Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2026-11-10

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 10
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
← Nov 3Nov 10latest
Receipts
3,312 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 3,246▲ 667 vs year ago 2,645 · +25.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday with a light offering yearlings with several packages feeder calves. Feeder steers mostly steady with instances 1.00-3.00 higher instances 7.00-15.00, lower undertones on 550-590 lb calves. Heifer calves had the most advancements with 15.00-17.00 higher, 550-590 lbs instances 30.00. A few lighter weights under pressure. Demand moderate to 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 $431.68/cwt on 385 head, down $14.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 18 comparable sales and sits −21.53 against this barn's trailing median of $453.21.
Average price
$431.68
▼ 14.54 vs prior sale
385 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,412
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$235
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$22.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.93
vs WY average
+29.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560432.862,424365
Medium 1-2534410.002,18920
One grade step is worth $22.86/cwt here — about $235 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 sale385 hd
431.68
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WY average2 barns · 992 hd
445.61
−13.93
National average41 barns · 3,459 hd
402.38
+29.30
This barn, trailing median18 sales
453.21
−21.53
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 453.2103/1704/2809/1510/1311/10
Steers 500–600 lb: high $533.45, low $406.00, median $453.21 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

31 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 1319540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,72310
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384556.29/cwt543.00–570.002,13688
Steers350–400Medium 1-2388400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,55212
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420539.10/cwt510.00–558.002,264107
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429458.34/cwt452.50–502.501,96648
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2454450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,04329
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added464517.50/cwt517.50–517.502,40192
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481492.45/cwt464.50–515.002,369262
Steers450–500Medium 1-2499460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,29516
Steers500–550Medium 1-2534410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,18920
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538457.31/cwt449.00–465.002,460114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570421.76/cwt401.00–440.002,404251
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622396.99/cwt387.50–405.002,469132
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670369.38/cwt358.00–375.002,47597
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336466.53/cwt405.00–506.001,56846
Heifers300–350Medium 1-2340472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,60713
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363458.85/cwt445.00–467.501,66633
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379411.53/cwt405.00–419.001,56013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423499.18/cwt463.00–504.252,112117
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445449.00/cwt449.00–449.001,99814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468448.21/cwt423.50–467.502,098145
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479401.00/cwt400.00–403.001,92118
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522404.87/cwt386.00–418.002,113102
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2549370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,03112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569375.33/cwt357.00–385.002,136123
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663339.47/cwt333.00–344.002,25117
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,2409
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1817304.50/cwt304.50–304.502,48819
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,56714
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1529426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,2547
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1724266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,92611

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.