Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2024-10-15

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Oct 15
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
2,931 head
▼ 309 vs last sale 3,240▼ 108 vs year ago 3,039 · −3.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale (Oct 8th), steers calves under 500 lbs steady instances 2.00-8.00 higher, over 500 lbs unevenly steady with lower undertones instances 3.00-8.00 lower. Heifer calves under 500 lbs instances 5.00-7.00 higher, most advancement on 350 lbs instances 27.00 higher, calves under 500 lbs steady instances 2.00-3.00 lower, with 550 lb calves instances 30.00 higher. No packages yearling steers, yearling heifers not as many as last week instances 7.00-10.00 lower. Demand good to moderate with lower undertones noted as sale progress, Several new buyers in attendance and on internet.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $301.53/cwt on 548 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −153.49 against this barn's trailing median of $455.02.
Average price
$301.53
548 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,648
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.61
vs WY average
+2.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547301.851,651535
Medium and Large 1-2530288.291,52813thin
One grade step is worth $13.56/cwt here — about $123 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale548 hd
301.53
—
WY average3 barns · 1,588 hd
306.14
−4.61
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
+2.20
This barn, trailing median18 sales
455.02
−153.49
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales
547496444392median 455.0203/0304/1408/1810/0611/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $533.45, low $406.00, median $455.02 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322400.38/cwt382.50–407.001,28920
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366404.91/cwt401.00–407.501,48233
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2398361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,43731
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427372.94/cwt362.50–390.001,592201
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476342.96/cwt330.50–357.001,632219
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,5066
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522315.73/cwt310.00–324.501,648264
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530288.29/cwt285.00–291.001,52813
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571288.33/cwt275.50–299.001,646271
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631267.84/cwt261.00–270.001,69041
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653261.91/cwt250.00–265.001,71044
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833244.50/cwt244.50–244.502,0377
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1977
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377350.10/cwt332.00–367.001,32060
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,30429
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428315.39/cwt300.00–330.001,350132
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430285.66/cwt275.00–290.001,22827
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466295.23/cwt282.00–310.001,376120
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491270.31/cwt262.00–274.001,32729
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520274.73/cwt260.50–282.501,429120
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562241.82/cwt237.50–248.001,35920
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566260.89/cwt246.25–274.001,47777
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661245.22/cwt232.00–249.501,62163
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1739240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,77714
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Spayed770231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,77937
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1787221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,7397
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1843221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8638
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1864224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,94013
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1979210.50/cwt210.50–210.502,0615

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.