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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Thu, Apr 28

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1777

← Apr 14Apr 28May 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,118 head

▲ 2,704 vs last sale 414▼ 206 vs year ago 3,324 · −6.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

373 head

▲ 251 vs last sale 122▼ 12 vs year ago 385 · −3.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

325 head

▲ 220 vs last sale 105▲ 123 vs year ago 202 · +60.9%

Also sold here(Mon)Mon Nov 2, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend. However, for feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs a lower undertone was noted; over 500 lbs a firm undertone was noted. Quality this week was mostly plain to average. Buyer demand was moderate for a heavy sale supply. Slaughter cows and bulls sold on a light test with a firm undertone. Buyer demand was good for weigh up cows and bulls.

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 $162.91/cwt on 1,439 head.

Average price

$162.91

1,439 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$6.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.35

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	638	164.48	1,050	1,073
Medium and Large 1-2	608	158.29	963	366

One grade step is worth $6.19/cwt here — about $87 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 sale1,439 hd

162.91

—

MT average3 barns · 1,810 hd

161.56

+1.35

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	—	Low	1,508	99.78	1,505	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,432	80.05	1,146	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,300	74.99	975	143
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,148	67.49	775	73

Every lot

70 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	193.43/cwt	190.00–197.50	812	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	182.29/cwt	180.00–188.00	871	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	177.51/cwt	175.00–181.00	918	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	193.76/cwt	193.00–194.00	1,013	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	530	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,065	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	178.74/cwt	177.00–183.00	1,017	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	195.45/cwt	189.00–198.00	1,116	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	174.22/cwt	168.00–178.00	1,091	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	162.96/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,038	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	163.97/cwt	159.00–167.00	1,102	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	175.98/cwt	167.00–180.00	1,197	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	739	157.00/cwt	155.00–161.50	1,160	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	164.99/cwt	164.00–166.00	1,252	138
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	157.39/cwt	154.00–157.50	1,195	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	154.06/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,280	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	146.70/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,228	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	146.99/cwt	146.75–148.50	1,269	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	871	136.32/cwt	132.00–142.50	1,187	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	133.80/cwt	132.00–137.50	1,234	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	961	134.14/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,289	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,009	122.17/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,233	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	331	186.04/cwt	185.00–188.00	616	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	422	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	825	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	442	176.12/cwt	170.00–177.00	778	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	175.79/cwt	170.00–178.00	817	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	161.72/cwt	156.00–166.00	762	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	476	189.08/cwt	184.00–192.00	900	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	510	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	951	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	162.33/cwt	158.00–167.50	860	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	176.24/cwt	170.00–179.50	948	148
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	167.80/cwt	166.00–173.00	940	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	575	178.97/cwt	178.00–181.00	1,029	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	162.35/cwt	160.00–166.00	948	105
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	618	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,103	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	155.74/cwt	152.00–160.50	983	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	165.74/cwt	161.00–170.00	1,052	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	157.99/cwt	156.50–161.00	1,038	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	153.05/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,042	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	149.83/cwt	147.50–152.00	1,085	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	152.05/cwt	150.00–154.50	1,113	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,104	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	786	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	9,825	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	139.26/cwt	138.00–141.00	1,125	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	839	133.93/cwt	133.00–134.50	1,124	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,187	141
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	890	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	11,793	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	910	130.16/cwt	130.00–130.50	1,184	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	185.50/cwt	184.00–190.00	876	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	531	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	961	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	633	164.45/cwt	163.50–167.00	1,041	31
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,072	35
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,269	106.18/cwt	103.50–110.00	1,347	17
Bulls	—	—	1,580	87.82/cwt	86.00–90.50	1,388	5
Bulls	—	—	1,794	96.00/cwt	92.50–98.00	1,722	13
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,103	82.94/cwt	82.00–84.00	915	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,142	64.14/cwt	61.50–66.00	732	35
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,154	70.58/cwt	67.00–74.50	814	38
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	75.35/cwt	70.00–81.50	991	103
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,356	68.74/cwt	68.00–69.50	932	25
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,432	80.05/cwt	76.00–83.00	1,146	37
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,099	1,053.95/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	11,583	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,236	1,860.00/cwt	1,860.00–1,860.00	22,990	41
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,264	901.98/cwt	600.00–935.00	11,401	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,561	1,446.97/cwt	1,275.00–1,500.00	22,587	15
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	953	109.24/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,041	65
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,051	98.38/cwt	90.50–104.50	1,034	91
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	896.91/cwt	700.00–950.00	9,418	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	1,326.52/cwt	1,300.00–1,350.00	15,255	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,289	1,074.79/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	13,854	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,624	1,136.25/cwt	1,100.00–1,150.00	18,453	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 Apr 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,118Last week 414Year ago 3,324

Slaughter CattleReceipts 373Last week 122Year ago 385

Replacement CattleReceipts 325Last week 105Year ago 202

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	831	154.00–155.00	154.06
16	—	922	132.00–137.50	133.80
7	—	961	132.00–135.00	134.14
138	—	759	164.00–166.00	164.99
64	—	680	167.00–180.00	175.98
61	—	626	168.00–178.00	174.22
17	—	420	190.00–197.50	193.43
4	—	523	193.00–194.00	193.76
64	—	863	146.75–148.50	146.99
81	—	571	189.00–198.00	195.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	759	154.00–157.50	157.39
47	—	517	175.00–181.00	177.51
43	—	637	157.00–165.00	162.96
11	—	837	146.00–150.00	146.70
53	—	478	180.00–188.00	182.29
28	—	871	132.00–142.50	136.32
24	—	672	159.00–167.00	163.97
24	—	569	177.00–183.00	178.74
31	—	739	155.00–161.50	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,009	122.00–123.00	122.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	530	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	538	170.00–179.50	176.24
141	—	879	135.00	135.00
76	—	560	166.00–173.00	167.80
73	—	732	150.00–154.50	152.05
28	—	783	141.00	141.00
30	—	808	138.00–141.00	139.26
114	—	657	156.50–161.00	157.99
59	—	465	170.00–178.00	175.79
15	—	910	130.00–130.50	130.16
140	—	635	161.00–170.00	165.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	530	158.00–167.50	162.33
26	—	724	147.50–152.00	149.83
8	—	442	170.00–177.00	176.12
105	—	584	160.00–166.00	162.35
11	—	331	185.00–188.00	186.04
13	—	839	133.00–134.50	133.93
87	—	681	151.00–155.00	153.05
51	—	631	152.00–160.50	155.74
24	—	471	156.00–166.00	161.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	476	184.00–192.00	189.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	618	178.50	178.50
29	—	422	195.50	195.50
39	—	575	178.00–181.00	178.97
76	—	510	186.50	186.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	786	1,250.00	1,250.00
62	—	890	1,325.00	1,325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	710	151.00	151.00
31	—	633	163.50–167.00	164.45
18	—	531	181.00	181.00
8	—	472	184.00–190.00	185.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,356	68.00–69.50	68.74
103	—	1,315	70.00–81.50	75.35
15	—	1,103	82.00–84.00	82.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,142	61.50–66.00	64.14
38	—	1,154	67.00–74.50	70.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,432	76.00–83.00	80.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,580	86.00–90.50	87.82
17	—	1,269	103.50–110.00	106.18
13	—	1,794	92.50–98.00	96.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,264	600.00–935.00	901.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,099	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,053.95

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,561	1,275.00–1,500.00	1,446.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	41	—	1,236	1,860.00	1,860.00

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	65	—	953	106.00–111.00	109.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	91	—	1,051	90.50–104.50	98.38

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,289	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,074.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,624	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,136.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,150	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,326.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,050	700.00–950.00	896.91

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.