Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday on a calf and yearling special largest offering to date; yearling steers and heifers under pressure instance 5.00-15.00 lower. Feeder steers under 500 lbs 11.00-14.00 higher instances sharply higher with instances 25.00-35.00 higher, over 500 lbs unevenly steady instances 5.00-8.00 lower instances 10.00 higher on 550-595 lb calves. Heifer calves 350-399 lbs sharply higher over 400 lbs steady 5.00- 10.00 lower with 550-595 lbs higher overtones noted over 600 lbs under pressure on lighter offering. Demand good with good buyer participation, with reputation quality and preconditioned calves bringing premium prices.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $488.72/cwt on 742 head. That ranks 8 of 15 comparable sales and sits −4.43 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$488.72

742 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$75.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.73

vs WY average

+30.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	496.68	2,628	664
Medium and Large 1-2	580	421.01	2,441	78

One grade step is worth $75.67/cwt here — about $187 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 sale742 hd

488.72

—

WY average3 barns · 2,230 hd

483.00

+5.73

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+30.58

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−4.43

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

40 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	450–500	481	458.05/cwt	435.50–476.00	2,203	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	425.93/cwt	407.50–444.50	2,206	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	498.80/cwt	479.00–521.00	2,130	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	368.90/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,243	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,084	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	369.61/cwt	352.50–389.00	2,118	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	411.95/cwt	401.00–425.00	2,431	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	416.74/cwt	395.50–430.00	2,559	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	585.56/cwt	562.00–596.00	2,512	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,800	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	367.94/cwt	365.00–371.00	2,520	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	456.10/cwt	452.00–463.00	2,463	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	636.11/cwt	621.00–645.00	2,137	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	3,084	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,489	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,330	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	514.72/cwt	482.00–525.00	2,641	451
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	627.89/cwt	618.00–649.00	2,430	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	463	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,315	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,622	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	399.47/cwt	382.00–409.50	2,644	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	458.48/cwt	430.00–471.00	2,581	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	456	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,622	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	671.51/cwt	637.50–685.00	1,874	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,001	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,962	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	374.50/cwt	374.50–374.50	3,033	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	546.73/cwt	519.00–569.00	2,608	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	519.07/cwt	517.50–520.00	1,775	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	392.75/cwt	388.25–401.00	2,097	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,281	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	337.25/cwt	337.25–337.25	2,560	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,878	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	411	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,507	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,030	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	326.30/cwt	325.50–331.00	2,924	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,208	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	573.74/cwt	552.50–607.50	2,169	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	330.75/cwt	330.10–331.00	2,722	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,993	11

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 5,046Last week 4,344Year ago 4,860

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	345	580.00	580.00
150	350–400	378	552.50–607.50	573.74
222	400–450	427	479.00–521.00	498.80
271	450–500	481	435.50–476.00	458.05
159	500–550	518	407.50–444.50	425.93
51	550–600	573	352.50–389.00	369.61
26	600–650	608	355.00–375.00	368.90
5	650–700	679	336.00	336.00
12	700–750	749	350.00	350.00
27	750–800	759	337.25	337.25
28	800–850	823	330.10–331.00	330.75
41	850–900	896	325.50–331.00	326.30
7	900–950	944	321.00	321.00
7	950–1000	976	316.00	316.00
9	1000–1050	1,027	215.00	215.00
5	1050–1100	1,070	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
113	450–500	463	500.00	500.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	342	517.50–520.00	519.07
10	350–400	360	545.00	545.00
11	400–450	442	451.00	451.00
38	500–550	534	388.25–401.00	392.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	448	520.00	520.00
16	500–550	540	452.00–463.00	456.10
62	550–600	590	401.00–425.00	411.95
14	650–700	685	365.00–371.00	367.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	250–300	279	637.50–685.00	671.51
21	300–350	336	621.00–645.00	636.11
65	350–400	387	618.00–649.00	627.89
162	400–450	429	562.00–596.00	585.56
335	450–500	477	519.00–569.00	546.73
451	500–550	513	482.00–525.00	514.72
213	550–600	563	430.00–471.00	458.48
218	600–650	614	395.50–430.00	416.74
72	650–700	662	382.00–409.50	399.47
9	700–750	709	351.00	351.00
10	750–800	761	368.00	368.00
35	800–850	810	374.50	374.50
28	850–900	880	350.50	350.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	411	610.00	610.00
15	450–500	456	575.00	575.00

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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