Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 15, 2025

1,177 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $287.41/cwt -8.89 vs last sale · ≈ $2,071/hd at 721 lb · 22 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 bulls $268.49/cwt ≈ $2,320/hd at 864 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,177	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	5	430.00	$430.00	$1,625	—
438	438	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,818	—
505–525	509	5	327.50–385.00	$339.36	$1,727	—
623	623	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,962	—
725	725	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,066	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	450.00	$450.00	$2,048	—
560	560	3	375.00	$375.00	$2,100	+3.48
651	651	6	341.00	$341.00	$2,220	+14.00
723	723	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,386	+13.48

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,006	±0.00
653	653	2	313.00	$313.00	$2,044	—
700–710	703	3	302.00–307.50	$303.85	$2,136	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	4	334.00	$334.00	$1,971	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
658	658	3	312.00	$312.00	$2,053	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	7	377.50	$377.50	$1,657	—
484	484	4	372.50	$372.50	$1,803	—
655–673	669	4	316.00–318.00	$316.49	$2,117	—
718–719	719	17	289.00–293.00	$292.53	$2,103	-3.77
726	726	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,960	-26.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428–435	432	4	365.00–370.00	$367.52	$1,588	+7.52
565–585	580	5	310.00–320.00	$316.04	$1,833	-11.24
615	615	4	302.50–303.00	$302.63	$1,861	-14.61

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
609	609	8	300.00	$300.00	$1,827	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
591	591	4	277.50	$277.50	$1,640	-12.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,792	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	1	263.00	$263.00	$2,130	-4.00
858–877	864	10	255.00–271.00	$268.49	$2,320	—
915–918	917	3	247.00–252.00	$250.34	$2,296	—
975	975	1	254.00	$254.00	$2,476	—
1018–1041	1032	7	237.00–240.00	$238.13	$2,458	—
1136	1136	5	221.00	$221.00	$2,511	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1067	1065	7	239.00–240.00	$239.14	$2,547	—
1150–1155	1153	2	225.00–233.00	$228.99	$2,640	—
1245	1245	1	201.50	$201.50	$2,509	-3.50
1362	1362	3	196.50	$196.50	$2,676	—
1387 fancy	1387	5	199.00	$199.00	$2,760	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–998	987	4	226.00–238.00	$232.07	$2,291	+30.07

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115	1115	2	197.00	$197.00	$2,197	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175	175	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1283–1573	1369	80-85%	57	125.00–149.00	$141.72	$1,940	-21.06
1213–1565	1376	80-85%	145	144.00–159.00	$153.92	$2,118	-3.32
1305–1569	1422	80-85%	69	159.00–163.00	$161.06	$2,290	+22.43
1298–1540	1436	80-85%	7	112.50–130.00	$126.32	$1,814	-12.31
1285–1635	1444	80-85%	27	131.00–148.00	$137.76	$1,989	-0.87
1295–1490	1471	80-85%	17	149.00–159.50	$158.49	$2,331	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	85-90%	1	117.50	$117.50	$916	—
985	985	85-90%	1	97.00	$97.00	$955	—
1150	1150	85-90%	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,196	-57.74
810–1298	1168	85-90%	41	114.00–141.00	$131.60	$1,537	-30.14
1000–1295	1170	85-90%	15	112.00–127.50	$118.36	$1,385	-43.38
1070–1410	1180	85-90%	75	144.00–158.00	$151.04	$1,782	+28.03
1170–1290	1226	85-90%	16	159.00–164.00	$160.52	$1,968	+28.82
1055–1290	1231	85-90%	5	129.00–141.00	$134.62	$1,657	+2.92

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1412–1680	1556	75-80%	14	154.00–161.00	$157.41	$2,449	—
1620	1620	75-80%	8	157.00	$157.00	$2,543	—
1540–1757	1626	75-80%	30	144.00–154.50	$149.61	$2,433	—
1485–1995	1717	75-80%	9	131.00–143.00	$138.32	$2,375	+3.65
1600–1910	1730	75-80%	24	133.00–143.00	$139.56	$2,414	+4.89
1745–1875	1783	75-80%	4	144.00–152.00	$148.92	$2,655	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1288–1700	1451	12	147.50–169.00	$159.71	$2,317	-6.46
1275–1772	1646	16	169.00–180.00	$172.72	$2,843	—
1835	1835	1	193.00	$193.00	$3,542	—
1569–2135	1888	18	175.00–187.00	$180.56	$3,409	—
1930	1930	2	171.00	$171.00	$3,300	—
1835–2260	2054	16	189.00–199.50	$194.23	$3,989	—
2810	2810	1	197.00	$197.00	$5,536	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1215	989	(<2 yrs)	Open	151	183.00–282.50	$237.87	$2,353
975–1675	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	164.00–203.00	$188.24	$2,176
865–1480	1184	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	98	162.50–245.00	$188.10	$2,227

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735 thin fleshed	735	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,525
783–1285	930	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	181.00–253.00	$222.65	$2,071
933–1265	1054	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	153.00–217.00	$174.44	$1,839

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–793	787	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	235.00–250.00	$243.80	$1,919

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	215.00	$215.00	$2,236

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1176–1197	1184	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	2,650.00–2,750.00	$2,688.88
1205–1225	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,900.00–3,125.00	$2,955.56
1240	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1263–1480	1280	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	2,825.00–3,300.00	$3,101.80
1308	1308	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,825.00	$2,825.00
1505–1765	1583	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	2,700.00–3,050.00	$2,920.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1185	1185	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00
1210	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1320–1695	1453	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,450.00–2,575.00	$2,493.74

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1430	1430	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,400.00	$2,400.00
972	972	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,925.00	$2,925.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1091	1091	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	3,050.00	$3,050.00
1295	1295	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00

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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
1455	1455	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,875.00	$2,875.00	—
1530	1530	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	3,550.00	$3,550.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955	955	85-90%	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,022	—
1305–1560	1475	80-85%	3	135.00–137.00	$136.41	$2,012	—

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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.