Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First calf and yearling special for 2026. Higher higher prices on all classes of cattle. Good demand with good buyer attendance and participation. Friday last cow sale, going to Tuesdays only starting next Tuesday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.16/cwt on 963 head, up $36.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 15 comparable sales and sits −6.99 against this barn's trailing median of $493.15.

Average price

$486.16

▲ 36.94 vs prior sale

963 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$52.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WY average

+19.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	489.80	2,710	884
Medium 1-2	548	477.50	2,617	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	567	437.31	2,478	63

One grade step is worth $52.49/cwt here — about $232 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale963 hd

486.16

—

WY average1 barns · 963 hd

486.16

+0.00

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+19.83

This barn, trailing median15 sales

493.15

−6.99

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

35 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 1	800–850	848	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,773	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,908	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	334.63/cwt	334.50–335.00	2,389	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	580.15/cwt	575.00–585.00	1,862	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	560.13/cwt	544.00–580.00	2,325	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	560.29/cwt	539.00–583.00	2,650	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	608.54/cwt	580.00–637.50	2,556	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,739	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	3,052	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	564.00/cwt	564.00–564.00	2,606	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,466	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	698.52/cwt	692.00–715.00	2,375	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	560.06/cwt	552.50–575.00	2,425	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	432.14/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,480	47
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	548	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,617	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	518.64/cwt	497.00–540.00	2,687	323
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	421.98/cwt	413.50–432.50	2,810	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	374.99/cwt	373.50–380.00	2,861	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	388.02/cwt	384.00–402.50	2,825	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,579	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	410.25/cwt	410.25–410.25	2,474	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	401.55/cwt	384.00–420.00	2,514	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	472.70/cwt	446.50–491.00	2,713	550
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	520	493.25/cwt	493.25–493.25	2,565	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	512.46/cwt	496.00–545.00	2,424	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	451.16/cwt	420.00–461.00	2,793	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,894	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	475.13/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,285	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	659.08/cwt	650.00–679.14	2,505	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	469.15/cwt	445.00–486.00	2,472	287
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,920	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	500.28/cwt	495.00–507.00	2,176	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	557.51/cwt	555.00–560.00	2,085	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	447.33/cwt	430.00–461.00	2,550	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	474	562.00/cwt	562.00–562.00	2,664	23

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 Jan 6, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	321	575.00–585.00	580.15
43	350–400	374	555.00–560.00	557.51
195	400–450	415	544.00–580.00	560.13
186	450–500	473	496.00–545.00	512.46
287	500–550	527	445.00–486.00	469.15
231	550–600	570	430.00–461.00	447.33
90	600–650	626	384.00–420.00	401.55
33	700–750	714	334.50–335.00	334.63
10	800–850	848	327.00	327.00
11	850–900	876	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	474	562.00	562.00
101	500–550	520	493.25	493.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	384	500.00	500.00
22	400–450	435	495.00–507.00	500.28
51	450–500	481	465.00–480.00	475.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	340	692.00–715.00	698.52
15	350–400	380	650.00–679.14	659.08
153	400–450	420	580.00–637.50	608.54
268	450–500	473	539.00–583.00	560.29
323	500–550	518	497.00–540.00	518.64
550	550–600	574	446.50–491.00	472.70
266	600–650	619	420.00–461.00	451.16
199	650–700	666	413.50–432.50	421.98
68	700–750	728	384.00–402.50	388.02
39	750–800	763	373.50–380.00	374.99
5	800–850	806	359.00	359.00
8	900–950	907	336.50	336.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	550	498.00	498.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	400–450	433	552.50–575.00	560.06
16	500–550	545	452.50	452.50
47	550–600	574	420.00–450.00	432.14
14	600–650	603	410.25	410.25
6	750–800	754	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	548	477.50	477.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	462	564.00	564.00

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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