Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 28, 2025

1,129 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $326.08/cwt ≈ $2,318/hd at 711 lb · 54 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $290.00/cwt ≈ $2,303/hd at 794 lb · 27 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $397.50/cwt ≈ $2,150/hd at 541 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,129	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401	401	4	480.00	$480.00	$1,925	—
450	450	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,958	—
552	552	3	370.00	$370.00	$2,042	—
604	604	5	365.00	$365.00	$2,205	—
685 unweaned	685	1	319.00	$319.00	$2,185	—
702–737	711	54	313.00–335.00	$326.08	$2,318	—
794	794	27	290.00	$290.00	$2,303	—
821	821	4	289.00	$289.00	$2,373	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	25	397.50	$397.50	$2,150	—
588–593	592	12	335.00–357.50	$353.78	$2,094	—
630	630	3	337.00	$337.00	$2,123	—
650–694	688	7	316.00–317.50	$316.20	$2,175	—
945	945	2	266.00	$266.00	$2,514	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,927	—
633	633	2	307.00	$307.00	$1,943	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	3	315.00	$315.00	$2,221	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–463	460	14	372.50–385.00	$383.20	$1,763	—
500	500	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,850	—
553–559	554	23	339.00–342.50	$339.77	$1,882	—
629	629	6	314.00	$314.00	$1,975	—
740	740	2	284.00	$284.00	$2,102	—
764	764	4	277.50	$277.50	$2,120	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593–598	595	5	316.00–319.00	$317.79	$1,891	—
660–680	667	3	274.00–290.00	$284.56	$1,898	—
778	778	2	265.00	$265.00	$2,062	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,867	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1142	1140	6	226.00–231.00	$226.83	$2,586	+4.05
1170	1170	1	222.00	$222.00	$2,597	—
1205–1230	1218	2	202.00–207.00	$204.47	$2,490	—
1265	1265	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,530	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,952	—
755	755	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,190	—
865	865	2	261.00	$261.00	$2,258	-5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,776	—
740	740	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,961	—
805	805	1	248.00	$248.00	$1,996	—
950	950	2	246.00	$246.00	$2,337	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145	1145	2	223.00	$223.00	$2,553	+10.00
1150	1150	1	215.00	$215.00	$2,472	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1582	1376	80-85%	81	161.00–167.00	$163.33	$2,247	+7.40
1305–1545	1382	80-85%	41	134.00–154.00	$146.49	$2,024	-9.44
1230–1575	1392	80-85%	55	155.00–167.00	$159.24	$2,217	+3.31
1220–1613	1395	80-85%	173	152.00–161.00	$157.60	$2,199	+1.67
1290–1460	1410	80-85%	10	128.00–143.00	$135.62	$1,912	-9.37
1275–1665	1476	80-85%	17	140.00–153.00	$147.47	$2,177	+3.74

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835	835	85-90%	1	85.00	$85.00	$710	—
910	910	85-90%	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,265	—
915	915	85-90%	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,006	—
1020	1020	85-90%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,071	—
958–1182	1126	85-90%	9	139.00–146.00	$144.11	$1,623	+8.19
975–1325	1153	85-90%	26	125.00–148.00	$136.98	$1,579	+2.11
1005–1271	1176	85-90%	77	150.00–160.00	$156.90	$1,845	+22.03
1179–1325	1215	85-90%	10	115.00–132.00	$128.09	$1,556	-32.09
1000–1270	1229	85-90%	45	160.00–166.00	$162.06	$1,992	+9.05

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1566–1743	1649	75-80%	15	147.00–154.50	$151.08	$2,491	—
1690	1690	75-80%	1	138.00	$138.00	$2,332	—
1700	1700	75-80%	1	163.00	$163.00	$2,771	—
1570–1793	1705	75-80%	4	156.00–161.50	$157.27	$2,681	—
1613–1940	1722	75-80%	5	141.00–144.00	$142.83	$2,460	—
1843	1843	75-80%	2	149.00	$149.00	$2,746	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1305	1233	3	138.00–150.00	$145.27	$1,791	—
1240–1725	1444	10	150.00–169.00	$164.70	$2,378	-0.11
1304–1960	1591	32	170.00–181.00	$176.64	$2,810	—
1315–2210	1855	5	150.00–171.00	$160.59	$2,979	-18.39
1580–2280	1914	23	175.00–192.00	$186.32	$3,566	+25.32
1680–2310	1936	42	193.00–207.00	$196.43	$3,803	+35.43
2740	2740	1	200.00	$200.00	$5,480	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2325	2325	1	187.00	$187.00	$4,348	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
827–1370	1009	(<2 yrs)	Open	56	192.00–288.00	$249.95	$2,522
915–1430	1234	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	57	160.00–242.50	$180.11	$2,223
1215–1405	1358	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	153.00–185.00	$165.68	$2,250

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1200	965	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	155.00–227.00	$211.18	$2,038
815–1190	1031	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	152.50–201.00	$178.05	$1,836

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–780	770	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	245.00–252.50	$248.80	$1,916

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–795	765	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	212.50–217.50	$215.10	$1,646

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1410	1410	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,679

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
997	997	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	257.50	$257.50	$2,567
1150–1333	1272	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	204.00–227.50	$211.08	$2,685
1383–1640	1512	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	163.00–182.50	$171.92	$2,599

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1143–1305	1197	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,650.00–2,700.00	$2,668.17
1085–1545	1315	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,600.00–2,800.00	$2,682.51
1200–1415	1343	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,800.00–3,350.00	$3,156.89
1350	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1468	1468	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1625	1625	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1415	1415	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,425.00	$2,425.00
1595	1595	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1685	1685	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00

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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
1545	1545	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	-700.00

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1079–1090	1081	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—

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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.