Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-11-25

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 25
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
347 head
▼ 1,257 vs last sale 1,604▲ 65 vs year ago 282 · +23.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, on last sale of November and last sale before Thanksgiving. Offering very light with lower undertones noted, small numbers offered in sale order make comparisons unavailable or fair. Demand moderate. Next sale will be December 2nd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $412.38/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −42.65 against this barn's trailing median of $455.02.
Average price
$412.38
12 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,185
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−28.06
vs WY average
+13.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530412.382,18512thin
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 sale12 hd
412.38
—
WY average2 barns · 1,234 hd
440.44
−28.06
National average33 barns · 4,299 hd
398.67
+13.70
This barn, trailing median18 sales
455.02
−42.65
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

15 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,67512
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372537.30/cwt528.00–540.001,99942
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,8077
Steers450–500Medium 1-2480405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9449
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,3037
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,0015
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,3159
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1837331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,77022
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1933336.00/cwt336.00–336.003,1359
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329445.00/cwt440.00–452.501,46417
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,8077
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2405388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,57110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424446.00/cwt446.00–446.001,8917
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,8115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,9946

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.