Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

Billings, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 7, 2026

1,414 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $470.00/cwt ≈ $1,852/hd at 394 lb · 18 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $508.27/cwt +82.44 vs last sale · ≈ $2,674/hd at 526 lb · 16 head

light 6-weight M&L 2 heifers $339.00/cwt +39.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,190/hd at 646 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,414	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	680.00	$680.00	$2,550	—
422–435	423	11	580.00–610.00	$607.20	$2,568	—
467	467	5	530.00	$530.00	$2,475	+65.00
519–545	526	16	470.00–525.00	$508.27	$2,674	+90.77
550–572	565	11	465.00–485.00	$471.32	$2,663	+93.82
625	625	9	436.00	$436.00	$2,725	+55.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	5	570.00	$570.00	$1,966	—
546	546	4	450.00	$450.00	$2,457	—
606–646	626	8	415.00–420.00	$417.58	$2,614	—
730	730	3	375.00	$375.00	$2,738	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
722	722	5	361.00	$361.00	$2,606	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	667.50	$667.50	$1,736	—
435	435	2	500.00	$500.00	$2,175	—
456	456	4	470.00	$470.00	$2,143	—
511–546	533	11	422.50–430.00	$425.11	$2,266	+63.88
555–599	584	8	397.00–422.50	$408.50	$2,386	+63.50
629	629	9	384.00	$384.00	$2,415	+34.35
655	655	13	374.00	$374.00	$2,450	+48.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	3	490.00	$490.00	$1,583	—
382–396	394	18	470.00	$470.00	$1,852	—
443	443	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,994	—
458–471	467	9	420.00–430.00	$423.27	$1,977	—
518–545	522	7	380.00–420.00	$394.39	$2,059	—
613	613	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,023	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537	537	5	375.00	$375.00	$2,014	+42.49
646	646	15	339.00	$339.00	$2,190	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	5	445.00	$445.00	$2,336	—
580	580	3	405.00	$405.00	$2,349	—
620	620	6	380.00	$380.00	$2,356	—
668–683	674	5	370.00–375.00	$372.97	$2,514	—
955	955	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,889	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
848	848	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,629	—
1140	1140	7	250.00	$250.00	$2,850	—
1395	1395	2	200.00	$200.00	$2,790	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	7	340.00	$340.00	$1,829	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1254–1565	1340	80-85%	121	171.00–177.00	$174.21	$2,334	+14.43
1201–1660	1352	80-85%	296	153.00–170.00	$162.36	$2,195	—
1248–1630	1388	80-85%	31	107.50–125.00	$117.65	$1,633	-16.53
1232–1525	1399	80-85%	18	128.00–152.50	$144.51	$2,022	+10.33
1260–1600	1434	80-85%	19	125.00–138.00	$131.24	$1,882	—
1605	1605	80-85%	1	168.00	$168.00	$2,696	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–935	898	85-90%	3	95.00–105.00	$98.25	$882	—
760–978	925	85-90%	5	65.00–90.00	$83.88	$776	—
975–980	978	85-90%	2	118.00–132.50	$125.27	$1,225	—
1070–1230	1126	85-90%	21	124.00–139.00	$128.50	$1,447	+11.35
1005–1290	1134	85-90%	72	100.00–122.50	$116.19	$1,318	-0.96
990–1213	1150	85-90%	31	124.00–152.50	$141.48	$1,627	+53.48
1160	1160	85-90%	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,653	+54.50
1040–1273	1162	85-90%	4	85.00–92.50	$89.42	$1,039	+1.42
1105–1190	1164	85-90%	5	165.00–170.00	$167.77	$1,953	+79.77
1005–1278	1203	85-90%	105	153.00–164.50	$160.43	$1,930	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1502–1770	1568	75-80%	6	130.00–154.00	$138.37	$2,170	-23.93
1573	1573	75-80%	4	143.00	$143.00	$2,249	+9.29
1505–1770	1606	75-80%	40	160.00–173.00	$168.01	$2,698	—
1545–1930	1661	75-80%	4	173.50–175.00	$173.85	$2,888	—
1700–1905	1757	75-80%	6	169.00–171.50	$170.75	$3,000	—
1737–1995	1797	75-80%	20	160.00–168.00	$163.80	$2,943	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1744	1744	18	168.00	$168.00	$2,930	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245	1245	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,556	—
1355–1823	1641	26	150.00–172.00	$165.07	$2,709	-5.99
1530–1808	1715	8	174.00–182.00	$179.07	$3,071	—
1330–2195	1732	21	137.50–173.00	$159.37	$2,760	—
1768–2400	2081	17	175.00–184.00	$180.67	$3,760	—
1850–2355	2137	6	184.00–196.00	$188.46	$4,027	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875–1325	1017	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	171	189.00–316.00	$266.98	$2,715
1095–1440	1218	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	175.00–187.00	$183.35	$2,233
1118–1540	1306	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	176.00–196.00	$190.01	$2,482

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1158	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	34	170.00–285.00	$223.37	$2,178

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–780	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	240.00–285.00	$259.89	$1,949

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,834

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1173	1173	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1145–1240	1216	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	3,400.00–3,600.00	$3,498.44
1360–1546	1461	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	2,400.00–2,450.00	$2,417.63
1517	1517	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,650.00	$2,650.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1413	1413	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1460–1555	1531	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,400.00–2,475.00	$2,457.12

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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.