Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-05-13

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, May 13
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
205 vs last sale 349 21 vs year ago 123 · +17.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
29 vs last sale 69 9 vs year ago 89 · +10.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
175 head
191 vs last sale 366 126 vs year ago 49 · +257.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday regular sale slaughter cows mostly steady with slaughter bulls instances 5.00-12.00 higher, several feeder cows returning to feed or grass. Feeder calves unevenly steady on light offering. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.06/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits 124.23 against this barn's trailing median of $450.29.
Average price
$326.06
38 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$1
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$41.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
22.09
vs WY average
13.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2506350.001,77116thin
Medium and Large 1574308.651,77222
One grade step is worth $41.35/cwt here — about −$1 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

13 sales
509388267146median 450.2912/1602/0303/1704/1405/19
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $494.60, low $160.00, median $450.29 across 13 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 sale38 hd
326.06
WY average2 barns · 157 hd
348.15
−22.09
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−13.82
This barn, trailing median13 sales
450.29
−124.23
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
BullsAverage1,696172.292,92228
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,122135.531,5216thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,590134.562,1395thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,309134.451,7609thin

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)1,172$2,9174thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,443$2,6699
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,318$2,4006
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,374$3,4566
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,592$2,9002thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,2087
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement900–950920259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,3837
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600574308.65/cwt300.00–315.001,77222
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800766284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,17510
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700687291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,9997
HeifersMedium 1-2500–550506350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,77116
HeifersMedium 1-2400–450447358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,6006
Bulls1,828172.05/cwt164.00–177.003,14512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,598139.00/cwt137.50–141.002,2213
CowsLean 85-90%1,148133.31/cwt131.00–135.001,5304
CowsLean 85-90%1,070139.96/cwt139.50–140.501,4982
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,578127.89/cwt126.00–130.002,0182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,320139.49/cwt138.00–142.001,8414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,301130.41/cwt127.50–133.501,6975
Bulls1,191155.58/cwt153.00–156.501,8535
Bulls1,900190.87/cwt185.00–197.003,6276
BullsReturn to Feed1,639167.29/cwt158.50–171.002,7425
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3743,455.74/head3,300.00–3,500.003,4566
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,041164.12/cwt155.00–181.001,70832
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,025206.99/cwt195.00–218.002,1229
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,072217.28/cwt147.00–238.002,32917
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,225145.00/cwt138.00–152.001,77626
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,421138.60/cwt132.00–149.501,97033
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,152131.25/cwt130.50–133.501,5126
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3182,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1722,916.89/head2,700.00–3,200.002,9174
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4432,669.39/head2,300.00–2,900.002,6699
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5922,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9002
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650638304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,9406

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.