Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2024-12-10

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Dec 10
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
1,750 head
▲ 696 vs last sale 1,054▲ 1,504 vs year ago 246 · +611.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers unevenly steady with calves under 500 lbs lower undertones noted, 500 lb calves most advancement with instances 20.00 higher, over 600 lbs under pressure with instances 10.00 lower. Heifer calves weighing in 300 lbs most advancement and demand, under 600 lbs 3.00-8.00 higher, heifer calves over 600 lbs under pressure under pressure with lower undertones. Demand moderate to good with uneven activity.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $348.28/cwt on 195 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −106.74 against this barn's trailing median of $455.02.
Average price
$348.28
195 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$58.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.89
vs WY average
+23.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530360.051,907156
Medium and Large 1-2580301.181,74739
One grade step is worth $58.87/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale195 hd
348.28
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WY average2 barns · 622 hd
341.38
+6.89
National average185 barns · 29,268 hd
324.35
+23.93
This barn, trailing median18 sales
455.02
−106.74
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

32 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1309460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,42115
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373409.80/cwt402.50–442.501,52968
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428401.82/cwt390.00–409.001,72057
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481373.21/cwt357.50–378.001,795116
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489332.74/cwt331.00–335.001,62716
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510374.52/cwt352.00–378.001,910103
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568331.93/cwt314.75–346.001,88553
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580301.18/cwt286.00–311.001,74739
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619301.02/cwt285.00–311.501,86388
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,75518
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680275.14/cwt273.50–278.001,87116
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,90859
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1786269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,11422
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,86510
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,006228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,2946
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1288322.50/cwt322.50–322.5092919
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,26510
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2348256.00/cwt256.00–256.0089112
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370333.75/cwt333.75–333.751,23528
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374370.15/cwt351.00–385.001,38498
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435338.66/cwt320.00–350.001,473198
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478269.76/cwt265.00–272.501,28922
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0727
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Replacement502366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,83741
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516296.31/cwt286.00–300.001,52973
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2547272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,49131
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562301.21/cwt294.00–306.001,69330
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1602250.53/cwt250.00–251.001,50815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned609265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,61410
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,60513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement678255.75/cwt255.75–255.751,73465
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed756235.25/cwt235.25–235.251,7789

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.