Sale reports / Montana / Public Auction Yards / 2019-04-24

Public Auction Yards

Name: Public Auction Yards livestock auction prices — 2019-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Wed, Apr 24

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1774

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Feeder Cattle receipts

506 head

▼ 5,114 vs last sale 5,620▲ 506 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

244 head

▼ 106 vs last sale 350▲ 244 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

490 head

▲ 418 vs last sale 72▲ 490 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleFri Oct 30, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All feeder cattle were too lightly tested this week to develop an accurate market trend, however lower undertones were noticed on all offerings. Quality this week was mostly plain to average and much lower than last weeks very attractive offering. Feeder buyers were forced to piece together loads this sale as feeders were offered in mostly small packages or as singles. CME positions traded sharply lower today and buyers showed caution as they bid on all offerings. Market activity this week was mostly slow to moderate. Weigh up cows sold on good to very good demand on moderate to heavy offerings. Packers and feeding buyers both showed good demand for all offerings. Packers pushed to own the majority of the cow offering this week, however feeding buyers showed stronger demand for cows and were able to purchased a large portion of the cow offering this week. Despite aggressive bidding from feeding buyers packers were able to chip away and put together loads for harvest, however prices this week were the highest so far this year. Cow quality was attractive overall. Weigh up conditions were mostly average to above average for buyers as cows and bulls showed little excess fill this sale. Slaughter cows were too lightly tested last sale to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed on all classes. Feeding cows sold mostly 3.00-5.00 higher on all ages. Fleshy cows sold on very good demand this week as packers and feeding buyers both desired these offerings. Demand for cows strengthened throughout today's sale as both packers and feeders both tested each others price limits as the sale pushed into the afternoon. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. 2-3 year olds sold on good demand again this week. Ranchers and order buyers both were actively bidding on offering this sale. Theses offerings sold generally steady as a result.

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 $142.99/cwt on 188 head.

Average price

$142.99

188 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$28.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.90

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	645	148.72	959	94
Medium and Large 2	570	138.77	790	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	662	137.91	913	77
Medium 1-2	699	120.00	839	4thin

One grade step is worth $28.72/cwt here — about $120 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 sale188 hd

142.99

—

MT average3 barns · 1,743 hd

149.90

−6.90

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	1,876	84.38	1,583	61
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,610	66.81	1,075	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,432	66.18	948	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,198	60.90	730	73

Every lot

61 lots · USDA AMS · Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction - Billings, MT (Wed)

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	840	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	919	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	171.06/cwt	169.00–179.00	878	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	966	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	179.92/cwt	177.00–181.00	1,017	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	170.81/cwt	169.00–176.50	1,054	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	162.61/cwt	157.00–163.00	1,008	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	166.81/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,121	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	692	156.38/cwt	156.00–157.00	1,082	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	725	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,037	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	155.49/cwt	154.00–157.00	1,132	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	754	151.22/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,140	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	784	141.52/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,110	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	60	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	90	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	152.97/cwt	151.00–155.00	736	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	152.76/cwt	150.00–154.00	785	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	781	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	160.92/cwt	160.00–161.00	858	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	819	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	885	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	582	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	792	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	920	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	152.77/cwt	152.00–153.50	967	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	146.08/cwt	144.00–152.00	988	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	138.86/cwt	137.00–139.00	958	14
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	699	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	839	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	140.50/cwt	138.00–143.00	998	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	984	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	818	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,014	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	836	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	995	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	851	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	979	16
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	90	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	180	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	783	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,073	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	991	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,024	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	868	131.19/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,139	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	972	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,147	3
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,127	97.28/cwt	93.50–110.00	1,096	13
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,632	75.67/cwt	72.00–80.50	1,235	16
Bulls	—	—	1,855	84.85/cwt	79.00–92.50	1,574	31
Bulls	—	—	2,203	93.28/cwt	90.00–97.00	2,055	14
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	905	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	453	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	920	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	423	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,152	57.98/cwt	52.50–62.00	668	36
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,255	63.91/cwt	61.00–66.00	802	27
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,288	67.07/cwt	66.00–68.00	864	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,368	60.50/cwt	58.50–62.50	828	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,426	65.93/cwt	63.00–67.50	940	36
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,467	68.21/cwt	67.00–70.00	1,001	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	68.62/cwt	68.00–70.50	1,059	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,619	66.37/cwt	66.00–67.00	1,075	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,790	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	1,137	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,125	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	16,313	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,210	1,185.00/cwt	1,185.00–1,185.00	14,339	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,039	99.31/cwt	81.50–121.00	1,032	151
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,096	57.00/cwt	56.00–58.00	625	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,120	83.30/cwt	67.00–108.00	933	66
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,145	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	927	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,338	64.22/cwt	62.00–67.00	859	36
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,364	67.67/cwt	66.00–70.00	923	34
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,418	66.57/cwt	62.00–69.00	944	50

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 →

Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction - Billings, MT (Wed)

Wed Apr 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 506Last week 5,620Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 244Last week 350Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 490Last week 72Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	513	169.00–179.00	171.06
2	—	555	174.00	174.00
15	—	620	157.00–163.00	162.61
3	—	448	187.50	187.50
8	—	692	156.00–157.00	156.38
4	—	784	140.00–142.00	141.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	154.00–157.00	155.49
13	—	754	146.00–153.00	151.22
15	—	617	169.00–176.50	170.81
21	—	672	163.00–171.00	166.81
17	—	565	177.00–181.00	179.92
2	—	508	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	725	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	481	151.00–155.00	152.97
17	—	514	150.00–154.00	152.76
3	—	763	129.00	129.00
14	—	690	137.00–139.00	138.86
10	—	630	146.00	146.00
1	—	555	147.50	147.50
1	—	60	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	699	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	582	136.00	136.00
3	—	528	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	533	160.00–161.00	160.92
33	—	633	152.00–153.50	152.77
15	—	676	144.00–152.00	146.08
4	—	571	155.00	155.00
2	—	710	138.00–143.00	140.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	836	119.00	119.00
16	—	851	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	818	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,127	93.50–110.00	97.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	200.00	200.00
7	—	868	129.00–134.00	131.19
6	—	783	137.00	137.00
3	—	972	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	128.00	128.00
2	—	793	125.00	125.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,210	1,185.00	1,185.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,125	1,450.00	1,450.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,096	56.00–58.00	57.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	81.00	81.00

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	36	—	1,338	62.00–67.00	64.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	66	—	1,120	67.00–108.00	83.30
(<2 yrs)	Open	151	—	1,039	81.50–121.00	99.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	—	1,364	66.00–70.00	67.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	50	—	1,418	62.00–69.00	66.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,619	66.00–67.00	66.37
4	—	1,544	68.00–70.50	68.62
1	—	1,790	63.50	63.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,467	67.00–70.00	68.21
36	—	1,426	63.00–67.50	65.93
2	—	1,368	58.50–62.50	60.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,255	61.00–66.00	63.91
36	—	1,152	52.50–62.00	57.98
8	—	1,288	66.00–68.00	67.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	50.00	50.00
1	—	920	46.00	46.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	2,203	90.00–97.00	93.28
31	—	1,855	79.00–92.50	84.85
16	—	1,632	72.00–80.50	75.67

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.