Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-01-07

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Jan 7
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
3,861 head
3,807 vs last sale 54 21 vs year ago 3,840 · +0.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale of 2025 with calf and yearling special; Demand and buyer participation good with prices higher higher on all classes of calves, light offering yearlings.

Friday january 10th last cow and bull sale, all classes of cattle will start selling on Tuesday's. Special bred cow sale along with regular sale on Tuesday January 14th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $356.73/cwt on 615 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 136.42 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.
Average price
$356.73
615 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,926
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs WY average
+14.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540356.731,926615
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 sale615 hd
356.73
WY average1 barns · 615 hd
356.73
+0.00
National average155 barns · 22,672 hd
342.08
+14.65
This barn, trailing median15 sales
493.15
−136.42
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

28 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 and Large 1Fancy400–450402397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,59641
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500464360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,67060
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350336406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,36424
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,77526
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550529323.08/cwt301.00–329.001,709203
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600556315.12/cwt300.00–321.001,752235
SteersMedium and Large 11150–12001,189200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,3785
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450433411.81/cwt399.00–437.001,783152
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650629323.72/cwt319.00–331.002,036254
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350343427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,4665
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700678305.77/cwt292.00–315.002,073101
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600581336.47/cwt331.00–345.001,955178
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450410447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,83338
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400378450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7015
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900887246.50/cwt246.50–246.502,1869
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,66225
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000952247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,35616
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523364.98/cwt350.00–376.001,909437
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630281.56/cwt277.00–288.001,77427
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400375391.42/cwt369.00–400.001,46892
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750708301.69/cwt300.00–307.502,13631
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800773271.43/cwt256.50–280.502,09848
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500481320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,53914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600591281.80/cwt278.50–289.001,66529
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450433365.51/cwt340.00–373.001,583178
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500478339.99/cwt326.00–351.001,625225
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400385414.06/cwt407.00–430.001,59457
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473389.94/cwt378.25–412.001,844234

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.