Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-05-06

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, May 6
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
349 head
349 vs last sale 0 534 vs year ago 883 · 60.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
53 vs last sale 122 56 vs year ago 125 · 44.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
366 head
267 vs last sale 99 281 vs year ago 85 · +330.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a back to grass special; slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls mostly steady with instance 9.00 lower from high bull last week, several cows and heiferette types returning to feed or going back to grass. Good selection of feeder calves in various weights with no comparisons available. Several cow/calf pairs and a few bred cows. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $380.15/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 113.00 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.
Average price
$380.15
75 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,140
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$602
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$88.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.06
vs WY average
+1.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566388.402,19868
Medium and Large 1-2532300.001,5967thin
One grade step is worth $88.40/cwt here — about $602 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale75 hd
380.15
WY average2 barns · 278 hd
394.21
−14.06
National average168 barns · 13,508 hd
378.79
+1.36
This barn, trailing median15 sales
493.15
−113.00
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
BullsHigh1,769170.543,01721
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,575147.322,3208thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,291136.441,76114
CowsLean 85-90%High1,064132.901,4138thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,317$2,6215
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,292$2,3476
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,225$3,72832
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,331$3,7006
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,169$2,74850
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)874$3,71161

Every lot, as filed

37 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
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300298401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,19510
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300270340.00/cwt340.00–340.009187
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600564343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,9357
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650606316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,91510
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750724287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,0825
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5967
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750705330.62/cwt325.00–333.502,33124
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800753308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,3199
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500472358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,69011
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700685288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,97314
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550501352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,7665
CowsLean 85-90%1,062136.13/cwt132.00–143.501,4466
CowsLean 85-90%1,068123.20/cwt118.00–129.001,3162
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,547160.26/cwt158.50–161.002,4793
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,591139.56/cwt133.00–142.002,2205
CowsBoner 80-85%1,291136.44/cwt129.50–139.001,76114
Bulls1,827181.52/cwt179.00–185.003,3168
Bulls1,847167.26/cwt161.00–171.003,0899
BullsReturn to Feed1,478155.95/cwt151.00–160.002,3054
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,163190.10/cwt179.00–202.502,21130
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,019226.42/cwt214.50–237.002,30721
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2922,347.19/head2,250.00–2,400.002,3476
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,153146.84/cwt136.50–152.501,69346
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 19954,239.98/head3,975.00–4,300.004,24012
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 18443,581.11/head3,000.00–3,860.003,58149
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,389145.38/cwt140.00–153.002,01938
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,121161.91/cwt154.00–174.501,81528
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3313,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7006
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1862,899.78/head2,610.00–3,300.002,90012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1642,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,70038
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,273135.00/cwt132.00–137.501,71915
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3172,621.48/head2,600.00–2,700.002,6215
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2253,728.18/head3,510.00–4,100.003,72832
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600583384.24/cwt380.00–392.502,24051
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615373.48/cwt366.00–380.002,29739
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550515400.88/cwt390.00–411.002,06517
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5659

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.