Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 29, 2025

1,353 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $275.05/cwt ≈ $2,432/hd at 884 lb · 138 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $344.89/cwt +14.89 vs last sale · ≈ $2,359/hd at 684 lb · 102 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $392.66/cwt ≈ $2,246/hd at 572 lb · 69 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,353	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	2	460.00–480.00	$470.00	$1,904	+45.21
513–518	517	45	438.00–440.00	$438.40	$2,267	+29.51
550–599	572	69	377.00–422.50	$392.66	$2,246	—
614	614	8	370.00	$370.00	$2,272	—
666–686	684	102	344.50–349.00	$344.89	$2,359	+14.89
723–740	731	13	327.00–336.00	$333.90	$2,441	—
758–774	766	27	310.00–318.00	$316.53	$2,425	—
809	809	9	313.00	$313.00	$2,532	—
868–899	880	16	287.00–298.00	$293.69	$2,584	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419–442	434	15	435.00–445.00	$438.22	$1,902	—
479 unweaned	479	7	375.00	$375.00	$1,796	—
540	540	2	390.00	$390.00	$2,106	-5.00
606	606	6	325.00	$325.00	$1,970	—
690	690	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,174	—
705	705	6	305.00	$305.00	$2,150	—
778	778	2	306.00	$306.00	$2,381	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	3	382.50	$382.50	$2,085	—
707	707	8	314.00	$314.00	$2,220	—
800	800	4	300.00	$300.00	$2,400	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491	491	7	355.00	$355.00	$1,743	—
548	548	3	385.00	$385.00	$2,110	—
730	730	3	299.00	$299.00	$2,183	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504	504	6	405.00	$405.00	$2,041	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,669	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
240	240	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–498	483	51	365.00–381.00	$376.97	$1,821	—
523	523	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,830	—
563 unweaned	563	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,802	—
562–593	579	15	335.00–341.00	$337.93	$1,957	—
608	608	14	310.00	$310.00	$1,885	-15.94
657–696	683	16	310.00–316.00	$313.03	$2,138	—
705–720	713	2	298.00–302.00	$300.02	$2,139	+20.02
724	724	63	329.50	$329.50	$2,386	+49.50
770–787	782	26	281.00–285.00	$283.08	$2,214	—
800–825	808	42	280.00	$280.00	$2,262	—
851–895	880	18	263.00–267.00	$264.29	$2,326	—
881–899	885	120	270.00–278.00	$276.66	$2,448	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–445	439	35	345.00–375.00	$362.50	$1,591	—
469 unweaned	469	6	355.00	$355.00	$1,665	—
462–480	475	23	330.00–345.00	$340.19	$1,616	+12.46
533–543	536	6	320.00–332.50	$328.28	$1,760	+10.78
585	585	1	317.50	$317.50	$1,857	+2.93
605	605	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,815	+10.00
665	665	3	299.00	$299.00	$1,988	+1.66
758	758	2	270.00	$270.00	$2,047	±0.00
837	837	3	260.00	$260.00	$2,176	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,340	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	20	372.50	$372.50	$2,049	—
658–699	695	21	308.00–312.50	$308.41	$2,143	—
995	995	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,488	-5.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	7	345.00	$345.00	$1,870	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506	506	5	382.50	$382.50	$1,935	+40.00
910	910	1	247.50	$247.50	$2,252	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160	160	2	800.00	$800.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135	1135	1	222.50	$222.50	$2,525	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1550	1346	80-85%	15	136.00–146.00	$143.31	$1,929	+42.31
1180–1555	1401	80-85%	67	147.00–160.00	$153.41	$2,149	+24.87
1410	1410	80-85%	1	162.00	$162.00	$2,284	+7.39
1235–1580	1435	80-85%	4	138.00–145.00	$141.64	$2,033	-20.57

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	85-90%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,040	-1.00
1070–1235	1153	85-90%	2	149.00–152.00	$150.61	$1,737	+15.71
1030–1230	1159	85-90%	5	105.00–138.00	$128.24	$1,486	-6.66
1035–1265	1186	85-90%	13	130.00–150.00	$146.57	$1,738	+11.80
1230	1230	85-90%	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,993	+9.71

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1545–1570	1558	75-80%	2	145.00–145.50	$145.25	$2,263	-13.46
1573	1573	75-80%	2	157.00	$157.00	$2,470	-1.71
1495–1755	1634	75-80%	7	139.00–141.00	$140.30	$2,293	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1350	1238	2	160.00–167.50	$164.09	$2,031	—
1310–1705	1444	7	174.00–182.50	$176.63	$2,551	+18.41
1695–2085	1897	8	172.00–189.00	$181.97	$3,452	—
1829–2455	1946	7	194.00–207.00	$197.55	$3,844	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1150	972	(<2 yrs)	Open	18	214.50–279.00	$263.49	$2,561
1009–1435	1077	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	164.50–173.00	$169.67	$1,827
950–1290	1099	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	167.50–227.00	$197.16	$2,167

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
858–940	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	182.50–212.50	$201.88	$1,787

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1345–1495	1458	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,950.00–3,200.00	$3,142.32
1676	1676	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1760	1760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
923–1080	1017	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,950.00–2,150.00	$2,022.59

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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
1224–1293	1236	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	30	4,200.00–4,210.00	$4,208.26	—
1499–1535	1522	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	17	3,250.00–3,500.00	$3,336.89	—
1402–1698	1542	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	74	3,100.00–3,600.00	$3,406.81	—
1538–1546	1542	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	20	3,500.00–3,550.00	$3,522.44	—
1834	1834	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	4,375.00	$4,375.00	—
1834	1834	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	3,875.00	$3,875.00	—
1887–2000	1921	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	4,250.00–4,700.00	$4,349.71	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1417	1417	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,325.00	$3,325.00	+375.00
1418	1418	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,800.00	$2,800.00	-150.00
1515	1515	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,550.00	$3,550.00	—
1596	1596	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
1495–1738	1617	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,600.00–3,300.00	$2,976.31	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060–1405	1186	(<2 yrs)	Open	71	4,100.00–4,450.00	$4,322.42	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1227–1275	1239	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	3,850.00–3,900.00	$3,887.14	—

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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.