Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-10-07

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Oct 7
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
3,030 head
▲ 1,544 vs last sale 1,486▼ 210 vs year ago 3,240 · −6.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a Calf and Yearling Special; few cows and bulls with no market comparisons (Cows and Bulls will sell on Fridays)

Yearlings on a light test with only few comparisons available, 1000 lb plus steers steady instances 20.00 higher. Most advances on feeder steers weighing 350 lbs instances 20.00, olther steer calves steady instances 4.00-6.00 higher, over 600 lbs instances 14.00-25.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 350 lbs higher overtones 14.00-18.00 higher, replacement quality heifers most advances with instances 20.00 higher. Demand very good with good buyer participation. Calves and Yearlings sell on Tuesday only.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $471.49/cwt on 564 head. That ranks 12 of 18 comparable sales and sits +16.47 against this barn's trailing median of $455.02.
Average price
$471.49
564 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$43.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.54
vs WY average
+25.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536479.682,571459
Medium and Large 1-2545435.702,376105
One grade step is worth $43.99/cwt here — about $195 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale564 hd
471.49
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WY average3 barns · 1,411 hd
469.96
+1.54
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
+25.64
This barn, trailing median18 sales
455.02
+16.47
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

29 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1269631.64/cwt600.00–652.501,69920
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339602.43/cwt600.00–605.002,04224
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366570.31/cwt553.00–580.002,08749
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376618.50/cwt599.00–647.002,32689
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424561.03/cwt537.50–586.002,379187
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434520.20/cwt505.00–531.002,25812
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488515.93/cwt505.00–536.002,518335
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511501.76/cwt468.00–511.002,564271
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532443.52/cwt435.00–451.002,36082
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572447.86/cwt425.50–463.002,562188
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593407.81/cwt393.00–417.502,41823
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616410.56/cwt400.00–417.002,52966
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658390.90/cwt380.50–397.502,57221
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925354.06/cwt351.50–354.603,27552
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,012331.00/cwt331.00–331.003,35020
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,4695
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322513.62/cwt500.00–527.501,65415
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379534.59/cwt500.00–547.502,026130
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427493.21/cwt480.00–517.502,106101
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435446.67/cwt432.50–466.001,94376
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Replacement454479.05/cwt478.25–480.002,175134
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475445.06/cwt426.00–464.502,114164
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,98518
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516424.94/cwt412.50–433.502,193105
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542374.70/cwt372.50–380.002,03120
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578374.27/cwt370.00–383.502,16321
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,5025
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734364.41/cwt363.50–366.002,67516
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,037304.84/cwt303.00–307.003,16113

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.