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

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 14, 2025

1,609 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $311.22/cwt ≈ $2,147/hd at 690 lb · 181 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $336.85/cwt ≈ $2,304/hd at 684 lb · 166 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $318.86/cwt ≈ $2,497/hd at 783 lb · 156 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,609	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	6	428.00	$428.00	$2,303	—
552–578	559	40	392.00–406.00	$395.62	$2,212	—
600–648	638	72	360.00–383.00	$365.44	$2,332	—
665–694	684	166	334.00–357.50	$336.85	$2,304	—
705–729	724	16	324.00–332.00	$326.07	$2,361	—
752–799	783	156	312.50–329.00	$318.86	$2,497	—
805–832	830	47	307.00–310.00	$307.25	$2,550	—
861	861	5	275.00	$275.00	$2,368	—
905–924	918	47	280.00–292.00	$286.36	$2,629	—
953	953	2	273.00	$273.00	$2,602	—
991	991	17	261.00	$261.00	$2,587	—
992	992	10	264.00	$264.00	$2,619	—
1021	1021	6	261.00	$261.00	$2,665	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	3	445.00	$445.00	$1,593	—
470–480	477	6	407.50–412.50	$409.14	$1,952	—
540	540	12	391.00	$391.00	$2,111	—
648	648	42	355.00	$355.00	$2,300	—
668–699	684	23	323.00–329.00	$326.41	$2,233	—
700–745	721	46	302.00–320.00	$314.31	$2,266	—
793	793	5	295.00	$295.00	$2,339	—
1068	1068	16	244.00	$244.00	$2,606	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	4	346.00	$346.00	$2,145	—
701–705	704	26	298.00–323.00	$301.83	$2,125	—
783	783	2	291.00	$291.00	$2,279	—
850	850	14	287.00	$287.00	$2,440	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	6	445.00	$445.00	$1,215	—
495	495	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,930	—
550–586	571	16	300.00–335.00	$317.31	$1,812	—
735–747	740	23	270.00–277.50	$272.96	$2,020	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
636	636	17	257.00	$257.00	$1,635	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	8	200.00	$200.00	$650	—
364	364	4	190.00	$190.00	$692	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	6	425.00	$425.00	$1,602	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	5	355.00	$355.00	$1,512	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	9	370.00	$370.00	$1,787	—
515	515	12	360.00–370.00	$369.17	$1,901	—
576–589	580	13	330.00–334.00	$332.75	$1,930	—
611	611	7	324.00	$324.00	$1,980	—
652–698	690	181	305.00–322.50	$311.22	$2,147	—
700–734	721	42	290.00–309.00	$299.44	$2,159	—
775	775	24	272.50	$272.50	$2,112	—
752–791 fancy	783	30	299.00–304.00	$299.96	$2,349	—
804	804	4	261.00	$261.00	$2,098	—
802–836	809	39	280.00–284.00	$283.15	$2,291	—
860–878	877	19	260.00–266.00	$265.16	$2,325	—
900–906	903	23	258.00–259.00	$258.43	$2,334	—
956	956	21	255.00	$255.00	$2,438	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–495	488	16	325.00–332.50	$331.87	$1,620	—
518–519	519	11	330.00–337.50	$336.14	$1,745	+13.34
555–586	576	6	320.00	$320.00	$1,843	—
613–641	639	34	302.50–323.50	$322.32	$2,060	—
660–695	683	3	297.50–305.00	$299.91	$2,048	—
733–735	734	5	275.00–287.00	$279.81	$2,054	—
778	778	14	272.00	$272.00	$2,116	—
815	815	5	258.00	$258.00	$2,103	—
815	815	4	252.50–269.00	$260.75	$2,125	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,520	—
523–543	526	13	295.00–302.00	$300.89	$1,583	—
581	581	4	305.00	$305.00	$1,772	—
641	641	6	271.00	$271.00	$1,737	—
685	685	12	275.00	$275.00	$1,884	—
738	738	2	271.00	$271.00	$2,000	—
774	774	4	243.00	$243.00	$1,881	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	7	291.00	$291.00	$1,906	—
806	806	17	266.00	$266.00	$2,144	—
893	893	2	242.00	$242.00	$2,161	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	9	280.00	$280.00	$1,434	—
587	587	4	280.00	$280.00	$1,644	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	7	285.00	$285.00	$1,824	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
608	608	11	312.50	$312.50	$1,900	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	2	180.00	$180.00	$2,322	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	357.50	$357.50	$2,145	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1277–1383	1329	80-85%	24	150.00–159.00	$155.74	$2,070	—
1355	1355	80-85%	1	148.00	$148.00	$2,005	-12.55
1285–1670	1409	80-85%	7	160.00–167.00	$162.89	$2,295	+9.49
1390–1460	1413	80-85%	3	143.00–149.00	$146.93	$2,076	-6.47
1470	1470	80-85%	1	161.00	$161.00	$2,367	+15.82

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
788–980	837	85-90%	4	112.00–120.00	$116.23	$973	—
845	845	85-90%	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,204	—
1010–1275	1143	85-90%	9	115.00–128.00	$121.80	$1,392	-28.68
1100–1255	1150	85-90%	8	147.00–158.50	$150.93	$1,736	+17.21
1030–1395	1171	85-90%	9	120.00–144.00	$132.44	$1,551	-27.26
1170–1258	1229	85-90%	3	159.00–164.00	$160.59	$1,974	+20.59

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1585	1585	75-80%	1	142.00	$142.00	$2,251	-3.25
1645	1645	75-80%	1	139.50	$139.50	$2,295	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1515	1418	2	162.50–166.00	$164.13	$2,327	—
1580–1925	1753	2	170.00–187.00	$179.34	$3,144	—
1575–1985	1816	4	152.00–177.00	$165.77	$3,010	-0.41
1675–2165	1892	9	171.00–179.00	$175.64	$3,323	+10.64
1930–2275	2045	3	187.00–207.50	$194.60	$3,980	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950–1050	1007	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	226.00–261.00	$242.58	$2,443
1033–1300	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	165.00–216.00	$183.38	$2,146

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1055	953	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	210.00–245.00	$225.62	$2,150
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,899

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1390	1390	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1650	1650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410	1410	80-85%	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,819	—

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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.