Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-03-04

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Mar 4
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
849 head
696 vs last sale 153 199 vs year ago 650 · +30.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
138 vs last sale 170 10 vs year ago 42 · 23.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
86 head
338 vs last sale 424 46 vs year ago 40 · +115.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on Feeder Calf Special; slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls instances 4.00-9.00 higher on a light offering with feeder cows mostly steady. Feeder calves compared to two weeks ago; steers mostly steady with heifers under pressure with lower undertones noted. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $349.30/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 143.85 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.
Average price
$349.30
103 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,949
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
14.63
vs WY average
+0.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558349.301,949103
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 sale103 hd
349.30
WY average2 barns · 451 hd
363.93
−14.63
National average172 barns · 12,998 hd
349.28
+0.02
This barn, trailing median15 sales
493.15
−143.85
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
BullsAverage1,900163.043,0978thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,395136.001,8971thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,454126.851,8457thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,083123.981,3433thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1700–750734254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,8687
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400391322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,25914
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570314.23/cwt302.00–328.001,79177
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700669284.27/cwt283.00–285.001,90225
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523323.96/cwt314.00–343.001,69449
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500469343.09/cwt285.00–365.001,60984
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500487363.47/cwt343.00–374.001,770103
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650610317.18/cwt312.00–328.001,93556
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600584340.44/cwt324.00–345.001,98856
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625306.05/cwt300.00–310.001,91354
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,73414
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,037227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,3596
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673312.25/cwt312.25–312.252,1019
SteersMedium and Large 11200–12501,239191.50/cwt191.50–191.502,37310
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750729288.89/cwt278.25–300.002,10622
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527359.86/cwt351.00–365.001,89647
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400368406.88/cwt397.00–413.001,49716
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1892203.93/cwt193.50–211.001,8194
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1985170.27/cwt164.00–188.001,6774
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,223136.22/cwt133.00–139.001,66620
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,443135.29/cwt130.50–139.501,95251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,330122.09/cwt121.00–123.001,6242
Bulls1,815158.55/cwt150.00–161.002,8784
Bulls1,984167.53/cwt166.00–171.003,3244
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,461131.61/cwt126.00–139.001,9235
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,438114.96/cwt113.50–116.501,6532
CowsLean 85-90%1,085115.47/cwt115.00–116.001,2532
CowsLean 85-90%1,080141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,5231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,395136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,8971

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.