Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 12, 2025

781 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $259.38/cwt ≈ $1,899/hd at 732 lb · 35 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $312.00/cwt ≈ $1,791/hd at 574 lb · 32 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $337.00/cwt ≈ $1,847/hd at 548 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	781	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,410	—
520–535	532	5	345.00–365.00	$351.93	$1,872	—
570–594	592	15	320.00–340.00	$321.28	$1,902	—
600–647	636	11	322.00–329.00	$324.34	$2,063	—
655	655	1	298.00	$298.00	$1,952	—
708	708	6	285.00	$285.00	$2,018	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	2	329.00	$329.00	$2,089	—
705–744	739	16	305.00–306.00	$305.81	$2,260	—
767–783	775	6	292.00–293.00	$292.51	$2,267	—
832	832	6	272.00	$272.00	$2,263	—
855	855	2	273.00	$273.00	$2,334	—
935	935	3	268.00	$268.00	$2,506	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
851	851	14	249.00	$249.00	$2,119	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1217–1230	1222	11	180.00–199.00	$186.96	$2,285	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,529	—
420	420	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,533	—
563	563	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,633	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1136	1136	4	175.00	$175.00	$1,988	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457	457	17	365.00	$365.00	$1,668	—
548	548	23	337.00	$337.00	$1,847	—
588	588	2	304.00	$304.00	$1,788	—
689	689	6	279.00	$279.00	$1,922	—
704–739	732	35	259.00–261.00	$259.38	$1,899	—
804	804	11	262.00	$262.00	$2,106	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	5	360.00	$360.00	$1,512	—
488	488	11	341.00	$341.00	$1,664	—
535–548	547	12	318.00–333.00	$319.22	$1,746	—
555–595	574	32	310.00–313.00	$312.00	$1,791	—
711–718	714	7	260.00–265.00	$262.85	$1,877	—
782	782	3	254.00	$254.00	$1,986	—
1035	1035	18	210.50	$210.50	$2,179	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1134	1134	11	197.00	$197.00	$2,234	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	3	261.00	$261.00	$1,944	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	7	435.00	$435.00	$1,501	—
383	383	14	415.00	$415.00	$1,589	—
448	448	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,814	—
875	875	1	238.00	$238.00	$2,082	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1153	1153	2	226.00	$226.00	$2,606	—
1240	1240	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,604	—
1255	1255	1	212.00	$212.00	$2,661	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1238–1635	1370	80-85%	28	140.00–150.00	$146.87	$2,012	+22.33
1302–1495	1380	80-85%	14	137.00–149.50	$146.34	$2,019	+5.76
1315–1440	1383	80-85%	7	126.00–135.00	$129.67	$1,793	-10.91
1292–1520	1436	80-85%	18	122.00–135.00	$128.77	$1,849	-22.09
1320–1510	1489	80-85%	10	149.00–154.00	$153.40	$2,284	—
1405–1680	1517	80-85%	110	150.00–160.50	$158.62	$2,406	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170	1170	85-90%	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,568	+8.44
1045–1345	1198	85-90%	17	103.00–131.00	$110.54	$1,324	—
1085–1250	1201	85-90%	7	146.00–150.50	$147.64	$1,773	+18.14
810–1295	1205	85-90%	15	122.00–130.00	$123.22	$1,485	-6.28
1113–1330	1219	85-90%	8	141.00–146.00	$143.59	$1,750	+4.70
1255	1255	85-90%	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,192	-49.60

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505	1505	75-80%	1	150.00	$150.00	$2,258	-0.85
1377–1845	1514	75-80%	11	149.00–153.50	$149.75	$2,267	-1.10
1520–1945	1703	75-80%	11	154.00–159.50	$157.05	$2,675	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1710–1775	1745	3	146.50–165.00	$156.92	$2,738	—
1540–2460	1837	9	144.00–159.00	$153.96	$2,828	—
1510–2035	1877	19	162.50–179.00	$167.86	$3,151	—
2520–2545	2533	2	182.00–185.00	$183.51	$4,648	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1625–2130	1916	16	165.00–182.00	$173.86	$3,331	-5.75
1980	1980	1	185.00	$185.00	$3,663	—
1990–2055	2023	2	175.00–180.00	$177.46	$3,590	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1265	994	(<2 yrs)	Open	24	173.00–230.00	$214.16	$2,129
905–1465	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	75	149.00–215.00	$174.01	$2,001
1065–1410	1252	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	145.00–148.50	$147.17	$1,843
1434–1590	1465	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	157.00–183.00	$162.64	$2,383

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1145	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	146.00–195.00	$162.04	$1,547
968–990	975	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	205.00–212.00	$209.63	$2,044

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1184	1184	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,750.00	$2,750.00
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1287	1287	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,200.00	$2,200.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200 thin fleshed	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,750.00	$1,750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1048	1048	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1165	1165	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1300	1208	85-90%	2	111.00–117.00	$114.23	$1,380	—

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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.