Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2024-11-26

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 26
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
282 head
2,082 vs last sale 2,364 330 vs year ago 612 · 53.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
43 vs last sale 0 35 vs year ago 78 · 44.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
27 vs last sale 0 3 vs year ago 30 · 10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale before Thanksgiving with light offering. Not enough of any one class for a good market test. Demand moderate. Next sale will be December 3 rd with special feeder calf and yearling sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $290.00/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 141.12 against this barn's trailing median of $431.12.
Average price
$290.00
17 head · 688 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+7.10
vs WY average
0.53 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1688290.001,99517thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

14 sales
491457423390median 431.1212/1602/0303/2404/2805/26
Steers 600–700 lb: high $477.19, low $403.50, median $431.12 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
290.00
WY average2 barns · 328 hd
282.90
+7.10
National average39 barns · 6,247 hd
290.53
−0.53
This barn, trailing median14 sales
431.12
−141.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,775136.542,4246thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,500107.211,6085thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850814257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,0929
HeifersMedium 1-2350–400390310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,20920
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450431313.38/cwt310.50–319.001,35126
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000964206.25/cwt206.25–206.251,9887
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800763239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,8277
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500498306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,5249
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400391351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,3728
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,179109.82/cwt106.00–113.001,29512
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,093126.02/cwt121.00–132.001,3775
SteersMedium 1-2350–400396315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2476
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800773279.50/cwt279.50–279.502,16127
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900864256.34/cwt253.50–259.002,21523
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,508111.00/cwt110.00–112.001,6742
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,495104.69/cwt102.50–107.001,5653
Bulls1,865144.10/cwt142.00–148.002,6873
Bulls1,685128.98/cwt125.00–136.002,1733
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,359105.59/cwt104.00–108.001,4354
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700688290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,99517

How this sale compares

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.