Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-11-04

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 4
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
3,388 head
▼ 524 vs last sale 3,912▲ 486 vs year ago 2,902 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale higher overtones noted on all classes of calves and yearlings offered. More yearlings with 11.00-15.00 higher instances 17.00-22.00. Feeder steers calves under 600 lbs sharply sharply higher with instances 35.00-65.00, over 600 lbs instances 30.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00-12.00 higher, instances 15.00-22.00. Heifer calves weighting 550 unevenly steady with instances 10.00 lower. Demand was very good with good buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $467.99/cwt on 713 head. That ranks 12 of 18 comparable sales and sits +12.97 against this barn's trailing median of $455.02.
Average price
$467.99
713 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$232
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$68.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.33
vs WY average
+48.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537472.112,534670
Medium and Large 1-2570403.752,30143
One grade step is worth $68.36/cwt here — about $232 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 sale713 hd
467.99
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WY average3 barns · 2,239 hd
461.66
+6.33
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
+48.89
This barn, trailing median18 sales
455.02
+12.97
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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330568.06/cwt550.00–597.501,87535
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy345638.00/cwt638.00–638.002,20117
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2352435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,53122
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386573.47/cwt551.00–578.002,21450
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426561.71/cwt544.00–597.002,393138
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476510.87/cwt491.00–536.002,432166
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522485.26/cwt467.75–502.002,533469
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570403.75/cwt397.50–406.002,30143
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571441.43/cwt422.50–458.002,521201
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614404.94/cwt383.00–419.002,486144
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674367.28/cwt354.50–376.252,47544
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1757326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,4685
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1802335.38/cwt334.50–336.002,69012
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866330.40/cwt329.00–331.502,86118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1266590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,56910
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy365550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,00821
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370511.52/cwt482.50–520.001,89358
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436468.17/cwt450.00–487.502,041125
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484431.22/cwt420.00–450.002,087247
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527403.38/cwt394.00–406.752,12655
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564372.87/cwt352.50–382.002,10370
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618343.94/cwt337.50–350.502,12635
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678308.37/cwt298.00–315.002,09118
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721301.24/cwt292.00–311.002,17212
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed825307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,53313
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830301.25/cwt287.50–305.002,50023
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1876305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,67226
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1919286.23/cwt281.00–291.002,63025
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1974274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,66913

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.