Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on calf and yearling special; Light offering yearlings not enough for a good market test. Feeder calves steers and heifers under pressure with sharp declines in all classes. Demand moderate to good with buyer participation only with sharply lower prices.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $436.78/cwt on 633 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −56.37 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$436.78

633 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,374

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−24.38

vs WY average

+7.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	436.78	2,374	633

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale633 hd

436.78

—

WY average2 barns · 1,321 hd

461.17

−24.38

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+7.06

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−56.37

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

28 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	800–850	816	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,399	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	285.46/cwt	285.00–286.00	2,609	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	283.25/cwt	283.25–283.25	2,260	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,106	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	520.61/cwt	497.50–545.00	1,453	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	371.30/cwt	362.50–383.50	2,120	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	475.39/cwt	473.00–477.00	2,096	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	511.61/cwt	502.50–513.00	1,975	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	478.03/cwt	454.00–498.00	2,304	326
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	585.70/cwt	580.00–590.00	1,552	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	554.54/cwt	532.50–582.00	1,858	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	412.10/cwt	386.50–425.50	2,349	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	428.21/cwt	422.50–432.00	1,854	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	441.46/cwt	412.00–450.00	2,053	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	451.26/cwt	433.10–472.00	2,383	399
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,344	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	365.05/cwt	350.00–388.25	2,260	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	508.89/cwt	493.00–527.00	2,137	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	478.68/cwt	465.00–505.00	1,838	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	289.25/cwt	289.25–289.25	2,085	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	319.25/cwt	319.25–319.25	2,586	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	333.61/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,225	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	407.85/cwt	381.00–425.00	2,076	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	515.09/cwt	500.00–537.50	1,715	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	467.59/cwt	432.00–485.00	1,945	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	394.01/cwt	386.50–400.00	1,954	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	301	603.00/cwt	603.00–603.00	1,815	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	323.37/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,344	60

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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 3,912Last week 5,046Year ago 5,243

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	250–300	279	497.50–545.00	520.61
108	300–350	333	500.00–537.50	515.09
127	350–400	384	465.00–505.00	478.68
116	400–450	416	432.00–485.00	467.59
154	450–500	465	412.00–450.00	441.46
97	500–550	509	381.00–425.00	407.85
124	550–600	571	362.50–383.50	371.30
26	650–700	695	303.00	303.00
51	700–750	721	289.25	289.25
23	750–800	798	283.25	283.25
10	800–850	816	294.00	294.00
13	900–950	914	285.00–286.00	285.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	433	422.50–432.00	428.21
18	450–500	496	386.50–400.00	394.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	400–450	441	473.00–477.00	475.39
24	800–850	834	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	250–300	265	580.00–590.00	585.70
81	300–350	335	532.50–582.00	554.54
80	350–400	386	502.50–513.00	511.61
264	400–450	420	493.00–527.00	508.89
326	450–500	482	454.00–498.00	478.03
399	500–550	528	433.10–472.00	451.26
234	550–600	570	386.50–425.50	412.10
76	600–650	619	350.00–388.25	365.05
24	650–700	667	330.00–336.00	333.61
60	700–750	725	310.00–335.00	323.37
13	800–850	810	319.25	319.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	301	603.00	603.00

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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