Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2024-10-22

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Oct 22
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
4,860 head
▲ 1,929 vs last sale 2,931▲ 264 vs year ago 4,596 · +5.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday (October 15th) steer and heifer calves weighing 300-350 lbs higher with instances sharply higher, calves over 350-440 lbs under most pressure with instances 10.00-15.00 lower with calves over 450- lbs steady to instances 4.00-7.00 higher. Yearling heifers instances 3.00-10.00 higher, yearling steers lightly tested. Demand moderate to good with reputation quality packages and preconditioned calves bringing premium prices.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $298.14/cwt on 685 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −156.88 against this barn's trailing median of $455.02.
Average price
$298.14
685 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,620
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.83
vs WY average
−0.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543298.321,621675
Medium and Large 1-2529286.001,51310thin
One grade step is worth $12.32/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale685 hd
298.14
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WY average3 barns · 1,746 hd
308.96
−10.83
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
−0.90
This barn, trailing median18 sales
455.02
−156.88
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

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,18811
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318415.36/cwt409.00–435.001,32127
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378384.28/cwt362.00–397.001,453167
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2398345.50/cwt345.50–345.501,37524
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426360.59/cwt350.00–374.001,536256
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy457361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,65026
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484319.05/cwt311.00–322.001,544386
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516315.50/cwt305.00–326.501,628312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,51310
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567283.55/cwt271.00–298.501,608363
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619265.10/cwt261.00–271.001,641149
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667258.82/cwt252.00–265.001,72670
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779259.25/cwt258.50–261.502,02071
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1809254.50/cwt254.50–254.502,05911
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,0706
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1927231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,1416
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1339361.54/cwt353.00–365.001,22664
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381330.84/cwt315.00–345.001,261235
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433312.22/cwt302.00–316.251,352376
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477296.72/cwt287.00–307.751,41556
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518286.13/cwt282.00–289.001,482119
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568265.22/cwt254.50–274.001,50628
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614257.23/cwt256.00–258.001,57927
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Spayed721234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6876
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,71225
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755239.65/cwt231.00–244.001,80918
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed816225.75/cwt225.75–225.751,84215
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1824238.72/cwt234.00–241.001,96725
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,9646
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Spayed1,002206.50/cwt206.50–206.502,06922
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377411.40/cwt392.00–435.001,55123

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.