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Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2026-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-06

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Oct 6

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104

← Sep 29Oct 6Oct 13 →

Receipts

4,364 head

▲ 3,844 vs last sale 520▲ 1,334 vs year ago 3,030 · +44.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First major calf and yearling special offering for fall run at Riverton Livestock Auction. Steers and heifers higher overtones throughout the day, with good buyer participation and demand for all classes. Quite a few new buyers on the seats with a very active internet. Some calves were doubled vaccinated. Cows and bulls sales on Fridays through the fall calf run.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $446.38/cwt on 802 head, up $20.05 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 17 comparable sales and sits −9.74 against this barn's trailing median of $456.13.

Average price

$446.38

▲ 20.05 vs prior sale

802 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,406

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$40.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.14

vs WY average

+16.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	448.72	2,419	756
Medium and Large 1-2	535	408.04	2,182	46

One grade step is worth $40.68/cwt here — about $238 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale802 hd

446.38

—

WY average3 barns · 2,076 hd

456.53

−10.14

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

+16.02

This barn, trailing median17 sales

456.13

−9.74

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $533.45, low $406.00, median $456.13 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

37 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	647.00/cwt	635.00–655.00	1,779	13
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	635.25/cwt	620.00–644.00	1,995	62
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	579.00/cwt	535.00–593.00	2,235	37
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	387	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,380	149
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,104	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	575.20/cwt	561.00–597.50	2,404	224
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	510.98/cwt	485.00–530.00	2,213	106
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	528.80/cwt	496.00–550.00	2,459	608
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	475.36/cwt	462.50–490.00	2,253	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	415.80/cwt	375.00–432.50	2,170	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	465.36/cwt	439.00–485.00	2,443	501
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	416.02/cwt	396.25–436.00	2,359	255
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	383.34/cwt	382.00–385.00	2,204	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	403.68/cwt	397.00–440.00	2,483	116
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	360.10/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,233	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,461	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	381.17/cwt	351.00–385.25	2,813	48
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,503	17
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	3,070	221
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	337.24/cwt	326.50–339.00	3,157	57
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	334	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,528	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	548.73/cwt	547.00–550.00	1,866	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	517.49/cwt	505.00–525.00	1,941	42
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,683	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	484.78/cwt	455.00–504.50	2,051	305
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	452.36/cwt	424.50–468.50	2,189	296
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	413.98/cwt	395.00–421.00	2,012	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	415.21/cwt	400.00–432.00	2,130	103
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,092	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	388.79/cwt	370.00–404.00	2,193	93
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	333.31/cwt	322.50–350.00	2,220	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,579	37
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	328.72/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,682	146
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,735	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	300.59/cwt	298.50–304.50	2,826	34
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,020	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,958	19
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,099	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	3,055	8

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 Oct 6, 2026

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

Receipts 4,364Last week 520Year ago 3,030

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
149	350–400	387	615.00	615.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	275	635.00–655.00	647.00
62	300–350	314	620.00–644.00	635.25
37	350–400	386	535.00–593.00	579.00
224	400–450	418	561.00–597.50	575.20
608	450–500	465	496.00–550.00	528.80
501	500–550	525	439.00–485.00	465.36
255	550–600	567	396.25–436.00	416.02
116	600–650	615	397.00–440.00	403.68
15	650–700	659	373.50	373.50
48	700–750	738	351.00–385.25	381.17
17	800–850	840	298.00	298.00
221	850–900	854	359.50	359.50
57	900–950	936	326.50–339.00	337.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	397	530.00	530.00
106	400–450	433	485.00–530.00	510.98
29	450–500	474	462.50–490.00	475.36
35	500–550	522	375.00–432.50	415.80
11	550–600	575	382.00–385.00	383.34
18	600–650	620	350.00–370.00	360.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	340	547.00–550.00	548.73
42	350–400	375	505.00–525.00	517.49
305	400–450	423	455.00–504.50	484.78
296	450–500	484	424.50–468.50	452.36
103	500–550	513	400.00–432.00	415.21
93	550–600	564	370.00–404.00	388.79
13	650–700	666	322.50–350.00	333.31
37	750–800	784	329.00	329.00
146	800–850	816	325.00–330.00	328.72
10	850–900	860	318.00	318.00
34	900–950	940	298.50–304.50	300.59
19	1000–1050	1,020	290.00	290.00
8	1050–1100	1,099	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	334	457.50	457.50
10	350–400	387	435.00	435.00
38	450–500	486	395.00–421.00	413.98
15	500–550	547	382.50	382.50

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.