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Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2026-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-27

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Oct 27

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104

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Receipts

4,115 head

▼ 261 vs last sale 4,376▲ 203 vs year ago 3,912 · +5.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale; few yearlings with no comparisons available. Feeder steers unevenly steady with best advancement on 400-600 lbs instances 10.00-13.00 higher, other weights lower undertones noted. Heifer calves mostly steady with lower undertones noted instances 4.00-8.00 lower. Demand moderate to good.

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 $453.92/cwt on 749 head, up $9.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 17 comparable sales and sits −2.21 against this barn's trailing median of $456.13.

Average price

$453.92

▲ 9.80 vs prior sale

749 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,498

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$53.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.84

vs WY average

+18.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	455.35	2,501	729
Medium and Large 1-2	591	401.67	2,374	20

One grade step is worth $53.68/cwt here — about $127 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 sale749 hd

453.92

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WY average2 barns · 1,615 hd

464.75

−10.84

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

+18.77

This barn, trailing median17 sales

456.13

−2.21

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

26 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	264	614.00/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,621	25
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	316	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,738	30
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	628.76/cwt	602.50–650.00	2,031	60
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	614.58/cwt	610.00–627.50	2,360	130
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	561.03/cwt	525.00–585.00	2,384	243
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	457.06/cwt	450.00–462.00	2,098	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	503.57/cwt	488.50–540.00	2,427	226
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	478.67/cwt	448.00–493.50	2,494	403
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	426.52/cwt	404.00–448.00	2,491	326
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	401.67/cwt	401.00–402.50	2,374	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	403.30/cwt	381.00–423.00	2,509	143
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	366.95/cwt	351.00–376.00	2,470	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,499	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	263	491.08/cwt	475.00–525.00	1,292	25
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	309	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	1,769	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	509.41/cwt	508.00–510.00	1,712	31
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	458.25/cwt	437.00–472.50	1,723	85
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	526.79/cwt	490.00–540.00	2,033	243
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	497.33/cwt	477.00–509.00	2,084	86
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	453.78/cwt	433.00–467.50	2,155	469
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	397.48/cwt	385.00–407.00	2,103	165
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	391.97/cwt	391.00–393.00	2,179	83
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	348.68/cwt	343.00–352.00	2,137	29
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,674	9
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,003	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,718	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,222	21

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 27, 2026

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

Receipts 4,115Last week 4,376Year ago 3,912

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	463	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	250–300	263	475.00–525.00	491.08
10	300–350	309	572.50	572.50
243	350–400	386	490.00–540.00	526.79
86	400–450	419	477.00–509.00	497.33
469	450–500	475	433.00–467.50	453.78
165	500–550	529	385.00–407.00	397.48
83	550–600	556	391.00–393.00	391.97
29	600–650	613	343.00–352.00	348.68
9	800–850	828	323.00	323.00
11	1000–1050	1,003	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	336	508.00–510.00	509.41
85	350–400	376	437.00–472.50	458.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	250–300	264	600.00–650.00	614.00
60	300–350	323	602.50–650.00	628.76
130	350–400	384	610.00–627.50	614.58
243	400–450	425	525.00–585.00	561.03
226	450–500	482	488.50–540.00	503.57
403	500–550	521	448.00–493.50	478.67
326	550–600	584	404.00–448.00	426.52
143	600–650	622	381.00–423.00	403.30
29	650–700	673	351.00–376.00	366.95
13	700–750	708	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	316	550.00	550.00
31	450–500	459	450.00–462.00	457.06
20	550–600	591	401.00–402.50	401.67

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.