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Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2026-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-13

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Oct 13

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104

← Oct 6Oct 13Oct 20 →

Receipts

3,508 head

▼ 856 vs last sale 4,364▼ 836 vs year ago 4,344 · −19.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale light offering yearlings mostly feeder calves. Steers calves under 500 lbs lower undertones noted with 350-390 lb calves instances 17.00-30.00 higher, over 500 lbs unevenly steady with instances 3.00-12.00 higher. Heifer calves higher overtones noted with reputation packages which could be used as replacement quality instances 50.00 higher. Other weights mostly unevenly steady instances 4.00-15.00 higher, few lighter offerings not well tested lower undertones noted. Demand moderated to good with good buyer participation.

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 $456.13/cwt on 682 head, up $9.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 17 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $456.13.

Average price

$456.13

▲ 9.74 vs prior sale

682 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,498

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$35.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.38

vs WY average

+23.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	458.40	2,507	638
Medium and Large 1-2	560	423.14	2,371	44

One grade step is worth $35.26/cwt here — about $135 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale682 hd

456.13

—

WY average3 barns · 1,809 hd

451.74

+4.38

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

+23.84

This barn, trailing median17 sales

456.13

+0.00

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

33 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	296	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,835	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	550.00/cwt	545.00–555.00	1,898	28
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	642.87/cwt	632.50–649.00	2,346	53
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	545.09/cwt	523.00–571.00	2,349	132
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,167	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	513.21/cwt	485.00–536.00	2,453	346
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	478.36/cwt	452.00–497.00	2,507	283
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	438.89/cwt	437.00–442.00	2,348	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	442.49/cwt	410.00–448.50	2,500	355
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	400.39/cwt	400.00–401.00	2,390	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	395.37/cwt	381.00–409.75	2,475	150
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	374.35/cwt	368.50–376.50	2,486	23
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,558	17
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,965	30
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,972	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,954	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	558.48/cwt	527.50–580.00	2,078	88
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	502.11/cwt	471.00–520.00	2,104	181
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,022	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	459.70/cwt	426.00–475.00	2,170	191
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	425.30/cwt	398.00–440.00	2,207	111
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	532	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,633	106
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,124	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	402.04/cwt	381.00–411.00	2,255	87
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	565	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,593	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	361.00/cwt	345.00–366.50	2,184	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	334.30/cwt	322.00–338.00	2,267	30
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	331.57/cwt	331.00–333.50	2,540	40
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	325.37/cwt	324.50–326.50	2,714	41
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,759	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	308.17/cwt	308.00–308.50	2,878	15
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,806	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	554.21/cwt	554.00–555.00	2,267	39

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 13, 2026

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Receipts 3,508Last week 4,364Year ago 4,344

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	400–450	409	554.00–555.00	554.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	349	560.00	560.00
88	350–400	372	527.50–580.00	558.48
181	400–450	419	471.00–520.00	502.11
191	450–500	472	426.00–475.00	459.70
111	500–550	519	398.00–440.00	425.30
87	550–600	561	381.00–411.00	402.04
36	600–650	605	345.00–366.50	361.00
30	650–700	678	322.00–338.00	334.30
40	750–800	766	331.00–333.50	331.57
41	800–850	834	324.50–326.50	325.37
13	850–900	887	311.00	311.00
15	900–950	934	308.00–308.50	308.17
7	950–1000	966	290.50	290.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	433	467.00	467.00
10	500–550	546	389.00	389.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
106	500–550	532	495.00	495.00
20	550–600	565	459.00	459.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	296	620.00	620.00
28	300–350	345	545.00–555.00	550.00
53	350–400	365	632.50–649.00	642.87
132	400–450	431	523.00–571.00	545.09
346	450–500	478	485.00–536.00	513.21
283	500–550	524	452.00–497.00	478.36
355	550–600	565	410.00–448.50	442.49
150	600–650	626	381.00–409.75	395.37
23	650–700	664	368.50–376.50	374.35
17	700–750	735	348.00	348.00
30	850–900	872	340.00	340.00
12	900–950	902	329.50	329.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	465	466.00	466.00
26	500–550	535	437.00–442.00	438.89
18	550–600	597	400.00–401.00	400.39

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.