Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 12, 2025

1,611 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $334.37/cwt ≈ $2,103/hd at 629 lb · 27 head

heavy 5-weight M 1-2 heifers $324.00/cwt ≈ $1,921/hd at 593 lb · 19 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $287.12/cwt ≈ $2,380/hd at 829 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,611	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325 unweaned	325	4	535.00	$535.00	$1,739	—
458 unweaned	458	3	430.00	$430.00	$1,969	—
595 unweaned	595	2	350.00	$350.00	$2,082	—
608–648 unweaned	629	27	326.00–370.00	$334.37	$2,103	—
908	908	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,815	—
951	951	5	308.00	$308.00	$2,929	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490–499 unweaned	495	10	445.00	$445.00	$2,203	—
524	524	4	401.00	$401.00	$2,101	—
574 unweaned	574	4	411.00	$411.00	$2,359	—
610–611 unweaned	611	7	374.00–380.00	$377.43	$2,306	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400 unweaned	400	2	480.00	$480.00	$1,920	—
477 unweaned	477	3	410.00	$410.00	$1,956	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645 unweaned	645	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,096	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508 unweaned	508	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,905	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471 unweaned	471	12	390.00	$390.00	$1,837	—
522 unweaned	522	15	386.00	$386.00	$2,015	—
802	802	9	312.50	$312.50	$2,506	—
850	850	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,678	—
970	970	14	295.00	$295.00	$2,862	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305 unweaned	305	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,464	—
516–547 unweaned	526	9	327.50–371.00	$355.93	$1,872	—
558 unweaned	558	5	330.00–350.00	$342.00	$1,908	—
619 unweaned	619	9	315.00	$315.00	$1,950	—
816–840	829	16	280.00–290.00	$287.12	$2,380	—
950	950	1	287.50	$287.50	$2,731	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	19	324.00	$324.00	$1,921	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375 unweaned	375	4	450.00	$450.00	$1,688	—
863	863	6	255.00	$255.00	$2,201	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420 unweaned	420	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,323	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1204–1455	1287	80-85%	84	157.00–179.00	$163.49	$2,104	—
1302–1385	1344	80-85%	7	92.50–97.50	$96.76	$1,300	-73.15
1220–1610	1371	80-85%	101	121.00–162.00	$152.95	$2,097	+24.66
1115–1555	1375	80-85%	244	160.00–173.00	$165.57	$2,277	-14.04
1270–1520	1375	80-85%	26	102.00–122.50	$110.44	$1,519	-69.17
1300–1610	1388	80-85%	13	125.00–153.50	$138.11	$1,917	-41.89
1350–1470	1420	80-85%	53	173.00–178.00	$177.59	$2,522	+18.95

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	85-90%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,092	—
865	865	85-90%	1	107.50	$107.50	$930	+30.00
865–990	906	85-90%	6	40.00–80.00	$57.66	$522	-38.41
900–983	947	85-90%	4	87.50–95.00	$90.58	$858	-5.49
1000–1265	1158	85-90%	13	120.00–164.00	$144.65	$1,675	+30.14
1038–1340	1163	85-90%	16	50.00–87.50	$70.86	$824	-43.65
828–1294	1171	85-90%	56	120.00–158.00	$145.71	$1,706	-10.32
1083–1228	1173	85-90%	40	165.00–182.50	$169.57	$1,989	+13.54
950–1323	1177	85-90%	58	90.00–119.00	$101.44	$1,194	-54.59
1025–1296	1205	85-90%	87	159.00–165.50	$162.52	$1,958	—
1120–1247	1219	85-90%	23	164.00–174.00	$169.78	$2,070	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1570	1484	75-80%	5	179.00–180.00	$179.18	$2,659	+0.68
1403–1695	1524	75-80%	36	168.00–178.00	$172.75	$2,633	+23.28
1460–1640	1556	75-80%	15	164.00–168.50	$167.42	$2,605	+3.25
1545–1685	1615	75-80%	2	132.50–136.00	$134.33	$2,169	—
1495–1753	1616	75-80%	11	169.50–177.50	$172.99	$2,796	—
1555–1965	1663	75-80%	12	147.00–166.00	$159.69	$2,656	-10.89
2120	2120	75-80%	1	167.00	$167.00	$3,540	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	1	167.50	$167.50	$2,052	—
1238–1370	1282	3	131.00–142.50	$135.10	$1,732	—
1430	1430	1	162.50	$162.50	$2,324	—
1405–2100	1759	14	147.50–167.00	$157.83	$2,776	—
1545–1840	1772	11	170.00–182.00	$172.98	$3,065	—
1653–2140	1958	13	172.00–181.00	$176.14	$3,449	—
2215	2215	1	192.00	$192.00	$4,253	—
2540	2540	1	182.00	$182.00	$4,623	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
742–1192	990	(<2 yrs)	Open	119	210.00–310.00	$268.13	$2,654
830–1360	1108	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	128	176.00–310.00	$217.47	$2,410
1160–1315	1199	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	165.00–180.00	$176.96	$2,122

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
748 thin fleshed	748	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,646
828–1190	977	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	180.00–235.00	$209.96	$2,051
835–1183	987	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	200.00–270.00	$236.63	$2,336

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
796	796	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	252.50	$252.50	$2,010

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905	905	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,308

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,602

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1088–1225	1124	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	2,700.00–3,350.00	$3,080.63
1100–1460	1222	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	2,800.00–3,300.00	$3,135.66
1308	1308	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1258–1465	1331	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	2,375.00–2,500.00	$2,441.96
1346	1346	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,150.00	$2,150.00
1370–1465	1399	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	2,100.00–2,500.00	$2,225.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1275	1275	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00
1289–1367	1309	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	2,200.00–2,250.00	$2,213.06
1343	1343	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,550.00	$2,550.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1243	1243	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	172.50	$172.50	$2,144

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
888	888	19	273.00	$273.00	$2,424	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
754	754	4	310.00	$310.00	$2,337	—
837	837	6	306.00	$306.00	$2,561	—
998	998	22	287.00	$287.00	$2,864	—

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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
1432	1432	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—

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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.