Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale of 2025 most classes steady with small packages in each category with no comparisons available. Good buyer participation and demand. Next Sale will be Tuesday January 6th 2026. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $449.22/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −43.93 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$449.22

68 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,438

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.74

vs WY average

+5.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	449.22	2,438	68

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 sale68 hd

449.22

—

WY average2 barns · 456 hd

446.49

+2.74

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+5.12

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−43.93

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,747	169.75	2,966	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,463	143.59	2,101	8thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,408	$3,325	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,860	17

Every lot, as filed

21 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	157.58/cwt	151.00–167.00	2,510	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	135.19/cwt	131.00–137.50	1,872	5
Bulls	—	—	1,747	169.75/cwt	160.00–173.00	2,966	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	965	168.68/cwt	162.50–176.00	1,628	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	795	202.07/cwt	182.50–217.00	1,606	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,109	145.86/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,618	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,408	3,325.00/head	3,325.00–3,325.00	3,325	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	2,860.00/head	2,860.00–2,860.00	2,860	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	403.50/cwt	403.50–403.50	2,603	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,160	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	406.86/cwt	402.50–410.00	1,737	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	413.50/cwt	413.50–413.50	2,349	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,143	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,470	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	458.06/cwt	455.50–460.00	2,423	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,079	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,859	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,425	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,439	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,488	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,674	6

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 Dec 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 323Last week 733Year ago 54

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 0Year ago 272

Replacement CattleReceipts 44Last week 0Year ago 30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,593	151.00–167.00	157.58
5	—	1,385	131.00–137.50	135.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,747	160.00–173.00	169.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	965	162.50–176.00	168.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	795	182.50–217.00	202.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,109	140.00–149.00	145.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,408	3,325.00	3,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,250	2,860.00	2,860.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	378	550.00	550.00
14	400–450	432	500.00	500.00
53	500–550	529	455.50–460.00	458.06
15	550–600	591	418.00	418.00
21	600–650	645	403.50	403.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	326	437.00	437.00
6	350–400	372	450.00	450.00
21	400–450	427	402.50–410.00	406.86
20	450–500	486	382.50	382.50
9	500–550	533	402.00	402.00
13	550–600	568	413.50	413.50
7	600–650	622	400.00	400.00
7	850–900	895	272.50	272.50

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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Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle