Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, February 10, 2022

4,095 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $175.54/cwt -2.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,187/hd at 676 lb · 204 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $165.32/cwt +5.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,039/hd at 629 lb · 191 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $175.95/cwt -1.74 vs last sale · ≈ $945/hd at 537 lb · 154 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,095	2,761	233
Feeder cattle	3,451	2,236	70
Slaughter cattle	423	390	108
Replacement cattle	221	135	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steers under 500 lbs were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed; steers 500-699 lbs sold generally steady; steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher; heifers over 600 lbs sold 4.00-8.00 higher. Quality this week was mixed from plain to very attractive. Several load lots of feeder cattle sold today and these were met with mostly good to very good demand. Packages of feeders sold on moderate to good demand. Cattle destined for the feed lot sold on stronger demand today as order buyers purchasing cattle for packers showed very good demand for high quality reputation cattle. Cattle suitable to run on grass continue to sell on good demand. Quality this week for grass type cattle varied greatly and was not as attractive as last week. A large crowd was on hand for todays sale and buyer participation was good through out todays long sale. Market activity was mostly active as a result. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand for light to moderate offerings. Packer buyers showed slightly lighter demand for slaughter cows compared to last week. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeding cows sold on mostly good to very good demand. Packers showed very good demand for cows which had been on feed. Most of these cows were purchased to return to the feedlot to feed to premium white. Feeding cows sold steady to 3.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold with higher undertones in a narrow comparison. Quality this week was mostly average. Packer and feeder buyers purchased much of the young offering to return to feed. Demand for young age cows was mostly moderate. A few heifers that lost their calves sold this week and these offerings sold on very good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	46	231.00	$231.00	$887	—
409–415	414	21	224.00–233.00	$231.31	$958	+17.02
451–494	487	125	212.00–224.00	$220.54	$1,074	+9.76
500–545	531	104	196.00–211.00	$204.66	$1,087	-0.45
556–589	572	80	189.00–195.50	$193.29	$1,106	-0.11
600–629	624	140	180.00–185.00	$184.16	$1,149	+3.49
653–690	675	195	169.50–182.00	$176.16	$1,189	-3.00
698	698	9	162.00	$162.00	$1,131	-6.00
702–729	717	27	166.00–174.00	$169.96	$1,219	+7.01
726–733	729	36	154.00–160.00	$156.68	$1,142	-6.27
762–770	770	109	156.00–169.00	$168.29	$1,296	+12.42
816–848	833	87	157.00–164.75	$159.93	$1,332	—
856–890	867	117	152.50–161.00	$155.62	$1,349	-2.44
870	870	15	148.50	$148.50	$1,292	-9.56
910–920	913	4	145.00–156.00	$151.48	$1,383	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	212.50	$212.50	$706	—
381	381	11	210.00	$210.00	$800	—
416	416	5	200.00	$200.00	$832	—
455	455	8	206.00	$206.00	$937	+8.00
507–526	520	19	188.00–190.50	$189.96	$988	+1.63
625	625	3	174.00	$174.00	$1,088	—
662–683	667	31	162.00–168.00	$165.74	$1,105	+5.73
705–740	721	32	155.50–165.00	$160.25	$1,155	+13.25
735	735	35	139.00	$139.00	$1,022	-8.00
756–785	767	26	148.00–160.00	$152.00	$1,166	+5.00
815	815	3	154.50	$154.50	$1,259	—
943	943	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,367	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–595	589	38	175.00–185.50	$183.54	$1,081	—
615	615	58	170.00	$170.00	$1,046	+6.81
701–720	706	21	158.00–163.00	$161.71	$1,142	—
1013	1013	11	141.50	$141.50	$1,433	+5.50
1078	1078	4	139.50	$139.50	$1,504	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	37	194.00	$194.00	$993	—
678	678	16	156.00	$156.00	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	12	170.00	$170.00	$915	—
771	771	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,118	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	21	188.00	$188.00	$688	+1.73
406–446	437	50	195.00–196.00	$195.20	$853	+11.27
475–498	492	14	185.00–191.00	$189.12	$930	—
510–547	537	154	172.00–180.00	$175.95	$945	-3.05
572–593	581	117	166.00–176.75	$172.53	$1,002	+1.68
623 fancy	623	9	178.50	$178.50	$1,112	—
605–649	629	182	163.00–172.00	$164.67	$1,036	+3.67
651–688	663	130	157.50–165.00	$162.64	$1,078	+5.10
665	665	6	153.50	$153.50	$1,021	-4.04
700–745	714	103	150.00–160.00	$154.23	$1,101	+8.73
750–789	761	63	151.00–153.75	$153.00	$1,164	—
806–810	808	36	145.00–147.00	$146.16	$1,181	—
851–885	855	75	145.00–146.00	$145.94	$1,248	—
909	909	7	143.00	$143.00	$1,300	—
912	912	11	131.00	$131.00	$1,195	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–442	425	11	177.50–182.00	$180.37	$767	+2.27
460–461	461	10	174.00–175.00	$174.60	$805	+7.26
526–527	527	14	151.00–165.00	$159.01	$838	-9.72
551–555	553	16	162.00	$162.00	$896	—
603–612	608	12	143.00–157.00	$148.46	$903	-4.54
670–693	688	5	148.00	$148.00	$1,018	—
743–748	745	12	141.00–149.00	$145.99	$1,088	—
774	774	9	143.00	$143.00	$1,107	+8.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
499	499	21	164.00	$164.00	$818	—
657–661	658	15	151.00–154.00	$151.80	$999	—
703	703	3	151.00	$151.00	$1,062	+15.00
1013	1013	13	129.50	$129.50	$1,312	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	5	158.00	$158.00	$651	—
477	477	15	145.00	$145.00	$692	—
669	669	6	133.00	$133.00	$890	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	12	176.00	$176.00	$722	+23.61
773	773	8	131.00	$131.00	$1,013	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–620	613	7	159.00–160.00	$159.29	$976	+8.29
732	732	11	150.00	$150.00	$1,098	—
785	785	25	146.00–147.00	$146.88	$1,153	+2.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
604	604	8	149.00	$149.00	$900	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,298	—
1175	1175	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,292	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305	1305	80-85%	1	78.50	$78.50	$1,024	—
1244–1469	1338	80-85%	12	63.50–66.50	$65.13	$871	—
1300–1710	1393	80-85%	16	67.00–74.00	$69.61	$970	+4.61
1244–1632	1400	80-85%	148	67.00–76.50	$73.48	$1,029	-5.17
1325–1555	1411	80-85%	22	59.50–68.00	$64.23	$906	-14.42

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–945	930	85-90%	3	56.00–57.00	$56.67	$527	-2.96
915–1345	1092	85-90%	3	52.00–54.00	$53.13	$580	—
1005–1233	1146	85-90%	6	62.00–63.00	$62.70	$719	—
1033–1340	1155	85-90%	57	57.00–67.00	$61.08	$705	-9.42
1107–1253	1195	85-90%	10	74.00–78.00	$76.41	$913	+7.31
1180–1207	1202	85-90%	10	66.00–73.00	$71.63	$861	—
1065–1337	1281	85-90%	29	65.00–68.50	$67.46	$864	-6.54

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525	1525	75-80%	1	75.50	$75.50	$1,151	—
1588	1588	75-80%	2	72.50	$72.50	$1,151	—
1525–1790	1686	75-80%	8	68.00–70.00	$68.98	$1,163	—
1740	1740	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$1,044	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1615	1494	6	77.00–89.00	$84.29	$1,259	—
1598–1817	1669	33	93.50–97.00	$95.95	$1,601	—
1703	1703	9	93.50	$93.50	$1,592	—
1758–2425	2018	7	94.00–103.00	$98.69	$1,992	-8.31
2395	2395	3	109.00	$109.00	$2,611	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1295	1005	(<2 yrs)	Open	76	79.50–128.00	$97.43	$979
880–1275	1083	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	46	62.00–87.00	$80.92	$876

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1045	1045	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	$836
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	74.00	$74.00	$818

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	63.00	$63.00	$731

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1061	1061	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	61.00	$61.00	$647

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
991–1024	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	700.00–750.00	$718.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1149	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	800.00	$800.00
1281	1281	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.