Sale reports / Montana / Public Auction Yards / 2020-09-23

Public Auction Yards

Name: Public Auction Yards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Wed, Sep 23

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1774

← Sep 16Sep 23Sep 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,346 head

▲ 393 vs last sale 953▲ 1,007 vs year ago 339 · +297.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

400 head

▲ 153 vs last sale 247▲ 235 vs year ago 165 · +142.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 18▼ 266 vs year ago 306 · −86.9%

Also sold hereRegular saleFri Oct 30, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers not enough comparable weights to make an accurate market trend, higher undertone noted. Feeder Heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Boning and Breaker cows sold steady. Lean cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

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 $136.51/cwt on 540 head.

Average price

$136.51

540 head · 731 lb average

Value per head Derived

$998

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$233

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$16.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.27

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	730	138.43	1,010	449
Medium and Large 1-2	615	129.04	794	63
Large 1	1,016	122.44	1,244	28

One grade step is worth $16.00/cwt here — about −$233 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 sale540 hd

136.51

—

MT average3 barns · 1,537 hd

134.24

+2.27

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	1,763	79.26	1,398	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,544	64.46	995	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,419	61.24	869	108
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,242	55.67	691	153

Every lot

56 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	661	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	751	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	452	176.75/cwt	166.00–179.50	799	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	157.60/cwt	157.50–158.00	845	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	156.35/cwt	154.00–157.00	908	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	909	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	902	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,048	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,012	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	792	148.10/cwt	139.00–149.25	1,173	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	864	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,106	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	137.54/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,202	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	133.27/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,217	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	921	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,276	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	966	131.59/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,271	83
Steers	—	Large 1	1,031	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,312	4
Steers	—	Large 1	1,072	123.03/cwt	122.50–123.50	1,319	15
Steers	—	Large 1	1,101	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,305	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	150.29/cwt	145.00–155.00	568	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	159.12/cwt	159.00–159.50	673	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	613	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	494	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	714	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	140.71/cwt	138.00–144.00	726	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	123.37/cwt	121.00–125.00	703	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	140.85/cwt	140.00–141.25	807	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	879	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	647	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	848	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	838	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	667	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	864	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	999	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	749	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,045	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,065	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	124.27/cwt	124.00–125.00	979	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,088	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	128.53/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,127	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	130.28/cwt	127.50–130.75	1,205	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	966	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,249	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	982	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,267	16
Heifers	—	Large 1	996	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,130	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,020	124.38/cwt	119.25–126.25	1,269	23
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	476	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	766	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,351	90.92/cwt	90.50–92.00	1,228	5
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,455	74.09/cwt	72.50–75.50	1,078	2
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,590	81.75/cwt	81.75–81.75	1,300	1
Bulls	—	—	1,640	73.59/cwt	64.50–76.00	1,207	14
Bulls	—	—	1,954	80.47/cwt	78.00–85.50	1,572	24
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,183	52.71/cwt	50.00–54.50	624	43
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,204	48.93/cwt	48.50–49.00	589	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,259	57.21/cwt	54.00–60.00	720	91
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,343	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	786	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	921	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,374	62.44/cwt	58.00–66.50	858	25
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	55.69/cwt	53.00–57.00	791	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,469	62.85/cwt	61.50–65.00	923	37
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	64.46/cwt	59.00–68.50	995	18
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,059	75.70/cwt	70.00–87.00	802	32

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)

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Feeder CattleReceipts 1,346Last week 953Year ago 339

Slaughter CattleReceipts 400Last week 247Year ago 165

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 18Year ago 306

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,059	70.00–87.00	75.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,351	90.50–92.00	90.92
14	—	1,640	64.50–76.00	73.59
24	—	1,954	78.00–85.50	80.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	81.75	81.75
2	—	1,455	72.50–75.50	74.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,365	67.50	67.50
32	—	1,420	53.00–57.00	55.69
25	—	1,374	58.00–66.50	62.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,544	59.00–68.50	64.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,469	61.50–65.00	62.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,259	54.00–60.00	57.21
7	—	1,204	48.50–49.00	48.93
43	—	1,183	50.00–54.50	52.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,343	58.50	58.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	676	133.50	133.50
7	—	864	128.00	128.00
16	—	733	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	792	139.00–149.25	148.10
83	—	966	127.00–133.00	131.59
40	—	874	137.00–138.00	137.54
39	—	536	157.50–158.00	157.60
34	—	452	166.00–179.50	176.75
22	—	913	132.00–134.00	133.27
19	—	581	154.00–157.00	156.35
14	—	387	194.00	194.00
10	—	606	150.00	150.00
7	—	337	196.00	196.00
5	—	713	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	921	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,072	122.50–123.50	123.03
10	—	1,101	118.50	118.50
4	—	1,031	127.25	127.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	667	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	570	121.00–125.00	123.37
12	—	435	141.00	141.00
11	—	788	124.00–125.00	124.27
8	—	647	131.00	131.00
5	—	665	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	749	139.50	139.50
8	—	966	129.25	129.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	996	113.50	113.50
23	—	1,020	119.25–126.25	124.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	815	133.50	133.50
11	—	378	145.00–155.00	150.29
11	—	516	138.00–144.00	140.71
13	—	637	138.00	138.00
14	—	494	144.50	144.50
16	—	982	129.00	129.00
33	—	877	127.00–130.00	128.53
35	—	423	159.00–159.50	159.12
42	—	573	140.00–141.25	140.85
51	—	766	139.00	139.00
80	—	925	127.50–130.75	130.28
96	—	716	139.50	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	476	161.00	161.00

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.