Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 23, 2025

1,288 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction report →

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $304.46/cwt +0.82 vs last sale · ≈ $2,201/hd at 723 lb · 92 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $275.73/cwt +25.34 vs last sale · ≈ $2,391/hd at 867 lb · 72 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $368.21/cwt -6.80 vs last sale · ≈ $2,161/hd at 587 lb · 44 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,288	—	—

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
274 unweaned	274	7	495.00	$495.00	$1,356	+100.00
474	474	4	415.00	$415.00	$1,967	+28.17
514–545	517	10	387.50–400.00	$388.82	$2,010	+1.09
556–599	587	44	361.00–388.00	$368.21	$2,161	-6.80
605	605	1	342.00	$342.00	$2,069	+4.14
663	663	4	320.00	$320.00	$2,122	-9.85
812	812	16	285.00	$285.00	$2,314	-4.96
849	849	7	279.00	$279.00	$2,369	-10.96
864	864	14	283.00	$283.00	$2,445	-0.11
1033	1033	3	250.00	$250.00	$2,582	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245 unweaned	245	4	390.00	$390.00	$956	—
260	260	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,222	—
328	328	2	460.00	$460.00	$1,509	—
381	381	6	445.00	$445.00	$1,695	—
409–425	416	7	395.00–410.00	$403.43	$1,678	+23.43
455–484	474	6	352.50–380.00	$361.29	$1,713	+40.21
548	548	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,945	-5.00
569–581	574	9	335.00–350.00	$338.45	$1,943	-8.74
628–640	631	4	327.50–330.00	$329.37	$2,078	+56.87
707–713	709	12	282.00–299.00	$286.28	$2,030	+11.36

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,475	—
587	587	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,908	—
635	635	3	314.00	$314.00	$1,994	—
733	733	2	272.00	$272.00	$1,994	—
773	773	6	254.00	$254.00	$1,963	—
783	783	2	278.00	$278.00	$2,177	—
833	833	2	276.00	$276.00	$2,299	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
701	701	5	280.00	$280.00	$1,963	—
773	773	11	289.00	$289.00	$2,234	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,605	—
683	683	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,605	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
813	813	2	265.00	$265.00	$2,154	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–484	476	8	372.50–377.50	$373.68	$1,779	+19.44
525–526	526	8	349.00–352.50	$351.19	$1,847	-1.90
579	579	15	339.00	$339.00	$1,963	-6.50
624–645	629	21	309.00–322.00	$319.63	$2,010	-10.28
673–684	675	22	303.00–304.00	$303.82	$2,051	-18.78
691	691	17	288.00	$288.00	$1,990	-34.60
711–734	723	92	304.00–305.00	$304.46	$2,201	+0.82
751–763	760	37	274.00–277.50	$276.66	$2,103	-12.23
784	784	5	281.00	$281.00	$2,203	-7.89
841	841	4	274.00	$274.00	$2,304	+0.73
864–867	867	72	265.50–277.00	$275.73	$2,391	+25.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	417.50	$417.50	$1,649	+31.63
450–490	474	16	340.00–360.00	$354.44	$1,680	+50.77
505	505	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,717	+11.91
673–695	677	10	275.00–293.00	$289.31	$1,959	+18.65
780	780	6	259.00	$259.00	$2,020	-22.20
897	897	14	248.00	$248.00	$2,225	+4.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	5	285.00	$285.00	$1,989	—
796	796	21	276.00	$276.00	$2,197	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
693	693	8	264.00	$264.00	$1,830	+8.74

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,494	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
653–658	656	4	272.50–282.00	$277.27	$1,819	—
716–730	720	7	265.00–280.00	$269.35	$1,939	—
821	821	5	246.00	$246.00	$2,020	—
1045	1045	4	217.00	$217.00	$2,268	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,792	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055	1055	1	215.00	$215.00	$2,268	—
1145	1145	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,118	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	2	800.00	$800.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,749	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205	1205	1	202.00	$202.00	$2,434	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1468	1402	80-85%	7	136.00–149.00	$142.72	$2,001	-21.28
1265–1735	1429	80-85%	63	151.00–165.00	$160.01	$2,287	-3.99
1265–1805	1433	80-85%	61	165.00–170.00	$168.11	$2,409	+4.11
1276–1710	1451	80-85%	18	149.00–159.50	$156.00	$2,264	—
1330–1675	1507	80-85%	13	129.00–146.00	$140.35	$2,115	—
1340–1635	1509	80-85%	12	160.00–170.00	$165.10	$2,491	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940	940	85-90%	2	92.50–107.50	$100.00	$940	—
945–1290	1087	85-90%	11	130.00–145.00	$138.63	$1,507	-10.17
1093–1140	1109	85-90%	3	150.00–151.00	$150.34	$1,667	—
925–1298	1164	85-90%	42	153.00–165.00	$159.83	$1,860	—
1035–1320	1165	85-90%	13	110.00–129.00	$118.43	$1,380	—
1015–1280	1193	85-90%	18	166.00–170.50	$168.12	$2,006	—
1165–1253	1229	85-90%	4	160.00–162.00	$161.02	$1,979	+34.50

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1528–1880	1635	75-80%	11	159.50–164.00	$162.49	$2,657	+4.91
1530–1850	1662	75-80%	36	154.00–163.50	$160.36	$2,665	—
1661–1853	1715	75-80%	11	164.00–168.00	$164.54	$2,822	—
1715	1715	75-80%	1	144.00	$144.00	$2,470	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1665	1523	6	172.00–175.00	$173.16	$2,637	—
1255–1820	1571	6	157.50–167.50	$164.36	$2,582	—
1395–1755	1613	10	157.00–169.00	$163.81	$2,642	—
1595–2187	1937	16	170.00–185.50	$177.88	$3,446	—
1938–2320	2103	6	187.00–193.00	$189.41	$3,983	-0.86

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
3040	3040	1	180.00	$180.00	$5,472	—

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
718–1258	1039	(<2 yrs)	Open	122	198.00–266.00	$229.16	$2,381
870–1390	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	42	168.00–225.00	$188.41	$2,223

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–1205	971	(<2 yrs)	Open	32	171.00–236.00	$213.31	$2,071
830–1245	987	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	157.50–217.50	$192.41	$1,899

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–800	784	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	225.00–242.50	$233.84	$1,833
998	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,497

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1077	1077	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1272	1272	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,375.00	$2,375.00
1278	1278	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1090–1435	1294	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	3,150.00–3,675.00	$3,629.40
1401	1401	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1500	1500	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	2,525.00	$2,525.00
1480–1650	1548	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,900.00–3,000.00	$2,957.36

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1813	1813	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,875.00	$2,875.00

↑ Back to top

Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	85-90%	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,522	—
1590	1590	85-90%	1	127.50	$127.50	$2,027	—
1853	1853	75-80%	6	145.50	$145.50	$2,696	—

↑ Back to top

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.