Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 31, 2025

1,870 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $386.60/cwt +7.07 vs last sale · ≈ $2,575/hd at 666 lb · 236 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $400.13/cwt -0.82 vs last sale · ≈ $2,485/hd at 621 lb · 208 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $435.55/cwt -25.46 vs last sale · ≈ $2,060/hd at 473 lb · 141 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,870	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223 unweaned	223	2	750.00	$750.00	$1,672	—
275 unweaned	275	1	720.00	$720.00	$1,980	-24.18
305–333 unweaned	325	6	600.00–630.00	$623.66	$2,027	-16.64
356–397 unweaned	375	14	550.00–580.00	$560.73	$2,103	-46.60
400–432 unweaned	425	54	535.00–595.00	$552.10	$2,346	+4.17
452–499 unweaned	475	76	479.00–500.00	$493.11	$2,342	-13.07
508–543 unweaned	530	75	442.00–466.00	$451.73	$2,394	-8.81
573	573	3	420.00	$420.00	$2,407	—
555–593 unweaned	580	121	404.00–432.50	$421.49	$2,445	-0.46
600–646 unweaned	621	208	381.00–411.00	$400.13	$2,485	-1.74
663	663	3	354.00	$354.00	$2,347	-16.00
653–694 unweaned	666	233	379.00–392.00	$387.02	$2,578	+5.58
742 unweaned	742	6	374.00	$374.00	$2,775	-2.92
765–766 unweaned	766	14	364.00–364.50	$364.43	$2,792	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253 unweaned	253	4	700.00	$700.00	$1,771	—
386–399 unweaned	391	10	515.00–530.00	$521.12	$2,038	+3.72
497 unweaned	497	6	464.00	$464.00	$2,306	+3.87
500–535 unweaned	518	14	430.00–445.00	$437.90	$2,268	+18.11
658–693 unweaned	676	12	345.00–374.00	$367.06	$2,481	+7.06
753 unweaned	753	11	359.00	$359.00	$2,703	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524–542 unweaned	537	25	420.00–433.00	$423.55	$2,274	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
744 unweaned	744	8	344.00	$344.00	$2,559	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543 unweaned	543	8	395.00	$395.00	$2,145	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	7	307.50	$307.50	$2,146	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–298 unweaned	282	3	590.00–605.00	$594.43	$1,676	+24.43
336 unweaned	336	19	530.00	$530.00	$1,781	-21.41
360–386 unweaned	380	29	515.00–540.00	$535.25	$2,034	+30.09
403–449 unweaned	426	67	445.00–460.00	$453.67	$1,933	-38.44
453–498 unweaned	473	141	402.00–452.00	$435.55	$2,060	-25.46
531	531	6	396.00	$396.00	$2,103	-7.76
527–548	534	9	332.50–335.00	$334.14	$1,784	-69.62
518–544 unweaned	537	31	385.00–403.00	$394.60	$2,119	-15.67
553–596 unweaned	569	109	357.00–384.00	$372.79	$2,121	+0.66
583	583	10	331.00	$331.00	$1,930	—
626–633 unweaned	628	14	355.00–365.00	$362.84	$2,279	+5.11
629	629	8	376.00	$376.00	$2,365	—
665–672 unweaned	670	7	334.00–337.00	$334.85	$2,243	+21.61
700 unweaned	700	2	327.50	$327.50	$2,292	+19.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–338 unweaned	334	9	500.00–515.00	$503.19	$1,681	-50.35
392 unweaned	392	3	480.00	$480.00	$1,882	-15.00
427 unweaned	427	7	427.50	$427.50	$1,825	-33.25
470–473 unweaned	470	25	405.00–415.00	$406.61	$1,911	+16.02
554–588 unweaned	566	9	336.00–354.00	$348.10	$1,970	-3.70
602–645 unweaned	633	11	330.00–338.00	$335.93	$2,126	+11.37
684 unweaned	684	7	328.00	$328.00	$2,244	—
787	787	30	287.50	$287.50	$2,263	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
696	696	11	300.00	$300.00	$2,088	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530 unweaned	530	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,855	±0.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474 unweaned	474	29	387.50	$387.50	$1,837	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450 unweaned	450	1	500.00	$500.00	$2,250	—
642 unweaned	642	3	327.50	$327.50	$2,103	-32.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1455	1367	80-85%	25	125.00–164.00	$153.48	$2,098	+25.98
1274–1598	1429	80-85%	71	165.00–176.00	$169.54	$2,423	—
1515–1575	1545	80-85%	2	129.00–140.00	$134.39	$2,076	—
1545	1545	80-85%	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,684	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1290	1176	85-90%	12	92.50–120.00	$112.14	$1,319	-61.67
1105–1278	1184	85-90%	35	125.00–163.00	$159.09	$1,884	-14.72
1065–1312	1268	85-90%	30	158.00–176.00	$167.19	$2,120	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505–1510	1508	75-80%	2	166.00–168.00	$167.00	$2,518	+9.00
1640	1640	75-80%	1	165.00	$165.00	$2,706	—
1513–1815	1660	75-80%	17	151.00–164.50	$159.42	$2,646	-8.72

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,205	—
1733	1733	3	170.00	$170.00	$2,946	—
1865–2005	1947	3	180.00–182.00	$181.02	$3,524	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2193	2193	2	181.00	$181.00	$3,969	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
944–1252	1041	(<2 yrs)	Open	21	240.00–325.00	$295.12	$3,072
875–1275	1079	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	185.00–281.00	$234.82	$2,534

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1168	1168	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	167.50	$167.50	$1,956
1170	1170	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,457

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	207.50	$207.50	$2,428

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755 thin fleshed	755	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	272.50	$272.50	$2,057

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1007–1133	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	37	3,200.00–3,600.00	$3,504.66
1023–1245	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	3,200.00–3,500.00	$3,424.34
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1219	1219	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1350	1350	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1390	1390	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1228 thin fleshed	1167	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,700.00–2,000.00	$1,910.45
1200 thin fleshed	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1339	1339	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1375	1375	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1012	1012	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	3,300.00	$3,300.00
1052	1052	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00

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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.