Sale reports / Wyoming / Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY / 2026-09-08

Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Riverton, Wyoming · Tue, Sep 8
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2104
Feeder Cattle receipts
509 head
▲ 331 vs last sale 178▼ 377 vs year ago 886 · −42.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 53▼ 24 vs year ago 74 · −32.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 113 vs last sale 168▲ 9 vs year ago 46 · +19.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale selling mostly yearlings in small packages with demand good, higher overtones noted. Slaughter bulls instances 6.00-7.00 lower, several going back to feed. Few feeder calves lightly tested for a good market test with couple packages of bred cows. Demand moderate to good. Sales every Tuesday going into fall.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $338.50/cwt on 5 head, down $24.00 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −63.53 against this barn's trailing median of $402.03.
Average price
$338.50
▼ 24.00 vs prior sale
5 head · 647 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,190
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−33.26
vs WY average
+17.86 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1647338.502,1905thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

10 sales
426400374349median 402.0302/0303/0304/1405/0505/19
Heifers 600–700 lb: high $412.06, low $362.50, median $402.03 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
338.50
—
WY average2 barns · 23 hd
371.76
−33.26
National average135 barns · 3,457 hd
320.64
+17.86
This barn, trailing median10 sales
402.03
−63.53
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,741177.223,08627

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,178$2,5013thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$2,1529
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,161$1,85015

Every lot, as filed

24 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850820347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,85040
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900899301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,70625
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,018284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,89112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed800–850844312.25/cwt312.25–312.252,635103
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed750–800780310.82/cwt305.00–316.002,42430
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,14718
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1902,175.00/cwt2,175.00–2,175.0025,8832
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2752,152.11/head2,100.00–2,275.002,1529
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700664372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,47010
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750724330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,38956
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750739360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,6608
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450402482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,94010
Bulls——1,856174.83/cwt168.50–182.003,24514
Bulls—Return to Feed—1,618179.79/cwt172.50–186.002,90913
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800766357.87/cwt347.50–367.502,74153
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900862325.91/cwt323.00–328.002,80917
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,319153.94/cwt150.00–158.002,03013
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1782,501.13/head2,300.00–2,600.002,5013
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1611,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,85015
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed900–950910296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,69423
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800793306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,4276
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950920291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,6775
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650647338.50/cwt338.50–338.502,1905
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500453427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,9375

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.