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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2019-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Thu, Aug 8

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1777

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Feeder Cattle receipts

256 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 247▲ 256 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

465 head

▲ 218 vs last sale 247▲ 465 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

474 head

▲ 404 vs last sale 70▲ 474 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however mostly higher undertones were noticed. A few yearlings were on offer this week, these offerings were met with mostly moderate to good demand. Quality was mostly average to attractive. Market activity was moderate to active. Weigh up cows and bulls comprised the majority of the sale this week. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Packers were very active in bidding on offerings as they tried to purchase the majority of cows and bulls for immediate harvest. Cows were very full this week offering buyers below average weigh up conditions. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeding buyers purchased cows on good demand as well. Feeders were only able to pull as few loads away from packers this week. Feeding cows sold mostly 3.00-4.00 higher. Cow quality this week was mostly attractive. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 2.00-4.00 higher this week. Packers showed good demand for lean grinding materials this week as most cows on offer were pushing moderate to heavy amounts of flesh. Young age cows suitable to re-breed sold on good demand. These offerings sold with higher undertones in a narrow comparison.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.34/cwt on 168 head.

Average price

$130.34

168 head · 797 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$342

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$13.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.30

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	645	134.75	870	55
Medium and Large 1	858	128.98	1,107	100
Medium and Large 1-2	873	126.00	1,100	3thin
Large 1	1,001	121.00	1,211	10thin

One grade step is worth $13.75/cwt here — about −$342 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 sale168 hd

130.34

—

MT average2 barns · 185 hd

130.64

−0.30

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	—	High	1,833	88.14	1,616	121
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,547	68.57	1,061	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,423	68.37	973	185
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,197	65.37	783	93

Every lot

48 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	929	2
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	675	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	932	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	752	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,087	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,094	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,190	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 1	593	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	836	12
Heifers	—	Medium 1	660	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	878	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	921	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	136.16/cwt	134.50–137.00	1,006	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	135.33/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,029	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	130.53/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,077	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	128.04/cwt	127.00–128.75	1,114	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	873	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,100	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	916	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	1,189	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,161	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	972	119.72/cwt	116.00–124.00	1,164	13
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,001	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,211	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	297	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	542	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	335	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	595	1
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	677	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	829	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	823	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,062	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,056	2
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,027	122.33/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,256	3
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,063	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,276	16
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	1,098	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,186	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,405	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,152	3
Bulls	—	—	1,579	80.63/cwt	75.00–84.50	1,273	25
Bulls	—	—	1,895	89.01/cwt	84.00–94.50	1,687	75
Bulls	—	—	1,999	95.97/cwt	93.50–99.00	1,918	18
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	938	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	516	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,193	63.55/cwt	59.00–65.00	758	37
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,202	66.69/cwt	64.00–70.50	802	51
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,289	63.80/cwt	62.00–66.50	822	44
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,338	72.38/cwt	71.00–73.00	968	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,380	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	994	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,415	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	750	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,465	69.49/cwt	65.00–70.50	1,018	105
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,466	71.18/cwt	70.75–73.00	1,043	35
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	62.77/cwt	62.00–63.50	929	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,536	69.30/cwt	67.00–70.50	1,064	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight	2,020	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,313	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,123	82.98/cwt	74.00–104.00	932	63
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,214	75.64/cwt	67.00–82.00	918	90
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,351	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	878	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,384	69.35/cwt	66.25–71.50	960	71
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,410	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	804	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,468	70.44/cwt	66.75–72.50	1,034	94
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,508	65.51/cwt	62.50–68.00	988	71

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 Aug 8, 2019

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Feeder CattleReceipts 256Last week 247Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 465Last week 247Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 474Last week 70Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,999	93.50–99.00	95.97
25	—	1,579	75.00–84.50	80.63
75	—	1,895	84.00–94.50	89.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,466	70.75–73.00	71.18
44	—	1,289	62.00–66.50	63.80
1	—	1,415	53.00	53.00
105	—	1,465	65.00–70.50	69.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	938	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,338	71.00–73.00	72.38
51	—	1,202	64.00–70.50	66.69
37	—	1,193	59.00–65.00	63.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	62.00–63.50	62.77
16	—	1,536	67.00–70.50	69.30
1	—	1,380	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,020	65.00	65.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	71	—	1,508	62.50–68.00	65.51
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	94	—	1,468	66.75–72.50	70.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	90	—	1,214	67.00–82.00	75.64
(<2 yrs)	Open	63	—	1,123	74.00–104.00	82.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	71	—	1,384	66.25–71.50	69.35

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,351	65.00	65.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,410	57.00	57.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	916	129.75	129.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	825	128.00–132.00	130.53
3	—	760	135.00–136.00	135.33
8	—	672	137.00	137.00
8	—	870	127.00–128.75	128.04
9	—	739	134.50–137.00	136.16
13	—	972	116.00–124.00	119.72
18	—	929	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	873	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,001	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	593	141.00	141.00
43	—	660	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	297	182.50	182.50
1	—	335	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	823	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	845	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,063	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,027	122.00–123.00	122.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	677	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	752	144.50	144.50
6	—	862	138.00	138.00
2	—	603	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	787	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	138.00	138.00

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.