Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-04-01

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Apr 1
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
253 head
253 vs last sale 0 247 vs year ago 500 · 49.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
3 vs last sale 76 6 vs year ago 73 · +8.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
31 vs last sale 78 23 vs year ago 24 · +95.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale; slaughter cows mostly steady instance 6.00-9.00 higher on couple individuals, slaughter bulls limited test with instance 2,00-6.00 higher with lower undertones noted on lower end of offerings. Feeder cows firm with most activity. Feeder heifer calves on a light offering unevenly steady with feeder steers mostly firm. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $373.00/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 120.15 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.
Average price
$373.00
18 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,037
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
14.11
vs WY average
+3.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546373.002,03718thin
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 sale18 hd
373.00
WY average2 barns · 396 hd
387.11
−14.11
National average168 barns · 11,835 hd
369.01
+3.99
This barn, trailing median15 sales
493.15
−120.15
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
BullsAverage1,645158.412,6069thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,324139.921,85212
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,589139.092,2106thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,085129.341,4045thin

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 and Large 1300–350319380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,21216
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400388390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5135
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750736244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,80011
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500457367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,67913
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550546373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,03718
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800782292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,28737
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650644350.94/cwt345.00–351.502,26081
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,206145.16/cwt138.00–152.001,75118
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,436142.69/cwt138.00–146.002,04927
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,196131.97/cwt124.00–135.501,57812
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1986219.47/cwt205.00–229.002,16415
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,074163.29/cwt157.00–178.001,7547
BullsReturn to Feed1,367148.35/cwt142.00–152.002,0285
Bulls1,923166.07/cwt163.50–168.503,1942
Bulls2,063175.88/cwt172.50–180.003,6282
CowsLean 85-90%1,067136.10/cwt129.00–140.001,4523
CowsLean 85-90%1,113119.19/cwt115.00–123.001,3272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,294128.93/cwt127.00–132.001,6684
CowsBoner 80-85%1,339145.41/cwt140.00–147.501,9478
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,589139.09/cwt133.00–145.002,2106

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.