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Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2025-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-29

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Apr 29

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104

← Apr 22Apr 29May 6 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

122 head

▲ 74 vs last sale 48▲ 45 vs year ago 77 · +58.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

99 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 73▲ 27 vs year ago 72 · +37.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a light offering; slaughter cows firm with slaughter bulls higher overtones noted with 5.00-10.00 higher, top individual bull instances 19.00 higher. Demand good with good attendance and buyer participation. Several baby calves 55-90 lbs $300.00-$450.00 per head.

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	1,883	174.14	3,279	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,442	148.11	2,136	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,093	139.97	1,530	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,319	138.68	1,829	17

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,026	$2,700	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,269	$3,600	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,692	$3,010	10

Every lot

16 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
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,798	168.94/cwt	162.00–172.00	3,038	17
Bulls	—	—	2,044	183.95/cwt	177.00–194.00	3,760	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	910	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,210	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,103	140.36/cwt	137.00–143.50	1,548	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,281	136.12/cwt	133.50–139.00	1,744	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,388	143.36/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,990	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,429	143.72/cwt	143.00–144.50	2,054	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,475	159.08/cwt	155.00–163.00	2,346	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	963	217.25/cwt	207.00–239.00	2,092	11
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,159	186.48/cwt	182.50–192.00	2,161	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,188	152.89/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,816	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,189	144.21/cwt	135.00–148.50	1,715	10
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,383	143.39/cwt	138.00–146.50	1,983	40
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,026	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,269	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,692	3,010.00/head	3,010.00–3,010.00	3,010	10

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.

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Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Tue Apr 29, 2025

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 122Last week 48Year ago 77

Replacement CattleReceipts 99Last week 73Year ago 72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,103	137.00–143.50	140.36
1	—	910	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,429	143.00–144.50	143.72
2	—	1,475	155.00–163.00	159.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,388	140.00–149.00	143.36
11	—	1,281	133.50–139.00	136.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	2,044	177.00–194.00	183.95
17	—	1,798	162.00–172.00	168.94

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,383	138.00–146.50	143.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,188	150.00–161.00	152.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,159	182.50–192.00	186.48
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	963	207.00–239.00	217.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,189	135.00–148.50	144.21

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,026	2,700.00	2,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,692	3,010.00	3,010.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,269	3,600.00	3,600.00

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.