Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-03-18

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Mar 18
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
584 head
566 vs last sale 18 30 vs year ago 614 · 4.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
31 vs last sale 87 45 vs year ago 101 · 44.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
102 head
451 vs last sale 553 7 vs year ago 95 · +7.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday regular sale slaughter cows firm with lean individual instances 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls instances 5.00-8.00 higher. Special feeder calve sale, prices compared to two weeks ago; higher overtones noted on all weights of calves; steers 10.00-20.00 higher, best price of 30.00 higher on 540 lb steers at 394.00. Heifers 10.00-20.00 higher, with best prices on replacement quality @ 30.00 higher. Demand good with good buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $377.45/cwt on 150 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 115.70 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.
Average price
$377.45
150 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,123
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.43
vs WY average
+20.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562377.452,123150
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 sale150 hd
377.45
WY average2 barns · 357 hd
376.02
+1.43
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
+20.29
This barn, trailing median15 sales
493.15
−115.70
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
BullsAverage2,008167.393,36211
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,254132.871,66724
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,072130.591,40014
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,477123.081,8183thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1500–550516331.76/cwt330.00–332.501,71228
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650627342.22/cwt333.25–350.002,14694
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500494337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,6657
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,5318
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement500–550511370.91/cwt367.50–374.001,89557
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750715269.88/cwt264.00–276.001,93010
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800788285.83/cwt284.00–294.002,25227
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700656336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,2048
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600581364.41/cwt363.50–374.502,11785
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950930259.09/cwt257.50–264.002,41020
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450426419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,7856
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550538394.50/cwt389.50–404.002,12265
SteersLarge 11150–12001,165219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,55110
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,009229.91/cwt220.00–236.002,32017
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,031174.90/cwt170.50–187.001,80311
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,136155.37/cwt141.00–163.001,76515
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,510141.83/cwt133.00–144.502,14244
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,189126.34/cwt121.50–134.001,50214
Bulls1,860158.79/cwt152.00–166.002,9535
Bulls2,132174.55/cwt171.00–182.003,7216
CowsBoner 80-85%1,254126.36/cwt123.00–133.001,58515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,255143.72/cwt136.00–145.501,8049
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,477123.08/cwt118.00–126.001,8183
CowsLean 85-90%1,092129.02/cwt126.00–131.501,40913
CowsLean 85-90%815151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,2311

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.