Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 10, 2025

826 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $344.08/cwt -30.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,535/hd at 446 lb · 43 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $369.36/cwt -5.40 vs last sale · ≈ $2,091/hd at 566 lb · 12 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $313.57/cwt -39.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,816/hd at 579 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	826	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	4	421.00	$421.00	$1,772	-25.63
565–580	566	12	362.50–370.00	$369.36	$2,091	-5.40
602	602	3	342.00	$342.00	$2,059	-9.19
680–695	690	3	310.00–311.00	$310.67	$2,144	-19.17
780–797	793	4	285.00–290.00	$286.23	$2,270	+0.85
825	825	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,310	-12.01
843	843	3	264.00	$264.00	$2,226	-28.01

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	3	455.00	$455.00	$1,442	—
410–421	417	6	390.00–413.00	$405.47	$1,691	—
460–470	465	2	397.50–402.50	$399.97	$1,860	-4.68
540	540	7	366.00	$366.00	$1,976	-11.56

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
699	699	4	293.00	$293.00	$2,048	—
841	841	10	264.00	$264.00	$2,220	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,145	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	6	380.00	$380.00	$1,410	-20.00
410–448	446	43	342.50–362.50	$344.08	$1,535	-30.92
455–460	458	4	345.00–350.00	$347.49	$1,592	—
533–545	537	3	322.50–330.00	$325.04	$1,745	-10.00
566	566	4	308.00	$308.00	$1,743	-13.96
603–605	604	3	280.00–284.00	$282.66	$1,707	—
715	715	3	268.00	$268.00	$1,916	-9.46

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284 unweaned	284	5	440.00	$440.00	$1,250	—
410	410	4	375.00	$375.00	$1,538	-24.10
450–488	477	4	351.00–360.00	$355.39	$1,695	-31.34
550–586	579	10	313.00–316.00	$313.57	$1,816	-39.18
625	625	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,906	-18.01
653	653	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,894	-22.64
705	705	5	279.00	$279.00	$1,967	-18.25
778	778	6	259.00	$259.00	$2,015	-7.00
830	830	3	259.00	$259.00	$2,150	-13.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,287	-32.00
503	503	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,584	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,952	—
742	742	3	288.00	$288.00	$2,137	—
780	780	2	278.00	$278.00	$2,168	—
1005	1005	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,362	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
788	788	7	254.00–258.00	$255.14	$2,011	—
1003	1003	3	226.00	$226.00	$2,267	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1197	1197	3	206.00	$206.00	$2,466	—
1298	1298	3	192.00	$192.00	$2,492	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,722	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095	1095	1	218.00	$218.00	$2,387	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1410	1334	80-85%	5	139.00–148.00	$144.45	$1,927	—
1320–1528	1391	80-85%	76	161.00–166.00	$164.31	$2,286	+18.66
1325–1460	1414	80-85%	10	122.00–138.00	$132.59	$1,875	-22.41
1250–1657	1415	80-85%	90	150.00–160.00	$156.44	$2,214	+1.44
1322–1720	1473	80-85%	26	142.00–153.00	$146.79	$2,162	+4.10
1380–1585	1507	80-85%	9	156.00–160.00	$157.43	$2,372	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940	940	85-90%	1	100.00	$100.00	$940	-27.00
935–1220	1091	85-90%	11	117.50–144.00	$131.38	$1,433	+30.38
1115–1213	1164	85-90%	6	139.00–146.00	$142.61	$1,660	-9.77
1045–1265	1194	85-90%	9	117.00–136.00	$126.92	$1,515	-25.46
1003–1295	1203	85-90%	34	144.00–156.00	$151.16	$1,818	+30.54
1179–1270	1220	85-90%	13	157.00–162.00	$158.81	$1,937	+38.19
1225	1225	85-90%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,286	-44.77

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1503	1495	75-80%	5	163.00	$163.00	$2,437	—
1450–1580	1552	75-80%	23	155.00–159.00	$157.03	$2,437	+0.03
1558–1723	1624	75-80%	5	159.50–160.00	$159.71	$2,594	—
1585–1925	1732	75-80%	8	152.00–159.00	$155.75	$2,698	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,733	—
1395–1690	1512	5	164.00–175.00	$171.76	$2,597	—
1530–1660	1580	3	145.00–163.00	$152.92	$2,416	—
1605	1605	1	156.00	$156.00	$2,504	—
1780–2460	2060	9	185.00–191.00	$188.47	$3,882	—
1985–2410	2167	3	177.00–182.00	$179.84	$3,897	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2485	2485	1	194.00	$194.00	$4,821	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
853 fancy	853	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	279.00	$279.00	$2,380
765–1260	991	(<2 yrs)	Open	97	190.00–269.00	$233.31	$2,312
1024–1500	1166	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	45	161.00–229.50	$188.33	$2,196
1290	1290	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,000
1400	1400	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	184.50	$184.50	$2,583

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1095	987	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	200.00–233.00	$214.41	$2,116
820–1185	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	155.00–215.00	$180.57	$1,811

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–847	805	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	231.00–239.00	$232.95	$1,875

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1083	1083	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	204.00	$204.00	$2,209

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1043–1260	1152	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	2,400.00–2,450.00	$2,422.64
1215–1455	1288	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	3,150.00–3,300.00	$3,208.83
1301–1410	1348	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	2,050.00–2,200.00	$2,132.74
1420–1534	1502	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	2,700.00–2,725.00	$2,701.58
1506–1510	1507	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,975.00–3,000.00	$2,979.18

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1550	1550	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	4,100.00	$4,100.00	—
1838	1838	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

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Dairy Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1905	1905	1	145.00	$145.00	$2,762	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1163	1155	85-90%	4	104.00–111.00	$109.29	$1,262	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1099–1125	1101	(<2 yrs)	Open	39	4,200.00–4,300.00	$4,292.14	—

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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.