Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, August 28, 2025

1,467 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $332.05/cwt +19.69 vs last sale · ≈ $3,017/hd at 908 lb · 115 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $339.89/cwt ≈ $2,948/hd at 867 lb · 60 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $369.33/cwt +33.33 vs last sale · ≈ $2,796/hd at 757 lb · 41 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,467	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297 unweaned	297	3	495.00	$495.00	$1,470	—
360–365 unweaned	364	4	490.00–505.00	$493.71	$1,797	—
454–493 unweaned	465	19	392.50–472.50	$454.79	$2,115	—
559 unweaned	559	9	400.00	$400.00	$2,236	—
644 unweaned	644	6	343.00	$343.00	$2,209	—
860	860	4	350.00	$350.00	$3,010	+17.00
900	900	3	317.00	$317.00	$2,853	—
910–932	927	12	333.00–337.50	$333.53	$3,092	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–370 unweaned	362	5	520.00–525.00	$522.04	$1,890	—
457–480 unweaned	463	7	465.00–475.00	$467.95	$2,167	+37.95
500–517 unweaned	516	14	430.00–450.00	$431.38	$2,226	—
613	613	14	380.00	$380.00	$2,329	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
746	746	4	362.50	$362.50	$2,704	+30.00
885–888	887	7	337.00–341.00	$339.86	$3,015	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233 unweaned	233	2	520.00	$520.00	$1,212	—
545 unweaned	545	2	375.00	$375.00	$2,044	—
1065	1065	1	311.00	$311.00	$3,312	—
1147	1147	3	302.00	$302.00	$3,464	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564	564	4	365.00	$365.00	$2,059	—
664	664	4	359.00	$359.00	$2,384	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
584	584	4	384.00	$384.00	$2,243	—
637	637	3	380.00	$380.00	$2,421	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	3	222.50	$222.50	$1,880	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175 unweaned	175	3	585.00	$585.00	$1,024	—
238 unweaned	238	2	515.00	$515.00	$1,226	—
346 unweaned	346	5	490.00	$490.00	$1,695	+60.00
360–375 unweaned	368	2	450.00–475.00	$462.24	$1,701	+24.74
386	386	5	455.00	$455.00	$1,756	—
405–413 unweaned	410	13	405.00–465.00	$459.28	$1,883	+46.28
462–480 unweaned	464	10	420.00–440.00	$437.93	$2,032	—
500–505 unweaned	503	2	425.00–435.00	$429.98	$2,163	—
570 unweaned	570	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,024	—
730	730	1	372.00	$372.00	$2,716	—
753–763	757	41	365.00–376.00	$369.33	$2,796	+33.33
820–842	840	21	335.50–343.00	$336.20	$2,824	—
857 thin fleshed	857	32	344.00	$344.00	$2,948	—
864–898	879	28	332.00–336.50	$335.19	$2,946	—
905–942	907	111	325.00–334.00	$332.72	$3,018	+20.36
949	949	4	313.50	$313.50	$2,975	+1.14
961–990	980	34	307.00–317.00	$311.59	$3,054	+7.04
1000–1029	1017	55	301.00–315.00	$308.45	$3,137	+8.93

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–578 unweaned	575	3	355.00–380.00	$363.26	$2,089	—
1064–1089	1077	23	297.50–299.00	$298.42	$3,214	+13.43
1093 fancy	1093	29	306.00	$306.00	$3,345	—
1097	1097	3	286.50	$286.50	$3,143	+1.51
1110–1131	1129	11	285.00–294.00	$292.83	$3,306	+13.52
1159–1169	1162	19	280.50	$280.50	$3,259	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290 unweaned	290	3	490.00	$490.00	$1,421	—
423 unweaned	423	6	415.00	$415.00	$1,755	—
510 unweaned	510	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,938	—
614 unweaned	614	4	345.00	$345.00	$2,118	—
713	713	3	357.50	$357.50	$2,549	+31.17
785–792	791	10	354.00–355.00	$354.10	$2,801	—
838	838	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,724	—
882	882	3	328.00	$328.00	$2,893	+25.96
920–933	930	5	310.00–318.00	$311.58	$2,898	+18.59
988	988	3	311.00	$311.00	$3,073	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	5	315.00	$315.00	$1,685	—
580	580	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,117	—
624–646	639	12	372.00–375.00	$372.98	$2,383	—
767	767	3	360.50	$360.50	$2,765	—
860	860	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,795	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501	501	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,052	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	2	360.00	$360.00	$2,448	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405 unweaned	405	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,600	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385 unweaned	385	4	495.00	$495.00	$1,906	—
403	403	6	470.00	$470.00	$1,894	—
409 unweaned	409	5	475.00	$475.00	$1,943	—
660 unweaned	660	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,376	—
960	960	4	335.00	$335.00	$3,216	—
1020	1020	1	287.50	$287.50	$2,932	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392 unweaned	392	3	485.00	$485.00	$1,901	—
447 unweaned	447	3	440.00	$440.00	$1,967	—
463 unweaned	463	2	385.00	$385.00	$1,783	—
883	883	3	334.00	$334.00	$2,949	—
990	990	6	298.00	$298.00	$2,950	—
1031	1031	4	283.00	$283.00	$2,918	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1093	1093	2	286.00	$286.00	$3,126	—
1135	1135	1	282.50	$282.50	$3,206	+15.50
1175	1175	3	260.00–277.00	$265.67	$3,122	+5.67
1205–1235	1220	2	261.00–264.00	$262.48	$3,202	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070	1070	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,782	-1.00
1180	1180	1	257.00	$257.00	$3,033	—
1210	1210	1	217.50	$217.50	$2,632	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320	1320	80-85%	1	191.00	$191.00	$2,521	—
1165–1585	1328	80-85%	134	157.50–168.00	$165.74	$2,201	—
1332–1490	1372	80-85%	4	141.00–142.00	$141.73	$1,945	-27.33
1320–1495	1420	80-85%	27	169.00–174.00	$169.90	$2,413	+22.91
1425	1425	80-85%	1	163.00	$163.00	$2,323	±0.00
1307–1720	1430	80-85%	28	141.00–157.00	$152.32	$2,178	-10.68
1310–1605	1470	80-85%	6	152.50–160.50	$156.47	$2,300	-3.61

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955	955	85-90%	3	126.00	$126.00	$1,203	—
1060	1060	85-90%	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,219	-22.50
1023–1290	1116	85-90%	31	124.00–147.00	$140.45	$1,567	-15.42
1030–1338	1193	85-90%	98	155.00–164.50	$160.49	$1,915	+26.69
1110–1365	1243	85-90%	14	121.00–146.00	$138.41	$1,720	-11.07

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1372–1685	1563	75-80%	48	161.00–167.00	$163.66	$2,558	—
1421–1930	1575	75-80%	15	154.00–161.00	$157.71	$2,484	—
1370–1679	1582	75-80%	7	150.00–153.00	$151.95	$2,404	—
1590	1590	75-80%	1	190.00	$190.00	$3,021	—
1595–1670	1615	75-80%	5	171.00–174.00	$172.01	$2,778	+14.37
1705	1705	75-80%	1	171.00	$171.00	$2,916	-3.16
1705–1857	1819	75-80%	4	161.50–164.00	$162.09	$2,948	—
2020	2020	75-80%	1	162.00	$162.00	$3,272	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1459–1680	1555	30	155.50–164.50	$161.32	$2,509	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1950	1507	15	167.00–184.00	$180.32	$2,717	—
1314–1975	1594	32	185.00–194.50	$188.52	$3,005	-0.35
1530–1925	1730	17	174.00–187.00	$181.30	$3,136	—
1615–2460	1947	47	187.00–200.00	$192.68	$3,751	—
1805–2283	2122	14	198.00–209.00	$205.59	$4,363	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1943–2375	2088	4	189.00–196.00	$193.82	$4,047	—
2105	2105	1	205.00	$205.00	$4,315	—
2555	2555	1	184.00	$184.00	$4,701	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–1475	1118	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	206.00–292.00	$231.39	$2,587
1145–1355	1263	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	175.00–186.00	$181.38	$2,291
970–1620	1268	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	180.00–240.00	$197.22	$2,501
1325	1325	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	155.50	$155.50	$2,060

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
973–1420	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	173.00–220.00	$182.47	$2,071
1145	1145	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	202.50	$202.50	$2,319

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1197–1223	1202	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	2,800.00–3,000.00	$2,962.99
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,750.00	$2,750.00

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
773	773	8	356.00	$356.00	$2,752	—
874	874	33	326.00	$326.00	$2,849	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
889	889	9	332.50	$332.50	$2,956	—
950	950	19	325.00	$325.00	$3,088	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
763	763	2	336.00	$336.00	$2,564	—

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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
1572	1572	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	3,950.00	$3,950.00	+25.00
1843	1843	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1696	1696	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	3,650.00	$3,650.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1564	1564	80-85%	9	133.00	$133.00	$2,080	—
1723	1723	80-85%	2	150.50	$150.50	$2,593	—
1975	1975	75-80%	2	157.00	$157.00	$3,101	—

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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.