Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2024-11-05

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 5
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
2,902 head
▼ 2,341 vs last sale 5,243▼ 999 vs year ago 3,901 · −25.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale; Not enough yearlings for a good market test or comparisons. Feeder steers unevenly steady, under 500 lbs instances 8.00-11.00 lower over 500 lbs instances 3.00-5.00 higher, only 600 lb calves instances 9.00 lower. Heifer calves under 400 lbs 7.00-12.00 lower over 400 lbs instances 3.00-10.00 higher only 450 lb calves under pressure with 4.00-6.00 lower and over 600 lbs instances 9.00-12.00 lower. Demand moderate to good with fewer buyers in attendance.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $308.86/cwt on 578 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −146.16 against this barn's trailing median of $455.02.
Average price
$308.86
578 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$10.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.07
vs WY average
+7.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541309.271,672555
Medium 1-2523299.001,56423
One grade step is worth $10.27/cwt here — about $108 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 sale578 hd
308.86
—
WY average3 barns · 1,953 hd
311.93
−3.07
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
+7.01
This barn, trailing median18 sales
455.02
−146.16
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

22 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 1305437.30/cwt417.00–448.001,33425
Steers300–350Medium 1-2332367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,22052
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1391378.67/cwt372.00–387.001,481117
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419368.67/cwt350.00–377.001,545258
Steers400–450Medium 1-2419361.75/cwt361.75–361.751,516106
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443329.64/cwt305.00–341.001,46042
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479339.16/cwt320.00–347.001,625411
Steers500–550Medium 1-2523299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,56423
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531315.19/cwt300.00–330.501,674421
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571290.66/cwt270.00–302.001,660134
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618273.55/cwt260.00–279.501,69166
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,73114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,22714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366334.25/cwt320.00–345.001,22361
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424321.43/cwt311.00–335.001,363175
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470301.54/cwt282.50–311.001,417186
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523282.64/cwt272.00–291.001,47870
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554277.96/cwt276.00–279.001,54040
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,51412
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664235.28/cwt230.00–239.001,56217
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1776244.00/cwt243.00–244.251,89325
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed838223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,8698

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.