Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2024-12-17

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Dec 17
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
54 head
1,696 vs last sale 1,750 277 vs year ago 331 · 83.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
272 head
272 vs last sale 0 201 vs year ago 71 · +283.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
30 vs last sale 0 151 vs year ago 181 · 83.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, light offering on last sale of 2024. Cows and bulls steady with no comparisons available, feeder calves not enough offering for a good market test. Demand moderate. No sale until JANUARY 7, 2025 with a special feeder calf sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $351.00/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 142.15 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.
Average price
$351.00
48 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,850
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+17.67
vs WY average
+24.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527351.001,85048
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales
547510473435median 493.1512/1602/0303/2405/0508/18
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 sale48 hd
351.00
WY average2 barns · 673 hd
333.33
+17.67
National average173 barns · 17,754 hd
326.63
+24.37
This barn, trailing median15 sales
493.15
−142.15
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
BullsAverage1,507130.061,96010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,744125.792,1946thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,143106.261,2152thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,341104.441,4005thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
HeifersMedium 1-2350–400370338.50/cwt338.50–338.501,25232
HeifersMedium 1-2300–350306352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,07914
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,5455
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500493299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,4748
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650611257.30/cwt255.00–260.001,57215
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650604306.50/cwt306.50–306.501,85120
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,85048
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500495351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,7377
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450433375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,62414
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1901174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,5726
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,198130.95/cwt124.00–135.001,5695
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,212113.28/cwt107.00–116.001,37310
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,401111.41/cwt108.00–114.001,5619
BullsReturn to Feed1,343139.59/cwt131.00–143.001,8753
Bulls1,385120.87/cwt116.00–128.001,6745
Bulls2,058138.75/cwt138.50–139.002,8552
CowsBoner 80-85%1,321107.17/cwt104.00–111.001,4164
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,744125.79/cwt122.00–128.502,1946
CowsLean 85-90%1,143106.26/cwt106.00–106.501,2152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42093.50/cwt93.50–93.501,3281

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.