Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 8, 2026

2,896 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $438.93/cwt +18.38 vs last sale · ≈ $2,769/hd at 631 lb · 246 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $462.89/cwt +45.43 vs last sale · ≈ $2,437/hd at 526 lb · 221 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $404.03/cwt +50.70 vs last sale · ≈ $2,492/hd at 617 lb · 181 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,896	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	720.00	$720.00	$2,016	+17.57
343	343	3	700.00	$700.00	$2,401	+82.01
350–391	383	16	640.00–680.00	$655.59	$2,511	+63.09
422–424 unweaned	423	10	595.00–620.00	$605.03	$2,559	—
405–439	428	67	589.00–635.00	$603.28	$2,582	+24.79
450–499	477	123	536.00–590.00	$557.87	$2,661	+13.55
485 unweaned	485	12	552.50	$552.50	$2,680	+42.50
502–547	525	151	485.00–540.00	$507.61	$2,665	+24.95
531 unweaned	531	14	520.00	$520.00	$2,761	—
555 unweaned	555	18	480.00	$480.00	$2,664	+10.00
563–598	581	139	445.00–482.50	$463.59	$2,693	+7.53
602–649	630	133	424.00–456.00	$439.69	$2,770	+19.14
625–636 unweaned	632	113	434.00–445.00	$438.04	$2,768	—
657–697	676	164	400.00–426.00	$413.29	$2,794	+38.29
710 unweaned	710	2	389.00	$389.00	$2,762	—
713–745	737	66	383.00–400.00	$391.56	$2,886	+38.56
755 fancy	755	61	400.00	$400.00	$3,020	—
753–781	776	38	368.00–380.00	$371.22	$2,881	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	2	665.00	$665.00	$2,015	—
384	384	9	610.00	$610.00	$2,342	—
400–428	421	12	555.00–590.00	$568.91	$2,395	+56.98
465–499	491	17	500.00–520.00	$515.54	$2,531	+35.54
533–549	543	20	475.00–487.50	$478.08	$2,596	+34.48
588–593	590	5	427.50–440.00	$434.97	$2,566	+7.47
613 unweaned	613	6	412.50	$412.50	$2,529	—
600–641	635	15	395.00–422.00	$405.87	$2,577	+10.87
656 unweaned	656	5	367.50	$367.50	$2,411	—
662–683	675	18	355.00–392.50	$378.19	$2,553	+34.19
710–735	716	13	375.00–377.00	$375.47	$2,688	—
765–782	779	6	352.00–361.00	$359.53	$2,801	+15.70
829–843	840	44	346.00–349.00	$348.33	$2,926	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	15	585.00	$585.00	$2,124	—
430	430	29	562.50	$562.50	$2,419	—
543	543	52	470.00	$470.00	$2,552	—
674	674	5	342.50	$342.50	$2,308	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	4	365.00	$365.00	$2,372	—
778	778	6	356.00	$356.00	$2,770	—
829	829	7	345.00	$345.00	$2,860	—
860	860	3	343.00	$343.00	$2,950	—
935	935	5	329.00	$329.00	$3,076	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	445.00	$445.00	$1,669	-15.00
723	723	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,567	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	333	5	565.00–580.00	$577.07	$1,922	+59.57
378–383	380	14	537.50–550.00	$544.60	$2,069	+52.18
408–431	416	63	500.00–530.00	$511.29	$2,127	+43.36
400–419 unweaned	417	24	500.00–530.00	$503.60	$2,100	—
455–496	478	73	475.00–500.00	$484.79	$2,317	+40.93
475–498 unweaned	480	29	457.50–495.00	$484.04	$2,323	+48.08
500–546	524	160	435.00–479.00	$453.15	$2,375	+40.16
515–542 thin fleshed	533	61	485.00–490.00	$488.42	$2,603	—
551–592	577	67	420.00–436.00	$430.45	$2,484	+49.88
585	585	4	350.00	$350.00	$2,048	-30.57
604 unweaned	604	26	419.00	$419.00	$2,531	—
600–648	618	122	380.00–416.00	$399.58	$2,469	+44.63
608–647	623	33	388.00–423.00	$408.69	$2,546	+53.74
661–699	674	27	350.00–382.00	$372.88	$2,513	+21.04
650–696	694	122	368.50–390.00	$369.46	$2,564	+17.62
708	708	9	322.50	$322.50	$2,283	-17.50
702–729	719	13	350.00–361.00	$354.13	$2,546	+14.13

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
232	232	5	550.00	$550.00	$1,276	—
310–348	329	4	530.00–560.00	$545.87	$1,796	+65.87
358	358	2	525.00	$525.00	$1,880	+55.00
430–449	446	17	480.00–492.50	$482.30	$2,151	+68.53
455–484	470	30	453.00–470.00	$462.28	$2,173	+35.28
500–544	534	51	397.00–435.00	$420.97	$2,248	+42.34
541 unweaned	541	17	419.00	$419.00	$2,267	—
570–586	581	41	365.00–417.50	$407.73	$2,369	+54.29
623–635	628	65	322.50–396.00	$378.52	$2,377	+34.77
659–675	662	16	332.50–340.00	$333.93	$2,211	+7.91

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	3	520.00	$520.00	$1,446	—
314	314	5	590.00	$590.00	$1,853	—
391	391	33	525.00	$525.00	$2,053	+171.66
588	588	4	330.00	$330.00	$1,940	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	3	500.00	$500.00	$1,965	—
455–470	464	7	420.00–430.00	$425.79	$1,976	+65.79
690	690	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,242	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	3	432.50	$432.50	$2,249	—
757	757	3	315.00	$315.00	$2,385	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	8	410.00	$410.00	$2,218	+26.01
619	619	7	385.00	$385.00	$2,383	+60.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	3	480.00	$480.00	$2,146	-9.20
555–569	564	10	400.00–420.00	$412.30	$2,325	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360	1360	80-85%	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,700	-24.88
1225–1525	1365	80-85%	13	127.50–139.00	$136.24	$1,860	-13.64
1208–1505	1416	80-85%	31	172.00–177.00	$173.57	$2,458	—
1250–1595	1427	80-85%	8	128.00–150.00	$139.84	$1,996	—
1290–1567	1442	80-85%	33	154.00–171.00	$164.18	$2,367	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–940	869	85-90%	4	122.50–130.00	$125.79	$1,093	+70.79
975–987	984	85-90%	4	100.00–102.50	$100.62	$990	—
1070–1260	1197	85-90%	6	125.00–133.00	$130.25	$1,559	-8.68
1115–1285	1204	85-90%	32	150.00–163.00	$161.84	$1,949	—
1090–1275	1214	85-90%	7	102.50–125.00	$108.39	$1,316	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1487–1610	1496	75-80%	21	173.00–175.50	$175.25	$2,622	—
1580	1580	75-80%	1	138.00	$138.00	$2,180	-27.83
1690	1690	75-80%	1	148.00	$148.00	$2,501	—
1675–1755	1725	75-80%	3	161.00–171.00	$166.33	$2,869	+3.93
2258	2258	75-80%	1	156.00	$156.00	$3,522	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1635–1935	1779	4	167.00–171.00	$168.62	$3,000	—
1805	1805	1	187.00	$187.00	$3,375	—
1860	1860	1	184.00	$184.00	$3,422	—
2615	2615	1	184.00	$184.00	$4,812	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
892–1380	1102	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	74	190.00–315.00	$242.52	$2,673
1164–1435	1211	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	177.00–181.00	$177.75	$2,153

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–995	936	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	214.00–240.00	$228.71	$2,141
1245–1285	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	158.00–166.00	$162.06	$2,050

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–1055	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	185.00–195.00	$190.28	$1,903

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860	860	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,064

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,729

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	80-85%	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,568	—

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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.