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Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2025-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, May 27

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104

← May 20May 27Sep 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

82 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 84▲ 82 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

105 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 114▼ 141 vs year ago 246 · −57.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

146 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 194▼ 66 vs year ago 212 · −31.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a light offering of all class; Slaughter cows steady with 4.00-8.00 higher instances 12.00, slaughter bulls mostly firm with several feeder cows going back to feed for grass. Few cow/calf pair and breds selling in individual offerings along with feeder calves in small groups with no comparisons available for a good market test. Demand good to moderate. Starting summer schedule: Next sell will be June 10 th - sells every other week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.30/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −89.68 against this barn's trailing median of $409.98.

Average price

$320.30

15 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs WY average

−12.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	320.30	1,688	15thin

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 sale15 hd

320.30

—

WY average1 barns · 15 hd

320.30

+0.00

National average127 barns · 6,029 hd

332.69

−12.39

This barn, trailing median16 sales

409.98

−89.68

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

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $473.36, low $160.00, median $409.98 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	—	Average	1,847	171.26	3,162	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,336	144.07	1,925	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,583	140.58	2,225	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,101	132.55	1,459	4thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,033	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,065	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,606	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	329.20/cwt	326.00–332.50	1,672	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,709	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,862	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	894	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,324	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,402	170.33/cwt	167.00–177.50	2,388	3
Bulls	—	—	1,896	167.95/cwt	160.00–175.00	3,184	18
Bulls	—	—	1,935	183.72/cwt	180.00–194.50	3,555	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	122.60/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,336	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,112	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,585	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,329	137.54/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,828	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,342	149.59/cwt	146.00–156.50	2,007	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,572	144.44/cwt	140.00–148.50	2,271	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,593	137.14/cwt	134.00–139.50	2,185	9
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	996	205.87/cwt	195.00–216.00	2,050	10
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,041	187.17/cwt	171.00–191.00	1,948	30
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,152	144.31/cwt	137.00–149.00	1,662	13
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,180	154.93/cwt	151.00–164.00	1,828	30
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,406	144.38/cwt	138.00–150.50	2,030	45

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 May 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 82Last week 84Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 114Year ago 246

Replacement CattleReceipts 146Last week 194Year ago 212

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	483	332.50	332.50
10	500–550	508	326.00–332.50	329.20
5	550–600	565	302.50	302.50
9	600–650	640	291.00	291.00
5	850–900	894	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	428.00	428.00
6	550–600	569	363.00	363.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,152	137.00–149.00	144.31
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	996	195.00–216.00	205.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,041	171.00–191.00	187.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,180	151.00–164.00	154.93
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	45	—	1,406	138.00–150.50	144.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,402	167.00–177.50	170.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,896	160.00–175.00	167.95
5	—	1,935	180.00–194.50	183.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,593	134.00–139.50	137.14
8	—	1,572	140.00–148.50	144.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	119.00–126.00	122.60
2	—	1,112	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,329	133.00–140.00	137.54
13	—	1,342	146.00–156.50	149.59

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.