Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a Calf and Yearling Special; few cows and bulls with no market comparisons (Cows and Bulls will sell on Fridays)

Yearlings on a light test with only few comparisons available, 1000 lb plus steers steady instances 20.00 higher. Most advances on feeder steers weighing 350 lbs instances 20.00, olther steer calves steady instances 4.00-6.00 higher, over 600 lbs instances 14.00-25.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 350 lbs higher overtones 14.00-18.00 higher, replacement quality heifers most advances with instances 20.00 higher. Demand very good with good buyer participation. Calves and Yearlings sell on Tuesday only.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.49/cwt on 564 head. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −21.66 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$471.49

564 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$43.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.54

vs WY average

+25.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	479.68	2,571	459
Medium and Large 1-2	545	435.70	2,376	105

One grade step is worth $43.99/cwt here — about $195 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale564 hd

471.49

—

WY average3 barns · 1,411 hd

469.96

+1.54

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+25.64

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−21.66

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,469	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,502	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	513.62/cwt	500.00–527.50	1,654	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	424.94/cwt	412.50–433.50	2,193	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	493.21/cwt	480.00–517.50	2,106	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,037	304.84/cwt	303.00–307.00	3,161	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,350	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	443.52/cwt	435.00–451.00	2,360	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	354.06/cwt	351.50–354.60	3,275	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	520.20/cwt	505.00–531.00	2,258	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	390.90/cwt	380.50–397.50	2,572	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	410.56/cwt	400.00–417.00	2,529	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	618.50/cwt	599.00–647.00	2,326	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	407.81/cwt	393.00–417.50	2,418	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	631.64/cwt	600.00–652.50	1,699	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	454	479.05/cwt	478.25–480.00	2,175	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	570.31/cwt	553.00–580.00	2,087	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	561.03/cwt	537.50–586.00	2,379	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	447.86/cwt	425.50–463.00	2,562	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	501.76/cwt	468.00–511.00	2,564	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	515.93/cwt	505.00–536.00	2,518	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	446.67/cwt	432.50–466.00	1,943	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	602.43/cwt	600.00–605.00	2,042	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	374.70/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,031	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	445.06/cwt	426.00–464.50	2,114	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	374.27/cwt	370.00–383.50	2,163	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	534.59/cwt	500.00–547.50	2,026	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	364.41/cwt	363.50–366.00	2,675	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,985	18

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 Oct 7, 2025

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

Receipts 3,030Last week 1,486Year ago 3,240

Compared to last Tuesday on a Calf and Yearling Special; few cows and bulls with no market comparisons (Cows and Bulls will sell on Fridays)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	260	565.00	565.00
15	300–350	322	500.00–527.50	513.62
130	350–400	379	500.00–547.50	534.59
101	400–450	427	480.00–517.50	493.21
164	450–500	475	426.00–464.50	445.06
105	500–550	516	412.50–433.50	424.94
21	550–600	578	370.00–383.50	374.27
5	650–700	680	368.00	368.00
16	700–750	734	363.50–366.00	364.41
13	1000–1050	1,037	303.00–307.00	304.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
134	450–500	454	478.25–480.00	479.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	400–450	435	432.50–466.00	446.67
18	450–500	490	405.00	405.00
20	500–550	542	372.50–380.00	374.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	250–300	269	600.00–652.50	631.64
24	300–350	339	600.00–605.00	602.43
89	350–400	376	599.00–647.00	618.50
187	400–450	424	537.50–586.00	561.03
335	450–500	488	505.00–536.00	515.93
271	500–550	511	468.00–511.00	501.76
188	550–600	572	425.50–463.00	447.86
66	600–650	616	400.00–417.00	410.56
21	650–700	658	380.50–397.50	390.90
52	900–950	925	351.50–354.60	354.06
20	1000–1050	1,012	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	350–400	366	553.00–580.00	570.31
12	400–450	434	505.00–531.00	520.20
82	500–550	532	435.00–451.00	443.52
23	550–600	593	393.00–417.50	407.81

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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