Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 30, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	897	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	6	370.00	$370.00	$1,809	+8.71
510–537	526	5	360.00–385.00	$369.69	$1,945	+14.69

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–575	570	2	360.00–380.00	$370.09	$2,110	+1.88
1015	1015	5	243.00	$243.00	$2,466	-7.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	2	327.50	$327.50	$1,965	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	2	290.00	$290.00	$2,088	+18.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408 unweaned	408	4	337.50	$337.50	$1,377	—
573–595	579	4	311.00–314.00	$311.77	$1,805	—
630	630	2	299.00	$299.00	$1,884	—
665–698	684	7	297.50–302.50	$299.44	$2,048	+10.13

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
706	706	4	293.00	$293.00	$2,069	-11.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491	491	4	325.00	$325.00	$1,596	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065	1065	2	228.00	$228.00	$2,428	—
1126	1126	7	225.50	$225.50	$2,539	—
1155–1190	1183	6	209.00–224.00	$212.78	$2,517	—
1255	1255	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,510	—
1340	1340	1	184.00	$184.00	$2,466	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	3	450.00	$450.00	-350.00
105	105	5	500.00	$500.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
724	724	8	297.00	$297.00	$2,150	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,888	—
965	965	1	233.00	$233.00	$2,248	—
1005–1025	1018	3	216.00–227.00	$221.34	$2,253	+4.34

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1184	1183	5	202.00–205.00	$202.60	$2,397	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1509	1377	80-85%	47	162.00–168.00	$162.75	$2,241	—
1315–1465	1390	80-85%	2	135.00–145.00	$140.27	$1,950	—
1260–1597	1407	80-85%	108	151.00–161.00	$158.78	$2,234	+16.06
1325–1535	1422	80-85%	11	120.50–140.00	$131.86	$1,875	-28.15
1335–1655	1430	80-85%	12	141.00–152.50	$148.23	$2,120	-11.78
1295–1720	1492	80-85%	32	159.50–167.00	$161.35	$2,407	—
1685	1685	80-85%	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,938	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	85-90%	3	107.50	$107.50	$871	—
915–925	920	85-90%	2	105.00–123.00	$113.95	$1,048	+13.95
955–1228	1108	85-90%	11	127.50–141.00	$136.48	$1,512	-13.86
1030–1230	1139	85-90%	17	159.00–164.00	$161.02	$1,834	+10.68
1000–1305	1162	85-90%	9	110.00–132.00	$124.25	$1,444	-35.58
1085–1268	1232	85-90%	6	145.00–157.00	$153.70	$1,894	-7.32
1030–1335	1235	85-90%	36	152.00–160.50	$157.56	$1,946	-3.46
1145–1276	1263	85-90%	31	161.00–166.00	$161.39	$2,038	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1575–1615	1598	75-80%	4	152.00–157.00	$153.75	$2,457	—
1457–1998	1609	75-80%	27	152.00–159.00	$157.79	$2,539	-4.70
1525–1795	1647	75-80%	5	159.00–162.50	$160.08	$2,637	-2.41
1515–1825	1720	75-80%	5	143.00–149.00	$147.01	$2,529	-17.53

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1088–1995	1460	22	146.50–167.50	$158.08	$2,308	—
1230–2045	1664	14	168.00–180.00	$173.23	$2,883	—
1488–1765	1671	8	145.00–164.00	$153.80	$2,570	—
1608–2155	1799	24	169.00–183.00	$176.99	$3,184	—
1860–2330	2138	13	185.00–207.00	$194.01	$4,148	+4.60
2565	2565	1	179.50	$179.50	$4,604	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2333	2333	2	176.00	$176.00	$4,106	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1245	1027	(<2 yrs)	Open	110	200.00–279.00	$239.48	$2,459
823–1440	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	131	160.00–235.00	$200.11	$2,211
1100–1350	1202	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	161.50–166.00	$164.02	$1,972

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805 thin fleshed	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,449
810–1085	919	(<2 yrs)	Open	20	210.00–242.50	$223.90	$2,058
895–1190	1028	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	163.00–210.00	$182.76	$1,879

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
752	752	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,730

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
727	727	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	115.00	$115.00	$836

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
798	798	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,636

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	202.50	$202.50	$2,025

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1265–1335	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,950.00	$2,731.06
1240–1460	1324	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	3,500.00–3,600.00	$3,551.38
1335–1340	1338	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1340	1340	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1330–1645	1472	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,800.00–2,900.00	$2,841.52
1528–1533	1532	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,950.00–3,000.00	$2,987.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1265	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
973	973	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,900.00	$2,900.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1653	1653	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	3,450.00	$3,450.00	—
1676	1676	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1328	1328	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
1525	1525	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,450.00	$3,450.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1355	1355	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,850.00	$3,850.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1348	1348	80-85%	2	163.50	$163.50	$2,204	—
1370–1680	1589	80-85%	4	118.00–131.00	$127.46	$2,025	-0.04
1715	1715	80-85%	2	133.00	$133.00	$2,281	—
1800	1800	75-80%	1	146.00	$146.00	$2,628	—

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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.