Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 3, 2025

3,902 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $321.84/cwt ≈ $2,012/hd at 625 lb · 658 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $312.07/cwt ≈ $2,087/hd at 669 lb · 537 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $351.19/cwt +9.31 vs last sale · ≈ $2,202/hd at 627 lb · 266 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,902	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409–414	412	12	442.50–455.00	$446.63	$1,840	—
450–484	467	38	407.50–412.50	$409.09	$1,910	—
503–536	526	132	391.00–411.00	$397.05	$2,088	—
555–598	580	102	357.00–387.00	$374.76	$2,174	+24.76
605–641	627	266	342.50–364.00	$351.19	$2,202	+9.31
650 thin fleshed	650	35	362.00	$362.00	$2,353	—
653–673	670	32	325.00–337.00	$329.84	$2,210	—
703–748	731	161	300.75–318.00	$309.53	$2,263	-0.47
750–797	770	111	289.50–303.50	$296.11	$2,280	—
760–794	776	16	283.00–288.00	$285.38	$2,215	—
800–833	809	96	280.00–293.50	$292.01	$2,362	—
859–898	877	13	261.00–267.00	$264.16	$2,317	—
860–889	882	8	276.00–281.00	$279.78	$2,468	—
903	903	16	260.00	$260.00	$2,348	—
908–923	915	16	270.00–274.00	$272.23	$2,491	—
964–989	974	10	252.00–256.00	$254.38	$2,478	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	4	430.00	$430.00	$1,604	—
465–476	475	14	400.00–405.00	$404.65	$1,922	—
521–546	539	46	360.00–380.00	$377.56	$2,035	—
575–589	588	46	324.00–352.50	$326.42	$1,919	—
602–627	619	58	327.00–340.00	$330.64	$2,047	—
671	671	13	313.00	$313.00	$2,100	—
701–740	705	52	287.50–305.00	$303.11	$2,137	—
785	785	8	280.00	$280.00	$2,198	—
831–838	835	8	271.00–278.00	$274.49	$2,292	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
633–648	641	17	313.00–331.00	$324.38	$2,079	—
703	703	4	279.00	$279.00	$1,961	—
831	831	7	265.00	$265.00	$2,202	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
628	628	7	322.00	$322.00	$2,022	—
656	656	7	284.00	$284.00	$1,863	—
763	763	8	274.00	$274.00	$2,091	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1078	1078	5	231.00	$231.00	$2,490	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	389	4	415.00–420.00	$416.27	$1,619	+26.27
405–442	423	29	393.00–415.00	$399.10	$1,688	+6.09
452–472	463	45	378.00–395.00	$386.73	$1,791	+27.80
508–549	538	80	347.50–372.00	$366.29	$1,971	—
544	544	6	340.00	$340.00	$1,850	—
551–598	563	187	335.00–355.00	$352.75	$1,986	+31.14
600–637	624	586	316.00–336.00	$323.01	$2,016	—
633–647	636	72	311.50–312.50	$312.29	$1,986	—
651–695	664	454	304.00–315.25	$312.64	$2,076	—
659–683	675	12	292.50–299.00	$296.88	$2,004	—
698	698	71	311.00	$311.00	$2,171	—
702–740	715	62	293.50–299.00	$297.25	$2,125	—
700–748	717	158	284.00–300.50	$297.04	$2,130	—
718–737	728	22	275.50–281.00	$278.49	$2,027	—
750–770	760	48	280.00–287.00	$283.45	$2,154	—
753–788	767	86	277.50–287.50	$284.66	$2,183	—
774	774	9	266.00	$266.00	$2,059	—
804–847	822	69	267.00–277.00	$272.53	$2,240	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	2	407.00	$407.00	$1,315	+27.28
389	389	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,556	+15.00
438	438	13	375.00	$375.00	$1,642	—
468–499	494	14	342.50–359.00	$350.40	$1,731	—
504–541	531	31	330.00–345.00	$335.04	$1,779	+17.06
553–598	574	42	315.00–332.50	$321.96	$1,848	+6.96
629–649	640	27	292.00–313.00	$307.85	$1,970	—
666–685	678	23	291.00–295.00	$293.46	$1,990	+14.73
711–743	720	16	273.00–281.00	$277.46	$1,998	—
768	768	6	268.00	$268.00	$2,058	+8.00
793	793	3	255.00	$255.00	$2,022	-5.00
803–825	814	4	253.00–259.00	$256.04	$2,084	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
713	713	28	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
759	759	31	2,275.00	$2,275.00	—
800	800	69	2,310.00	$2,310.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	3	312.00	$312.00	$1,909	—
697	697	7	279.00	$279.00	$1,945	—
780	780	21	258.50	$258.50	$2,016	—
815	815	3	252.00	$252.00	$2,054	-2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	6	362.00	$362.00	$1,430	—
542	542	8	322.50	$322.50	$1,748	—
588	588	3	277.50	$277.50	$1,632	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	5	316.00	$316.00	$1,852	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
627 thin fleshed	627	11	346.00	$346.00	$2,169	—
697	697	8	284.00	$284.00	$1,979	—
860	860	3	253.00	$253.00	$2,176	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1248	1248	2	187.50	$187.50	$2,340	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1490	1384	80-85%	12	143.00–152.00	$145.65	$2,016	+0.17
1408	1408	80-85%	2	155.00	$155.00	$2,182	+22.38
1410–1500	1455	80-85%	2	123.00–126.00	$124.55	$1,812	-0.85
1310–1695	1472	80-85%	15	140.00–148.00	$142.69	$2,100	-8.17

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	85-90%	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,200	—
1060	1060	85-90%	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,071	—
1175–1195	1190	85-90%	4	152.00–152.50	$152.38	$1,813	+19.88
1140–1280	1218	85-90%	3	117.50–124.00	$120.62	$1,469	-29.04
945–1281	1232	85-90%	16	142.00–151.50	$149.77	$1,845	+0.11
1275	1275	85-90%	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,817	+49.24

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1583	1583	75-80%	2	157.00	$157.00	$2,485	+1.00
1570–1800	1685	75-80%	2	150.50–151.00	$150.73	$2,540	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1385	1350	2	165.00–166.00	$165.49	$2,234	—
1365–1525	1417	4	138.00–157.00	$151.89	$2,152	-5.84
1675–1725	1700	2	157.00–159.00	$157.99	$2,686	—
1755–1980	1867	5	172.00–184.00	$178.92	$3,340	—
2140–2300	2220	2	185.00–188.00	$186.45	$4,139	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1145	960	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	186.00–241.00	$217.48	$2,088
733–1338	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	160.00–233.00	$199.52	$2,145
1210–1265	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	153.00–158.00	$155.44	$1,924

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,403
870–1175	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	160.00–215.00	$189.50	$1,800

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–950	900	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	162.50–208.00	$183.99	$1,656

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1226	1226	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	2,100.00	$2,100.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1463	1463	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	155.50	$155.50	$2,275

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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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.