Northern Livestock Video/Internet Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Video Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 18, 2025

32,950 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $431.42/cwt +29.35 vs last sale · ≈ $2,648/hd at 614 lb · 4,023 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $438.75/cwt +33.70 vs last sale · ≈ $2,266/hd at 516 lb · 3,451 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $444.05/cwt +30.32 vs last sale · ≈ $2,505/hd at 564 lb · 3,282 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	32,950	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	65	567.50	$567.50	$2,043	—
405 fancy	405	780	607.50	$607.50	$2,460	—
425 value added	425	120	557.50	$557.50	$2,369	+37.50
450	450	60	515.00	$515.00	$2,318	+62.00
460–475	466	70	485.00	$485.00	$2,260	+53.00
470	470	225	520.00	$520.00	$2,444	+88.00
470–485 unweaned	475	375	489.00–505.00	$499.55	$2,373	+38.53
475	475	125	519.00	$519.00	$2,465	+87.00
510	510	75	471.00	$471.00	$2,402	+1.00
500–530	518	161	430.00–470.00	$445.75	$2,309	+30.18
500–540 unweaned	519	456	446.00–477.50	$461.59	$2,396	+21.48
500–540 unweaned	520	1,695	447.00–479.00	$463.71	$2,411	+23.74
525 unweaned	525	190	460.00	$460.00	$2,415	+14.00
525 unweaned	525	100	470.00	$470.00	$2,468	+24.00
530 unweaned	530	70	467.00	$467.00	$2,475	+21.00
530–540	537	300	461.00–473.00	$469.05	$2,519	+32.05
550	550	100	454.00	$454.00	$2,497	+9.00
550	550	40	461.00	$461.00	$2,536	+16.00
550 unweaned	550	190	441.00–448.00	$444.68	$2,446	+32.07
550 value added	550	190	454.00	$454.00	$2,497	+16.50
550	550	75	441.00	$441.00	$2,426	-4.00
550 unweaned	550	112	441.00	$441.00	$2,426	+28.39
550–580	560	163	420.00–454.00	$433.99	$2,430	+22.80
560 value added	560	178	470.00	$470.00	$2,632	+49.23
565 unweaned	565	105	460.00	$460.00	$2,599	+47.39
550–590 unweaned	566	1,135	430.00–451.00	$440.56	$2,494	+27.95
550–575	567	290	419.00–450.00	$425.72	$2,414	+17.16
570	570	107	466.00	$466.00	$2,656	+77.52
575	575	200	465.00	$465.00	$2,674	+76.52
570–580 unweaned	576	290	426.00–428.00	$426.75	$2,458	+15.72
585	585	107	444.00	$444.00	$2,597	+29.00
600	600	290	454.50	$454.50	$2,727	+42.50
600 unweaned	600	94	423.00	$423.00	$2,538	+18.00
600	600	104	436.00	$436.00	$2,616	+24.00
600	600	280	464.00	$464.00	$2,784	+52.00
600–610 unweaned	601	955	418.00–440.00	$430.28	$2,586	+25.28
610 unweaned	610	100	415.00	$415.00	$2,532	+14.26
600–640 unweaned	620	748	408.00–427.00	$416.91	$2,585	+15.76
620–625	622	105	402.00–413.00	$407.26	$2,533	+16.24
620–625	623	265	425.00–444.00	$436.87	$2,722	+45.58
615–630 unweaned	624	365	413.00–422.50	$418.38	$2,611	+18.88
625	625	180	454.00	$454.00	$2,838	+56.00
625 unweaned	625	75	419.00	$419.00	$2,619	+19.50
625	625	95	420.00	$420.00	$2,625	+22.00
625–630 unweaned	628	177	429.00–434.00	$431.69	$2,711	+32.19
640	640	190	441.00	$441.00	$2,822	+37.50
650	650	75	423.00	$423.00	$2,750	+33.00
650 unweaned	650	80	410.00	$410.00	$2,665	+27.64
650 unweaned	650	90	431.00	$431.00	$2,802	+48.64
650 unweaned	650	95	421.00	$421.00	$2,736	+38.64
650	650	465	440.00–444.00	$441.63	$2,871	+51.63
660 unweaned	660	90	416.00	$416.00	$2,746	+39.00
660	660	54	395.00	$395.00	$2,607	+28.00
670	670	80	388.00	$388.00	$2,600	+1.00
700	700	150	398.00	$398.00	$2,786	+24.00
700–740	729	322	380.00–391.00	$383.26	$2,794	+13.36
780 unweaned	780	135	388.00	$388.00	$3,026	—
800	800	65	349.00	$349.00	$2,792	+17.00
825	825	240	364.00–382.00	$373.00	$3,077	+26.00
870	870	60	353.00	$353.00	$3,071	+13.00
875	875	180	367.50	$367.50	$3,216	+27.50
875	875	165	350.00	$350.00	$3,062	+10.00
875–885	878	242	349.00–355.00	$353.45	$3,103	+13.45
900	900	70	355.00	$355.00	$3,195	+43.00
925	925	390	358.00	$358.00	$3,312	+28.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	45	451.00	$451.00	$2,187	—
540	540	90	445.00	$445.00	$2,403	+30.00
550	550	60	416.00	$416.00	$2,288	—
590	590	190	448.00	$448.00	$2,643	+54.00
640 unweaned	640	85	401.00	$401.00	$2,566	+49.00
665	665	55	380.00	$380.00	$2,527	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	32	500.00	$500.00	$2,125	—
540 unweaned	540	92	449.00	$449.00	$2,425	+27.20
630–640 unweaned	632	382	407.00–410.00	$409.35	$2,587	+28.85

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	65	547.50	$547.50	$1,971	—
370 fancy	370	420	570.00	$570.00	$2,109	—
400–425	407	96	451.00–495.00	$482.55	$1,964	+34.63
410 value added	410	260	527.50	$527.50	$2,163	+22.50
400–430 unweaned	418	375	465.00–502.50	$484.38	$2,025	+26.38
440	440	55	455.00	$455.00	$2,002	+22.00
460–480 unweaned	469	240	443.00–472.50	$458.67	$2,151	+38.82
470 value added	470	120	459.00	$459.00	$2,157	-11.00
470	470	100	477.00	$477.00	$2,242	+71.56
470	470	120	491.00	$491.00	$2,308	+85.56
475 unweaned	475	115	449.00	$449.00	$2,133	+21.00
470–480 unweaned	477	340	452.00–465.00	$460.85	$2,198	+32.85
475–480	478	170	450.00–460.00	$454.97	$2,175	+10.97
490	490	210	477.00	$477.00	$2,337	+73.00
500	500	45	447.00	$447.00	$2,235	+25.00
500 value added	500	240	452.00	$452.00	$2,260	+38.00
500	500	30	421.00	$421.00	$2,105	-1.00
500–525	510	291	401.00–442.00	$413.65	$2,110	-19.35
500–520	512	1,255	445.00–470.00	$452.32	$2,316	+65.89
515	515	100	452.50	$452.50	$2,330	+66.07
500–530 unweaned	521	835	421.00–445.00	$430.65	$2,244	+30.98
525 unweaned	525	200	402.00–415.00	$409.15	$2,148	+20.65
525	525	70	441.00	$441.00	$2,315	+49.00
530	530	95	466.00	$466.00	$2,470	+98.00
530 unweaned	530	110	413.00	$413.00	$2,189	+24.50
530–535	532	80	413.00–421.00	$417.98	$2,224	+49.98
540 unweaned	540	100	442.00	$442.00	$2,387	+53.50
560	560	40	400.00	$400.00	$2,240	+0.78
550–590	563	295	440.00–441.00	$440.66	$2,481	+41.44
550–580	564	115	382.00–405.00	$395.51	$2,231	-3.71
550–590	564	795	413.00–447.00	$435.91	$2,459	+36.69
565 unweaned	565	510	411.00–414.00	$412.18	$2,329	+34.01
560–575	568	268	420.00–446.00	$431.78	$2,453	+67.47
575 unweaned	575	100	417.00	$417.00	$2,398	+41.47
575	575	104	406.00	$406.00	$2,334	+26.00
575	575	100	433.50	$433.50	$2,493	+53.50
580–590 unweaned	585	208	399.00–400.00	$399.52	$2,337	+23.99
585	585	100	404.00	$404.00	$2,363	+34.92
600	600	85	402.00	$402.00	$2,412	+29.00
600	600	27	375.00	$375.00	$2,250	+2.00
600	600	50	393.00	$393.00	$2,358	+20.00
600	600	180	417.00	$417.00	$2,502	+44.00
600	600	100	414.00	$414.00	$2,484	+41.00
600–630	609	290	410.00–438.00	$422.07	$2,570	+57.68
610	610	90	383.00	$383.00	$2,336	+18.61
600–625 unweaned	614	185	387.00–395.00	$390.59	$2,398	+25.24
600–625	616	275	400.00–417.00	$411.28	$2,533	+30.63
600–635	618	1,034	401.00–426.50	$414.60	$2,562	+44.30
620 unweaned	620	100	383.00	$383.00	$2,375	+21.00
630	630	90	399.00	$399.00	$2,514	+55.00
630	630	100	403.00	$403.00	$2,539	+59.00
650	650	185	380.00	$380.00	$2,470	+27.00
720	720	80	354.00	$354.00	$2,549	+16.50
725	725	155	369.50	$369.50	$2,679	+29.50
735	735	75	369.00	$369.00	$2,712	+29.00
740	740	220	366.00	$366.00	$2,708	+26.00
760	760	285	367.00	$367.00	$2,789	+10.00
800	800	150	351.00	$351.00	$2,808	+49.00
825	825	150	355.00	$355.00	$2,929	+47.00
830	830	52	345.00	$345.00	$2,864	+37.00
835	835	165	327.00	$327.00	$2,730	+21.00
850	850	70	328.00	$328.00	$2,788	+19.79
875	875	175	352.00	$352.00	$3,080	+42.50
890 value added	890	58	344.00	$344.00	$3,062	+16.93
890	890	70	333.00	$333.00	$2,964	+29.00
900	900	190	314.00	$314.00	$2,826	-5.50
910	910	295	342.00	$342.00	$3,112	+36.83
910	910	600	333.00	$333.00	$3,030	+27.83
950–975	955	320	313.00–316.00	$315.43	$3,012	+13.48
1015	1015	285	298.00	$298.00	$3,025	-1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	45	421.00	$421.00	$1,958	+29.75
500 unweaned	500	100	414.00	$414.00	$2,070	+38.00
520 unweaned	520	100	404.00	$404.00	$2,101	+24.05
550 unweaned	550	113	384.00	$384.00	$2,112	-14.00
550	550	30	396.00	$396.00	$2,178	+48.00
565	565	110	383.00	$383.00	$2,164	+17.00
630	630	38	360.00	$360.00	$2,268	+34.00
780	780	70	324.00	$324.00	$2,527	+2.00
830	830	60	321.00	$321.00	$2,664	+36.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	63	455.00	$455.00	$2,002	—
600	600	110	381.00	$381.00	$2,286	+45.00
625 unweaned	625	95	385.00	$385.00	$2,406	+36.50
625	625	97	385.50	$385.50	$2,409	+57.50
675	675	90	371.00	$371.00	$2,504	+75.00
700	700	175	371.00	$371.00	$2,597	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	160	335.00	$335.00	$2,646	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1200	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	90	3,625.00–3,775.00	$3,696.74
1150–1200	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	90	3,750.00–3,775.00	$3,762.23

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	(<2 yrs)	55	3,625.00	$3,625.00
1025	1025	(<2 yrs)	50	3,900.00	$3,900.00

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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.