Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 19, 2025

596 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $237.00/cwt ≈ $2,235/hd at 943 lb · 29 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $318.78/cwt ≈ $1,690/hd at 530 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $329.36/cwt ≈ $1,578/hd at 479 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	596	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,804	—
943	943	29	237.00	$237.00	$2,235	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	10	257.50	$257.50	$1,854	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464	464	10	295.00	$295.00	$1,369	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,702	—
535	535	4	352.50	$352.50	$1,886	—
973	973	2	232.50	$232.50	$2,262	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,272	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	6	342.50	$342.50	$1,370	—
470–490	479	11	320.00–337.50	$329.36	$1,578	—
521–536	530	13	315.00–325.00	$318.78	$1,690	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	3	322.00	$322.00	$1,513	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,645	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	4	263.00	$263.00	$1,644	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,499	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1292–1485	1322	80-85%	136	137.00–148.00	$145.83	$1,928	—
1260–1460	1336	80-85%	4	131.00–135.00	$132.84	$1,775	—
1265–1440	1353	80-85%	2	152.50–153.00	$152.77	$2,067	+26.76
1309–1703	1429	80-85%	90	138.00–150.50	$146.21	$2,089	—
1379–1550	1463	80-85%	44	151.50–156.50	$154.68	$2,263	+13.66
1335–1620	1494	80-85%	5	125.00–136.00	$132.69	$1,982	+14.27

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1150	1089	85-90%	4	114.00–127.00	$123.93	$1,350	-2.19
920–1288	1159	85-90%	9	115.50–132.00	$125.92	$1,459	—
1205	1205	85-90%	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,145	—
1198–1240	1219	85-90%	9	133.00–143.00	$138.17	$1,684	—
1120–1266	1229	85-90%	42	134.00–144.00	$141.99	$1,745	—
1075–1285	1250	85-90%	30	145.50–146.50	$146.45	$1,831	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535–1685	1549	75-80%	14	152.00–154.00	$152.65	$2,365	—
1528–1870	1690	75-80%	48	142.00–151.00	$149.69	$2,530	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1645	1645	1	162.00	$162.00	$2,665	—
1685	1685	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,612	—
2050	2050	1	188.00	$188.00	$3,854	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
987–1081	1031	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	185.00–215.00	$204.63	$2,110
845–1360	1106	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	148.00–215.00	$172.57	$1,909

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
873	873	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,353
970–1070	1029	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	145.00–165.00	$153.22	$1,577

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1077	1077	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,572

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1044–1305	1096	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	2,200.00–2,300.00	$2,223.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1345	1345	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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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.