Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 22, 2025

808 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $408.89/cwt ≈ $2,085/hd at 510 lb · 34 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $314.57/cwt -1.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,790/hd at 569 lb · 22 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $424.79/cwt ≈ $1,839/hd at 433 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	808	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–446	433	17	420.00–430.00	$424.79	$1,839	—
473	473	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,963	-35.00
507–518	510	34	399.00–412.00	$408.89	$2,085	—
668	668	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,204	-11.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	4	430.00	$430.00	$1,690	—
512	512	3	395.00	$395.00	$2,022	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	2	307.00	$307.00	$1,949	-8.00
652	652	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,891	—
760	760	1	282.50	$282.50	$2,147	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	5	331.00	$331.00	$1,734	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190	1190	2	236.00	$236.00	$2,808	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484–494	490	13	317.50–334.00	$327.73	$1,606	—
527	527	3	317.50	$317.50	$1,673	—
559–585	569	22	303.00–322.50	$314.57	$1,790	-1.47
639	639	5	290.00	$290.00	$1,853	-12.63
670–673	673	6	289.00–299.00	$297.34	$2,001	—
750	750	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,025	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348 unweaned	348	5	345.00	$345.00	$1,201	—
505–531	515	16	305.00–325.00	$312.74	$1,611	—
593	593	2	292.50	$292.50	$1,735	—
617	617	3	284.00	$284.00	$1,752	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	450.00	$450.00	$900	—
600–615	603	13	325.00–329.00	$325.94	$1,965	—
743	743	2	280.00	$280.00	$2,080	+10.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	11	335.00	$335.00	$1,692	—
555	555	1	327.50	$327.50	$1,818	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	11	265.00	$265.00	$1,444	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	2	301.00	$301.00	$1,851	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	—	—	1	470.00	$470.00	$940	—
961	961	—	—	8	255.00	$255.00	$2,451	+1.00
1350–1505	1420	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	163.00–201.00	$179.77	$2,553	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095	1095	2	233.00	$233.00	$2,551	-6.14
1125–1130	1129	4	226.00–229.00	$227.75	$2,571	—
1193	1193	2	219.00	$219.00	$2,613	—
1290	1290	2	201.00	$201.00	$2,593	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	2	342.50	$342.50	$1,747	—
765–768	767	3	272.50–275.00	$273.33	$2,096	—
1083	1083	2	239.00	$239.00	$2,588	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105	105	4	775.00	$775.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,617	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325	1325	80-85%	2	101.00	$101.00	$1,338	—
1245–1600	1365	80-85%	19	125.00–145.00	$136.69	$1,866	-5.03
1280–1500	1407	80-85%	5	117.50–132.00	$128.54	$1,809	-32.52
1120–1615	1409	80-85%	96	145.00–159.00	$154.61	$2,178	-6.45
1316–1690	1412	80-85%	6	150.50–160.00	$158.10	$2,232	-2.96
1325–1562	1430	80-85%	50	160.00–169.00	$162.21	$2,320	+35.89
1330–1738	1546	80-85%	18	135.00–148.00	$143.57	$2,220	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–820	818	85-90%	2	120.00	$120.00	$982	—
985	985	85-90%	2	106.00	$106.00	$1,044	+9.00
1085–1210	1148	85-90%	2	157.00–160.00	$158.42	$1,819	—
740–1295	1149	85-90%	12	115.00–128.00	$119.71	$1,375	—
900–1265	1159	85-90%	26	120.00–145.00	$134.90	$1,563	+3.30
905–1325	1178	85-90%	10	128.00–142.00	$134.77	$1,588	-16.27
1105–1270	1221	85-90%	32	145.00–156.00	$152.29	$1,859	-8.23

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440	1440	75-80%	2	151.00	$151.00	$2,174	—
1550	1550	75-80%	3	144.00	$144.00	$2,232	-13.41
1438–1710	1552	75-80%	7	155.00–162.00	$158.71	$2,463	+1.30
1653	1653	75-80%	2	150.00	$150.00	$2,480	—
1450–1952	1679	75-80%	31	132.50–147.00	$142.60	$2,394	—
1725	1725	75-80%	1	159.00	$159.00	$2,743	+19.44

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1525	1429	5	150.00–162.50	$158.22	$2,261	—
1461–2045	1544	9	161.00–175.00	$170.79	$2,637	—
1622	1622	3	188.00	$188.00	$3,049	+15.28
1579–1915	1635	6	185.00–192.00	$186.37	$3,047	+13.65
1310–1808	1639	9	171.00–182.00	$174.30	$2,857	+1.58
1728–1838	1803	19	198.00–199.00	$198.70	$3,583	+5.70
1613–2125	1822	18	177.00–191.00	$183.01	$3,334	-9.99
1900	1900	1	168.00	$168.00	$3,192	-3.00
1510–2325	1964	21	191.00–207.50	$200.65	$3,941	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1920	1920	1	200.00	$200.00	$3,840	—
2195	2195	1	184.00	$184.00	$4,039	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–1245	1055	(<2 yrs)	Open	39	195.00–270.00	$224.24	$2,366
915–1500	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	38	160.00–220.00	$180.37	$2,191
1278–1535	1407	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	189.00	$189.00	$2,659

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880–1175	1001	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	169.00–202.00	$181.71	$1,819
830–1225	1095	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	179.00–222.00	$191.86	$2,101

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1179	1179	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	191.00	$191.00	$2,252

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–970	920	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	195.00–240.00	$204.42	$1,881

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1175	1134	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,900.00–2,950.00	$2,937.05
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1270–1405	1327	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	3,100.00–3,300.00	$3,115.13
1240–1430	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,700.00	$2,607.12
1435	1435	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1423–1595	1480	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,700.00–2,825.00	$2,744.89
1533	1533	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1625	1625	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1257	1257	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,875.00	$1,875.00
1278–1385	1314	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,000.00–2,050.00	$2,032.43
1640	1640	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	2,950.00	$2,950.00	—
1893	1893	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995	995	85-90%	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,144	—

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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.