Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-02-25

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Feb 25
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
153 head
574 vs last sale 727 104 vs year ago 49 · +212.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
49 vs last sale 121 125 vs year ago 45 · +277.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
424 head
214 vs last sale 210 407 vs year ago 17 · +2,394.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, selling all cattle classes; slaughter cows steady instances 4.00-5.00 higher, slaughter bulls on a light offering mostly steady, several bred cows ranging from young to broken mouth. Few feeder calves with not enough for a good market test. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $343.10/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 150.05 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.
Average price
$343.10
34 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
29.21
vs WY average
5.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508343.101,74334
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 sale34 hd
343.10
WY average2 barns · 358 hd
372.31
−29.21
National average180 barns · 14,929 hd
348.24
−5.14
This barn, trailing median15 sales
493.15
−150.05
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
BullsAverage1,778157.872,8075thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,288137.001,76535
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,624135.152,19486
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,030120.531,24114

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,398$3,08236
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,233$2,7884thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,402$2,49412
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,399$2,42048
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,341$2,4006
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,442$2,38511
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,332$2,15461
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,137$2,7395

Every lot, as filed

27 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
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650604329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,98710
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600579306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,77210
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450429329.41/cwt322.50–350.001,41319
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400378402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,5218
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500450327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4745
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550508343.10/cwt341.00–352.501,74334
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2332,788.03/head2,500.00–3,050.002,7884
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3412,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3983,082.36/head2,500.00–3,200.003,08236
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1372,739.05/head2,700.00–2,800.002,7395
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,468137.74/cwt134.50–144.502,022114
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,298132.97/cwt130.50–134.001,72611
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2111,757.26/head1,625.00–1,885.001,75712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3622,251.33/head2,050.00–2,500.002,25149
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4022,493.93/head2,250.00–2,700.002,49412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4422,384.83/head2,225.00–2,600.002,38511
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,045201.00/cwt190.00–212.002,1002
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,073162.61/cwt152.50–174.001,74511
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,230141.10/cwt135.00–150.501,73666
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3992,419.82/head2,200.00–2,435.002,42048
Bulls1,778157.87/cwt155.00–162.502,8075
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,622134.33/cwt127.50–139.502,17981
CowsLean 85-90%1,036114.20/cwt111.00–119.501,18310
CowsLean 85-90%1,014136.35/cwt133.50–138.501,3834
CowsBoner 80-85%1,295130.12/cwt125.50–132.001,6855
CowsBoner 80-85%1,287138.15/cwt133.00–144.001,77830
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,650148.50/cwt142.50–151.002,4505

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.