Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, June 12, 2025

1,635 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $358.44/cwt ≈ $2,215/hd at 618 lb · 104 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $407.60/cwt ≈ $2,363/hd at 580 lb · 80 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $401.46/cwt ≈ $2,324/hd at 579 lb · 79 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,635	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–528	528	9	400.00–410.00	$401.44	$2,120	—
552–596	579	79	381.00–414.50	$401.46	$2,324	—
650–656	655	14	340.00–371.00	$366.87	$2,403	+23.87
731	731	6	337.00	$337.00	$2,463	—
799	799	21	326.00	$326.00	$2,605	+9.00
971	971	13	285.00	$285.00	$2,767	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	4	387.50	$387.50	$1,957	—
587	587	11	380.00	$380.00	$2,231	—
718	718	2	311.00	$311.00	$2,233	—
811	811	8	292.00	$292.00	$2,368	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	9	422.50	$422.50	$1,762	—
533–540	535	8	380.00	$380.00	$2,033	—
635	635	2	354.00	$354.00	$2,248	—
670–683	680	4	331.00–340.00	$333.22	$2,266	—
710	710	2	317.50	$317.50	$2,254	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,836	—
472–482	475	9	355.00–402.50	$371.06	$1,763	—
512–540	519	4	325.00–335.00	$327.60	$1,700	—
748	748	3	280.00	$280.00	$2,094	—
825	825	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,310	-7.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,805	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474 unweaned	474	7	382.50	$382.50	$1,813	+12.50
482	482	10	407.50	$407.50	$1,964	+42.50
519–543	527	19	390.00–400.00	$397.98	$2,097	+38.84
554–594	572	49	380.00–411.00	$400.38	$2,290	—
592 fancy	592	31	419.00	$419.00	$2,480	—
601–646	618	104	350.00–395.00	$358.44	$2,215	—
663–695	680	19	317.00–354.00	$330.41	$2,247	+25.56
751–765	753	8	305.00–329.00	$325.95	$2,454	+48.95
835	835	25	282.50	$282.50	$2,359	—
853	853	2	284.00	$284.00	$2,423	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391 unweaned	391	8	325.00	$325.00	$1,271	—
391	391	14	365.00	$365.00	$1,427	—
521	521	5	322.50	$322.50	$1,680	—
580	580	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,812	+17.50
615	615	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,876	—
655–663	660	3	272.50–280.00	$274.98	$1,815	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	373	2	400.00–422.50	$411.93	$1,536	—
473–493	481	8	350.00–365.00	$359.23	$1,728	—
563	563	3	360.00	$360.00	$2,027	+40.00
601–628	610	6	330.00	$330.00	$2,013	+15.00
650	650	2	317.50	$317.50	$2,064	+23.31
708	708	2	308.00	$308.00	$2,181	—
788	788	3	289.00	$289.00	$2,277	+17.46
825	825	3	264.00	$264.00	$2,178	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	4	337.50	$337.50	$1,883	-7.50
710	710	4	310.00	$310.00	$2,201	—
780	780	3	281.00	$281.00	$2,192	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	5	375.00	$375.00	$1,868	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,528	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
732	732	6	305.00	$305.00	$2,233	—
1065–1068	1068	7	252.50–255.00	$254.64	$2,720	+8.75
1240 fancy	1240	1	216.00	$216.00	$2,678	—
1245	1245	1	201.00	$201.00	$2,502	-11.26
1355	1355	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,710	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	5	357.50	$357.50	$1,938	—
618	618	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,978	—
985	985	1	254.00	$254.00	$2,502	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260	1260	1	182.50	$182.50	$2,300	—
1350	1350	1	184.00	$184.00	$2,484	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935	935	1	263.00	$263.00	$2,459	-4.00
985	985	1	262.00	$262.00	$2,581	-8.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1580	1381	80-85%	12	130.00–150.00	$142.62	$1,970	—
1210–1563	1398	80-85%	86	152.00–163.00	$159.06	$2,224	—
1430	1430	80-85%	1	163.00	$163.00	$2,331	+14.00
1260–1582	1432	80-85%	91	163.00–170.00	$165.42	$2,369	+9.16
1445–1470	1462	80-85%	3	130.00–132.50	$130.82	$1,913	-14.38

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–980	940	85-90%	4	105.00–115.00	$108.17	$1,017	—
1050	1050	85-90%	1	107.50	$107.50	$1,129	—
1035–1210	1113	85-90%	4	117.50–137.00	$124.46	$1,385	-13.48
1155–1270	1206	85-90%	12	139.00–150.50	$145.94	$1,760	—
1045–1295	1213	85-90%	19	159.00–166.00	$162.21	$1,968	—
1050–1290	1233	85-90%	32	152.00–160.00	$157.26	$1,939	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1503–1735	1608	75-80%	9	161.00–168.00	$166.31	$2,674	+21.31
1518–1715	1617	75-80%	9	153.00–157.00	$156.09	$2,524	+11.09
1615–1745	1703	75-80%	8	150.00–153.00	$150.48	$2,563	+2.14
1645–1915	1729	75-80%	10	140.00–150.00	$144.91	$2,505	-3.43

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,634	—
1332–1525	1395	6	159.00–168.00	$164.62	$2,296	—
1460	1460	1	167.00	$167.00	$2,438	—
1725	1725	2	182.00	$182.00	$3,140	—
1720–2325	1914	24	175.00–188.00	$183.25	$3,507	—
1535–2335	1985	15	191.00–213.00	$197.27	$3,916	-3.80

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2090	2090	1	201.00	$201.00	$4,201	—
2428	2428	3	186.00	$186.00	$4,516	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
803–1410	1049	(<2 yrs)	Open	60	190.00–270.00	$225.97	$2,370
913–1440	1148	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	111	161.00–250.00	$189.76	$2,178
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	172.50	$172.50	$2,018

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–1200	1045	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	180.00–242.50	$203.96	$2,131
935–1375	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	160.00–200.00	$180.07	$1,923

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
465–566	528	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,063.29

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885	885	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	232.50	$232.50	$2,058

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765	765	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,932

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1045–1130	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	18	2,700.00–2,825.00	$2,818.55
1183	1183	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1193	1193	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	3,225.00	$3,225.00
1275	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1318	1318	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,875.00	$2,875.00
1338–1648	1558	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	2,600.00–3,200.00	$2,990.68
1630–1645	1638	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,900.00	$2,900.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1365–1435	1398	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	153.00–165.00	$160.90	$2,249
1415	1415	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	168.00	$168.00	$2,377

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1430	1430	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1635	1635	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1041	1041	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1275	1275	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,700.00	$2,700.00

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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
1109–1189	1149	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	4,000.00–4,300.00	$4,155.22	—
1153–1251	1197	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	119	4,350.00–4,550.00	$4,483.06	—
1387	1387	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	4,300.00	$4,300.00	—
1433	1433	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	4,350.00	$4,350.00	—
1538	1538	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
1455–1643	1599	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	62	3,350.00–3,750.00	$3,621.66	—
1450–1743	1622	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	45	3,650.00–4,050.00	$3,848.90	—
1625	1625	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1126	1126	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—
1278	1278	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,750.00	$3,750.00	—
1448–1658	1536	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	3,000.00–3,200.00	$3,098.36	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1390	1390	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940–1064	1022	(<2 yrs)	Open	44	3,850.00–4,250.00	$4,069.08	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1071	1071	(<2 yrs)	Open	27	4,450.00	$4,450.00	—
1101	1101	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	4,300.00	$4,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1119	1119	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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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.