Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 17, 2025

1,017 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $445.87/cwt ≈ $2,341/hd at 525 lb · 78 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $443.06/cwt -31.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,852/hd at 418 lb · 44 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $413.24/cwt -16.18 vs last sale · ≈ $2,389/hd at 578 lb · 44 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,017	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	4	715.00	$715.00	$1,466	—
273	273	3	680.00	$680.00	$1,856	—
315–328	322	4	555.00–600.00	$577.05	$1,858	—
357–375	361	10	465.00–517.50	$506.58	$1,829	—
426–437	429	17	480.00–517.50	$513.32	$2,202	—
455–485	474	43	460.00–500.00	$477.77	$2,265	—
515–538	525	78	435.00–457.50	$445.87	$2,341	—
560–584	578	44	390.00–431.00	$413.24	$2,389	—
619–643	628	16	368.00–404.00	$379.68	$2,384	—
719–723	720	16	386.00–392.00	$387.13	$2,787	-1.69
757–758	757	8	386.00–390.00	$387.00	$2,930	-1.00
818–833	821	25	344.00–350.00	$348.78	$2,863	-21.72
850	850	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,890	-3.00
910	910	3	322.00	$322.00	$2,930	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	6	540.00	$540.00	$1,782	—
355	355	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,810	—
423–443	431	5	445.00–500.00	$477.39	$2,058	—
485–492	490	4	426.00–440.00	$429.46	$2,104	—
557–595	567	4	360.00–417.00	$402.03	$2,280	—
629–638	631	12	356.00–390.00	$361.73	$2,283	—
744–748	745	9	322.00–355.00	$347.64	$2,590	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140	1140	12	301.00	$301.00	$3,431	—
1150–1185	1160	4	287.00–305.00	$298.54	$3,463	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045	1045	7	307.00	$307.00	$3,208	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–230	213	6	605.00–680.00	$666.52	$1,420	—
295	295	1	600.00	$600.00	$1,770	—
320–325	323	2	450.00–470.00	$460.08	$1,486	—
350–363	357	4	497.00–530.00	$513.80	$1,834	—
406–448	418	44	425.00–457.50	$443.06	$1,852	—
453–454	454	15	450.00–502.50	$478.03	$2,170	—
500–528	507	12	380.00–445.00	$418.56	$2,122	—
551–558	553	10	355.00–372.00	$364.63	$2,016	—
600	600	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,100	—
663–679	672	7	337.00–367.50	$354.61	$2,383	-18.39
815	815	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,690	-8.14
850–892	886	16	318.00–322.00	$318.62	$2,823	-11.16
910–943	920	21	302.00–310.00	$308.18	$2,835	+4.18
955–995	987	25	290.00–315.50	$306.03	$3,021	-5.06
1003–1011	1007	24	297.00–306.50	$304.28	$3,064	-1.61
1089	1089	5	289.50	$289.50	$3,153	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,752	—
400–445	427	8	360.00–430.00	$404.88	$1,729	—
455–499	483	22	365.00–435.00	$384.55	$1,857	—
503–545	519	6	330.00–365.00	$343.83	$1,784	—
572–575	573	4	355.00	$355.00	$2,034	—
745	745	2	321.00	$321.00	$2,391	—
765	765	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,333	—
867–870	868	4	255.00–319.00	$271.04	$2,353	—
910	910	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,502	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477–488	480	16	416.00–417.50	$416.38	$1,999	—
841	841	8	324.50	$324.50	$2,729	-4.32
898	898	4	306.00	$306.00	$2,748	-9.05
974–988	982	11	298.00–307.00	$302.94	$2,975	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1039	1039	22	297.50	$297.50	$3,091	—
1095	1095	1	287.00	$287.00	$3,143	-4.56
1125	1125	1	281.00	$281.00	$3,161	-8.95

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,002	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	610.00	$610.00	$1,891	—
395	395	1	475.00	$475.00	$1,876	—
405	405	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,944	—
507–535	519	6	325.00–430.00	$371.88	$1,930	—
559–599	573	18	380.00–407.50	$398.08	$2,281	—
613	613	2	370.00	$370.00	$2,268	—
745	745	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,458	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,624	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,132	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1485	1288	80-85%	3	135.00–149.00	$139.75	$1,800	—
1230–1675	1347	80-85%	47	146.00–166.00	$158.35	$2,133	+16.98
1310–1630	1389	80-85%	7	137.00–154.00	$142.99	$1,986	—
1145–1642	1412	80-85%	13	164.00–180.00	$168.37	$2,377	-1.81
1120–1511	1437	80-85%	16	146.00–169.00	$165.00	$2,371	-2.48
1410–1540	1485	80-85%	9	169.00–174.00	$171.45	$2,546	+22.82

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1559–1780	1593	75-80%	27	161.00–173.00	$170.36	$2,714	—
1790	1790	75-80%	1	156.00	$156.00	$2,792	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1165	1132	85-90%	11	165.50–172.00	$166.53	$1,885	+29.53
1155	1155	85-90%	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,328	—
1170	1170	85-90%	1	85.00	$85.00	$994	—
1215–1285	1262	85-90%	3	125.00–126.00	$125.32	$1,582	-40.73
1300	1300	85-90%	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,742	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1640	1522	3	155.00–162.00	$159.41	$2,426	-18.67
1375–1750	1605	15	174.00–187.00	$178.65	$2,867	—
1678–1713	1705	9	191.00–192.00	$191.78	$3,270	—
1520–1985	1760	5	172.00–175.00	$173.27	$3,050	-8.40
1645–2500	1936	34	178.00–195.00	$186.63	$3,613	-4.82
1830–2320	2092	3	198.00–203.00	$200.14	$4,187	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1495–1735	1675	4	206.00–210.00	$209.11	$3,503	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1002	866	(<2 yrs)	Open	71	292.00–338.00	$311.72	$2,699

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
792	792	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	286.00	$286.00	$2,265
1020–1280	1153	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	192.00–247.50	$227.55	$2,624
1290–1617	1457	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	157.00–159.00	$158.80	$2,314

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1444–1530	1451	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	155.00–164.00	$162.16	$2,353

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–940	886	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,400.00–3,025.00	$2,838.22
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—

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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.