Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-02-04

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Feb 4
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,647 head
▲ 2,548 vs last sale 99▼ 906 vs year ago 3,553 · −25.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 191▲ 69 vs year ago 54 · +127.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
257 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 157▲ 116 vs year ago 141 · +82.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a calf and yearling special; Slaughter cows mostly steady with instances 3.00-5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady with couple 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder calves and yearlings good offering with no comparison available due to light offering last 2-3 weeks, prevailing markets higher overtones noted. Demand and buyer participation very active through out the day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $351.98/cwt on 547 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −103.05 against this barn's trailing median of $455.02.
Average price
$351.98
547 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,029
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−10.41
vs WY average
+9.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1576351.982,029547
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 sale547 hd
351.98
—
WY average2 barns · 1,323 hd
362.39
−10.41
National average187 barns · 18,766 hd
342.38
+9.60
This barn, trailing median18 sales
455.02
−103.05
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.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,672152.902,55729
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,264132.301,67283
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,528129.971,9869thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,099120.431,32415

Every lot

34 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1296450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,33221
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1342454.00/cwt454.00–454.001,55326
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420389.04/cwt375.00–406.001,63415
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474399.79/cwt393.00–408.001,89585
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1541362.67/cwt349.00–366.501,96232
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy553373.50/cwt373.50–373.502,06559
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582348.44/cwt330.00–366.002,028456
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639323.49/cwt312.50–331.002,06766
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671311.34/cwt294.00–322.502,089236
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720283.26/cwt282.00–283.502,039147
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762273.17/cwt254.00–280.002,08224
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1811260.13/cwt248.00–268.502,110110
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,12714
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1341404.13/cwt400.00–405.001,37838
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476320.56/cwt313.00–331.001,52648
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524331.98/cwt326.00–335.001,740145
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578311.33/cwt295.00–322.001,799245
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1606292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,77013
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676279.83/cwt273.00–290.501,892200
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726257.76/cwt246.50–267.001,87148
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759252.97/cwt248.00–255.001,920126
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,591145.38/cwt138.50–149.002,31310
Bulls——1,665152.26/cwt151.00–154.002,5356
Bulls——1,738158.99/cwt156.00–163.002,76313
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,097122.78/cwt117.50–126.001,34713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113105.12/cwt100.00–110.001,1702
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264132.99/cwt130.50–137.501,68179
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267118.61/cwt113.00–124.001,5034
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520126.63/cwt126.00–127.501,9254
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,534132.65/cwt129.50–139.002,0355
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,012191.35/cwt176.00–208.001,9368
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,024125.99/cwt120.00–129.001,29012
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,156133.87/cwt131.00–146.001,548118
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,328134.48/cwt130.00–137.501,78677

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.