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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a calf special, not enough yearlings for a good market test. Feeder steers under pressure on a uneven market base. Instances 5.00-10.00 lower to sharp declines on 400 lb calves. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 14.00-16.00 higher on uneven market, over 500 lbs steady 3.00-5.00 lower. Demand moderate to good with buyers filling up loads and finish for the day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.37/cwt on 463 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −44.78 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$448.37

463 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,470

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$48.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.22

vs WY average

+23.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	454.16	2,479	408
Medium and Large 1-2	588	405.44	2,384	55

One grade step is worth $48.72/cwt here — about $95 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 sale463 hd

448.37

—

WY average2 barns · 1,349 hd

450.59

−2.22

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+23.50

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−44.78

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

30 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,493	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,947	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,332	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,190	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,847	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	505.51/cwt	498.00–537.50	1,936	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,502	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	560.91/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,115	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	371	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,781	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	494.23/cwt	475.00–516.00	2,313	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	476.83/cwt	456.00–492.00	2,499	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	553.39/cwt	550.00–562.50	1,732	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,861	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,006	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	405.44/cwt	401.00–409.50	2,384	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	375.68/cwt	370.50–381.00	2,359	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	358.90/cwt	339.00–368.00	2,405	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	425.16/cwt	413.00–448.00	2,440	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	330	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,658	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	2,060	10
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	341	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,313	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	369.50/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,091	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	606	415.75/cwt	415.75–415.75	2,519	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	525.41/cwt	492.50–541.00	2,196	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	424.45/cwt	410.00–447.00	2,029	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,119	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	394	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,576	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	480.05/cwt	451.00–499.00	1,997	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	383.52/cwt	367.00–393.50	2,060	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	470	440.69/cwt	436.25–450.00	2,071	63

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 Nov 11, 2025

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

Receipts 2,645Last week 3,388Year ago 3,008

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	550–600	563	389.00	389.00
11	600–650	618	315.00	315.00
19	650–700	679	343.50	343.50
8	800–850	816	305.50	305.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	470	393.00	393.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
107	350–400	383	498.00–537.50	505.51
94	400–450	416	451.00–499.00	480.05
147	450–500	478	410.00–447.00	424.45
156	500–550	537	367.00–393.50	383.52
89	550–600	566	360.00–377.50	369.50
12	600–650	615	344.50	344.50
10	650–700	653	315.50	315.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	330	502.50	502.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	341	385.00	385.00
22	350–400	394	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
63	450–500	470	436.25–450.00	440.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	313	550.00–562.50	553.39
11	350–400	377	550.00–570.00	560.91
133	400–450	418	492.50–541.00	525.41
117	450–500	468	475.00–516.00	494.23
229	500–550	524	456.00–492.00	476.83
179	550–600	574	413.00–448.00	425.16
28	600–650	628	370.50–381.00	375.68
49	650–700	670	339.00–368.00	358.90
8	750–800	756	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	371	480.00	480.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	398	467.50	467.50
33	450–500	456	440.00	440.00
55	550–600	588	401.00–409.50	405.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	600–650	606	415.75	415.75

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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