Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report, Billings, MT

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 26, 2025

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $349.96/cwt ≈ $2,173/hd at 621 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	735	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,848	—
469 unweaned	469	4	420.00	$420.00	$1,970	—
503–525	510	3	400.00–412.50	$404.29	$2,062	—
555–558	558	7	380.00–392.00	$390.29	$2,178	+70.29
573 unweaned	573	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,834	—
624 unweaned	624	4	327.50	$327.50	$2,044	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578 unweaned	578	2	367.50	$367.50	$2,124	—
600–627 unweaned	619	5	347.50–352.00	$349.89	$2,166	—
622	622	8	350.00	$350.00	$2,177	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–443 unweaned	433	4	355.00–410.00	$374.74	$1,623	—
443	443	3	357.50	$357.50	$1,584	—
485–498 unweaned	494	3	345.00–360.00	$349.91	$1,729	—
831	831	4	270.00	$270.00	$2,244	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428 unweaned	428	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,819	—
500	500	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,000	—
551–575	554	8	334.00–365.00	$338.02	$1,873	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510 unweaned	510	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,760	—
687	687	8	280.00	$280.00	$1,924	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480 unweaned	480	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,440	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	5	382.50	$382.50	$1,832	—
690 unweaned	690	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,725	—
725	725	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,885	—
955	955	1	262.50	$262.50	$2,507	—
1000	1000	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,700	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428 unweaned	428	2	440.00	$440.00	$1,883	—
575 unweaned	575	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,898	—
1030–1039	1037	5	282.50–287.50	$286.51	$2,971	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110	1110	7	251.00	$251.00	$2,786	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	3	230.00	$230.00	$2,668	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1303–1395	1330	80-85%	11	114.00–121.00	$118.54	$1,577	—
1213–1630	1347	80-85%	89	154.50–165.00	$158.85	$2,140	—
1357–1395	1367	80-85%	4	166.00–167.00	$166.26	$2,273	+56.90
1230–1623	1398	80-85%	49	127.50–154.00	$142.95	$1,998	-8.16
1290–1480	1414	80-85%	5	135.00–143.00	$139.34	$1,970	—
1415	1415	80-85%	1	148.00	$148.00	$2,094	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–973	922	85-90%	3	60.00–75.00	$70.55	$650	—
895–960	928	85-90%	2	110.00–115.00	$112.59	$1,045	—
1010	1010	85-90%	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,262	—
910–1315	1148	85-90%	54	107.50–151.00	$136.92	$1,572	+29.87
1130–1151	1148	85-90%	6	90.00–104.00	$101.70	$1,168	-5.35
1035–1295	1170	85-90%	7	100.00–115.00	$108.58	$1,270	-42.82
978–1290	1185	85-90%	50	150.00–160.00	$155.85	$1,847	-7.44
1190	1190	85-90%	3	167.50	$167.50	$1,993	+4.21

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1616	1537	75-80%	24	157.00–166.00	$162.01	$2,490	-14.99
1602	1602	75-80%	7	167.00	$167.00	$2,675	—
1495–1738	1627	75-80%	9	142.00–154.00	$150.66	$2,451	—
1480–1880	1666	75-80%	19	143.00–155.00	$151.20	$2,519	-0.84
1775–1853	1834	75-80%	4	156.00–157.00	$156.24	$2,865	—
2140	2140	75-80%	1	139.00	$139.00	$2,975	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1208	1208	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,933	—
1115–1565	1340	2	150.00–165.00	$158.76	$2,127	—
1610–2008	1842	13	173.00–180.50	$179.38	$3,304	—
1590–2205	1901	10	151.00–165.00	$159.95	$3,041	—
2070	2070	1	186.00	$186.00	$3,850	—
2130	2130	1	173.00	$173.00	$3,685	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1680	1680	2	173.00	$173.00	$2,906	—
1805	1805	1	183.00	$183.00	$3,303	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1140	993	(<2 yrs)	Open	80	235.00–308.00	$277.82	$2,759
850–1270	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	40	181.00–280.00	$229.40	$2,450
1085	1085	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	210.00	$210.00	$2,278
1655	1655	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,979

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–990	895	(<2 yrs)	Open	29	220.00–305.00	$271.43	$2,429
810–1070	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	195.00–250.00	$219.18	$2,082

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745	745	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	290.00	$290.00	$2,160

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1113–1188	1134	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	2,850.00–2,935.00	$2,909.57
1171–1234	1202	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	14	3,100.00–3,350.00	$3,236.40
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1360	1360	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1497	1497	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1553	1553	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,700.00	$2,700.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1083–1100 thin fleshed	1087	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,900.00–2,000.00	$1,974.71
1048–1235	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1127 thin fleshed	1127	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1219–1223	1220	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,250.00–2,450.00	$2,383.19
1245 thin fleshed	1245	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1290–1360	1323	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	2,200.00–2,300.00	$2,239.46
1325	1325	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1385	1385	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1410	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,200.00	$2,200.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1340	1340	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935	935	80-85%	1	105.00	$105.00	$982	—

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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.