Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 14, 2023

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	581	645	2,562
Feeder cattle	94	91	22
Slaughter cattle	349	456	652
Replacement cattle	138	98	1,888

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 good to very good. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good to very good demand for light offerings. Slaughter cows sold generally steady on all offerings. Demand for feeding cows remains good to very good. Feeding cows sold generally steady. Cow and bull quality today was mostly average, with a limited offering of attractive cattle seen. Quality this week was significantly lower than last. Weigh up conditions were mixed. Weigh conditions were not as attractive to buyers this week as most sets of cows were pushing some fill. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady. Bull quality was not as attractive as last week. 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 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,503	-20.32
619	619	5	242.00	$242.00	$1,498	—
670	670	9	251.00	$251.00	$1,682	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523–540	529	3	225.00–235.00	$228.40	$1,208	—
658	658	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,415	—
755	755	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,525	—
843	843	6	187.00	$187.00	$1,576	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
658	658	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,513	—
753	753	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,642	+13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,397	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035	1035	2	158.00	$158.00	$1,635	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085	1085	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,410	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	2	172.50	$172.50	$1,294	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1043–1565	1372	80-85%	10	106.00–115.00	$108.54	$1,489	+8.14
1310–1540	1373	80-85%	31	95.00–101.00	$96.87	$1,330	-3.53
1193–1585	1393	80-85%	20	80.00–93.00	$91.29	$1,272	-9.11
1375–1465	1420	80-85%	2	89.00–91.00	$89.97	$1,278	-18.14
1281–1650	1442	80-85%	44	98.00–105.00	$102.55	$1,479	+8.78
1555	1555	80-85%	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,710	+16.52

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–855	818	85-90%	3	75.00–77.00	$75.70	$619	—
989	989	85-90%	5	84.00	$84.00	$831	—
840–1230	1120	85-90%	12	83.00–92.00	$89.11	$998	+1.11
1040–1203	1149	85-90%	3	72.00–77.00	$73.51	$845	-14.49
1095–1260	1200	85-90%	12	100.00–115.00	$105.20	$1,262	+17.25
1210	1210	85-90%	2	101.00	$101.00	$1,222	+13.05
1085–1349	1220	85-90%	13	81.00–92.00	$86.79	$1,059	-15.55
1050–1314	1232	85-90%	17	92.00–99.00	$96.92	$1,194	-5.42
1145–1340	1271	85-90%	27	92.00–99.00	$94.86	$1,206	-1.81

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425	1425	75-80%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,496	—
1460	1460	75-80%	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,577	—
1413–1555	1508	75-80%	7	109.00–110.00	$109.85	$1,657	—
1422–1848	1516	75-80%	13	94.00–104.00	$101.80	$1,543	—
1685	1685	75-80%	4	108.50	$108.50	$1,828	+2.50
1610–1810	1713	75-80%	3	105.00–107.00	$105.87	$1,814	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1470	1317	3	119.50–125.00	$122.95	$1,619	—
1275–1385	1333	7	92.00–105.00	$98.95	$1,319	—
1290–1388	1368	5	111.00–114.00	$111.57	$1,526	-10.58
1343–1710	1503	16	97.00–114.00	$107.70	$1,619	—
1530–2160	1832	20	117.00–127.00	$121.28	$2,222	—
1700–2265	2017	20	127.00–133.00	$128.97	$2,601	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2235	2235	1	124.00	$124.00	$2,771	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
803–1365	1018	(<2 yrs)	Open	46	124.00–168.00	$148.00	$1,507
940–1395	1147	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	98.00–137.00	$115.78	$1,328

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–965	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	115.00–127.00	$121.69	$1,053
870–1175	968	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	121.00–147.00	$136.34	$1,320

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860	860	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,333

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1375	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,471
1422–1510	1444	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	100.00–105.00	$101.31	$1,463

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1225–1410	1318	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,750.00–1,775.00	$1,763.38

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1148	1148	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1445	1445	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1667	1667	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—
1520–1768	1685	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	2,000.00–2,325.00	$2,227.29	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
849	849	28	169.00	$169.00	$1,435	—

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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.