Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale higher overtones noted on all classes of calves and yearlings offered. More yearlings with 11.00-15.00 higher instances 17.00-22.00. Feeder steers calves under 600 lbs sharply sharply higher with instances 35.00-65.00, over 600 lbs instances 30.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00-12.00 higher, instances 15.00-22.00. Heifer calves weighting 550 unevenly steady with instances 10.00 lower. Demand was very good with good buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $467.99/cwt on 713 head. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −25.16 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$467.99

713 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$68.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.33

vs WY average

+48.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	472.11	2,534	670
Medium and Large 1-2	570	403.75	2,301	43

One grade step is worth $68.36/cwt here — about $232 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 sale713 hd

467.99

—

WY average3 barns · 2,239 hd

461.66

+6.33

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+48.89

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−25.16

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 1Fancy	350–400	365	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,008	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,569	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	301.24/cwt	292.00–311.00	2,172	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	301.25/cwt	287.50–305.00	2,500	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,669	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	308.37/cwt	298.00–315.00	2,091	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	330.40/cwt	329.00–331.50	2,861	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	367.28/cwt	354.50–376.25	2,475	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	561.71/cwt	544.00–597.00	2,393	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,468	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	335.38/cwt	334.50–336.00	2,690	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	404.94/cwt	383.00–419.00	2,486	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	510.87/cwt	491.00–536.00	2,432	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	441.43/cwt	422.50–458.00	2,521	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	568.06/cwt	550.00–597.50	1,875	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	343.94/cwt	337.50–350.50	2,126	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	403.75/cwt	397.50–406.00	2,301	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	825	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,533	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	345	638.00/cwt	638.00–638.00	2,201	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	485.26/cwt	467.75–502.00	2,533	469
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,531	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	511.52/cwt	482.50–520.00	1,893	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	573.47/cwt	551.00–578.00	2,214	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	372.87/cwt	352.50–382.00	2,103	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	431.22/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,087	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	286.23/cwt	281.00–291.00	2,630	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,672	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	403.38/cwt	394.00–406.75	2,126	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	468.17/cwt	450.00–487.50	2,041	125

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 Nov 4, 2025

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

Receipts 3,388Last week 3,912Year ago 2,902

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	365	550.00	550.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	266	590.00	590.00
58	350–400	370	482.50–520.00	511.52
125	400–450	436	450.00–487.50	468.17
247	450–500	484	420.00–450.00	431.22
55	500–550	527	394.00–406.75	403.38
70	550–600	564	352.50–382.00	372.87
35	600–650	618	337.50–350.50	343.94
18	650–700	678	298.00–315.00	308.37
12	700–750	721	292.00–311.00	301.24
23	800–850	830	287.50–305.00	301.25
26	850–900	876	305.00	305.00
25	900–950	919	281.00–291.00	286.23
13	950–1000	974	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	800–850	825	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	330	550.00–597.50	568.06
50	350–400	386	551.00–578.00	573.47
138	400–450	426	544.00–597.00	561.71
166	450–500	476	491.00–536.00	510.87
469	500–550	522	467.75–502.00	485.26
201	550–600	571	422.50–458.00	441.43
144	600–650	614	383.00–419.00	404.94
44	650–700	674	354.50–376.25	367.28
5	750–800	757	326.00	326.00
12	800–850	802	334.50–336.00	335.38
18	850–900	866	329.00–331.50	330.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	352	435.00	435.00
43	550–600	570	397.50–406.00	403.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	345	638.00	638.00

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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