Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale on a lighter run, more yearling heifers with no comparisons available. Feeder steers calves mostly steady with reputation quality load lots value added with instances 8.00-20.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady with instances 5.00-12.00 higher. Demand moderate to good with good buyer participation with vaccinated calves most in demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $381.96/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −68.33 against this barn's trailing median of $450.29.

Average price

$381.96

30 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,057

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−20.18

vs WY average

+25.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	381.96	2,057	30

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $494.60, low $160.00, median $450.29 across 13 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 sale30 hd

381.96

—

WY average2 barns · 506 hd

402.14

−20.18

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

+25.07

This barn, trailing median13 sales

450.29

−68.33

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

24 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 1Guaranteed Open	900–950	922	295.42/cwt	294.00–296.00	2,724	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	840	321.64/cwt	318.50–322.50	2,702	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	393.98/cwt	379.50–406.00	2,029	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,070	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	514.06/cwt	500.00–522.50	1,455	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	348.59/cwt	336.00–356.00	2,126	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	424.59/cwt	405.00–442.00	2,450	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	357.94/cwt	345.00–363.25	2,566	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	253	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,025	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,360	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	393.32/cwt	387.00–403.00	2,446	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	532.02/cwt	512.00–550.00	2,234	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,816	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,424	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	589.59/cwt	578.00–607.50	2,270	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	471.66/cwt	466.00–489.00	2,448	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	364.29/cwt	342.00–376.25	2,474	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	501.68/cwt	474.00–512.00	2,428	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	487.25/cwt	479.00–495.50	1,944	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	442.94/cwt	436.00–452.50	2,108	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	496.12/cwt	482.00–499.50	2,138	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,515	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	316.69/cwt	312.50–319.00	2,014	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	363	528.19/cwt	528.00–530.00	1,917	81

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 18, 2025

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

Receipts 1,604Last week 2,645Year ago 2,364

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
33	800–850	840	318.50–322.50	321.64
21	900–950	922	294.00–296.00	295.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	250–300	283	500.00–522.50	514.06
32	350–400	399	479.00–495.50	487.25
223	400–450	431	482.00–499.50	496.12
104	450–500	476	436.00–452.50	442.94
11	500–550	515	379.50–406.00	393.98
19	550–600	552	375.00	375.00
26	600–650	610	336.00–356.00	348.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	374	405.00	405.00
36	600–650	636	312.50–319.00	316.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
81	350–400	363	528.00–530.00	528.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	286	635.00	635.00
15	300–350	313	455.00	455.00
44	350–400	385	578.00–607.50	589.59
81	400–450	420	512.00–550.00	532.02
97	450–500	484	474.00–512.00	501.68
44	500–550	519	466.00–489.00	471.66
138	550–600	577	405.00–442.00	424.59
54	600–650	622	387.00–403.00	393.32
46	650–700	679	342.00–376.25	364.29
38	700–750	717	345.00–363.25	357.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	253	405.00	405.00
7	650–700	692	341.00	341.00

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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