1450 thin fleshed	1438	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	42.50–47.00	$44.73	$643

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1097–1150	1101	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,225.00–1,400.00	$1,387.81
1168–1327	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	900.00–1,000.00	$922.12
1255	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	875.00	$875.00
1290–1388	1310	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	850.00–1,100.00	$1,047.01
1306–1345	1316	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–810.00	$807.44
1221–1359	1335	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	910.00–935.00	$921.34
1375–1390	1382	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	800.00–950.00	$920.14
1415	1415	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	1,450.00	$1,450.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1350	958	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	78	1,225.00–1,450.00	$1,288.51

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–941	922	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	900.00–1,085.00	$1,069.86

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.