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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2019-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Thu, Apr 25

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1777

← Apr 18Apr 25May 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

868 head

▲ 438 vs last sale 430▲ 868 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

253 head

▼ 1,017 vs last sale 1,270▲ 253 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

528 head

▲ 328 vs last sale 200▲ 528 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold here(Mon)Mon Nov 2, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All feeder cattle were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, however lower undertones were noticed on all steers on offer, while heifers under 600 lbs sold with lower undertones and heifers over 600 lbs sold with steady to firm undertones. Quality this week was mostly plain to average and mostly offered in small packages. Demand was mostly moderate to good for cattle suitable to fit buyers grass orders. All other feeders sold on mostly light demand. This created uneven prices in places. CME positions saw sharply lower prices again today as traders continue the sell off after last Thursdays cattle on feed report. Market activity was moderate overall this sale. Weigh up cows sold on good to very good demand today. Packers and feeding buyers both showed very good demand for cows this week. Packers were searching for cows for immediate harvest. Higher cow meat and grinds prices have allowed packers to be more competitive this week. Packers took cows to their highest prices so far this year as they attempted to gather cows for harvest. Feeding buyers continue to show good demand for cows to fill feedlots. Many have sold the last of the cows from late fall and early spring and enjoyed a good bump in the market as prices for premium white cows have improved throughout the spring. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeding cows sold mostly 2.00-5.00 higher. Fleshy cows sold with the best demand this week. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. 2-3 year olds suitable to re-breed sold on good demand again this week. Order buyers and ranchers both continue to bid aggressively on these offerings. Replacement cows sold mostly steady to firm as a result.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.85/cwt on 360 head.

Average price

$167.85

360 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$450

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 1-2

$61.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.89

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	463	177.00	820	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	558	171.56	958	37
Medium and Large 1	633	169.39	1,073	302
Medium 2	659	129.50	853	9thin
Large 1-2	1,094	116.00	1,269	6thin

One grade step is worth $61.00/cwt here — about −$450 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale360 hd

167.85

—

MT average3 barns · 1,019 hd

166.96

+0.89

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,863	87.09	1,622	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,403	66.81	937	77
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,621	66.09	1,071	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,176	60.40	710	104

Every lot

73 lots · USDA AMS · Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction - Billings, MT (Thu)

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
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	805	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	857	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	450	190.40/cwt	190.00–191.00	857	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	820	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	183.63/cwt	183.50–185.00	907	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	963	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	915	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	186.46/cwt	180.50–188.00	985	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	924	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	171.66/cwt	171.00–173.00	994	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	181.27/cwt	177.00–183.00	1,051	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	989	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	172.75/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,094	42
Steers	—	Medium 2	659	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	853	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	971	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	163.86/cwt	155.50–167.00	1,095	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	153.97/cwt	153.00–154.00	1,132	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	786	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,112	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,100	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,167	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	934	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,205	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	945	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,125	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fleshy	1,094	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,269	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	738	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	747	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	165.39/cwt	161.00–170.00	792	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	496	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	774	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	504	157.04/cwt	157.00–157.50	791	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	155.82/cwt	155.00–156.00	804	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	808	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	554	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	881	9
Heifers	—	Medium 2	559	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	721	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	565	152.77/cwt	150.00–154.00	863	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	927	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	157.68/cwt	156.00–158.50	998	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	150.80/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,007	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	935	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	998	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	127.57/cwt	124.00–129.00	973	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	998	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	790	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,007	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	802	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,055	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	370	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	740	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	498	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	859	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	854	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	998	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,089	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	959	126.60/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,214	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,114	2
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,015	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,198	4
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,090	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,221	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,560	80.50/cwt	79.50–81.50	1,256	2
Bulls	—	—	1,842	86.75/cwt	83.50–90.50	1,598	26
Bulls	—	—	2,242	94.43/cwt	91.50–98.00	2,117	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	919	53.64/cwt	53.50–54.00	493	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	964	58.37/cwt	54.50–62.00	563	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	52.52/cwt	52.00–54.00	546	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,222	67.76/cwt	67.50–68.00	828	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,227	60.64/cwt	56.50–63.50	744	55
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,240	66.05/cwt	63.50–67.50	819	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,378	69.26/cwt	69.00–70.50	954	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,400	67.27/cwt	64.00–68.50	942	58
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,443	61.97/cwt	59.00–64.50	894	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,570	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	966	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,609	66.02/cwt	65.50–67.00	1,062	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,665	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	1,141	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	101.75/cwt	81.00–117.00	1,018	129
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,063	90.21/cwt	67.00–106.50	959	73
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,292	65.30/cwt	61.00–68.50	844	57
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,337	68.40/cwt	65.00–70.00	915	46
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,363	67.45/cwt	62.00–69.25	919	58
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,015	1,429.76/cwt	1,410.00–1,485.00	14,512	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,213	1,461.74/cwt	1,425.00–1,475.00	17,731	12

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 (Thu)

Thu Apr 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 868Last week 430Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 253Last week 1,270Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 528Last week 200Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	964	54.50–62.00	58.37
3	—	919	53.50–54.00	53.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,400	64.00–68.50	67.27
10	—	1,443	59.00–64.50	61.97
9	—	1,378	69.00–70.50	69.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,227	56.50–63.50	60.64
22	—	1,240	63.50–67.50	66.05
15	—	1,040	52.00–54.00	52.52
2	—	1,222	67.50–68.00	67.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,609	65.50–67.00	66.02
2	—	1,665	68.50	68.50
1	—	1,570	61.50	61.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,842	83.50–90.50	86.75
3	—	2,242	91.50–98.00	94.43
2	—	1,560	79.50–81.50	80.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	633	169.00–174.00	172.75
31	—	735	153.00–154.00	153.97
7	—	580	177.00–183.00	181.27
56	—	528	180.50–188.00	186.46
26	—	815	135.00	135.00
20	—	668	155.50–167.00	163.86
13	—	861	135.50	135.50
11	—	445	192.50	192.50
10	—	450	190.00–191.00	190.40
7	—	786	141.50	141.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	659	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,094	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	934	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	494	183.50–185.00	183.63
9	—	579	171.00–173.00	171.66
5	—	435	185.00	185.00
4	—	665	146.00	146.00
4	—	511	179.00	179.00
2	—	618	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	528	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	500	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	995	112.00	112.00
2	—	878	124.00	124.00
5	—	542	157.50	157.50
4	—	745	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	959	126.00–128.00	126.60
6	—	498	172.50	172.50
3	—	370	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,090	112.00	112.00
4	—	1,015	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	516	155.00–156.00	155.82
14	—	763	124.00–129.00	127.57
7	—	618	150.00	150.00
7	—	496	156.00	156.00
5	—	673	139.00	139.00
3	—	447	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	802	131.50	131.50
9	—	554	159.00	159.00
6	—	479	161.00–170.00	165.39
2	—	718	139.00	139.00
26	—	768	130.00	130.00
28	—	633	156.00–158.50	157.68
69	—	668	150.00–155.00	150.80
13	—	504	157.00–157.50	157.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	790	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	559	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	521	155.00	155.00
17	—	565	150.00–154.00	152.77
19	—	473	158.00	158.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	46	—	1,337	65.00–70.00	68.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	73	—	1,063	67.00–106.50	90.21
(<2 yrs)	Open	129	—	1,000	81.00–117.00	101.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	57	—	1,292	61.00–68.50	65.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	58	—	1,363	62.00–69.25	67.45

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,015	1,410.00–1,485.00	1,429.76

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,213	1,425.00–1,475.00	1,461.74

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.