Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 1, 2025

643 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $452.62/cwt ≈ $2,299/hd at 508 lb · 13 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $444.17/cwt ≈ $1,883/hd at 424 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	643	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410 unweaned	410	3	510.00	$510.00	$2,091	—
455–470 unweaned	464	7	485.00–505.00	$494.18	$2,293	—
540 unweaned	540	3	480.00	$480.00	$2,592	—
550–595 unweaned	573	2	395.00–417.50	$405.81	$2,325	-35.19
665 unweaned	665	3	365.00	$365.00	$2,427	—
1010	1010	3	306.00	$306.00	$3,091	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448 unweaned	448	2	492.50	$492.50	$2,206	—
507–525 unweaned	508	13	425.00–455.00	$452.62	$2,299	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
631	631	7	370.00	$370.00	$2,335	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375 unweaned	375	3	465.00	$465.00	$1,744	—
423–424 unweaned	424	12	440.00–445.00	$444.17	$1,883	—
510 unweaned	510	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,040	+20.00
560 unweaned	560	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,848	—
790	790	4	334.00	$334.00	$2,639	+8.50
881	881	5	311.00	$311.00	$2,740	+1.00
907	907	3	297.00	$297.00	$2,694	-15.77

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–489 unweaned	484	9	425.00–430.00	$426.64	$2,065	—
516–530 unweaned	522	7	405.00–427.50	$417.71	$2,180	—
554–595 unweaned	561	6	340.00–410.00	$397.62	$2,231	—
982	982	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,946	-19.52
1005	1005	3	311.00	$311.00	$3,126	-2.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
687	687	5	340.00	$340.00	$2,336	—
715	715	6	330.00	$330.00	$2,360	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	3	350.00	$350.00	$2,048	—
698	698	5	350.00	$350.00	$2,443	+12.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–434 unweaned	419	7	500.00–535.00	$514.31	$2,155	—
580 unweaned	580	6	410.00	$410.00	$2,378	—
627 unweaned	627	5	385.00	$385.00	$2,414	—
1030	1030	2	290.00–294.00	$292.00	$3,008	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095	1095	1	263.00	$263.00	$2,880	—
1205	1205	1	228.00	$228.00	$2,747	—
1250	1250	1	217.50	$217.50	$2,719	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420 unweaned	420	3	410.00	$410.00	$1,722	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	1	265.00	$265.00	$3,074	+15.00
1245	1245	1	234.00	$234.00	$2,913	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1535	1428	80-85%	50	171.00–181.00	$176.51	$2,521	+7.05
1258–1585	1439	80-85%	91	158.00–178.50	$169.21	$2,435	-0.25
1260–1625	1445	80-85%	11	145.00–151.00	$148.06	$2,139	+10.68
1325–1895	1474	80-85%	14	143.00–155.00	$149.48	$2,203	-1.52
1340–1590	1522	80-85%	7	131.00–140.00	$135.19	$2,058	—
1535–1623	1594	80-85%	3	153.00–156.00	$155.04	$2,471	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1507–1645	1517	75-80%	30	175.00–179.50	$179.06	$2,716	—
1485–1645	1560	75-80%	32	162.00–173.00	$169.23	$2,640	+0.23
1555–1595	1575	75-80%	2	156.00–158.00	$157.01	$2,473	-11.99
1530–1805	1668	75-80%	2	152.00–156.00	$154.16	$2,571	—
1553–2168	1772	75-80%	10	162.00–164.00	$162.49	$2,879	+6.82

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1225	1156	85-90%	8	138.00–145.00	$140.72	$1,627	+10.61
1050–1310	1195	85-90%	13	117.50–137.00	$125.64	$1,501	-4.47
1155–1290	1215	85-90%	13	173.00–184.00	$176.23	$2,141	+23.55
1135–1305	1230	85-90%	4	151.00–156.00	$154.32	$1,898	-21.33
990–1313	1260	85-90%	28	157.50–173.00	$167.99	$2,117	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420	1420	1	183.00	$183.00	$2,599	—
1243–1925	1690	24	189.00–204.00	$196.07	$3,314	—
1625–2005	1843	6	169.00–185.00	$177.74	$3,276	—
1905	1905	1	207.00	$207.00	$3,943	+6.93
1545–2200	1961	16	193.00–204.00	$197.24	$3,868	+4.88

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
962–1245	1072	(<2 yrs)	Open	19	242.00–299.00	$277.76	$2,978
1003–1415	1143	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	35	191.00–270.00	$232.25	$2,655
1295	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,396
1283–1470	1309	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	168.00–189.50	$186.66	$2,443
1385	1385	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,770

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–1265	938	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	200.00–260.00	$246.39	$2,311
910–1270	1092	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	183.00–230.00	$214.24	$2,340
1150–1200	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	167.50–178.00	$172.86	$2,031

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1078	1078	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	195.00	$195.00	$2,102

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190–1370	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	3,250.00–3,400.00	$3,345.20
1237–1295	1252	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	3,100.00–3,200.00	$3,125.87
1370	1370	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1379	1379	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1423	1423	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1456	1456	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	2,950.00	$2,950.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1285–1300	1293	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,550.00–2,700.00	$2,624.56

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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.