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Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2025-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-07

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Jan 7

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104

← Dec 17Jan 7Jan 14 →

Receipts

3,861 head

▲ 3,807 vs last sale 54▲ 21 vs year ago 3,840 · +0.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale of 2025 with calf and yearling special; Demand and buyer participation good with prices higher higher on all classes of calves, light offering yearlings.

Friday january 10th last cow and bull sale, all classes of cattle will start selling on Tuesday's. Special bred cow sale along with regular sale on Tuesday January 14th.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $356.73/cwt on 615 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −98.29 against this barn's trailing median of $455.02.

Average price

$356.73

615 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs WY average

+14.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	356.73	1,926	615

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale615 hd

356.73

—

WY average1 barns · 615 hd

356.73

+0.00

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+14.65

This barn, trailing median18 sales

455.02

−98.29

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

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

28 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,466	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	378	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,701	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	414.06/cwt	407.00–430.00	1,594	57
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	410	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,833	38
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,662	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	411.81/cwt	399.00–437.00	1,783	152
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	389.94/cwt	378.25–412.00	1,844	234
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	364.98/cwt	350.00–376.00	1,909	437
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	336.47/cwt	331.00–345.00	1,955	178
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	323.72/cwt	319.00–331.00	2,036	254
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	305.77/cwt	292.00–315.00	2,073	101
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	301.69/cwt	300.00–307.50	2,136	31
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	271.43/cwt	256.50–280.50	2,098	48
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,186	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,356	16
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,189	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,378	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,364	24
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	391.42/cwt	369.00–400.00	1,468	92
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	402	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,596	41
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	365.51/cwt	340.00–373.00	1,583	178
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	464	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,670	60
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	339.99/cwt	326.00–351.00	1,625	225
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,539	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	323.08/cwt	301.00–329.00	1,709	203
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	315.12/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,752	235
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	281.80/cwt	278.50–289.00	1,665	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	281.56/cwt	277.00–288.00	1,774	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,775	26

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 Jan 7, 2025

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

Receipts 3,861Last week 54Year ago 3,840

First sale of 2025 with calf and yearling special; Demand and buyer participation good with prices higher higher on all classes of calves, light offering yearlings.

Friday january 10th last cow and bull sale, all classes of cattle will start selling on Tuesday's. Special bred cow sale along with regular sale on Tuesday January 14th.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	402	397.00	397.00
60	450–500	464	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	336	406.00	406.00
92	350–400	375	369.00–400.00	391.42
178	400–450	433	340.00–373.00	365.51
225	450–500	478	326.00–351.00	339.99
203	500–550	529	301.00–329.00	323.08
235	550–600	556	300.00–321.00	315.12
27	600–650	630	277.00–288.00	281.56
26	650–700	655	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	481	320.00	320.00
29	550–600	591	278.50–289.00	281.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	427.50	427.50
57	350–400	385	407.00–430.00	414.06
152	400–450	433	399.00–437.00	411.81
234	450–500	473	378.25–412.00	389.94
437	500–550	523	350.00–376.00	364.98
178	550–600	581	331.00–345.00	336.47
254	600–650	629	319.00–331.00	323.72
101	650–700	678	292.00–315.00	305.77
31	700–750	708	300.00–307.50	301.69
48	750–800	773	256.50–280.50	271.43
9	850–900	887	246.50	246.50
16	950–1000	952	247.50	247.50
5	1150–1200	1,189	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	450.00	450.00
38	400–450	410	447.00	447.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	425	391.00	391.00

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.