Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 20, 2025

691 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $358.93/cwt -1.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,784/hd at 497 lb · 39 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $393.01/cwt +23.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,611/hd at 410 lb · 27 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $390.00/cwt ≈ $1,521/hd at 390 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	691	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408 unweaned	408	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,714	+15.00
578	578	3	350.00	$350.00	$2,023	-6.40
617–618	618	20	335.00–347.50	$341.88	$2,113	+10.88
709	709	6	310.00	$310.00	$2,198	+8.80

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	7	288.00	$288.00	$2,131	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	4	407.50	$407.50	$1,813	+22.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	22	390.00	$390.00	$1,521	—
405–425	410	27	375.00–398.00	$393.01	$1,611	+23.01
470–499	497	39	352.50–359.50	$358.93	$1,784	-1.11
555–583	574	6	320.00–325.00	$321.61	$1,846	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–344	339	5	375.00–400.00	$379.72	$1,287	—
377	377	3	385.00	$385.00	$1,451	+5.00
455	455	1	352.50	$352.50	$1,604	—
543–548	546	5	315.00–322.50	$317.98	$1,736	-2.02
585	585	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,843	+0.77
655–680	668	2	277.50–280.00	$278.73	$1,862	—
765	765	7	260.00	$260.00	$1,989	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	2	254.00	$254.00	$2,070	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	4	380.00	$380.00	$1,273	—
440	440	6	407.50	$407.50	$1,793	—
550	550	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,952	—
843	843	2	252.50	$252.50	$2,129	—
905–925	912	3	250.00–256.00	$253.97	$2,316	+8.97
1038	1038	2	236.00	$236.00	$2,450	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,316	—
740	740	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,961	-2.50
798	798	6	249.00–255.00	$251.00	$2,003	—
815	815	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,976	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,569	—
674	674	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,719	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1180	1160	3	205.00–215.00	$211.61	$2,455	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	80-85%	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,221	—
1265–1625	1361	80-85%	17	139.00–149.00	$145.48	$1,980	-7.41
1300–1573	1403	80-85%	18	127.00–136.00	$132.62	$1,861	-10.40
1305–1560	1426	80-85%	18	149.50–160.00	$153.72	$2,192	+0.44
1265–1645	1457	80-85%	13	117.50–131.00	$125.40	$1,827	-6.77
1360–1840	1480	80-85%	4	149.00–155.00	$150.86	$2,233	+18.69
1370–1615	1503	80-85%	15	133.00–145.00	$139.53	$2,097	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–843	826	85-90%	5	98.00–106.00	$104.53	$863	+1.27
920–1313	1136	85-90%	15	106.00–123.00	$114.48	$1,300	-11.89
995–1325	1145	85-90%	13	115.00–133.00	$124.86	$1,430	-1.51
910–1255	1162	85-90%	25	135.00–148.00	$141.00	$1,638	+9.23
1195	1195	85-90%	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,583	-12.24
1160–1300	1218	85-90%	6	148.50–153.50	$149.66	$1,823	-1.11
1215–1285	1250	85-90%	2	85.00–102.00	$93.26	$1,166	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1481	1481	75-80%	5	152.00	$152.00	$2,251	—
1475–1580	1563	75-80%	6	156.00	$156.00	$2,438	—
1480–1730	1621	75-80%	5	144.00–149.00	$147.93	$2,398	-1.24
1620–1800	1740	75-80%	3	132.50–137.00	$135.60	$2,359	-2.58

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1750	1750	7	148.50	$148.50	$2,599	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1303–1510	1400	6	155.00–161.50	$157.73	$2,208	—
1335–1785	1533	6	161.00–177.00	$166.25	$2,549	-1.83
1395–1780	1588	2	162.00–163.00	$162.44	$2,580	—
1845–2285	1968	9	170.00–179.00	$176.69	$3,477	-6.83
1837–2150	1989	7	185.00–191.00	$187.39	$3,727	+3.87

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1950	1950	1	183.00	$183.00	$3,568	—
2285–2315	2308	4	178.00–179.00	$178.25	$4,114	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1310	1007	(<2 yrs)	Open	46	181.00–234.00	$217.44	$2,190
820–1455	1131	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	54	150.00–225.00	$180.30	$2,039
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,938

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1115	942	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	135.00–185.00	$162.76	$1,533
1005–1100	1053	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	175.00–185.00	$179.77	$1,893

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795	795	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,749

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1089–1145	1098	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	2,400.00–2,600.00	$2,434.75
1145–1232	1218	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	3,000.00–3,050.00	$3,042.16
1023–1320	1235	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	59	2,800.00–3,010.00	$2,955.40
1262	1262	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1285	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1155–1344 thin fleshed	1292	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	2,300.00–2,475.00	$2,432.35
965–1444	1379	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	2,650.00–3,000.00	$2,960.81
1590	1590	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
962–1230	1022	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	2,250.00–2,400.00	$2,290.13
1162–1170 thin fleshed	1166	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,650.00–2,100.00	$1,875.77
1120–1460	1233	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,300.00–2,400.00	$2,339.46
1298	1298	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1410	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,750.00	$1,750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1162	1162	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1265	1265	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,975.00	$2,975.00

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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.