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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2020-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Thu, May 7

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1777

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Feeder Cattle receipts

601 head

▼ 3,289 vs last sale 3,890▲ 122 vs year ago 479 · +25.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

266 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 260▲ 108 vs year ago 158 · +68.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

390 head

▼ 1,079 vs last sale 1,469▼ 734 vs year ago 1,124 · −65.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were too lightly tested today to develop an accurate market trend, however lower undertones were noticed on a significantly lower quality offering this week. Feeder heifer 600-699 lbs offered the best test this week, selling 6.00-9.00 lower, quality was significantly lower than last week. All other weights of heifers were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however lower undertones were noticed. Feeder cattle quality was mostly plain this week. Demand was mostly light for light offerings. Limited offerings caused buyers to be cautious as they bid as this was the last sale this week. Market activity was mostly slow. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand for moderate offerings. Packer buyers showed mostly good demand for cows for immediate harvest. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher on all classes. Packers purchased cows they would normally feed for slaughter this week, limiting the volume of cows destined for feed. Feeding cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher as they competed with packer buyers for high quality offerings. Cow and bull quality this week was mostly average to attractive. Weigh up conditions were mixed this sale. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady. Young age cows suitable to feed or re-breed sold mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive.

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 $123.48/cwt on 341 head.

Average price

$123.48

341 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

per head · Medium 1 over Medium 2

$32.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.03

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	568	129.40	736	25
Medium and Large 1	675	126.78	855	204
Medium and Large 1-2	634	122.59	777	83
Medium and Large 2	801	97.96	784	14thin
Medium 2	653	97.40	636	15thin

One grade step is worth $32.00/cwt here — about $100 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 sale341 hd

123.48

—

MT average3 barns · 507 hd

123.51

−0.03

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	1,856	81.74	1,517	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,457	59.22	863	53
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,630	58.63	956	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,526	58.24	889	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,184	56.28	666	120

Every lot

68 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	156.85/cwt	156.00–158.00	828	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	150.53/cwt	149.50–153.00	869	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	605	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	908	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	136.68/cwt	132.00–144.00	847	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	139.77/cwt	137.50–141.00	949	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	931	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	134.44/cwt	129.00–136.50	973	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	923	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	914	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	831	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	947	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	836	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	953	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	985	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	884	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,034	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	910	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	466	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	664	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	629	9
Heifers	—	Medium 1	476	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	666	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	689	21
Heifers	—	Medium 1	546	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	737	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	737	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	137.48/cwt	135.00–138.00	782	19
Heifers	—	Medium 2	580	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	644	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	603	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	772	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	605	130.89/cwt	130.00–133.00	792	45
Heifers	—	Medium 2	671	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	631	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	120.85/cwt	118.00–122.50	817	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	127.88/cwt	123.00–130.75	875	100
Heifers	—	Medium 1	696	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	766	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	837	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	741	109.80/cwt	109.50–110.00	814	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	840	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	790	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	672	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	901	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	834	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	796	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	847	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	889	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	857	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	831	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	873	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	934	22
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	743	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	854	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	850	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	918	2
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,085	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,042	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,642	77.79/cwt	70.50–80.00	1,277	9
Bulls	—	—	1,970	83.75/cwt	80.50–88.50	1,650	10
Bulls	—	—	2,253	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	2,016	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	888	49.72/cwt	45.00–54.00	442	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	940	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	536	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,145	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	469	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,152	55.30/cwt	48.00–56.50	637	73
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,213	61.87/cwt	61.50–63.00	750	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,262	58.24/cwt	56.50–59.50	735	39
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,416	55.96/cwt	55.50–57.50	792	11
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,430	59.88/cwt	57.50–62.50	856	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,459	58.00/cwt	57.50–58.50	846	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,480	62.85/cwt	61.00–65.00	930	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,538	63.09/cwt	62.00–63.50	970	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,638	58.52/cwt	58.00–59.00	959	8
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,658	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	928	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,730	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	917	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows8 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	875	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	691	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	968	92.89/cwt	71.00–106.00	899	106
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,117	50.78/cwt	46.00–54.00	567	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,154	54.25/cwt	53.50–54.50	626	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,160	56.96/cwt	56.50–58.00	661	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,161	69.66/cwt	58.50–86.00	809	84
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,190	56.22/cwt	55.50–57.00	669	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,258	59.10/cwt	55.50–64.00	743	76
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,649	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	22,262	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,323	1,428.89/cwt	1,400.00–1,450.00	18,904	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,500	937.08/cwt	925.00–950.00	14,056	4

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 May 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 601Last week 3,890Year ago 479

Slaughter CattleReceipts 266Last week 260Year ago 158

Replacement CattleReceipts 390Last week 1,469Year ago 1,124

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,970	80.50–88.50	83.75
2	—	2,253	89.50	89.50
9	—	1,642	70.50–80.00	77.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	57.00	57.00
2	—	888	45.00–54.00	49.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,658	56.00	56.00
15	—	1,430	57.50–62.50	59.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,638	58.00–59.00	58.52
3	—	1,730	53.00	53.00
4	—	1,538	62.00–63.50	63.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	41.00	41.00
4	—	1,213	61.50–63.00	61.87
39	—	1,262	56.50–59.50	58.24
73	—	1,152	48.00–56.50	55.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,480	61.00–65.00	62.85
24	—	1,459	57.50–58.50	58.00
11	—	1,416	55.50–57.50	55.96

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	743	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	476	140.00	140.00
7	—	696	110.00	110.00
11	—	546	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	111.00	111.00
12	—	671	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	847	105.00	105.00
5	—	857	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	569	135.00–138.00	137.48
45	—	605	130.00–133.00	130.89
100	—	684	123.00–130.75	127.88
4	—	731	114.50	114.50
7	—	827	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	466	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	134.00	134.00
4	—	603	128.00	128.00
5	—	741	109.50–110.00	109.80
9	—	473	133.00	133.00
21	—	522	132.00	132.00
32	—	676	118.00–122.50	120.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	790	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	750	112.00	112.00
7	—	834	95.50	95.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	873	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	836	114.00	114.00
1	—	705	132.00	132.00
2	—	910	100.00	100.00
3	—	755	121.00	121.00
5	—	620	132.00–144.00	136.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	831	114.00	114.00
2	—	750	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	605	150.00	150.00
3	—	838	117.50	117.50
7	—	884	117.00	117.00
17	—	577	149.50–153.00	150.53
17	—	679	137.50–141.00	139.77
19	—	724	129.00–136.50	134.44
14	—	528	156.00–158.00	156.85

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,117	46.00–54.00	50.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,154	53.50–54.50	54.25
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	875	79.00	79.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,160	56.50–58.00	56.96

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	6	—	1,190	55.50–57.00	56.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	76	—	1,258	55.50–64.00	59.10
(<2 yrs)	Open	106	—	968	71.00–106.00	92.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	84	—	1,161	58.50–86.00	69.66

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,649	1,350.00	1,350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,323	1,400.00–1,450.00	1,428.89

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,500	925.00–950.00	937.08

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.