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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2020-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Thu, May 14

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1777

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Feeder Cattle receipts

353 head

▼ 248 vs last sale 601▲ 41 vs year ago 312 · +13.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

175 head

▼ 91 vs last sale 266▼ 275 vs year ago 450 · −61.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

605 head

▲ 215 vs last sale 390▼ 220 vs year ago 825 · −26.7%

Also sold here(Mon)Mon Nov 2, 2026

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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 higher undertones were noticed. Demand was mostly moderate on light offerings. Quality this week was average to attractive, despite light offerings. Feeders were mostly offered in small packages. With several buyers needing to finish loads for the week demand improved as the sale progressed. Market activity this week was mostly moderate to active. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good to very good demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Feeding buyers were the big push this sale as several buyers were very active in buying high quality cows to feed. Packers showed good demand for cows as well as they purchased cows both to feed and to send to immediate harvest. Feeding cows sold mostly 2.00-4.00 higher on an attractive to very attractive offering. Slaughter cows sold mostly 1.00-3.00 higher as packers were forced to pay higher money to compete with feeding cow buyers over offerings. Weigh up conditions were mixed this sale. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 1.00-3.00 higher. A very attractive offering of bulls was seen this sale. Young age cows suitable to feed or re-breed sold unevenly steady, with re-breed type cattle selling fully steady and feeding quality cattle selling 3.00-4.00 lower.

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 $126.85/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$126.85

108 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$62

per head · Small and Medium 2 over Medium and Large 2

$31.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.19

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 2	343	135.00	463	7thin
Medium 1	614	128.15	787	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	599	127.93	767	22
Medium and Large 1	681	126.75	864	62
Medium and Large 2	505	104.00	525	4thin

One grade step is worth $31.00/cwt here — about −$62 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 sale108 hd

126.85

—

MT average3 barns · 1,682 hd

132.04

−5.19

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	1,860	84.74	1,576	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,440	60.80	876	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,196	56.65	677	82
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,770	55.00	974	1thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	158.08/cwt	154.00–165.00	914	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	594	142.00/cwt	140.00–146.00	843	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	594	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	808	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	872	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	695	138.69/cwt	138.50–141.00	964	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	119.65/cwt	119.50–121.00	1,003	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 2	343	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	463	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	525	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	702	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	541	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	790	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1	542	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	715	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	140.08/cwt	138.00–141.50	812	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	129.65/cwt	127.00–132.00	752	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	135.41/cwt	133.00–137.00	840	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1	636	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	808	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	845	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	120.37/cwt	119.50–121.50	876	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	940	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	847	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	898	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	750	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	923	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	812	2
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,039	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	982	4
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,070	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	984	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	731	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	307	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,525	76.51/cwt	71.00–80.00	1,167	11
Bulls	—	—	1,867	84.90/cwt	80.00–89.50	1,585	21
Bulls	—	—	2,042	94.64/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,933	9
Bulls	—	—Heavy Weight	2,810	83.77/cwt	83.00–84.50	2,354	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	883	46.64/cwt	42.00–51.00	412	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	965	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	613	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,163	46.65/cwt	44.00–49.00	543	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,179	55.03/cwt	50.50–58.00	649	34
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,236	59.67/cwt	58.00–62.00	738	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,259	64.19/cwt	63.00–65.00	808	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,418	60.59/cwt	59.00–63.00	859	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,439	56.51/cwt	55.00–57.50	813	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,512	65.15/cwt	63.00–68.50	985	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,770	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	974	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,377	1,312.42/cwt	1,260.00–1,360.00	18,072	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,468	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	16,148	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,500	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	15,375	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows8 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	920	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	552	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	946	67.24/cwt	56.00–78.00	636	15
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,026	87.92/cwt	66.00–101.00	902	154
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,069	69.23/cwt	62.00–71.00	740	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,092	53.97/cwt	50.50–55.50	589	20
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,138	70.20/cwt	59.00–94.00	799	176
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,342	59.15/cwt	56.00–61.00	794	59
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,392	62.61/cwt	58.00–67.00	872	104
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	1,335	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,348	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,370	1,575.00/cwt	1,575.00–1,575.00	21,578	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,583	1,210.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,210.00	19,154	7

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 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 353Last week 601Year ago 312

Slaughter CattleReceipts 175Last week 266Year ago 450

Replacement CattleReceipts 605Last week 390Year ago 825

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,236	58.00–62.00	59.67
34	—	1,179	50.50–58.00	55.03
8	—	1,259	63.00–65.00	64.19
8	—	1,163	44.00–49.00	46.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	63.50	63.50
2	—	883	42.00–51.00	46.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,418	59.00–63.00	60.59
6	—	1,439	55.00–57.50	56.51
7	—	1,512	63.00–68.50	65.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	2,042	91.00–98.00	94.64
11	—	1,525	71.00–80.00	76.51
21	—	1,867	80.00–89.50	84.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,810	83.00–84.50	83.77

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	92.00	92.00
4	—	1,039	94.50	94.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	88.00	88.00
3	—	577	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	728	119.50–121.50	120.37
3	—	783	120.00	120.00
4	—	541	146.00	146.00
5	—	620	133.00–137.00	135.41
14	—	580	138.00–141.50	140.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	542	132.00	132.00
10	—	636	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	847	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	722	117.00	117.00
19	—	580	127.00–132.00	129.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	505	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	343	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	154.00–165.00	158.08
10	—	838	119.50–121.00	119.65
13	—	695	138.50–141.00	138.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	594	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	139.00	139.00
9	—	594	140.00–146.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	731	42.00	42.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,500	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,468	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,377	1,260.00–1,360.00	1,312.42

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	60.00	60.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,092	50.50–55.50	53.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	946	56.00–78.00	67.24

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	59	—	1,342	56.00–61.00	59.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	104	—	1,392	58.00–67.00	62.61
(<2 yrs)	Open	154	—	1,026	66.00–101.00	87.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	176	—	1,138	59.00–94.00	70.20

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,069	62.00–71.00	69.23

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,335	850.00	850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,370	1,575.00	1,575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,583	1,210.00	1,210.00

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.