Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 26, 2025

1,017 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $346.00/cwt +15.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,969/hd at 569 lb · 55 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $306.16/cwt +2.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,883/hd at 615 lb · 26 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $349.64/cwt -14.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,503/hd at 430 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,017	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558–580	572	8	347.50–353.00	$349.46	$1,999	-17.31
639	639	8	325.00	$325.00	$2,077	-14.46
724	724	15	308.00	$308.00	$2,230	-5.74

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–443	441	16	402.50–412.50	$406.07	$1,791	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304	304	9	425.00	$425.00	$1,292	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,792	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404–439	422	13	370.00–385.00	$375.94	$1,586	-8.06
464–485	471	17	350.00–362.50	$357.44	$1,684	-5.42
516	516	20	349.00	$349.00	$1,801	+3.95
569 thin fleshed	569	55	346.00	$346.00	$1,969	—
607–632	615	26	300.00–309.00	$306.16	$1,883	+2.85
735	735	7	279.00	$279.00	$2,051	+6.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	7	380.00	$380.00	$1,501	-5.84
426–442	430	22	345.00–360.00	$349.64	$1,503	-14.05
451–495	465	14	330.00–345.00	$340.49	$1,583	-0.46
515–538	530	11	326.00–335.00	$328.76	$1,742	+4.09
558–580	564	7	305.00–322.50	$313.74	$1,769	+5.47
620–645	628	3	285.00–292.50	$289.93	$1,821	—
658–670	664	4	259.00–282.00	$270.60	$1,797	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,569	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,598	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,248	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,182	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–375	366	5	400.00–425.00	$409.64	$1,499	—
405–430	416	7	380.00–405.00	$393.92	$1,639	—
452–470	459	5	345.00–375.00	$357.28	$1,640	—
605	605	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,724	—
850	850	2	237.00	$237.00	$2,014	—
902	902	3	229.00	$229.00	$2,066	—
993	993	3	219.00	$219.00	$2,175	—
1025	1025	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,152	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	7	382.50	$382.50	$1,794	-3.00
520	520	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,898	+10.00
555	555	5	345.00	$345.00	$1,915	—
1025	1025	1	218.00	$218.00	$2,234	—
1070	1070	1	211.00	$211.00	$2,258	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1198	1198	3	191.00	$191.00	$2,288	-21.50
1255	1255	1	189.00	$189.00	$2,372	-6.00
1305–1333	1316	5	179.00–187.00	$182.37	$2,400	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,314	—
476	476	6	325.00	$325.00	$1,547	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	3	180.00	$180.00	$2,088	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1292–1505	1396	80-85%	16	151.00–154.00	$152.10	$2,123	—
1253–1555	1402	80-85%	160	140.00–150.00	$147.28	$2,065	+1.50
1285–1525	1408	80-85%	10	121.00–133.00	$130.14	$1,832	-15.64
1025–1596	1417	80-85%	24	124.00–138.00	$132.62	$1,879	-13.16
1365–1630	1471	80-85%	5	150.00–152.00	$151.11	$2,223	-2.17
1300–1765	1507	80-85%	29	135.00–149.00	$142.37	$2,146	-9.13

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	85-90%	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,035	—
1005–1220	1082	85-90%	6	110.00–125.50	$120.69	$1,306	—
1060–1273	1161	85-90%	17	125.00–134.00	$131.92	$1,532	+7.90
975–1295	1168	85-90%	39	139.00–148.00	$144.73	$1,690	+20.71
1075–1280	1181	85-90%	11	129.00–140.00	$133.97	$1,582	+9.95
1180–1291	1261	85-90%	14	149.00–156.00	$150.28	$1,895	+6.45

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1553–1673	1627	75-80%	7	147.00–150.00	$148.10	$2,410	+7.10
1605–1670	1638	75-80%	2	132.50–140.00	$136.18	$2,231	-4.82
1520–1775	1678	75-80%	23	146.00–148.00	$147.10	$2,468	—
1519–1963	1684	75-80%	24	131.00–145.50	$143.47	$2,416	—
1685	1685	75-80%	1	151.00	$151.00	$2,544	—
2035	2035	75-80%	1	147.00	$147.00	$2,991	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420	1420	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,201	—
1566–1700	1621	54	148.50–150.75	$149.01	$2,415	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1795	1600	4	154.00–159.00	$156.35	$2,502	-8.35
1515–1785	1721	14	161.00–169.00	$166.37	$2,863	+15.89
1480–2205	1735	11	140.00–157.00	$153.87	$2,670	+3.39
1490–2085	1863	8	162.00–178.00	$171.23	$3,190	—
1770–2390	1959	12	180.00–195.00	$185.43	$3,633	—
2520	2520	1	191.00	$191.00	$4,813	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1880	1880	1	162.00	$162.00	$3,046	—
2283	2283	2	189.00	$189.00	$4,315	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860–1245	975	(<2 yrs)	Open	31	182.00–239.00	$218.86	$2,134
830–1365	1099	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	69	150.00–239.00	$195.06	$2,144
1210	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,803
1380	1380	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	180.00	$180.00	$2,484

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1195	982	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	192.00–210.00	$203.61	$1,999
830–1220	1096	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	150.00–185.00	$159.93	$1,753

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770	770	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	217.00	$217.00	$1,671

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
798	798	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	223.00	$223.00	$1,780

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,609

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1261–1490	1394	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	3,200.00–3,450.00	$3,258.75
1425–1498	1454	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,750.00	$2,750.00
1510	1510	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1745	1745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1771	1771	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,575.00	$2,575.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1839	1839	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	148.00	$148.00	$2,722

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1306	1306	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	3,100.00	$3,100.00

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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.