Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2025-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a calf and yearling special; slaughter cows and bulls not as attractive as last week mostly steady for offering. Yearlings mostly steady, good quality feeder calves with higher overtones noted with higher higher prices. Not enough feeder calves from last week to make good comparisons. Demand very good with good buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $403.81/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −46.48 against this barn's trailing median of $450.29.

Average price

$403.81

21 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs WY average

+44.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	403.81	2,231	21

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

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 sale21 hd

403.81

—

WY average1 barns · 21 hd

403.81

+0.00

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

+44.15

This barn, trailing median13 sales

450.29

−46.48

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,653	175.50	2,901	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,570	145.59	2,286	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,076	144.77	1,557	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,276	141.50	1,806	6thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	802	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,582	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,139	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	750–800	773	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,443	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	421.20/cwt	407.00–429.00	2,464	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,480	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	3,041	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	557.01/cwt	542.50–559.00	2,312	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	579	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,501	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	691	366.20/cwt	357.00–385.00	2,530	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	758	353.64/cwt	340.00–367.00	2,681	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	549	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,374	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	374.14/cwt	361.00–390.00	2,518	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	632.50/cwt	632.50–632.50	2,087	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	584.00/cwt	584.00–584.00	2,289	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	850–900	861	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	3,082	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	704	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,844	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	900–950	908	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,906	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	700–750	724	354.75/cwt	354.75–354.75	2,568	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	743	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,578	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,153	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	829	337.25/cwt	337.25–337.25	2,796	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	793	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,783	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	145.59/cwt	141.00–150.00	2,286	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	141.50/cwt	136.50–147.00	1,806	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	152.26/cwt	151.00–154.50	1,672	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	140.27/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,490	5
Bulls	—	—	1,875	179.69/cwt	172.00–184.50	3,369	9
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,542	173.41/cwt	169.50–183.00	2,674	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,353	165.30/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,237	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,382	163.72/cwt	154.50–171.50	2,263	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,168	209.71/cwt	203.00–215.00	2,449	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	999	259.71/cwt	232.50–263.50	2,595	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,226	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,215	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,976	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	553.74/cwt	548.50–567.00	2,082	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	890	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,768	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	950–1000	966	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,024	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	647.50/cwt	647.50–647.50	1,904	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	325.60/cwt	325.60–325.60	2,856	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	487.77/cwt	468.50–510.00	2,063	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	1,946	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,287	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,602	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	706.40/cwt	702.00–712.50	1,921	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	401	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,286	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	747	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,648	44

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.

Wyoming feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Tue Sep 16, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Torrington, WY (LS-TO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 996Last week 886Year ago 625

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 74Year ago 176

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 46Year ago 52

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	700–750	747	354.50	354.50
6	800–850	802	322.00	322.00
7	850–900	890	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	773	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	743	347.00	347.00
26	800–850	829	337.25	337.25
30	900–950	908	320.00	320.00
5	950–1000	966	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	724	354.75	354.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	294	647.50	647.50
16	300–350	334	582.50	582.50
44	350–400	376	548.50–567.00	553.74
67	400–450	423	468.50–510.00	487.77
6	450–500	487	442.00	442.00
13	500–550	525	424.00	424.00
8	550–600	597	371.00	371.00
11	850–900	877	325.60	325.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	443	446.00	446.00
12	700–750	735	354.00	354.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	272	702.00–712.50	706.40
17	300–350	330	632.50	632.50
19	350–400	392	584.00	584.00
51	400–450	415	542.50–559.00	557.01
6	450–500	452	506.00	506.00
21	500–550	501	495.00	495.00
34	550–600	585	407.00–429.00	421.20
13	650–700	673	361.00–390.00	374.14
3	750–800	761	361.00	361.00
10	850–900	859	354.00	354.00
8	900–950	926	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	692	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	549	432.50	432.50
18	550–600	579	432.00	432.00
15	650–700	691	357.00–385.00	366.20
48	700–750	704	404.00	404.00
14	750–800	758	340.00–367.00	353.64
18	850–900	861	358.00	358.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	401	570.00	570.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	793	351.00	351.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	141.00–150.00	145.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,276	136.50–147.00	141.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,098	151.00–154.50	152.26
5	—	1,062	135.00–146.00	140.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,875	172.00–184.50	179.69
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,542	169.50–183.00	173.41

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,353	160.00–170.00	165.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,382	154.50–171.50	163.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,168	203.00–215.00	209.71
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	999	232.50–263.50	259.71

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle