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Billings Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Thu, Dec 1
● Final130 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1777
Feeder Cattle receipts
5,586 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 5,604▲ 1,663 vs year ago 3,923 · +42.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
159 head
▼ 121 vs last sale 280▼ 33 vs year ago 192 · −17.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 35▼ 18 vs year ago 99 · −18.2%
Also sold here(Mon)Mon Nov 2, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Yearling steers and heifer were too lightly tested last sale to develop any market trend. Yearling cattle were mostly average to attractive in quality. Most yearlings on offer were out of a grow lot this sale, however most were in light to moderate flesh, with only a few sorts of fleshy offerings noticed. Demand for all yearlings was good. Steer calves sold generally steady on all offerings this sale. Heifer calves under 450 lbs sold 5.00 lower on a poorer quality offering. 550-599 lbs heifers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher, all other weights of heifer calves sold generally steady. Quality this week was mixed and varied greatly. Heavy offerings were seen this sale as cattle were consigned from a large geographic area. Demand was mostly moderate for heavy offerings. A large buyer pool was on hand for todays sale with very good buyer participation noted. Market activity was mostly active throughout todays long sale which stretched late into the evening. Weigh up cows and bulls were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were noticed on both feeding and slaughter cows. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed were too narrowly compared as well. Demand for young cows suitable to rebreed was stronger this sale compared to two weeks ago.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $196.41/cwt on 2,801 head.
Average price
$196.41
2,801 head · 647 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,270
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$424
per head · Medium 1 over Large 2
$90.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.78
vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1431226.0297451
Medium and Large 1662197.231,3062,232
Medium and Large 1-2531195.231,037413
Medium and Large 2630182.481,15029
Large 11,019167.221,70565
Medium 2447155.006937thin
Large 21,028136.001,3984thin
One grade step is worth $90.02/cwt here — about −$424 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 sale2,801 hd
196.41
—
MT average4 barns · 4,098 hd
202.20
−5.78
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,70179.291,34813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49175.781,1306thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,38362.2886138
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,20256.1067438

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,074$1,17810
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,164$1,1256
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,158$1,0007

Every lot

130 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers52 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned248300.00/cwt300.00–300.007443
Steers—Medium and Large 1311285.00/cwt285.00–285.008867
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned320277.52/cwt273.00–290.0088827
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323235.00/cwt235.00–235.007594
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned325235.00/cwt235.00–235.007645
Steers—Medium and Large 1356285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0154
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned369264.65/cwt251.00–280.0097732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned381228.32/cwt221.00–240.0087016
Steers—Medium 1390258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,00620
Steers—Medium 1Unweaned414222.50/cwt222.50–222.509214
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned414210.00/cwt210.00–210.0086913
Steers—Medium and Large 1420244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0252
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,01910
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned432245.59/cwt235.00–255.001,061181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned434225.31/cwt220.00–226.0097830
Steers—Medium 2Unweaned447155.00/cwt155.00–155.006937
Steers—Medium 1454206.00/cwt206.00–206.0093522
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned467229.55/cwt219.00–240.001,072104
Steers—Medium and Large 1482228.56/cwt224.00–241.001,10220
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned488199.76/cwt195.00–210.0097565
Steers—Medium 1Unweaned507189.00/cwt189.00–189.009585
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned519206.80/cwt197.50–218.001,073196
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527186.74/cwt179.00–194.00984110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned530191.65/cwt181.00–205.001,01667
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned554187.65/cwt181.00–189.001,04038
Steers—Medium and Large 1569196.52/cwt190.00–198.001,11864
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581190.30/cwt176.00–196.001,1067
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned582193.80/cwt187.00–202.001,128205
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2601180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0825
Steers—Medium and Large 1622193.77/cwt179.00–198.501,205115
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned624184.78/cwt178.00–192.001,153458
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned630176.74/cwt174.00–177.001,11311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned655175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1465
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned679176.85/cwt171.00–183.501,201148
Steers—Medium and Large 1684181.46/cwt179.00–182.501,24133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2691164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,3018
Steers—Large 1Unweaned716169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned724168.72/cwt168.00–169.001,2227
Steers—Medium and Large 1732185.63/cwt170.00–188.501,359100
Steers—Medium and Large 1759170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,2947
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3445
Steers—Medium and Large 2785167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,3115
Steers—Medium and Large 2815157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,28011
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned819184.35/cwt177.00–186.001,51043
Steers—Medium and Large 1821174.86/cwt174.50–179.001,43625
Steers—Medium and Large 1860188.38/cwt169.50–189.251,620116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2904161.92/cwt156.00–169.001,46411
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy979160.39/cwt159.50–161.001,57017
Steers—Medium and Large 11,002180.43/cwt175.00–182.001,808328
Steers—Large 21,028136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3984
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,056167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,76458
Feeder Cattle · Heifers49 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315207.50/cwt207.50–207.506545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned317206.63/cwt205.00–210.006553
Heifers—Medium 1Unweaned318195.00/cwt195.00–195.0062012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2346199.00/cwt199.00–199.006897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned348191.00/cwt191.00–191.006652
Heifers—Medium 1Unweaned366192.50/cwt192.50–192.507058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375217.60/cwt215.00–223.0081621
Heifers—Medium 1-2379176.42/cwt172.50–179.0066925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned389206.41/cwt200.00–220.0080356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned390189.95/cwt182.00–200.0074117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned409169.74/cwt165.00–171.0069434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned417182.31/cwt172.00–206.507608
Heifers—Medium 1426174.84/cwt174.00–176.007459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427185.00/cwt185.00–185.007909
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned428205.14/cwt198.00–214.0087858
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430173.00/cwt173.00–173.007446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full436184.00/cwt184.00–184.008029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444207.68/cwt200.00–213.00922100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455208.18/cwt204.00–210.0094733
Heifers—Medium 1Unweaned471177.00/cwt177.00–177.0083424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned474172.25/cwt165.00–175.0081654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned475191.32/cwt186.00–200.00909150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487178.83/cwt178.00–181.0087117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned498155.00/cwt155.00–155.007724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516190.88/cwt183.00–193.0098594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520177.00/cwt177.00–177.0092027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned524167.94/cwt159.00–177.0088066
Heifers—Medium 1534167.00/cwt164.00–172.0089216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned537188.99/cwt178.00–196.501,015210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558157.00/cwt157.00–157.008763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned570180.43/cwt171.00–189.001,028253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,098128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned588163.81/cwt147.00–169.0096312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1604180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,09013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned611172.25/cwt161.50–179.001,05287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned614165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628156.00/cwt156.00–156.009806
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned631156.76/cwt154.00–159.0098920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned655159.51/cwt155.50–169.001,04528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,10114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1702164.78/cwt163.00–165.001,15728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned707166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1747
Heifers—Medium and Large 2750131.00/cwt131.00–131.009835
Heifers—Medium 1828163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,3547
Heifers—Medium and Large 2872132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1883169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,49228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1912164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,49612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned914164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,50416
Heifers—Large 1-21,021139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,41910
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned357230.00/cwt230.00–230.008215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405191.00/cwt191.00–191.0077412
Bulls—Medium 1-2426170.00/cwt170.00–170.0072414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535178.00/cwt178.00–178.009524
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,01111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned629169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0634
Bulls—Medium and Large 1743165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2269
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2858152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3043
Bulls—Large 11,107123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,36220
Bulls—Large 11,196116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,3937
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,08061.00/cwt61.00–61.006591
Bulls——1,72780.07/cwt74.00–85.001,38311
Bulls——2,03089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,8071
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11059.00/cwt59.00–59.006551
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,16956.60/cwt56.50–57.006625
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,19661.79/cwt58.00–63.5073914
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20855.70/cwt52.00–57.006738
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,22069.00/cwt69.00–69.008422
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23642.62/cwt40.00–46.005278
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,33560.94/cwt57.00–63.0081417
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37754.09/cwt50.00–60.0074510
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,44573.29/cwt66.00–76.001,0596
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48270.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0375
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49175.78/cwt75.00–76.501,1306
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 193496.49/cwt90.00–105.0090112
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,02774.19/cwt60.00–85.0076226
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed1,0741,178.06/head1,175.00–1,185.001,17810
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1581,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0007
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed1,1641,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1256

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.