Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2025-11-25

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 25
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Receipts
347 head
1,257 vs last sale 1,604 65 vs year ago 282 · +23.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, on last sale of November and last sale before Thanksgiving. Offering very light with lower undertones noted, small numbers offered in sale order make comparisons unavailable or fair. Demand moderate. Next sale will be December 2nd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $412.38/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 80.77 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.
Average price
$412.38
12 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,185
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
28.06
vs WY average
+13.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530412.382,18512thin
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
547510473435median 493.1512/1602/0303/2405/0508/18
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 sale12 hd
412.38
WY average2 barns · 1,234 hd
440.44
−28.06
National average33 barns · 4,299 hd
398.67
+13.70
This barn, trailing median15 sales
493.15
−80.77
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

15 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350335500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,67512
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850837331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,77022
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950933336.00/cwt336.00–336.003,1359
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,3159
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550514448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,3037
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400395457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,8077
SteersMedium 1-2450–500480405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9449
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600552362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,0015
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400372537.30/cwt528.00–540.001,99942
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350329445.00/cwt440.00–452.501,46417
HeifersMedium 1-2400–450405388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,57110
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450424446.00/cwt446.00–446.001,8917
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400395457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,8077
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,9946
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550516351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,8115

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.