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Public Auction Yards

Name: Public Auction Yards livestock auction prices — 2022-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Wed, Apr 6

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1774

← Mar 30Apr 6Apr 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

216 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 190▼ 82 vs year ago 298 · −27.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

284 head

▼ 155 vs last sale 439▼ 90 vs year ago 374 · −24.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

158 head

▼ 147 vs last sale 305▲ 44 vs year ago 114 · +38.6%

Also sold hereRegular saleFri Oct 30, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves were too lightly tested either this week or last week to develop an accurate market trend, however lower undertones were noticed. Quality this week was mostly plain. Most offerings were sold in small packages or as singles. Demand for feeders was light to moderate. Market activity was mostly slow to moderate. Weigh up cows comprised most of the sale again this week. Demand for weigh up cows was mostly good. Packers purchased both feeding and slaughter cows this week. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady on boning and breaking cows; lean cows sold steady to weak. Feeding cows sold steady. Packers wanted to buy cows lower this week but strong demand from feeding buyers kept cow prices at or near steady. Weigh up conditions were mostly below average this week with many full cows in the offering. Slaughter bulls sold fully steady. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold mostly 5.00-10.00 lower. Lighter feeding demand caused prices for heifers and lower quality cows to fall this week. Lower CME fat cattle contracts impacted this weight of cattle the hardest because these offerings require the shortest time on feed. Quality was mostly average to attractive this week.

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 $158.28/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$158.28

98 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$208

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

$12.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.61

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	487	166.37	809	31
Medium 1	353	165.00	582	3thin
Medium and Large 1	661	154.05	1,018	64

One grade step is worth $12.32/cwt here — about −$208 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 sale98 hd

158.28

—

MT average3 barns · 2,403 hd

165.89

−7.61

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	1,304	85.05	1,109	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,806	83.41	1,506	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,453	83.05	1,206	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,180	75.49	891	114

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	348	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	679	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	398	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	697	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	194.36/cwt	187.50–201.00	799	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	941	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	192.35/cwt	185.00–193.00	1,018	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	598	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	981	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,078	7
Steers	—	Large 1-2	599	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	988	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	637	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	962	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	646	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,098	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	158.54/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,080	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,120	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	313	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	532	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1	353	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	582	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	405	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	709	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	416	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	718	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	836	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	852	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	920	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	560	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	932	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	977	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	154.36/cwt	154.00–156.00	1,030	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,094	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,106	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 1	740	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	925	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	949	2
Bulls	—	Medium 1	854	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,008	7
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,250	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,294	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	758	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	417	14
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,210	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,210	4
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,334	90.67/cwt	84.00–94.00	1,210	5
Bulls	—	—	1,487	95.10/cwt	89.00–99.50	1,414	8
Bulls	—	—	1,768	104.34/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,845	9
Bulls	—	—	2,045	111.31/cwt	110.00–112.50	2,276	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows16 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	820	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	484	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	976	68.04/cwt	67.50–69.00	664	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	61.57/cwt	54.00–64.00	694	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,141	79.19/cwt	78.00–83.00	904	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,153	73.69/cwt	69.00–76.00	850	39
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,253	78.85/cwt	77.00–83.50	988	51
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,300	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,112	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,401	88.00/cwt	87.50–89.00	1,233	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,413	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,088	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,441	82.39/cwt	79.00–84.50	1,187	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,470	75.52/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,110	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,490	83.63/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,246	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,548	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,331	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,625	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,414	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,808	86.32/cwt	85.50–87.00	1,561	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,833	78.45/cwt	77.00–79.50	1,438	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	835	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	585	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,023	90.10/cwt	85.00–97.00	922	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,051	106.47/cwt	98.00–111.00	1,119	79
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,079	91.94/cwt	79.00–102.00	992	45
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,132	78.42/cwt	78.00–79.00	888	8
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,155	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	878	1

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 6, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 216Last week 190Year ago 298

Slaughter CattleReceipts 284Last week 439Year ago 374

Replacement CattleReceipts 158Last week 305Year ago 114

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	646	170.00	170.00
15	—	529	185.00–193.00	192.35
7	—	599	180.00	180.00
5	—	411	187.50–201.00	194.36
6	—	348	195.00	195.00
11	—	681	154.00–164.00	158.54
2	—	485	194.00	194.00
3	—	718	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	599	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	398	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	637	151.00	151.00
4	—	598	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	176.00	176.00
30	—	779	140.50	140.50
11	—	667	154.00–156.00	154.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	313	170.00	170.00
5	—	416	172.50	172.50
2	—	630	155.00	155.00
2	—	838	132.00	132.00
9	—	510	167.00	167.00
8	—	489	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	353	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	405	175.00	175.00
10	—	560	166.50	166.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	103.50	103.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	740	125.00	125.00
7	—	854	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	124.00	124.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	86.00	86.00
18	—	1,441	79.00–84.50	82.39
6	—	1,470	74.00–76.00	75.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,253	77.00–83.50	78.85
4	—	1,127	54.00–64.00	61.57
39	—	1,153	69.00–76.00	73.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,413	77.00	77.00
11	—	1,401	87.50–89.00	88.00
15	—	1,490	81.00–86.00	83.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,808	85.50–87.00	86.32
6	—	1,833	77.00–79.50	78.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	59.00	59.00
10	—	976	67.50–69.00	68.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,300	85.50	85.50
7	—	1,141	78.00–83.00	79.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,045	110.00–112.50	111.31
9	—	1,768	100.00–109.00	104.34
8	—	1,487	89.00–99.50	95.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	758	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,334	84.00–94.00	90.67
4	—	1,210	100.00	100.00

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	79	—	1,051	98.00–111.00	106.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	45	—	1,079	79.00–102.00	91.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,132	78.00–79.00	78.42

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	70.00	70.00

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	1	—	1,155	76.00	76.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,023	85.00–97.00	90.10

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.