Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-05-27

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, May 27
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
82 head
2 vs last sale 84 82 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
9 vs last sale 114 141 vs year ago 246 · 57.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
146 head
48 vs last sale 194 66 vs year ago 212 · 31.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a light offering of all class; Slaughter cows steady with 4.00-8.00 higher instances 12.00, slaughter bulls mostly firm with several feeder cows going back to feed for grass. Few cow/calf pair and breds selling in individual offerings along with feeder calves in small groups with no comparisons available for a good market test. Demand good to moderate. Starting summer schedule: Next sell will be June 10 th - sells every other week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.30/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits 129.99 against this barn's trailing median of $450.29.
Average price
$320.30
15 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs WY average
12.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527320.301,68815thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale15 hd
320.30
WY average1 barns · 15 hd
320.30
+0.00
National average127 barns · 6,029 hd
332.69
−12.39
This barn, trailing median13 sales
450.29
−129.99
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
BullsAverage1,847171.263,16226
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,336144.071,92524
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,583140.582,22517
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,101132.551,4594thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1450–500483332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,6065
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,7095
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900894260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,3245
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600569363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,0656
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,8629
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550508329.20/cwt326.00–332.501,67210
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,0335
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,152144.31/cwt137.00–149.001,66213
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1996205.87/cwt195.00–216.002,05010
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,041187.17/cwt171.00–191.001,94830
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,180154.93/cwt151.00–164.001,82830
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,406144.38/cwt138.00–150.502,03045
BullsReturn to Feed1,402170.33/cwt167.00–177.502,3883
Bulls1,896167.95/cwt160.00–175.003,18418
Bulls1,935183.72/cwt180.00–194.503,5555
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,593137.14/cwt134.00–139.502,1859
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,572144.44/cwt140.00–148.502,2718
CowsLean 85-90%1,090122.60/cwt119.00–126.001,3362
CowsLean 85-90%1,112142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,5852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,329137.54/cwt133.00–140.001,82811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,342149.59/cwt146.00–156.502,00713

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.