Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 8, 2025

912 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $352.50/cwt ≈ $1,445/hd at 410 lb · 23 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $296.30/cwt +2.12 vs last sale · ≈ $2,148/hd at 725 lb · 23 head

heavy 5-weight M 2 heifers $250.00/cwt ≈ $1,455/hd at 582 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	912	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393 unweaned	393	14	435.00	$435.00	$1,710	—
443 unweaned	443	2	410.00	$410.00	$1,816	—
461 unweaned	461	9	407.00	$407.00	$1,876	—
559 unweaned	559	9	375.00	$375.00	$2,096	—
573–595	580	3	360.00–377.50	$371.52	$2,155	-23.20
620	620	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,201	-15.84
626 unweaned	626	14	341.00	$341.00	$2,135	—
680	680	10	327.00	$327.00	$2,224	-13.84
720–735	729	8	314.00–318.00	$316.52	$2,307	-12.87

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,847	-27.90
470	470	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,880	-9.65
570	570	4	340.00	$340.00	$1,938	-31.82
610–645	628	2	327.50–333.00	$330.33	$2,074	—
695	695	2	309.00–315.00	$312.00	$2,168	—
743	743	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,303	+2.00
847	847	5	279.00	$279.00	$2,363	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
806–827	821	13	249.00–254.00	$250.51	$2,057	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	8	270.00	$270.00	$1,231	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	4	365.00	$365.00	$1,416	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410 unweaned	410	23	352.50	$352.50	$1,445	—
612–638	619	18	324.00–340.00	$328.12	$2,031	+1.35
719–728	725	23	296.00–297.00	$296.30	$2,148	+22.72
783	783	6	272.00	$272.00	$2,130	-19.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318 unweaned	318	5	330.00	$330.00	$1,049	—
375 unweaned	375	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,144	—
423	423	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,523	-7.29
520–529	527	8	322.50–338.00	$334.47	$1,763	-1.31
550–590	558	11	325.00–330.00	$327.28	$1,826	+0.64
610–635	617	8	297.50–326.00	$317.24	$1,957	+11.93
658–685	663	13	291.00–306.00	$302.53	$2,006	+6.53
853	853	3	242.00	$242.00	$2,064	—
887	887	3	241.00	$241.00	$2,138	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582	582	20	250.00	$250.00	$1,455	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	12	300.00	$300.00	$1,428	+2.02

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,618	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	2	321.00	$321.00	$1,733	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1147	1125	15	219.00–224.00	$221.58	$2,493	—
1247	1247	5	205.00	$205.00	$2,556	—
1283	1283	2	180.00	$180.00	$2,309	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	10	345.00	$345.00	$1,725	—
578	578	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,850	—
917	917	3	235.00	$235.00	$2,155	—
968	968	3	202.00	$202.00	$1,955	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313 unweaned	313	4	430.00	$430.00	$1,346	—
830	830	1	267.00	$267.00	$2,216	-5.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1327–1545	1369	80-85%	21	161.00–166.00	$162.78	$2,228	—
1265–1525	1371	80-85%	75	149.00–161.00	$157.24	$2,156	—
1337–1525	1419	80-85%	6	118.00–131.50	$123.67	$1,755	-17.40
1265–1518	1422	80-85%	24	124.00–146.00	$138.63	$1,971	-2.44
1335–1670	1503	80-85%	2	135.00–141.00	$138.33	$2,079	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–995	913	85-90%	2	107.50–130.00	$119.77	$1,094	—
1005–1130	1078	85-90%	3	100.00–106.00	$102.74	$1,108	-57.26
1075–1270	1177	85-90%	29	159.50–166.00	$161.74	$1,904	+9.61
1065–1385	1181	85-90%	12	117.00–129.00	$123.01	$1,453	-29.12
955–1270	1193	85-90%	51	150.00–157.50	$154.48	$1,843	+2.35
1005–1280	1201	85-90%	22	116.00–147.50	$131.70	$1,582	—
1175–1260	1201	85-90%	4	130.00–131.00	$130.26	$1,564	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515–1548	1526	75-80%	7	144.00–153.00	$149.25	$2,278	—
1490–1900	1688	75-80%	16	140.00–141.00	$140.13	$2,365	-4.19
1730–1743	1739	75-80%	3	134.00–135.00	$134.67	$2,342	-4.33

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1625	1461	10	159.00–167.00	$166.17	$2,428	+3.67
1392–1700	1531	17	169.00–181.00	$172.18	$2,636	—
1735–2395	1979	10	170.00–186.00	$177.73	$3,517	—
1895–2225	2157	5	192.00–199.00	$195.09	$4,208	—
2272	2272	1	166.00	$166.00	$3,772	—
2585	2585	1	199.50	$199.50	$5,157	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2595	2595	1	184.00	$184.00	$4,775	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
773–1350	942	(<2 yrs)	Open	145	192.00–280.00	$257.92	$2,430
830–1545	1129	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	70	161.00–245.00	$196.78	$2,222
1105–1255	1218	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	162.00–165.00	$162.68	$1,981

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1200	974	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	181.00–237.50	$214.52	$2,089
965–1185	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	160.00–205.00	$172.56	$1,803

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1243	1243	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	176.00	$176.00	$2,188

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–775	768	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	229.00–235.00	$232.03	$1,782

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1138–1425	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	3,350.00–3,475.00	$3,414.62
1165–1320	1268	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1488–1510	1495	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,850.00–3,100.00	$2,934.15
1375–1650	1497	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,700.00–2,850.00	$2,771.44

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	85-90%	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,222	—
1230	1230	85-90%	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,562	—

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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.