Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 15, 2026

3,851 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $428.27/cwt +2.35 vs last sale · ≈ $2,463/hd at 575 lb · 306 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $443.95/cwt +5.01 vs last sale · ≈ $2,744/hd at 618 lb · 287 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $486.67/cwt +21.20 vs last sale · ≈ $2,769/hd at 569 lb · 276 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,851	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	740.00	$740.00	$2,109	+20.00
300–315	306	5	700.00–710.00	$701.99	$2,148	—
351–395	375	17	655.00–690.00	$671.85	$2,519	+16.26
362–395 unweaned	379	23	630.00–635.00	$632.28	$2,396	—
411–446	426	35	595.00–652.50	$611.38	$2,604	+8.10
434 unweaned	434	6	605.00	$605.00	$2,626	-0.03
450 thin fleshed	450	3	630.00	$630.00	$2,835	—
451–490	478	98	550.00–594.00	$578.40	$2,765	+20.53
502–542	519	218	500.00–550.00	$526.10	$2,730	+18.49
522–539 unweaned	527	29	497.50–500.00	$499.29	$2,631	-20.71
550–583	569	276	460.00–501.00	$486.67	$2,769	+23.08
602–643	617	277	429.00–458.00	$445.28	$2,747	+5.59
647 unweaned	647	10	407.00	$407.00	$2,633	-31.04
650–689	668	132	405.00–430.00	$417.16	$2,787	+3.87
681 unweaned	681	8	404.00	$404.00	$2,751	—
701–738	718	91	387.00–411.00	$397.41	$2,853	+5.85
754–796	774	162	370.00–394.00	$381.02	$2,949	+9.80
808–818	810	12	369.00–371.00	$370.66	$3,002	—
843	843	22	347.00	$347.00	$2,925	—
880–883	882	26	340.50–347.00	$343.24	$3,027	—
1010	1010	5	312.00	$312.00	$3,151	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	332	6	660.00–685.00	$679.17	$2,255	+14.17
350–398	389	21	525.00–635.00	$606.06	$2,358	-3.94
414–443	429	23	565.00–605.00	$576.28	$2,472	+7.37
450–498	482	18	510.00–550.00	$535.80	$2,583	+20.26
512–540	519	49	462.50–531.00	$513.86	$2,667	+35.78
551–594	562	29	427.50–445.00	$442.47	$2,487	+7.50
601–648	631	53	410.00–432.00	$416.76	$2,630	+10.89
670–699	695	74	388.00–403.00	$391.24	$2,719	+13.05
714–740	720	17	375.00–385.00	$380.42	$2,739	+4.95

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	22	572.50	$572.50	$2,794	—
501–549	513	43	480.00–535.00	$519.06	$2,663	—
595	595	2	435.00	$435.00	$2,588	—
639–642	640	8	418.00–424.00	$421.74	$2,699	—
693–698	695	12	388.00–390.00	$388.67	$2,701	—
735	735	3	370.00	$370.00	$2,720	—
778	778	3	367.00	$367.00	$2,855	+11.00
840	840	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,982	+10.00
892	892	24	338.00	$338.00	$3,015	-5.00
946	946	5	321.00	$321.00	$3,037	-8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	6	430.00	$430.00	$1,840	—
605	605	2	365.00	$365.00	$2,208	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	4	380.00	$380.00	$2,052	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–345	321	6	565.00–575.00	$568.40	$1,825	-8.67
376 unweaned	376	16	485.00	$485.00	$1,824	—
351–399	385	40	530.00–550.00	$534.15	$2,056	-10.45
402–441	426	27	510.00–530.00	$520.32	$2,217	+9.03
430 unweaned	430	5	530.00	$530.00	$2,279	+26.40
460–482	475	91	485.00–506.00	$499.81	$2,374	+15.02
496 unweaned	496	22	450.00	$450.00	$2,232	-34.04
507–510 fancy	509	15	500.00–504.00	$503.20	$2,561	—
509–549	533	190	440.00–490.00	$461.30	$2,459	+8.15
534 unweaned	534	7	472.50	$472.50	$2,523	—
555–599	575	306	412.00–440.00	$428.27	$2,463	-2.18
606–609 fancy	606	41	426.00–427.50	$426.15	$2,582	—
602–645	617	100	387.50–411.00	$404.77	$2,497	+5.19
626 unweaned	626	5	426.00	$426.00	$2,667	+7.00
656 fancy	656	69	396.00	$396.00	$2,598	—
650–686	667	129	368.00–391.00	$371.50	$2,478	-1.38
708–722	715	55	363.00–371.00	$366.52	$2,621	+12.39
763	763	6	350.00	$350.00	$2,670	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303 unweaned	303	7	485.00	$485.00	$1,470	—
350–398	391	30	510.00–525.00	$512.68	$2,005	-12.32
406–449	424	52	442.50–505.00	$490.45	$2,080	+8.15
457–497	477	82	430.00–467.50	$446.26	$2,129	-16.02
498 unweaned	498	5	425.00	$425.00	$2,116	—
514–542	529	64	402.50–435.00	$420.56	$2,225	-0.41
559–596	579	52	390.00–410.00	$400.15	$2,317	-7.58
615–632	629	11	380.00–382.00	$381.64	$2,401	+3.12
650–688	668	26	342.00–370.00	$356.02	$2,378	+22.09
767	767	8	347.00	$347.00	$2,661	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463–484	479	80	450.00–480.00	$466.76	$2,236	—
535	535	2	420.00	$420.00	$2,247	-12.50
662–698	670	9	363.00–367.00	$366.07	$2,453	—
839	839	4	331.00	$331.00	$2,777	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	5	422.50	$422.50	$1,627	-77.50
443	443	4	380.00	$380.00	$1,683	—
530–548	544	23	380.00–390.00	$388.69	$2,114	—
560	560	3	380.00	$380.00	$2,128	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	8	425.00	$425.00	$1,904	—
504–515	505	23	395.00	$395.00	$1,995	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573 unweaned	573	4	412.50	$412.50	$2,364	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
584–589	586	12	420.00–455.00	$443.27	$2,598	+30.97
653–675	661	16	385.00–397.50	$391.49	$2,588	—
728	728	4	380.00	$380.00	$2,766	—
759–763	760	11	360.00–372.50	$367.94	$2,796	—
913	913	2	316.00	$316.00	$2,885	—
963	963	3	295.00	$295.00	$2,841	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
676	676	4	380.00	$380.00	$2,569	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1228	1228	80-85%	2	173.00	$173.00	$2,124	—
1228–1565	1347	80-85%	30	142.00–158.00	$150.11	$2,022	—
1283–1555	1363	80-85%	51	158.00–169.00	$163.40	$2,227	+27.16
1020–1535	1371	80-85%	8	125.00–142.00	$132.92	$1,822	-3.32
1475–1500	1488	80-85%	4	109.00–122.50	$115.69	$1,721	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–918	865	85-90%	3	60.00–70.00	$67.07	$580	-58.72
870–888	882	85-90%	3	110.00–115.00	$113.36	$1,000	-12.43
1045–1130	1080	85-90%	5	127.50–136.00	$132.15	$1,427	—
1005–1210	1084	85-90%	14	130.00–152.00	$142.58	$1,546	—
1090–1115	1103	85-90%	2	75.00–85.00	$80.06	$883	—
1125	1125	85-90%	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,552	—
1045–1290	1138	85-90%	9	103.00–120.00	$111.72	$1,271	—
1080–1285	1211	85-90%	12	157.00–165.00	$159.89	$1,936	+51.50

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1925	1565	75-80%	15	158.00–168.00	$163.01	$2,551	+25.01
1540–1810	1631	75-80%	16	161.00–168.00	$162.78	$2,655	—
1655	1655	75-80%	1	154.00	$154.00	$2,549	+6.00
1765	1765	75-80%	1	129.00	$129.00	$2,277	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1665–1860	1787	3	164.00–175.00	$171.24	$3,060	+2.62
1735–2030	1882	11	151.00–176.00	$161.18	$3,033	-22.82
1835–2058	1974	8	176.00–184.00	$180.05	$3,554	—
2155–2175	2162	3	189.00–197.50	$191.85	$4,148	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2255	2255	1	186.00	$186.00	$4,194	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
807–1153	991	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	210.00–290.00	$244.97	$2,428
1325	1325	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,385

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935–1305	1051	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	165.00–225.00	$203.75	$2,141
1298	1298	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	170.00	$170.00	$2,207

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
899	899	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	212.50	$212.50	$1,910

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
948	948	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,612

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1392	1392	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,250.00	$2,250.00

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425	1425	85-90%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,710	—
1531	1531	80-85%	6	114.00	$114.00	$1,745	—
1823	1823	75-80%	6	131.00	$131.00	$2,388	—

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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.