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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Thu, Feb 11

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1777

← Feb 4Feb 11Feb 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

70 head

▼ 4,669 vs last sale 4,739▼ 1,277 vs year ago 1,347 · −94.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

108 head

▼ 414 vs last sale 522▼ 95 vs year ago 203 · −46.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

55 head

▼ 158 vs last sale 213▼ 330 vs year ago 385 · −85.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All steers and heifers were scarcely tested this week thus no trend is available. Demand for feeder cattle was mostly light. Extreme, bitter cold was seen throughout the week and expected to continue through the weekend. Temperatures are 2 to 5 degrees below zero for highs and near 20 below for overnight lows. This has slowed the volume of cattle coming to town. Market activity was slow. Weigh up cows and bulls sold on very good demand for light offerings. Packers showed mostly very good demand for slaughter cows as cold and snowy conditions have slowed the volume of cattle being delivered to the plant. Slaughter cows sold mostly 4.00-8.00 higher. Feeding cows were too lightly tested as most cows sold to slaughter this week. Slaughter bulls were scarcely tested. Young age cows suitable to rebreed sold on mostly moderate demand for light offerings. These offerings sold with steady undertones.

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 $148.61/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$148.61

52 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$767

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$353

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$49.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.62

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	483	151.46	731	49
Large 1	1,063	102.00	1,084	3thin

One grade step is worth $49.46/cwt here — about −$353 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 sale52 hd

148.61

—

MT average2 barns · 251 hd

146.99

+1.62

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	2,000	92.00	1,840	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,679	65.19	1,094	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,418	62.18	882	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,145	57.92	663	26

Every lot

16 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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	401	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	622	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	729	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	776	17
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,063	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,084	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,000	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,840	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	880	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	458	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	973	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	399	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,149	56.98/cwt	53.00–60.00	655	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,193	62.10/cwt	61.00–65.50	741	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,415	64.83/cwt	62.50–65.50	917	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,417	57.16/cwt	54.00–62.50	810	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,480	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,036	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,605	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	995	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,688	65.59/cwt	64.50–66.00	1,107	8
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,035	91.34/cwt	91.00–92.00	945	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,051	74.50/cwt	70.00–79.00	783	47

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 Feb 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 70Last week 4,739Year ago 1,347

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 522Year ago 203

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 213Year ago 385

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	475	153.50	153.50
17	—	528	147.00	147.00
7	—	401	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,063	102.00	102.00

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,035	91.00–92.00	91.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	47	—	1,051	70.00–79.00	74.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	52.00	52.00
2	—	973	41.00	41.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,417	54.00–62.50	57.16
32	—	1,415	62.50–65.50	64.83
2	—	1,480	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,688	64.50–66.00	65.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,193	61.00–65.50	62.10
11	—	1,149	53.00–60.00	56.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,000	92.00	92.00

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.