Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 18, 2025

879 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $271.00/cwt ≈ $2,130/hd at 786 lb · 24 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $310.58/cwt -16.92 vs last sale · ≈ $2,110/hd at 679 lb · 21 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $367.50/cwt ≈ $2,117/hd at 576 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	879	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	6	375.00	$375.00	$1,830	—
576	576	17	367.50	$367.50	$2,117	—
678	678	2	317.50	$317.50	$2,153	-22.50
753	753	2	307.00	$307.00	$2,312	—
1046	1046	5	250.00	$250.00	$2,615	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,196	—
779	779	6	280.00	$280.00	$2,181	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,729	—
569	569	4	370.00	$370.00	$2,105	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–760	758	2	310.00–317.50	$313.74	$2,378	—
935	935	1	273.00	$273.00	$2,553	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155	1155	1	239.00	$239.00	$2,760	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504	504	5	365.00	$365.00	$1,840	-5.00
668	668	9	298.00	$298.00	$1,991	-29.50
655–692	688	12	319.00–327.50	$320.01	$2,202	-7.49
786	786	24	271.00	$271.00	$2,130	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–487	482	5	347.50–357.50	$353.56	$1,704	—
510–515	511	5	340.00–355.00	$343.02	$1,753	—
570–587	583	4	315.00–322.00	$320.29	$1,867	-13.71
587	587	12	335.00	$335.00	$1,966	+1.00
633–635	634	3	310.00–320.00	$316.66	$2,008	-8.47
680–688	686	8	290.00–308.00	$294.21	$2,018	-21.28
828	828	2	251.00	$251.00	$2,078	—
830	830	3	257.00	$257.00	$2,133	—
878	878	3	258.00	$258.00	$2,265	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,690	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210	210	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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	353	6	435.00	$435.00	$1,536	—
597	597	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,970	—
608	608	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,824	—
794–795	794	5	276.00–280.00	$279.20	$2,217	—
810–845	817	5	270.00–272.50	$271.98	$2,222	—
950–993	975	6	244.00–254.00	$246.17	$2,400	—
1044	1044	10	234.00	$234.00	$2,443	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,284	—
758	758	2	283.00	$283.00	$2,145	—
885–896	891	9	271.00–274.00	$272.32	$2,426	—
920–934	932	8	267.00–270.00	$269.63	$2,513	+2.13
1010	1010	3	257.00	$257.00	$2,596	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1143	1143	2	217.00	$217.00	$2,480	—
1195	1195	15	219.00	$219.00	$2,617	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	5	825.00–1,050.00	$915.00	—
125	125	1	875.00	$875.00	—
150	150	1	875.00	$875.00	+25.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,632	—
633	633	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,899	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1620	1363	80-85%	87	149.00–161.00	$157.43	$2,146	-0.58
1260–1690	1390	80-85%	13	135.00–148.00	$144.46	$2,008	-19.77
1231–1590	1406	80-85%	125	159.00–169.00	$163.12	$2,293	+10.38
1285–1565	1453	80-85%	5	139.00–152.00	$144.60	$2,101	-18.45
1480	1480	80-85%	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,294	-8.05
1635	1635	80-85%	1	124.00	$124.00	$2,027	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–965	911	85-90%	6	105.00–124.00	$110.56	$1,007	—
980	980	85-90%	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,411	—
875–1300	1100	85-90%	23	115.00–146.00	$134.23	$1,477	+11.32
1120	1120	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,008	-32.91
1175	1175	85-90%	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,645	-2.40
915–1295	1187	85-90%	36	146.00–160.00	$154.91	$1,839	+12.51
1170–1260	1204	85-90%	4	122.50–133.00	$127.62	$1,537	-26.62
1053–1277	1213	85-90%	20	160.00–166.00	$162.13	$1,967	+7.89

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1640	1464	75-80%	6	145.00–148.00	$146.46	$2,144	—
1495–1628	1559	75-80%	6	161.00–168.50	$163.80	$2,554	—
1473–1618	1584	75-80%	10	155.00–158.00	$155.79	$2,468	—
1255–1925	1635	75-80%	6	150.00–158.00	$152.92	$2,500	-4.45
1890	1890	75-80%	1	147.00	$147.00	$2,778	—
1940–1945	1943	75-80%	2	159.00–161.00	$160.00	$3,109	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975	975	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,511	—
1013–1775	1316	34	152.00–170.00	$163.49	$2,152	—
1333–1960	1538	4	150.00–163.00	$159.14	$2,448	—
1440–2070	1755	34	170.00–183.00	$178.59	$3,134	—
1665–2188	1933	30	177.00–186.00	$182.63	$3,530	-0.83
1645–2435	2064	37	185.00–230.00	$195.04	$4,026	-3.22

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2243	2243	2	192.00	$192.00	$4,307	—
2256–2365	2311	2	186.00	$186.00	$4,298	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–1323	1087	(<2 yrs)	Open	44	199.00–256.00	$217.25	$2,362
968–1480	1207	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	54	162.50–231.00	$184.27	$2,224
1272–1330	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	164.00–174.00	$168.11	$2,177
1360–1610	1485	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	197.50–199.00	$198.31	$2,945

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–1150	996	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	162.00–200.00	$182.89	$1,822
840–1180	997	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	182.00–242.50	$215.13	$2,145

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775	775	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,945

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,900

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1235–1353	1305	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,800.00–3,300.00	$3,073.52
1385	1385	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00
1592	1592	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,850.00	$2,850.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	222.50	$222.50	$2,481

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Beef/Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,333	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510	1510	80-85%	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,963	—

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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.