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Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Name: Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY livestock auction prices — 2026-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-03

Feeder Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Nov 3

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104

← Oct 27Nov 3latest

Receipts

3,246 head

▼ 869 vs last sale 4,115▼ 142 vs year ago 3,388 · −4.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday sale; feeder steers mostly steady with lower undertones noted with uneven margins of the market price range, feeder heifers steady to lower undertones with offering not as attractive as previous week. Several packages yearlings with no comparisons available, 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 $446.22/cwt on 625 head, down $7.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 18 comparable sales and sits −8.80 against this barn's trailing median of $455.02.

Average price

$446.22

▼ 7.70 vs prior sale

625 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,430

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$56.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.60

vs WY average

+38.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	452.22	2,440	559
Medium and Large 1-2	587	395.39	2,322	66

One grade step is worth $56.83/cwt here — about $118 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 sale625 hd

446.22

—

WY average3 barns · 1,980 hd

450.82

−4.60

National average43 barns · 4,657 hd

408.07

+38.15

This barn, trailing median18 sales

455.02

−8.80

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

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $533.45, low $406.00, median $455.02 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	533.80/cwt	530.00–537.50	1,788	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	548.57/cwt	530.00–580.00	2,063	93
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,810	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	543.31/cwt	502.50–557.00	2,271	174
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	499.73/cwt	487.50–510.00	2,399	396
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	459.31/cwt	436.00–473.00	2,434	415
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	410.50/cwt	410.50–410.50	2,233	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	431.79/cwt	419.00–443.50	2,448	144
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	596	392.37/cwt	381.00–396.00	2,339	55
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	393.89/cwt	373.00–404.00	2,415	185
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	337.39/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,288	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	330.62/cwt	320.00–339.00	2,374	27
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	337.75/cwt	337.75–337.75	2,813	67
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	309.25/cwt	309.25–309.25	2,851	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,579	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	474.21/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,778	92
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	478.42/cwt	444.00–487.50	2,072	239
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	431.89/cwt	413.00–450.00	2,090	163
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	386.89/cwt	371.00–402.00	2,051	121
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	351.07/cwt	348.00–355.00	2,026	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	326.41/cwt	322.50–333.00	2,079	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	313.29/cwt	311.00–315.00	2,155	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	703	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,207	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	791	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,480	54
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	811	311.15/cwt	308.00–312.00	2,523	44
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	866	315.88/cwt	298.00–316.75	2,736	134
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Spayed	941	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,847	40

This sale against other markets

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 Nov 3, 2026

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

Receipts 3,246Last week 4,115Year ago 3,388

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	335	530.00–537.50	533.80
93	350–400	376	530.00–580.00	548.57
174	400–450	418	502.50–557.00	543.31
396	450–500	480	487.50–510.00	499.73
415	500–550	530	436.00–473.00	459.31
144	550–600	567	419.00–443.50	431.79
185	600–650	613	373.00–404.00	393.89
20	650–700	678	330.00–360.00	337.39
27	700–750	718	320.00–339.00	330.62
67	800–850	833	337.75	337.75
23	900–950	922	309.25	309.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	400	452.50	452.50
11	500–550	544	410.50	410.50
55	550–600	596	381.00–396.00	392.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	700–750	703	314.00	314.00
54	750–800	791	313.50	313.50
44	800–850	811	308.00–312.00	311.15
134	850–900	866	298.00–316.75	315.88
40	900–950	941	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	365	432.50	432.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	350–400	375	450.00–500.00	474.21
239	400–450	433	444.00–487.50	478.42
163	450–500	484	413.00–450.00	431.89
121	500–550	530	371.00–402.00	386.89
38	550–600	577	348.00–355.00	351.07
16	600–650	637	322.50–333.00	326.41
21	650–700	688	311.00–315.00	313.29

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.