Sale reports / Montana / Billings Livestock Commission / 2025-12-01

Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Slaughter Cattle · Billings, Montana · Mon, Dec 1

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1775

← Nov 24Dec 1Dec 8 →

Receipts

46 head

▼ 597 vs last sale 643▼ 340 vs year ago 386 · −88.1%

Also sold hereRegular saleThu Oct 29, 2026

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Lower receipts today due to cold weather and bad roads,

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,582	176.79	2,797	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,705	189.00	3,222	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,299	159.00	2,065	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,140	122.88	1,400	7thin

Every lot

9 lots · USDA AMS · Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction - Billings, MT (Mon)

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,391	176.26/cwt	167.50–182.50	2,452	5
Bulls	—	—	2,060	178.10/cwt	171.00–184.00	3,669	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,216	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,133	105.54/cwt	102.50–107.50	1,196	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,170	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,919	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	162.12/cwt	152.50–166.00	2,064	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,293	166.89/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,158	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,412	133.38/cwt	115.00–144.00	1,883	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,705	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,222	1

This sale against other markets

Montana weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Montana auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Montana feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction - Billings, MT (Mon)

Mon Dec 1, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Billings, MT (LS-BL)

Receipts 46Last week 643Year ago 386

Lower receipts today due to cold weather and bad roads,

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,060	171.00–184.00	178.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,391	167.50–182.50	176.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,273	152.50–166.00	162.12
3	—	1,412	115.00–144.00	133.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	110.00	110.00
4	—	1,133	102.50–107.50	105.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,293	161.00–169.00	166.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,170	164.00	164.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.