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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2019-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Thu, Sep 5

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1777

← Aug 22Sep 5Sep 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,496 head

▲ 1,331 vs last sale 165▲ 1,496 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

645 head

▲ 325 vs last sale 320▲ 645 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

283 head

▲ 129 vs last sale 154▲ 283 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 sale: Feeder steers were too lightly tested last sale to develop any market trend. Feeder heifers sold mostly 2.00-4.00 lower in a narrow comparison. Quality this week was average to very attractive. Cattle were mostly in light flesh and coming off grass. Demand for yearlings was light to moderate for steers and mostly light for heifers. Yearling offerings were moderate. A few packages of spring born calves were seen this sale. These offerings were met with mostly light demand for light to moderate offerings. Market activity this week was slow to moderate. Weigh up cows sold on mostly light demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Packers showed lighter demand for cows to send to harvest this week and opted to send most high quality offerings to feed. Cow quality was mostly plain to average. Weigh up conditions were mostly below average as most all offerings were very full due to unseasonably warm weather. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00-3.00 lower, with the exception of lean cows which sold mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Feeding cows sold mostly 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 3.00-5.00 lower. Young age cows suitable to re-breed sold on light to moderate demand. Young age cows sold with steady 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 $127.76/cwt on 625 head.

Average price

$127.76

625 head · 788 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$180

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

$29.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	737	132.01	973	441
Medium 1	786	122.68	964	59
Medium and Large 1-2	867	118.97	1,031	33
Medium 1-2	674	118.00	795	12thin
Large 1	1,044	114.18	1,192	73
Large 1-2	1,120	103.00	1,154	7thin

One grade step is worth $29.01/cwt here — about −$180 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 sale625 hd

127.76

—

MT average1 barns · 625 hd

127.76

+0.00

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	1,929	81.74	1,577	84
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,488	60.50	900	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,400	60.38	846	197
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,262	54.67	690	247

Every lot

65 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	325	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	579	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	411	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	699	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	445	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	650	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	502	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	778	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	568	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	795	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	963	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	753	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,050	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	758	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,020	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,107	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	860	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,058	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	132.07/cwt	125.50–133.50	1,218	138
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	947	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,136	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	950	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,164	3
Steers	—	Large 1	1,029	120.33/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,238	45
Steers	—	Large 1	1,072	120.24/cwt	118.50–121.00	1,289	50
Steers	—	Large 1	1,126	113.47/cwt	112.00–115.50	1,278	7
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,146	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,238	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	307	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	491	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	409	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	640	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	139.15/cwt	138.00–139.50	682	49
Heifers	—	Medium 1	601	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	841	8
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	674	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	795	12
Heifers	—	Medium 1	686	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	858	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	933	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	923	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	127.42/cwt	125.00–128.50	979	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	803	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	980	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1	836	118.61/cwt	116.00–120.00	992	26
Heifers	—	Large 1	848	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,018	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	858	119.44/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,025	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	123.25/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,087	36
Heifers	—	Medium 1	893	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,054	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	903	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,047	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	121.39/cwt	118.00–124.75	1,125	148
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	974	118.13/cwt	116.00–120.50	1,151	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	997	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,157	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,029	116.04/cwt	111.00–119.50	1,194	53
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,081	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,195	10
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	1,120	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,154	7
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,147	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,204	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	297	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	560	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	341	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	580	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	496	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	739	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	644	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	563	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	777	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	952	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,114	3
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,195	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,165	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,799	76.30/cwt	71.00–80.50	1,373	24
Bulls	—	—	1,969	83.05/cwt	80.50–86.50	1,635	52
Bulls	—	—	2,059	89.53/cwt	87.50–93.50	1,843	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,187	50.06/cwt	50.00–52.00	594	47
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,249	64.22/cwt	63.50–65.00	802	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,281	55.44/cwt	54.00–63.50	710	193
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,364	59.68/cwt	54.50–63.00	814	171
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,472	59.85/cwt	56.00–61.00	881	54
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,593	64.88/cwt	64.00–66.00	1,034	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,633	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,127	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,640	64.68/cwt	64.00–67.50	1,061	24
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,215	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	717	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,216	69.07/cwt	65.50–72.00	840	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,218	72.75/cwt	71.00–75.00	886	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,285	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	732	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,419	68.56/cwt	67.00–70.50	973	12
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,425	60.77/cwt	58.50–68.00	866	164
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,430	66.45/cwt	61.00–68.50	950	23

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 Sep 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,496Last week 165Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 645Last week 320Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 283Last week 154Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,640	64.00–67.50	64.68
2	—	1,633	69.00	69.00
171	—	1,364	54.50–63.00	59.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,249	63.50–65.00	64.22
47	—	1,187	50.00–52.00	50.06
193	—	1,281	54.00–63.50	55.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,472	56.00–61.00	59.85
8	—	1,593	64.00–66.00	64.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,969	80.50–86.50	83.05
24	—	1,799	71.00–80.50	76.30
8	—	2,059	87.50–93.50	89.53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	753	139.50	139.50
138	—	922	125.50–133.50	132.07
3	—	950	122.50	122.50
25	—	820	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	708	136.00	136.00
3	—	758	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	860	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	411	170.00	170.00
48	—	502	155.00	155.00
4	—	325	178.00	178.00
3	—	568	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,029	119.00–121.00	120.33
50	—	1,072	118.50–121.00	120.24
7	—	1,126	112.00–115.50	113.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,146	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	947	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	858	116.00–121.00	119.44
8	—	903	116.00	116.00
4	—	738	125.00	125.00
3	—	997	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	409	156.50	156.50
49	—	490	138.00–139.50	139.15
23	—	307	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	686	125.00	125.00
8	—	601	140.00	140.00
26	—	836	116.00–120.00	118.61
13	—	893	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,120	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,029	111.00–119.50	116.04
10	—	1,081	110.00–111.00	110.50
8	—	1,147	105.00	105.00
2	—	848	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	674	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	803	122.00	122.00
25	—	712	131.00	131.00
27	—	768	125.00–128.50	127.42
36	—	882	121.00–125.00	123.25
55	—	974	116.00–120.50	118.13
148	—	927	118.00–124.75	121.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	505	127.50	127.50
6	—	341	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,195	97.50	97.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	952	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	496	149.00	149.00
14	—	297	188.50	188.50
27	—	563	138.00	138.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	59.00	59.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,285	57.00	57.00

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	164	—	1,425	58.50–68.00	60.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,430	61.00–68.50	66.45
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,218	71.00–75.00	72.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,216	65.50–72.00	69.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,419	67.00–70.50	68.56

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.