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Name: Public Auction Yards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Wed, Oct 14

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1774

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Feeder Cattle receipts

608 head

▲ 44 vs last sale 564▼ 305 vs year ago 913 · −33.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

702 head

▲ 121 vs last sale 581▲ 147 vs year ago 555 · +26.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

272 head

▼ 63 vs last sale 335▼ 453 vs year ago 725 · −62.5%

Also sold hereRegular saleFri Oct 30, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Buyer demand for feeder cattle was moderate to good on a moderate supply. Feeder cattle were sold in small packages with no load lots sold with quality being average. Feeding breaker cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower; feeding boner and lean cows sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter breaker cows sold steady to 2.00 lower; slaughter boner and lean cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher. Buyer demand for slaughter cattle was moderate on a moderate to heavy supply. Replacement cows sold strong on a light comparison.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.95/cwt on 327 head.

Average price

$148.95

327 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$4.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.37

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	150.11	820	247
Medium and Large 1-2	552	145.38	802	80

One grade step is worth $4.73/cwt here — about $18 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 sale327 hd

148.95

—

MT average5 barns · 3,215 hd

156.32

−7.37

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	1,736	77.49	1,345	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,379	63.50	875	228
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,327	53.00	703	184
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,158	45.09	522	72

Every lot

79 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	189.61/cwt	185.00–194.00	609	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	343	171.36/cwt	165.00–172.50	588	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	593	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	174.93/cwt	174.00–181.00	673	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	157.77/cwt	156.00–159.00	672	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	166.39/cwt	165.00–168.00	727	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	159.14/cwt	157.00–164.00	751	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	151.05/cwt	144.00–154.00	717	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	145.60/cwt	141.00–149.00	757	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	149.22/cwt	148.00–150.00	792	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	142.43/cwt	137.00–145.00	806	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	146.14/cwt	143.50–148.00	846	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	137.71/cwt	137.00–141.00	835	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	136.53/cwt	133.00–138.00	837	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	656	138.29/cwt	137.50–138.50	907	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	886	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	950	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	134.40/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,023	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	124.69/cwt	123.00–125.00	954	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,012	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,133	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	491	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	479	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	144.70/cwt	142.00–150.00	548	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	584	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	516	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	139.93/cwt	135.00–144.00	651	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	128.66/cwt	125.00–133.00	605	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	134.12/cwt	130.00–137.00	695	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	133.78/cwt	130.00–136.50	744	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	125.78/cwt	125.00–128.00	709	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	129.70/cwt	129.50–130.50	789	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	741	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	898	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	759	124.00/cwt	122.00–126.00	941	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	114.19/cwt	110.00–116.00	879	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	129.66/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,017	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	819	132.71/cwt	123.00–133.50	1,087	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,069	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	853	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	904	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	908	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,044	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,000	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	940	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,065	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,129	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	375	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	634	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	408	170.14/cwt	161.00–171.00	694	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	650	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	517	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	729	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	589	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	576	137.56/cwt	136.00–140.00	792	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	766	120.78/cwt	119.00–121.00	925	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,558	74.85/cwt	71.50–80.00	1,166	3
Bulls	—	—	1,754	77.75/cwt	74.00–85.00	1,364	30
Slaughter Cattle · Cows17 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	950	41.53/cwt	40.00–43.00	395	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,099	48.29/cwt	48.00–49.00	531	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,148	42.18/cwt	41.00–43.00	484	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,165	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	594	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,178	45.26/cwt	43.00–47.50	533	50
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,184	41.74/cwt	41.00–42.50	494	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,257	63.35/cwt	61.00–66.50	796	44
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,281	52.86/cwt	51.00–55.00	677	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,305	57.92/cwt	56.00–60.00	756	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,312	47.36/cwt	45.50–48.00	621	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,339	51.60/cwt	49.00–54.50	691	73
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,359	53.00/cwt	51.00–56.00	720	37
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,366	61.75/cwt	60.00–65.50	844	42
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,370	56.55/cwt	55.00–58.50	775	32
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,372	58.40/cwt	58.00–58.50	801	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,428	70.37/cwt	67.50–72.50	1,005	68
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,576	69.62/cwt	67.00–73.00	1,097	17
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,167	677.00/cwt	677.00–677.00	7,901	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,483	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,228	1,056.35/cwt	1,000.00–1,085.00	12,972	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,241	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	10,673	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,259	696.09/cwt	600.00–725.00	8,764	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,295	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	11,137	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,008	81.40/cwt	80.00–85.00	821	16
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,080	75.73/cwt	71.00–79.00	818	34

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 Oct 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 608Last week 564Year ago 913

Slaughter CattleReceipts 702Last week 581Year ago 555

Replacement CattleReceipts 272Last week 335Year ago 725

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	761	130.00–137.00	134.40
39	—	531	148.00–150.00	149.22
1	—	865	131.00	131.00
46	—	606	137.00–141.00	137.71
4	—	659	134.50	134.50
11	—	385	174.00–181.00	174.93
4	—	321	185.00–194.00	189.61
1	—	725	131.00	131.00
19	—	437	165.00–168.00	166.39
49	—	472	157.00–164.00	159.14
57	—	579	143.50–148.00	146.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	520	141.00–149.00	145.60
13	—	765	123.00–125.00	124.69
5	—	426	156.00–159.00	157.77
8	—	475	144.00–154.00	151.05
12	—	343	165.00–172.50	171.36
2	—	365	162.50	162.50
8	—	566	137.00–145.00	142.43
3	—	823	123.00	123.00
5	—	656	137.50–138.50	138.29
7	—	613	133.00–138.00	136.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	784	128.00–130.00	129.66
31	—	379	142.00–150.00	144.70
3	—	727	123.50	123.50
11	—	426	137.00	137.00
1	—	315	156.00	156.00
53	—	556	130.00–136.50	133.78
15	—	608	129.50–130.50	129.70
1	—	835	128.00	128.00
15	—	465	135.00–144.00	139.93
25	—	518	130.00–137.00	134.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	819	123.00–133.50	132.71
3	—	908	115.00	115.00
20	—	759	122.00–126.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	125.00–133.00	128.66
3	—	355	135.00	135.00
1	—	430	120.00	120.00
5	—	770	110.00–116.00	114.19
7	—	853	106.00	106.00
2	—	623	119.00	119.00
4	—	564	125.00–128.00	125.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,000	94.00	94.00
1	—	1,065	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	576	136.00–140.00	137.56
6	—	517	141.00	141.00
12	—	408	161.00–171.00	170.14
1	—	375	169.00	169.00
1	—	700	118.00	118.00
9	—	766	119.00–121.00	120.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	102.50	102.50
1	—	485	134.00	134.00
1	—	370	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,428	67.50–72.50	70.37
44	—	1,257	61.00–66.50	63.35
20	—	1,372	58.00–58.50	58.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,099	48.00–49.00	48.29
50	—	1,178	43.00–47.50	45.26
6	—	1,148	41.00–43.00	42.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,184	41.00–42.50	41.74
4	—	1,165	51.00	51.00
4	—	950	40.00–43.00	41.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,339	49.00–54.50	51.60
32	—	1,370	55.00–58.50	56.55
24	—	1,312	45.50–48.00	47.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,281	51.00–55.00	52.86
26	—	1,305	56.00–60.00	57.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,366	60.00–65.50	61.75
17	—	1,576	67.00–73.00	69.62
37	—	1,359	51.00–56.00	53.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,754	74.00–85.00	77.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,558	71.50–80.00	74.85

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,295	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,228	1,000.00–1,085.00	1,056.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,241	860.00	860.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,170	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,259	600.00–725.00	696.09

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,167	677.00	677.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	34	—	1,080	71.00–79.00	75.73

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	16	—	1,008	80.00–85.00	81.40

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.