Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 25, 2025

2,749 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $313.92/cwt +2.73 vs last sale · ≈ $3,058/hd at 974 lb · 218 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $338.46/cwt +13.46 vs last sale · ≈ $2,819/hd at 833 lb · 187 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $330.23/cwt +19.83 vs last sale · ≈ $3,048/hd at 923 lb · 127 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,749	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 unweaned	270	1	660.00	$660.00	$1,782	—
325–338 unweaned	326	28	595.00–617.50	$615.83	$2,008	—
352–376 unweaned	374	46	562.50–595.00	$566.26	$2,118	—
420–448 unweaned	444	21	500.00–530.00	$512.42	$2,275	-7.51
450–484 unweaned	470	54	475.00–515.00	$490.10	$2,303	—
503–545 unweaned	528	64	430.00–466.00	$451.27	$2,383	-13.73
561–585 unweaned	573	48	421.00–431.00	$426.99	$2,447	—
618	618	12	420.00	$420.00	$2,596	—
610–623 unweaned	620	5	397.00–421.00	$416.28	$2,581	—
653	653	13	417.00	$417.00	$2,723	—
680–694 unweaned	691	5	367.00–370.00	$367.59	$2,540	—
711	711	19	388.00	$388.00	$2,759	—
725	725	3	409.00	$409.00	$2,965	—
756–789	778	34	385.00–393.00	$388.98	$3,026	+28.98
904–911	905	76	351.00–358.00	$356.79	$3,229	+22.79
984	984	17	330.00	$330.00	$3,247	+8.00
1063	1063	3	305.00	$305.00	$3,242	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346 unweaned	346	8	575.00	$575.00	$1,990	—
380 unweaned	380	1	540.00	$540.00	$2,052	+21.74
443–447 unweaned	446	23	460.00–505.00	$492.57	$2,197	—
472–473 unweaned	473	9	425.00–450.00	$433.32	$2,050	—
535–540 unweaned	538	4	404.00–420.00	$411.96	$2,216	—
564–595 unweaned	582	17	382.50–409.00	$400.06	$2,328	—
710–728	726	24	370.00–380.00	$371.22	$2,695	—
762 unweaned	762	7	371.00	$371.00	$2,827	—
853–858	855	14	350.00–353.00	$352.14	$3,011	—
1031	1031	4	312.00	$312.00	$3,217	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377 unweaned	377	6	530.00	$530.00	$1,998	—
484 unweaned	484	17	427.50	$427.50	$2,069	—
540 unweaned	540	2	435.00	$435.00	$2,349	+2.00
610	610	17	402.50	$402.50	$2,455	—
838	838	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,807	—
870	870	10	337.00	$337.00	$2,932	—
970	970	27	314.00	$314.00	$3,046	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546–548	546	20	420.00–429.00	$427.19	$2,332	—
568–571	569	26	420.00–421.00	$420.69	$2,394	—
662	662	6	370.00	$370.00	$2,449	-19.15
656–689	669	10	371.00–400.00	$388.06	$2,596	-1.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493 unweaned	493	2	445.00	$445.00	$2,194	—
693	693	7	360.00	$360.00	$2,495	—
715–745	730	8	342.00–350.00	$346.08	$2,526	—
765–790	778	4	354.00–367.50	$360.64	$2,806	—
828	828	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,650	—
993	993	3	316.00	$316.00	$3,138	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257–299 unweaned	287	30	560.00–640.00	$597.16	$1,714	—
318–335 unweaned	327	34	560.00–582.50	$577.73	$1,889	—
355–390 unweaned	372	13	500.00–535.00	$516.09	$1,920	—
399	399	21	480.00	$480.00	$1,915	—
405–438 unweaned	419	77	457.50–503.00	$480.93	$2,015	+55.93
458	458	15	436.00	$436.00	$1,997	—
450–488 unweaned	470	27	410.00–455.00	$422.06	$1,984	—
504–538 unweaned	520	52	406.00–425.00	$413.71	$2,151	—
562	562	7	357.50	$357.50	$2,009	—
569–598 unweaned	582	9	347.50–369.00	$362.52	$2,110	—
663	663	6	375.00	$375.00	$2,486	—
716–726	724	73	372.00–379.00	$378.11	$2,738	+49.11
755	755	16	357.00	$357.00	$2,695	—
818–849	833	187	332.00–345.00	$338.46	$2,819	+13.46
879	879	7	320.00	$320.00	$2,813	—
879–898	888	26	328.50–343.00	$333.27	$2,959	—
906–934	923	127	321.00–334.00	$330.23	$3,048	+19.83
955–995	974	210	309.00–318.00	$314.26	$3,061	+3.07
973–998	979	8	293.00–309.00	$304.92	$2,985	-6.27
1010–1045	1023	12	300.00–311.00	$303.55	$3,105	+5.55
1030–1048	1041	5	287.50–295.00	$290.47	$3,024	-7.53

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	5	427.50	$427.50	$1,548	—
510	510	10	367.50	$367.50	$1,874	—
865	865	3	308.00	$308.00	$2,664	—
1057–1086	1070	48	290.00–307.50	$301.50	$3,226	+5.68
1113–1142	1123	27	277.00–285.00	$283.49	$3,184	—
1150	1150	7	281.00	$281.00	$3,232	-3.00
1280	1280	4	255.00	$255.00	$3,264	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–390 unweaned	365	3	420.00–475.00	$455.43	$1,662	—
427–445 unweaned	436	19	420.00–447.50	$443.77	$1,935	—
460 unweaned	460	1	402.50	$402.50	$1,852	—
496	496	8	390.00	$390.00	$1,934	—
508–544 unweaned	530	17	353.00–374.00	$360.84	$1,912	—
558 unweaned	558	4	360.00	$360.00	$2,009	+15.00
733–745	743	13	353.00–362.00	$360.63	$2,679	+31.07
827–849	842	10	303.00–311.00	$308.64	$2,599	—
849	849	5	311.00	$311.00	$2,640	—
858	858	3	312.00	$312.00	$2,677	—
923	923	4	298.00	$298.00	$2,751	-6.47

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	12	397.00	$397.00	$1,993	—
618–640	634	31	373.00–383.50	$380.72	$2,414	+25.72
659–660	659	18	360.00–370.00	$369.44	$2,435	—
778	778	6	333.00	$333.00	$2,591	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	13	352.50	$352.50	$2,020	—
624–648	632	6	347.50–352.50	$349.21	$2,207	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
779	779	8	310.00	$310.00	$2,415	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215 unweaned	215	2	700.00	$700.00	$1,505	—
272–294 unweaned	282	18	625.00–630.00	$627.32	$1,769	—
338–348 unweaned	340	13	545.00–560.00	$548.54	$1,865	—
393 unweaned	393	6	525.00	$525.00	$2,063	—
450–486 unweaned	468	18	445.00–470.00	$461.30	$2,159	—
511 unweaned	511	5	430.00	$430.00	$2,197	—
572 unweaned	572	26	402.00	$402.00	$2,299	—
624 unweaned	624	5	397.00	$397.00	$2,477	+27.00
907–908	908	7	323.00–337.00	$329.00	$2,987	+11.50
954	954	7	314.00	$314.00	$2,996	—
1000	1000	3	312.00	$312.00	$3,120	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476 unweaned	476	8	445.00	$445.00	$2,118	—
502 unweaned	502	3	410.00	$410.00	$2,058	—
591 unweaned	591	4	385.00	$385.00	$2,275	—
725 unweaned	725	2	370.00	$370.00	$2,682	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075	1075	2	262.50	$262.50	$2,822	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1643	1369	80-85%	167	163.00–175.00	$171.40	$2,346	+31.83
1310–1475	1398	80-85%	3	135.00–140.00	$137.23	$1,918	-2.34
1261–1485	1417	80-85%	135	175.00–177.00	$176.03	$2,494	+26.31
1315–1680	1430	80-85%	19	141.00–162.00	$155.89	$2,229	-19.38
1420–1565	1493	80-85%	2	153.00–154.50	$153.79	$2,296	-10.70

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	85-90%	1	105.00	$105.00	$850	—
1060–1245	1159	85-90%	38	164.00–173.50	$171.48	$1,987	+9.28
950–1290	1173	85-90%	23	155.00–166.00	$162.40	$1,905	+0.20
975–1250	1184	85-90%	22	110.00–139.00	$124.29	$1,472	-37.91
1185–1205	1195	85-90%	2	145.00–147.50	$146.24	$1,748	-15.96

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1486–1620	1501	75-80%	9	173.00–174.00	$173.88	$2,610	—
1450–1666	1574	75-80%	16	162.00–169.00	$165.00	$2,597	-2.00
1650	1650	75-80%	2	169.00	$169.00	$2,788	+10.44
1695–1895	1762	75-80%	3	149.00–158.00	$154.77	$2,727	—
1775	1775	75-80%	1	137.00	$137.00	$2,432	—
1855	1855	75-80%	1	165.00	$165.00	$3,061	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1720	1569	11	186.00–196.00	$192.78	$3,025	—
1540–2073	1738	22	161.00–184.00	$169.01	$2,937	—
1770–1995	1883	2	170.00–183.00	$176.89	$3,331	—
1945–2210	2017	5	191.00–197.00	$194.90	$3,931	+3.76
2080–2185	2118	5	199.00–205.00	$202.74	$4,294	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2120	2120	1	186.00	$186.00	$3,943	—
2200	2200	1	193.00	$193.00	$4,246	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
977–1020	984	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	265.00–296.00	$290.65	$2,860
970–1290	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	191.00–276.00	$245.39	$2,687
1419	1419	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	173.00	$173.00	$2,455
1473	1473	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	204.00	$204.00	$3,005

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985	985	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	232.50	$232.50	$2,290
1010–1295	1153	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	182.00–227.50	$201.94	$2,328

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785	785	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,002

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1440	1292	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	29	3,050.00–3,400.00	$3,213.74
1387–1405	1393	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	39	2,800.00–2,850.00	$2,834.48
1533	1533	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	3,100.00	$3,100.00

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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
1495	1495	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—
1457–1653	1569	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	4,150.00–4,200.00	$4,169.90	—
1612	1612	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	3,850.00	$3,850.00	—
1766	1766	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	22	4,285.00	$4,285.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1429–1544	1467	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	3,150.00–3,450.00	$3,255.22	—

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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.