Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2025-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale; light offering slaughter cows steady instance 3.00-6.00 higher, slaughter bulls instances 7.00-15.00 higher with cows return to feed mostly steady. Yearling steers steady with 685 lb steers instances 25.00 higher, heifers steady instances 700 lbs 11.00 higher with 850 lb 5.00-6.00 higher. Feeder calves unevenly steady with 500 lb steers instances 30.00 lower with 650 lb steers 25.00 higher. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $423.04/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −70.11 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$423.04

86 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,349

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$39.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.39

vs WY average

+5.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	434.16	2,418	62
Medium and Large 1-2	551	394.32	2,172	24

One grade step is worth $39.84/cwt here — about $246 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

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 sale86 hd

423.04

—

WY average2 barns · 153 hd

432.43

−9.39

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+5.95

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−70.11

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	1,819	178.10	3,240	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,648	149.14	2,457	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,358	143.07	1,943	3thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1	1050–1100	1,050	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,161	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,152	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,693	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,109	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	331.88/cwt	331.00–332.50	2,808	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	401.78/cwt	391.00–410.00	2,113	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	492.00/cwt	489.00–495.00	2,244	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	367.14/cwt	366.00–368.50	2,871	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	600–650	627	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,358	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,976	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,779	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	412.16/cwt	407.00–422.50	2,407	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	462.67/cwt	461.00–464.00	2,415	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	3,205	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,801	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	351.19/cwt	335.00–361.00	2,399	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	386.32/cwt	385.00–387.50	2,372	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,843	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	330.74/cwt	330.50–331.00	2,904	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	702	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,562	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,761	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	378.52/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,983	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,185	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	400.21/cwt	395.00–412.50	2,165	17
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,002	186.30/cwt	171.50–215.00	1,867	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	917	263.92/cwt	237.50–312.00	2,420	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	128.55/cwt	121.00–140.00	1,309	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,389	157.76/cwt	150.00–165.50	2,191	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,681	170.45/cwt	161.00–181.00	2,865	7
Bulls	—	—	1,898	177.65/cwt	172.00–181.00	3,372	6
Bulls	—	—	1,919	189.36/cwt	184.50–199.50	3,634	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	144.77/cwt	139.50–148.00	2,306	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,702	153.50/cwt	151.50–156.50	2,613	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	143.07/cwt	140.50–145.00	1,943	3

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.

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Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Tue Sep 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 513Last week 996Year ago 568

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 49Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 53Year ago 65

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	425	465.00	465.00
21	500–550	526	391.00–410.00	401.78
11	550–600	580	371.00	371.00
5	600–650	607	347.50	347.50
13	650–700	683	335.00–361.00	351.19
13	750–800	785	343.00	343.00
17	800–850	846	331.00–332.50	331.88
27	850–900	878	330.50–331.00	330.74
5	950–1000	966	290.00	290.00
7	1050–1100	1,050	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	627	376.00	376.00
11	700–750	702	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	476	370.00	370.00
12	500–550	524	372.50–385.00	378.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	456	489.00–495.00	492.00
27	500–550	522	461.00–464.00	462.67
35	550–600	584	407.00–422.50	412.16
15	600–650	614	385.00–387.50	386.32
44	650–700	685	415.00	415.00
8	700–750	745	373.00	373.00
13	750–800	782	366.00–368.50	367.14
6	850–900	889	360.50	360.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	541	395.00–412.50	400.21
7	550–600	575	380.00	380.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,002	171.50–215.00	186.30
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	917	237.50–312.00	263.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,018	121.00–140.00	128.55
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,389	150.00–165.50	157.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,681	161.00–181.00	170.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,898	172.00–181.00	177.65
5	—	1,919	184.50–199.50	189.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,593	139.50–148.00	144.77
3	—	1,702	151.50–156.50	153.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,358	140.50–145.00	143.07

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

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