Northern Livestock Video/Internet Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Video Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 17, 2026

45,657 head sold ·Official USDA report · Past reports (9)

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $429.50/cwt -28.54 vs last sale · ≈ $2,641/hd at 615 lb · 5,354 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $453.22/cwt -33.42 vs last sale · ≈ $2,571/hd at 567 lb · 4,192 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $477.08/cwt -43.26 vs last sale · ≈ $2,500/hd at 524 lb · 4,154 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	45,657	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445 unweaned	406	900	565.00–632.50	$622.64	$2,528	+10.35
425	425	50	542.50	$542.50	$2,306	—
425 value added	425	260	590.00	$590.00	$2,508	—
430	430	75	540.00	$540.00	$2,322	—
430 unweaned	430	240	601.00	$601.00	$2,584	-11.29
450 unweaned	450	120	551.00	$551.00	$2,480	-24.00
470	470	60	475.00	$475.00	$2,232	-68.40
450–490 unweaned	474	625	510.00–550.00	$523.04	$2,479	-39.13
480 unweaned	480	95	515.00	$515.00	$2,472	-25.00
495 unweaned	495	210	520.00	$520.00	$2,574	-27.99
515	515	95	502.00	$502.00	$2,585	+4.06
500–540	520	447	432.50–472.50	$453.99	$2,361	-80.01
500–540 unweaned	521	605	471.00–500.00	$486.21	$2,533	-29.14
500–540 unweaned	524	1,340	456.00–487.00	$468.11	$2,453	-42.40
525 value added	525	200	513.00	$513.00	$2,693	-12.00
525 unweaned	525	230	486.00	$486.00	$2,552	-13.00
525	525	300	503.00	$503.00	$2,641	+1.00
525–535 unweaned	527	652	459.00–488.00	$468.38	$2,468	-46.20
530	530	60	447.00	$447.00	$2,369	-77.21
530	530	225	499.00	$499.00	$2,645	-25.21
550 value added	550	95	471.00	$471.00	$2,590	-35.00
550–570 unweaned	558	500	460.00–476.00	$464.64	$2,593	-30.36
550–580	562	292	420.00–439.00	$430.59	$2,420	-80.18
550–590 unweaned	567	2,128	435.00–473.00	$454.47	$2,577	-26.96
550–590 unweaned	570	200	445.00–473.00	$458.51	$2,614	-22.92
570	570	100	438.00	$438.00	$2,497	-23.56
570	570	50	424.00	$424.00	$2,417	-37.56
570	570	65	429.00	$429.00	$2,445	-32.56
575	575	290	450.00	$450.00	$2,588	-98.00
565–590 unweaned	578	272	444.00–452.00	$448.24	$2,591	-21.76
580 unweaned	580	200	465.00	$465.00	$2,697	-5.00
600	600	50	403.00	$403.00	$2,418	-21.00
600	600	90	404.00–414.00	$409.56	$2,457	-14.44
600–640 unweaned	605	690	413.00–440.00	$436.28	$2,639	+6.28
600–625	607	380	425.00–437.00	$433.75	$2,633	-4.59
600–630 unweaned	614	180	448.00–455.00	$451.61	$2,773	-10.68
600–640 unweaned	614	2,397	410.00–440.00	$429.20	$2,635	-33.09
615	615	180	423.00	$423.00	$2,601	-41.92
615 unweaned	615	100	423.00	$423.00	$2,601	-26.95
600–640 unweaned	621	559	414.00–433.50	$423.67	$2,631	-18.73
625	625	190	447.00	$447.00	$2,794	+39.50
625	625	60	407.00	$407.00	$2,544	-0.50
625 unweaned	625	188	430.00	$430.00	$2,688	-2.00
625–640	635	290	417.50–418.00	$417.67	$2,652	-62.33
650	650	260	422.00	$422.00	$2,743	+3.00
650–675 unweaned	659	566	397.00–413.00	$407.27	$2,684	-23.10
660 fancy	660	90	451.00	$451.00	$2,977	—
665	665	47	388.00	$388.00	$2,580	-57.15
670 unweaned	670	90	410.00	$410.00	$2,747	-22.45
680 unweaned	680	185	394.00	$394.00	$2,679	-34.00
670–695 unweaned	681	375	394.00–410.00	$401.97	$2,737	-26.03
700–730 unweaned	717	239	386.00–407.00	$395.21	$2,834	-16.62
725	725	86	390.00	$390.00	$2,828	-21.00
730	730	375	400.00	$400.00	$2,920	-11.00
750 unweaned	750	150	387.00	$387.00	$2,902	-4.50
750	750	75	397.00	$397.00	$2,978	-6.24
750	750	65	362.00	$362.00	$2,715	-41.24
775	775	200	379.00	$379.00	$2,937	-24.24
810	810	63	355.00	$355.00	$2,876	-1.00
825	825	130	388.00	$388.00	$3,201	+11.12
825	825	74	380.00	$380.00	$3,135	+3.12
875	875	460	352.00	$352.00	$3,080	-25.00
875	875	460	347.00	$347.00	$3,036	-30.00
885	885	600	367.00	$367.00	$3,248	-10.00
900–930	907	760	354.00–367.00	$357.54	$3,243	-7.01
925	925	400	348.00	$348.00	$3,219	-25.00
925	925	400	351.00–352.00	$351.41	$3,251	-21.59
925	925	65	350.00	$350.00	$3,238	-23.00
930	930	390	349.00	$349.00	$3,246	-13.77
935	935	180	332.00	$332.00	$3,104	-30.77
940	940	67	345.00	$345.00	$3,243	-17.77
945 value added	945	590	355.00	$355.00	$3,355	-18.18
990	990	400	338.00	$338.00	$3,346	-16.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490 unweaned	490	120	497.50	$497.50	$2,438	—
570	570	52	425.00	$425.00	$2,422	-10.50
575	575	50	409.00	$409.00	$2,352	-26.50
590 unweaned	590	364	423.00	$423.00	$2,496	-28.15
590 unweaned	590	100	418.00	$418.00	$2,466	-33.15
610 unweaned	610	100	410.00	$410.00	$2,501	-46.00
610–630	623	120	390.00–409.00	$396.98	$2,473	-61.02
625 unweaned	625	230	410.00	$410.00	$2,562	-16.88
680	680	78	389.00	$389.00	$2,645	-32.00
690 unweaned	690	229	380.00	$380.00	$2,622	-27.00
840	840	75	345.00	$345.00	$2,898	—
875	875	130	345.00	$345.00	$3,019	—
940	940	120	336.00	$336.00	$3,158	-10.26

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575 unweaned	575	105	460.00	$460.00	$2,645	+0.13
580 unweaned	580	100	431.00	$431.00	$2,500	-28.87
590 unweaned	590	100	438.00	$438.00	$2,584	-21.87
610–625 unweaned	612	795	425.00–436.00	$433.60	$2,654	-7.76

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370 unweaned	370	420	575.00	$575.00	$2,128	-67.50
410	410	55	510.00	$510.00	$2,091	-15.00
410 value added	410	260	522.50	$522.50	$2,142	-95.00
420 unweaned	420	120	517.50	$517.50	$2,174	-110.00
425 unweaned	425	120	520.00	$520.00	$2,210	-107.50
425	425	110	432.00–512.50	$483.23	$2,054	-41.77
430 unweaned	430	130	500.00	$500.00	$2,150	-40.00
460	460	54	455.00	$455.00	$2,093	-29.00
460 unweaned	460	85	480.00	$480.00	$2,208	-36.28
450–490 unweaned	472	445	460.00–487.50	$471.90	$2,227	-66.21
450–490 unweaned	473	360	465.00–480.00	$471.55	$2,230	-66.56
475 unweaned	475	120	452.50	$452.50	$2,149	-85.61
475–480	477	90	412.50–452.50	$434.62	$2,073	-87.38
485	485	95	500.00	$500.00	$2,425	-22.00
490	490	110	476.00	$476.00	$2,332	-24.00
500 fancy	500	120	467.50	$467.50	$2,338	—
500	500	210	480.00	$480.00	$2,400	+19.00
500	500	120	457.50	$457.50	$2,288	-3.50
500	500	50	427.00	$427.00	$2,135	-34.00
500–510 unweaned	505	230	449.00–450.00	$449.48	$2,270	-50.52
500–520	510	360	470.00–475.00	$471.67	$2,406	+7.35
500–520	510	306	413.00–440.00	$422.82	$2,156	-41.50
515 value added	515	95	472.00	$472.00	$2,431	-36.60
500–540 unweaned	522	1,085	430.00–457.50	$450.88	$2,354	-40.01
520–545 unweaned	528	478	427.50–447.50	$440.69	$2,327	-34.31
525–530	528	220	462.50–470.00	$465.89	$2,460	-44.11
530	530	50	401.00	$401.00	$2,125	-109.00
530	530	200	449.00	$449.00	$2,380	-61.00
530	530	100	500.00	$500.00	$2,650	-10.00
540	540	290	483.00	$483.00	$2,608	-4.96
540	540	40	409.00	$409.00	$2,209	-78.96
550	550	100	456.00	$456.00	$2,508	-4.00
550	550	80	384.00–394.00	$389.00	$2,140	-71.00
560	560	210	451.00	$451.00	$2,526	+9.00
550–575	562	190	481.00–485.00	$482.94	$2,714	+40.94
550–590	562	130	387.00–414.00	$402.79	$2,264	-39.21
550–580 unweaned	564	297	391.00–442.50	$420.66	$2,373	-24.93
550–585	565	753	452.50–525.00	$476.61	$2,693	+51.87
560–590 unweaned	574	397	410.00–435.00	$425.32	$2,441	-9.68
575	575	90	505.00	$505.00	$2,904	+97.01
585	585	103	409.00	$409.00	$2,393	-36.00
585	585	100	423.00	$423.00	$2,475	-22.00
600 unweaned	600	105	374.00	$374.00	$2,244	-49.41
600	600	100	451.00	$451.00	$2,706	-9.00
600	600	105	492.50	$492.50	$2,955	+32.50
600	600	105	397.50	$397.50	$2,385	-62.50
600	600	55	383.00	$383.00	$2,298	-77.00
600	600	30	370.00	$370.00	$2,220	-90.00
615 unweaned	615	90	401.00	$401.00	$2,466	-22.41
600–635	618	1,126	440.00–495.00	$461.39	$2,851	+51.39
620 fancy	620	79	423.00	$423.00	$2,623	—
625 unweaned	625	160	405.00	$405.00	$2,531	-13.57
625	625	85	416.00	$416.00	$2,600	-37.14
630	630	63	430.00	$430.00	$2,709	-122.50
630	630	45	368.00	$368.00	$2,318	-184.50
640	640	90	446.00	$446.00	$2,854	+32.14
650 unweaned	650	70	378.00	$378.00	$2,457	-12.00
650–665	657	175	450.00–457.50	$453.81	$2,982	+76.88
700	700	80	402.50	$402.50	$2,818	+31.50
725	725	86	383.00	$383.00	$2,777	-34.50
760	760	700	358.00	$358.00	$2,721	-39.00
775	775	217	343.00–356.00	$351.99	$2,728	-32.48
850	850	800	347.00	$347.00	$2,950	-13.00
850	850	130	340.00	$340.00	$2,890	-20.00
850	850	120	344.00	$344.00	$2,924	-16.00
865	865	140	351.00	$351.00	$3,036	-3.27
870	870	550	343.00	$343.00	$2,984	-11.27
885	885	245	341.00	$341.00	$3,018	-9.01
890 value added	890	590	346.00	$346.00	$3,079	-5.00
910	910	70	332.00	$332.00	$3,021	-19.30
1000	1000	165	325.00	$325.00	$3,250	-1.00
1000	1000	110	337.00	$337.00	$3,370	+11.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550 unweaned	550	100	420.00	$420.00	$2,310	-4.00
560–595 unweaned	567	930	404.00–415.00	$413.55	$2,345	-10.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	40	399.00	$399.00	$2,135	-38.50
540	540	54	395.00	$395.00	$2,133	-42.50
550 unweaned	550	308	393.50	$393.50	$2,164	-27.50
550–580 unweaned	562	170	387.00–400.00	$394.48	$2,217	-26.52
590	590	40	379.00	$379.00	$2,236	-63.00
600–645 unweaned	621	371	351.00–382.00	$366.73	$2,277	-31.74

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	400	4,275.00–4,500.00	$4,365.63
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	90	3,475.00–3,500.00	$3,487.50
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	120	3,075.00	$3,075.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1025	967	(<2 yrs)	260	3,800.00–4,075.00	$3,867.25
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	60	3,850.00	$3,850.00
1000–1050	1011	(<2 yrs)	205	3,950.00–4,025.00	$3,979.49

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Price trend

600–649 lb Medium and Large 1 steers — head-weighted average $/cwt by sale date, last 12 months.

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.

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