Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report, Billings, MT

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 19, 2025

1,790 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $330.09/cwt +26.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,951/hd at 591 lb · 140 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $362.86/cwt -2.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,724/hd at 475 lb · 114 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $416.74/cwt ≈ $1,984/hd at 476 lb · 79 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,790	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–493	476	79	407.00–426.00	$416.74	$1,984	—
505–544	539	39	385.00–393.00	$389.91	$2,102	—
555–592	577	55	363.00–379.00	$366.77	$2,116	—
630 thin fleshed	630	33	370.00	$370.00	$2,331	—
603–647	638	28	335.00–354.00	$339.46	$2,166	+10.46
656 thin fleshed	656	5	354.00	$354.00	$2,322	—
651–694	670	9	318.00–329.00	$323.94	$2,170	—
707–747	716	30	301.00–319.00	$313.74	$2,246	+7.93
750–790	776	63	288.00–301.00	$292.44	$2,269	-0.07
810	810	11	280.00	$280.00	$2,268	+8.00
809–818	816	45	274.50–275.00	$274.60	$2,241	+2.60
854–878	856	68	269.00–280.00	$279.37	$2,391	+6.37
928	928	4	271.00	$271.00	$2,515	+3.00
967–990	982	9	258.00–266.00	$263.37	$2,586	—
985	985	3	252.00	$252.00	$2,482	—
1054	1054	7	245.00	$245.00	$2,582	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,690	+35.00
377–388	384	17	432.50–470.00	$449.31	$1,725	—
472–475	474	6	390.00–416.00	$407.37	$1,931	—
528–529	529	8	365.00–370.00	$367.50	$1,944	+15.57
600–633	630	32	321.00–335.00	$333.75	$2,103	+9.41
733–749	743	13	280.00–290.00	$284.85	$2,116	-0.15
785–795	788	3	279.00–285.00	$282.98	$2,230	—
810	810	2	276.00	$276.00	$2,236	—
922	922	3	258.00	$258.00	$2,379	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	14	261.00	$261.00	$2,127	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1077	1077	6	249.00	$249.00	$2,682	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	5	283.00	$283.00	$2,193	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	4	225.00	$225.00	$945	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–388	369	10	390.00–405.00	$398.83	$1,472	—
429	429	8	384.00	$384.00	$1,647	—
453–499	475	114	350.00–366.00	$362.86	$1,724	-2.14
521–548	530	23	338.00–349.00	$345.05	$1,829	+8.05
554–599	591	140	320.00–338.00	$330.09	$1,951	+26.09
618–649	632	57	295.00–313.00	$303.31	$1,917	—
656–680	670	73	290.00–296.50	$292.58	$1,960	+13.58
728	728	2	272.50	$272.50	$1,984	+13.12
803	803	4	257.00	$257.00	$2,064	-5.00
872	872	3	249.00	$249.00	$2,171	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379–398	383	10	370.00–390.00	$385.84	$1,478	—
413–440	429	5	360.00–366.00	$363.69	$1,560	+3.69
465–472	466	16	340.00–345.00	$340.95	$1,589	-0.05
520–545	534	10	310.00–335.00	$324.67	$1,734	+5.45
562–599	583	20	305.00–312.00	$308.27	$1,797	-3.73
787	787	3	260.00	$260.00	$2,046	+6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
644	644	19	267.50	$267.50	$1,723	—
666	666	4	266.00	$266.00	$1,772	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	6	370.00	$370.00	$1,439	—
493	493	6	337.50	$337.50	$1,664	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	6	280.00–284.00	$282.00	$1,655	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	2	307.50	$307.50	$1,762	—
670	670	4	274.00	$274.00	$1,836	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476–495	488	22	380.00–392.50	$385.50	$1,881	—
524	524	16	355.00	$355.00	$1,860	—
594	594	29	328.00	$328.00	$1,948	—
720	720	11	285.00	$285.00	$2,052	—
785	785	2	252.50	$252.50	$1,982	—
938	938	2	246.00	$246.00	$2,307	—
965	965	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,316	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190	1190	1	212.50	$212.50	$2,529	—
1230	1230	1	202.50	$202.50	$2,491	-7.50
1260	1260	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,457	-17.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1593	1409	80-85%	32	141.00–149.00	$145.78	$2,054	+17.01
1410–1585	1458	80-85%	4	126.00–133.00	$130.36	$1,901	-23.04
1331–1531	1472	80-85%	116	150.00–159.00	$153.28	$2,256	-0.12
1335–1600	1482	80-85%	3	130.00–132.00	$131.40	$1,947	-22.00
1510	1510	80-85%	3	151.50	$151.50	$2,288	-7.12
1385–1670	1528	80-85%	2	134.00–143.00	$138.92	$2,123	-19.70

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1663–1668	1666	68	149.50	$149.50	$2,491	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
853	853	85-90%	2	117.50	$117.50	$1,002	—
1010	1010	85-90%	1	95.00	$95.00	$960	—
1030–1240	1110	85-90%	3	107.50–127.00	$115.56	$1,283	—
950–1265	1162	85-90%	13	110.00–132.00	$124.02	$1,441	-9.98
1148–1236	1201	85-90%	15	149.00–150.00	$149.38	$1,794	+1.74
1220–1255	1232	85-90%	3	131.00–132.00	$131.34	$1,618	-12.25
1120–1287	1256	85-90%	22	137.00–147.00	$143.83	$1,807	+48.83

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445	1445	75-80%	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,907	—
1555	1555	75-80%	1	159.00	$159.00	$2,472	—
1613	1613	75-80%	3	141.00	$141.00	$2,274	—
1755–1772	1765	75-80%	5	144.00–145.00	$144.40	$2,549	—
1843	1843	75-80%	2	145.00	$145.00	$2,672	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1375	1263	3	130.00–139.50	$136.89	$1,729	—
1240–1875	1623	10	163.00–170.00	$164.70	$2,673	—
1690	1690	1	172.00	$172.00	$2,907	—
1403–1935	1697	13	146.00–159.00	$155.56	$2,640	—
1703–1715	1709	4	146.00–155.00	$150.48	$2,572	—
1805	1805	11	177.00	$177.00	$3,195	+23.04
1658–2270	1846	17	165.00–181.00	$173.36	$3,200	+19.40
2069–2435	2349	6	184.00–200.00	$188.67	$4,432	—
2710	2710	1	172.00	$172.00	$4,661	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1580–2392	2189	4	163.00–182.00	$178.57	$3,909	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860–1246	1077	(<2 yrs)	Open	37	187.50–247.00	$213.34	$2,298
868–1525	1139	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	58	150.00–225.00	$195.48	$2,227
1055–1390	1223	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	143.00–147.50	$144.94	$1,773
1645	1645	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	166.00	$166.00	$2,731

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1350	1072	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	143.00–182.50	$154.17	$1,653
1130	1130	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	202.00	$202.00	$2,283

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Bred Cows

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1618–1645	1625	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,300.00	$2,300.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
769	769	8	242.00	$242.00	$1,861	—
853	853	13	241.00	$241.00	$2,056	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
778	778	2	252.00	$252.00	$1,961	—
801–846	836	33	251.00–264.00	$253.64	$2,120	—
918	918	6	240.00	$240.00	$2,203	—
1050	1050	3	236.00	$236.00	$2,478	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	85-90%	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,573	—
1458	1458	80-85%	3	119.00	$119.00	$1,735	—

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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.