Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 7, 2023

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	645	1,959	990
Feeder cattle	91	22	175
Slaughter cattle	456	421	570
Replacement cattle	98	1,516	245

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Todays sale featured mostly weigh up cows, with a very light offering of feeder cattle. Demand for limited offerings was mostly moderate to good. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good to very good demand for light to moderate offerings. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower on boning and lean cows, breaking cows sold generally steady. Packers purchased most of the offering to feed this week and fewer cows for immediate harvest. Cow and bull quality today was very attractive and buyers showed very good demand for high quality cows suitable to feed. Feeding cows sold generally steady, but had many buyers actively bidding on cows for that purpose. Weigh up conditions were mostly average to above average for buyers as most cows have been out on grass and were very empty at sale time. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 1.00-2.00 lower. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold mostly steady to firm. Quality was average to attractive.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–585	573	2	292.50–300.00	$296.17	$1,697	—
742	742	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,707	—
953	953	2	192.00	$192.00	$1,830	—
991	991	4	186.00	$186.00	$1,843	—
1043	1043	4	182.00	$182.00	$1,898	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	6	290.00	$290.00	$1,421	—
565–593	584	3	260.00–290.00	$280.32	$1,637	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,185	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,738	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,480	±0.00
760	760	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,558	—
850	850	5	188.00	$188.00	$1,598	—
943	943	9	181.00	$181.00	$1,707	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–480	470	2	240.00–245.00	$242.45	$1,140	—
552	552	3	227.50	$227.50	$1,256	—
935	935	4	179.00	$179.00	$1,674	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,585	—
818	818	2	209.00	$209.00	$1,710	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1218–1480	1346	80-85%	19	95.00–102.50	$97.71	$1,315	—
1320–1525	1386	80-85%	39	97.00–105.00	$100.40	$1,392	—
1341–1608	1435	80-85%	13	105.00–112.00	$108.11	$1,551	+14.01
1330–1510	1436	80-85%	13	89.00–97.00	$93.77	$1,347	-0.33
1285–1657	1518	80-85%	88	105.00–114.50	$111.51	$1,693	—
1340–1768	1554	80-85%	7	92.00–94.00	$93.48	$1,453	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1123	1123	85-90%	2	88.00	$88.00	$988	+1.91
1160	1160	85-90%	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,183	-4.61
1076–1320	1197	85-90%	49	91.00–99.00	$95.63	$1,145	-10.98
1015–1435	1200	85-90%	26	80.00–91.00	$87.95	$1,055	-9.25
1165–1280	1226	85-90%	14	101.00–106.00	$102.34	$1,255	+5.14
1215–1305	1283	85-90%	15	94.00–97.00	$96.67	$1,240	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555	1555	75-80%	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,679	-1.67
1549–1585	1561	75-80%	6	109.50–111.50	$110.82	$1,730	+1.15
1515–1790	1607	75-80%	3	102.50–104.50	$103.76	$1,667	—
1640–1725	1683	75-80%	2	106.00	$106.00	$1,784	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1234–1370	1264	7	97.00–113.00	$108.85	$1,376	—
1278–1435	1352	5	117.00–128.00	$122.15	$1,651	+23.15
1355–1838	1652	15	101.00–114.00	$110.54	$1,826	—
1427–2443	1857	31	116.00–126.00	$122.24	$2,270	-0.65
1930–2380	2138	12	126.00–136.00	$130.82	$2,797	—
2545	2545	1	136.00	$136.00	$3,461	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1208	1113	(<2 yrs)	Open	40	115.00–171.00	$147.31	$1,640
805–1375	1192	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	38	98.00–169.00	$112.62	$1,342

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015–1020	1016	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	127.00	$127.00	$1,290

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–985	953	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	136.00–140.00	$138.07	$1,316

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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.