Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers unevenly steady with calves under 500 lbs lower undertones noted, 500 lb calves most advancement with instances 20.00 higher, over 600 lbs under pressure with instances 10.00 lower. Heifer calves weighing in 300 lbs most advancement and demand, under 600 lbs 3.00-8.00 higher, heifer calves over 600 lbs under pressure under pressure with lower undertones. Demand moderate to good with uneven activity.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $348.28/cwt on 195 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −144.87 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$348.28

195 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,880

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$58.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.89

vs WY average

+23.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	360.05	1,907	156
Medium and Large 1-2	580	301.18	1,747	39

One grade step is worth $58.87/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $533.45, low $449.22, median $493.15 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale195 hd

348.28

—

WY average2 barns · 622 hd

341.38

+6.89

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+23.93

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−144.87

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

32 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	301.02/cwt	285.00–311.50	1,863	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	678	255.75/cwt	255.75–255.75	1,734	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	502	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,837	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	401.82/cwt	390.00–409.00	1,720	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	331.93/cwt	314.75–346.00	1,885	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	374.52/cwt	352.00–378.00	1,910	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,421	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	333.75/cwt	333.75–333.75	1,235	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	301.21/cwt	294.00–306.00	1,693	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	275.14/cwt	273.50–278.00	1,871	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,865	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	301.18/cwt	286.00–311.00	1,747	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	373.21/cwt	357.50–378.00	1,795	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	409.80/cwt	402.50–442.50	1,529	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,908	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,755	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	332.74/cwt	331.00–335.00	1,627	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	296.31/cwt	286.00–300.00	1,529	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	269.76/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,289	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	891	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,072	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,294	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	756	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	1,778	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,614	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	929	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,605	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,491	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,114	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	370.15/cwt	351.00–385.00	1,384	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	338.66/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,473	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,265	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	250.53/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,508	15

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.

Wyoming feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Tue Dec 10, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Torrington, WY (LS-TO)

Receipts 1,750Last week 1,054Year ago 246

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	309	460.00	460.00
68	350–400	373	402.50–442.50	409.80
57	400–450	428	390.00–409.00	401.82
116	450–500	481	357.50–378.00	373.21
103	500–550	510	352.00–378.00	374.52
53	550–600	568	314.75–346.00	331.93
88	600–650	619	285.00–311.50	301.02
16	650–700	680	273.50–278.00	275.14
59	700–750	727	262.50	262.50
22	750–800	786	269.00	269.00
10	800–850	827	225.50	225.50
6	1000–1050	1,006	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	489	331.00–335.00	332.74
39	550–600	580	286.00–311.00	301.18
18	600–650	629	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
41	500–550	502	366.00	366.00
65	650–700	678	255.75	255.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	348	256.00	256.00
28	350–400	370	333.75	333.75
7	450–500	482	222.50	222.50
31	500–550	547	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	250–300	288	322.50	322.50
10	300–350	332	381.00	381.00
98	350–400	374	351.00–385.00	370.15
198	400–450	435	320.00–350.00	338.66
22	450–500	478	265.00–272.50	269.76
73	500–550	516	286.00–300.00	296.31
30	550–600	562	294.00–306.00	301.21
15	600–650	602	250.00–251.00	250.53
13	650–700	655	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	756	235.25	235.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	609	265.00	265.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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