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Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2024-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 26

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104

← Nov 19Nov 26Dec 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

282 head

▼ 2,082 vs last sale 2,364▼ 330 vs year ago 612 · −53.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

43 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 0▼ 35 vs year ago 78 · −44.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

27 head

▲ 27 vs last sale 0▼ 3 vs year ago 30 · −10.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale before Thanksgiving with light offering. Not enough of any one class for a good market test. Demand moderate. Next sale will be December 3 rd with special feeder calf and yearling sale.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $290.00/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −125.11 against this barn's trailing median of $415.11.

Average price

$290.00

17 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.10

vs WY average

−0.53 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	688	290.00	1,995	17thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

290.00

—

WY average2 barns · 328 hd

282.90

+7.10

National average39 barns · 6,247 hd

290.53

−0.53

This barn, trailing median16 sales

415.11

−125.11

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 600–700 lb

16 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $477.19, low $359.00, median $415.11 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,775	136.54	2,424	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,500	107.21	1,608	5thin

Every lot

18 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium 1-2	396	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,247	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,995	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	2,161	27
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,092	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	256.34/cwt	253.50–259.00	2,215	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	390	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,209	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	313.38/cwt	310.50–319.00	1,351	26
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,827	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	206.25/cwt	206.25–206.25	1,988	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,372	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,524	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,685	128.98/cwt	125.00–136.00	2,173	3
Bulls	—	—	1,865	144.10/cwt	142.00–148.00	2,687	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,495	104.69/cwt	102.50–107.00	1,565	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,508	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,674	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,093	126.02/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,377	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,179	109.82/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,295	12
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,359	105.59/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,435	4

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.

Wyoming feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Tue Nov 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 282Last week 2,364Year ago 612

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 0Year ago 78

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 0Year ago 30

Last sale before Thanksgiving with light offering. Not enough of any one class for a good market test. Demand moderate. Next sale will be December 3 rd with special feeder calf and yearling sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	688	290.00	290.00
27	750–800	773	279.50	279.50
9	800–850	814	257.00	257.00
23	850–900	864	253.50–259.00	256.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	396	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	390	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	431	310.50–319.00	313.38
7	750–800	763	239.50	239.50
7	950–1000	964	206.25	206.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	391	351.00	351.00
9	450–500	498	306.00	306.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,179	106.00–113.00	109.82
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,093	121.00–132.00	126.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,359	104.00–108.00	105.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	110.00–112.00	111.00
3	—	1,495	102.50–107.00	104.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,865	142.00–148.00	144.10
3	—	1,685	125.00–136.00	128.98

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.