Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 6, 2025

2,215 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $321.26/cwt ≈ $2,156/hd at 671 lb · 190 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $349.84/cwt -4.78 vs last sale · ≈ $2,043/hd at 584 lb · 170 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $275.97/cwt +8.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,998/hd at 724 lb · 124 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,215	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411 unweaned	411	5	390.00	$390.00	$1,603	—
403–445	412	50	415.00–440.00	$434.37	$1,790	+19.79
450–492	477	21	388.00–416.00	$393.34	$1,876	-1.66
501–545	524	55	365.00–385.00	$375.97	$1,970	+5.97
568–591	584	170	341.00–357.50	$349.84	$2,043	-4.78
601–615	605	37	333.00–343.00	$335.30	$2,029	+0.30
650–695	671	190	309.00–325.75	$321.26	$2,156	—
705–748	720	52	286.00–305.00	$301.28	$2,169	—
753	753	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,920	-36.00
775–796	791	17	270.00–275.00	$273.25	$2,161	—
800	800	2	267.00	$267.00	$2,136	—
853–894	863	21	270.00–273.00	$272.26	$2,350	—
933	933	4	253.00	$253.00	$2,360	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	10	460.00	$460.00	$1,582	+40.00
352–358	354	7	400.00–420.00	$414.22	$1,466	—
430–438	434	6	388.00–410.00	$399.10	$1,732	—
450–491	482	23	350.00–380.00	$366.59	$1,767	+7.13
501–515	505	12	341.00–347.50	$342.66	$1,730	—
561–595	577	20	318.00–339.00	$325.39	$1,878	—
606–647	631	30	300.00–323.00	$314.73	$1,986	—
666–698	682	8	286.00–301.00	$293.32	$2,000	-5.31
757–779	770	7	265.00–267.00	$265.84	$2,047	-3.16
843	843	3	257.00	$257.00	$2,167	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	19	344.00	$344.00	$1,851	—
600 thin fleshed	600	48	331.00	$331.00	$1,986	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,584	—
608	608	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,626	—
661–685	677	12	265.00–267.50	$265.81	$1,800	—
784	784	6	266.00	$266.00	$2,085	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	8	370.00	$370.00	$1,543	—
546	546	4	318.00	$318.00	$1,736	—
731	731	5	273.50	$273.50	$1,999	+1.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–437	429	10	367.50–384.00	$372.94	$1,600	+17.94
451–486	472	52	342.50–365.00	$354.87	$1,675	+11.80
504–544	521	92	330.00–349.00	$340.04	$1,772	+7.04
558	558	6	312.00	$312.00	$1,741	—
550–589	563	105	318.00–330.00	$326.58	$1,839	—
606–648	631	96	289.00–314.00	$302.30	$1,908	+5.21
656–680	662	12	277.00–278.00	$277.74	$1,839	+1.74
665–692	679	51	278.00–289.00	$281.71	$1,913	+5.71
680	680	21	294.00	$294.00	$1,999	+18.00
708–733	716	70	277.00–283.00	$278.76	$1,996	+15.48
720 fancy	720	6	290.00	$290.00	$2,088	—
735–745	736	48	270.00–271.00	$270.15	$1,988	+0.15
751–780	755	20	274.00–279.00	$274.77	$2,075	+17.77
753–769	764	9	260.00–263.00	$260.99	$1,994	+3.99
808	808	3	257.00	$257.00	$2,077	±0.00
802–825	821	58	267.00–273.00	$272.41	$2,236	+15.41
918–925	923	9	237.00–239.00	$237.44	$2,192	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366–385	373	14	367.50–390.00	$380.94	$1,421	—
403–444	435	12	325.00–360.00	$345.57	$1,503	+1.63
475	475	5	337.00	$337.00	$1,601	+7.00
516–545	526	9	312.00–326.00	$321.24	$1,690	—
573–598	578	14	306.00–311.00	$309.89	$1,791	—
634–645	636	10	277.00–285.00	$283.38	$1,802	—
667–675	673	10	268.00–273.00	$269.49	$1,814	+5.49
743	743	2	257.00	$257.00	$1,910	+6.00
785	785	1	268.00	$268.00	$2,104	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	13	391.00	$391.00	$1,466	—
472–478	474	7	302.50–310.00	$307.84	$1,459	—
583	583	7	305.00	$305.00	$1,778	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
574–584	582	17	312.00–320.00	$313.86	$1,827	—
716	716	9	268.00	$268.00	$1,919	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,288	—
525	525	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,418	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
628	628	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,570	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,369	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,749	—
685	685	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,952	+32.50
756	756	9	258.00	$258.00	$1,950	—
852–859	856	7	245.00–259.00	$253.03	$2,166	—
934	934	6	235.00	$235.00	$2,195	—
965–971	971	13	223.00–236.00	$235.01	$2,282	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582	582	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,717	—
669	669	6	284.00	$284.00	$1,900	—
820–845	833	2	232.50–238.00	$235.29	$1,960	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1186	1186	4	207.00	$207.00	$2,455	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1620	1374	80-85%	54	136.00–146.00	$141.46	$1,944	-1.15
1293–1495	1374	80-85%	7	147.00–153.00	$149.59	$2,055	+6.98
1345–1445	1378	80-85%	6	151.00–158.00	$153.52	$2,116	+10.91
1270–1578	1409	80-85%	29	115.00–135.00	$129.08	$1,819	+1.89
1300–1570	1436	80-85%	30	139.50–147.50	$144.02	$2,068	-6.32
1405–1452	1440	80-85%	7	118.50–136.00	$124.09	$1,787	-26.25

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	85-90%	1	110.00	$110.00	$974	-8.00
968	968	85-90%	2	82.50	$82.50	$799	—
970–1237	1095	85-90%	32	116.00–130.00	$116.91	$1,280	—
1137	1137	85-90%	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,660	+27.67
1030–1270	1183	85-90%	23	136.00–145.00	$141.01	$1,668	-5.34
1207	1207	85-90%	3	142.00	$142.00	$1,714	—
1035–1340	1225	85-90%	58	116.00–135.00	$123.49	$1,513	-16.24

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1545–1880	1609	75-80%	19	142.00–145.50	$144.33	$2,322	-1.06
1618–1710	1673	75-80%	5	126.00–139.50	$131.22	$2,195	-8.49
1610–1915	1759	75-80%	4	135.00–139.00	$138.08	$2,429	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215	1215	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,671	—
1585	1585	1	145.00	$145.00	$2,298	—
1675–2065	1872	3	150.50–154.00	$152.62	$2,857	—
1655–2095	1919	10	160.00–171.00	$166.49	$3,195	—
2150–2210	2182	3	186.00–190.00	$187.31	$4,087	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2285	2285	1	184.00	$184.00	$4,204	—
2150–2485	2315	3	171.00–179.00	$175.27	$4,058	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
828–1252	1056	(<2 yrs)	Open	43	180.00–255.00	$207.06	$2,187
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,696
883–1335	1064	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	72	150.00–218.00	$191.80	$2,041
1205–1300	1268	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	142.00–150.00	$146.33	$1,855

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
818–1068	905	(<2 yrs)	Open	29	165.00–222.00	$203.37	$1,840
833–1190	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	142.50–191.00	$169.63	$1,705

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
603 thin fleshed	603	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,206
776	776	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,746

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
938	938	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	172.50	$172.50	$1,618

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1252	1252	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,675.00	$2,675.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1330	1330	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1480	1480	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00

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Dairy Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470	1470	1	143.00	$143.00	$2,102	—

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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.