Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 24, 2025

3,197 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $505.03/cwt -36.99 vs last sale · ≈ $2,474/hd at 490 lb · 440 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $400.95/cwt -23.09 vs last sale · ≈ $2,492/hd at 622 lb · 388 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $461.01/cwt -1.70 vs last sale · ≈ $2,213/hd at 480 lb · 254 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,197	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290 unweaned	274	8	720.00–800.00	$744.18	$2,039	—
305–343 unweaned	325	15	620.00–660.00	$640.30	$2,081	-48.32
351–353 unweaned	352	26	595.00–615.00	$607.33	$2,138	-5.67
406–448 unweaned	431	133	522.50–572.50	$547.93	$2,362	-21.27
481	481	9	450.00	$450.00	$2,164	—
457–496 unweaned	490	431	485.00–510.00	$506.18	$2,480	-35.84
505–545 unweaned	517	127	431.00–482.50	$460.54	$2,381	-33.01
557–593 unweaned	571	180	402.00–438.00	$421.95	$2,409	-32.79
600	600	11	389.00	$389.00	$2,334	—
611 fancy	611	46	430.00	$430.00	$2,627	—
600–639 unweaned	619	265	386.00–417.50	$401.87	$2,488	-22.17
643	643	66	379.00	$379.00	$2,437	—
661–681 unweaned	669	20	379.00–385.00	$381.44	$2,552	-15.98
688	688	4	370.00	$370.00	$2,546	—
710–745 unweaned	736	42	366.00–384.00	$376.92	$2,774	-7.69
762	762	9	378.00	$378.00	$2,880	—
858	858	20	358.00	$358.00	$3,072	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341 unweaned	341	11	560.00	$560.00	$1,910	—
375–383 unweaned	382	16	515.00–528.00	$517.40	$1,976	-49.86
410–449 unweaned	434	42	445.00–500.00	$465.48	$2,020	-69.06
456–476 unweaned	471	67	450.00–470.00	$460.13	$2,167	-11.62
519–547 unweaned	543	84	419.00–435.00	$419.79	$2,279	-42.50
556–586 unweaned	568	19	365.00–395.00	$376.59	$2,139	-47.34
603–646 unweaned	622	29	335.00–380.00	$368.60	$2,293	-30.40
673 unweaned	673	5	360.00	$360.00	$2,423	-21.60

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541–545 unweaned	542	9	401.00–410.00	$403.01	$2,184	-16.99
559–587 unweaned	574	10	383.50–400.00	$391.06	$2,245	-8.94
623–628 unweaned	624	31	370.00–377.50	$372.19	$2,322	-9.84
686 unweaned	686	8	376.00	$376.00	$2,579	—
809 unweaned	809	17	337.00	$337.00	$2,726	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–385 unweaned	380	24	500.00–540.00	$533.76	$2,028	—
384	384	10	517.50	$517.50	$1,987	—
453 unweaned	453	3	480.00	$480.00	$2,174	—
525	525	9	417.50	$417.50	$2,192	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295 unweaned	295	1	570.00	$570.00	$1,682	-110.00
321–322 unweaned	321	14	540.00–560.00	$551.41	$1,770	—
360–395 unweaned	378	60	490.00–523.00	$505.16	$1,910	-43.72
405–435 unweaned	419	158	470.00–505.00	$492.11	$2,062	-9.16
452–498 unweaned	480	254	422.00–477.00	$461.01	$2,213	-11.01
500 fancy	500	11	461.00	$461.00	$2,305	—
502–508	507	24	400.00–405.00	$403.76	$2,047	-75.74
508–544 unweaned	529	87	400.00–431.00	$410.27	$2,170	-33.17
551–590 unweaned	569	143	357.00–401.00	$372.13	$2,117	-27.60
600–641 unweaned	606	55	346.00–361.00	$357.73	$2,168	-28.71
655–682 unweaned	673	12	310.00–320.00	$313.24	$2,108	-39.78
708–722 unweaned	719	15	304.00–322.50	$307.64	$2,212	+5.64
755 unweaned	755	2	312.50	$312.50	$2,359	—
774–792	786	29	363.50	$363.50	$2,857	—
869	869	13	327.50	$327.50	$2,846	—
930–931	931	38	313.00–314.50	$314.42	$2,927	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296 unweaned	296	4	565.00	$565.00	$1,672	-25.00
315–324 unweaned	323	8	435.00–570.00	$553.54	$1,788	+19.36
390 unweaned	390	2	495.00	$495.00	$1,930	+7.54
411–435 unweaned	429	47	425.00–465.00	$460.75	$1,977	+0.25
463–495 unweaned	484	25	340.00–417.50	$390.59	$1,890	-22.93
533–545 unweaned	538	26	377.50–390.00	$384.57	$2,069	-5.40
550–551 unweaned	551	10	351.00–355.00	$351.80	$1,938	—
605–642 unweaned	627	5	318.00–335.00	$324.56	$2,035	-33.44
890	890	15	305.00	$305.00	$2,714	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	30	472.50	$472.50	$1,881	—
629	629	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,698	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493 unweaned	493	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,824	+35.00
545 unweaned	545	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,908	—
783	783	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,584	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503 unweaned	503	5	340.00	$340.00	$1,710	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610 unweaned	610	4	360.00	$360.00	$2,196	-30.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545 unweaned	545	4	375.00	$375.00	$2,044	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–905	872	85-90%	3	100.00–112.50	$106.80	$931	—
1010–1138	1103	85-90%	4	180.00–185.00	$183.86	$2,028	—
970–1131	1110	85-90%	15	163.00–165.00	$163.23	$1,812	+47.72
1115	1115	85-90%	1	112.50	$112.50	$1,254	-3.01
955–1299	1188	85-90%	36	168.00–178.00	$173.81	$2,065	—
1218	1218	85-90%	2	92.50	$92.50	$1,127	-67.84

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1341–1475	1358	80-85%	8	144.00–158.00	$156.10	$2,120	-6.36
1360	1360	80-85%	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,734	-34.96
1227–1570	1398	80-85%	40	171.50–180.00	$176.56	$2,468	+14.10
1575–1660	1618	80-85%	2	110.00–120.00	$115.13	$1,863	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510	1510	75-80%	1	158.00	$158.00	$2,386	—
1519–1629	1559	75-80%	32	178.00–182.00	$180.08	$2,807	+2.52
1593–1815	1655	75-80%	5	166.00–169.00	$168.14	$2,783	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1525	1400	2	182.00–186.00	$183.82	$2,573	—
1288–1815	1464	3	177.00–185.00	$181.69	$2,660	—
1705–2105	1839	4	175.00–181.00	$178.78	$3,288	—
2460	2460	1	185.00	$185.00	$4,551	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1105	921	(<2 yrs)	Open	34	287.50–342.50	$334.14	$3,077
828–1235	964	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	190.00–300.00	$252.04	$2,430

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740 thin fleshed	740	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,776
770 thin fleshed	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,578
835–1325	926	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	182.00–260.00	$210.17	$1,946
830–1075	934	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	255.00–307.50	$299.30	$2,795

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
975	975	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	212.50	$212.50	$2,072
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,930

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1034–1254	1082	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	23	3,500.00	$3,500.00
1048–1205	1087	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	3,300.00–3,400.00	$3,372.29
1525	1525	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1128	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,800.00–3,150.00	$2,992.11
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1355	1355	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1503	1503	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	191.00	$191.00	$2,871

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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.