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Name: Public Auction Yards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Wed, Nov 19

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1774

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Feeder Cattle receipts

158 head

▼ 320 vs last sale 478▼ 421 vs year ago 579 · −72.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

1,042 head

▼ 219 vs last sale 1,261▲ 35 vs year ago 1,007 · +3.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

519 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 544▼ 166 vs year ago 685 · −24.2%

Also sold hereRegular saleFri Oct 30, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Feeder cattle offerings were very light this week. Quality was mostly plain and offered in small packages. Market activity was moderate. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Demand for feeding cows was mostly moderate with good demand seen at times. Demand did diminish as buyers filled loads and exited the market. High quality feeding cows suitable to feed to premium white sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Thin feeding cows mostly 1.00-2.00 higher. Packer buyers buying cows to hold for the upcoming holidays showed moderate demand for these type offerings and stronger demand than was seen last week. Many of these cows had a slight blemish, but would feed for 1-4 weeks. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower on breaking cows, boning and lean cows sold unevenly with higher prices seen on low yielding cows and lower prices seen on average yielding cows. Regional packers were not in the market this week and very few average to high yielding cows were purchased to slaughter. Average to high yielding cows were mostly purchased to feed this week. Quality this week was mixed from plain to attractive with lots of variation in quality noticed. Weigh up conditions were mostly below average this sale with many very full offerings noticed. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-3.00 higher, driven higher by stronger feeding bull demand and competition between packer buyers and private feeders. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold mostly 15.00-20.00 higher on a larger, higher quality offering. Demand for young offerings was mostly good, with very good demand seen for high quality offerings off reputation ranches. Most of these offerings were purchased to go south for fall calving programs.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

300–400 lb heifers averaged $465.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −17.84 against this barn's trailing median of $482.84.

Average price

$465.00

8 head · 305 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,418

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.89

vs MT average

+53.74 vs national

Price by quality 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	305	465.00	1,418	8thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

465.00

—

MT average5 barns · 233 hd

450.11

+14.89

National average183 barns · 7,302 hd

411.26

+53.74

This barn, trailing median6 sales

482.84

−17.84

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 300–400 lb

6 sales

Heifers 300–400 lb: high $562.38, low $443.10, median $482.84 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,784	171.13	3,053	74
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,584	162.66	2,577	82
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,360	159.12	2,164	315
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,172	147.79	1,732	332

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,139	$3,397	23
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,153	$3,282	11
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,097	$2,769	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,306	$2,713	8
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,283	$2,575	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,439	$2,515	37
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,428	$2,500	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,191	$2,108	17
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,130	$3,100	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	830	$2,100	2thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	234	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,357	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	273	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,529	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,824	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	305	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,418	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	924	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,717	6
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1-2	1,165	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	3,093	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	498	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,830	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,590	2
Bulls	1150–1200	Large 1	1,155	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,772	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,370	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,904	2
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,626	166.87/cwt	157.00–172.00	2,713	15
Bulls	—	—	1,706	164.30/cwt	142.50–173.00	2,803	22
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,714	179.52/cwt	176.00–181.00	3,077	14
Bulls	—	—	2,041	178.97/cwt	174.00–184.00	3,653	20
Bulls	—	—Heavy Weight	2,530	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	4,428	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows18 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	810	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	608	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	955	102.97/cwt	92.50–112.50	983	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,122	93.76/cwt	87.50–95.00	1,052	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,147	107.05/cwt	97.50–118.00	1,228	47
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,177	151.40/cwt	127.50–160.50	1,782	110
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,185	163.29/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,935	154
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,210	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	2,087	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,227	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,564	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,296	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,307	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,350	163.57/cwt	160.00–170.50	2,208	210
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,378	109.36/cwt	100.00–117.50	1,507	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,392	151.11/cwt	122.00–163.00	2,103	77
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,467	120.74/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,771	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,509	169.28/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,554	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,545	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,735	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,587	159.14/cwt	141.00–166.00	2,526	35
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,662	152.04/cwt	143.00–165.00	2,527	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,701	168.59/cwt	167.00–170.00	2,868	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows17 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	920	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	935	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,097	2,769.09/head	2,750.00–2,900.00	2,769	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,159	3,589.50/head	3,050.00–3,675.00	3,590	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,176	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,178	2,024.35/head	1,950.00–2,150.00	2,024	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,214	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	1,221	2,027.57/head	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,028	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,250	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,283	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,314	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,314	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,984	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,402	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,405	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,450	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,499	2,688.12/head	2,350.00–2,800.00	2,688	27
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	745	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,155	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1	758	275.13/cwt	255.00–285.00	2,085	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	918	272.40/cwt	205.00–315.00	2,501	23
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	938	310.38/cwt	210.00–335.00	2,911	178
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	997	228.24/cwt	184.00–270.00	2,276	15
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,061	239.22/cwt	171.00–315.00	2,538	95
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,206	174.29/cwt	167.50–178.00	2,102	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1	830	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,130	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	2

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 Nov 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 158Last week 478Year ago 579

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,042Last week 1,261Year ago 1,007

Replacement CattleReceipts 519Last week 544Year ago 685

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,450	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,214	3,000.00	3,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	920	2,100.00	2,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,221	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,027.57

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,314	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	1,176	3,400.00	3,400.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	1,283	2,575.00	2,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,405	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,097	2,750.00–2,900.00	2,769.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,159	3,050.00–3,675.00	3,589.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,499	2,350.00–2,800.00	2,688.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,250	2,500.00	2,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	935	2,900.00	2,900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	14	—	1,178	1,950.00–2,150.00	2,024.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,402	2,100.00	2,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,314	151.00	151.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,206	167.50–178.00	174.29
(<2 yrs)	Open	178	—	938	210.00–335.00	310.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	95	—	1,061	171.00–315.00	239.22

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	155.00	155.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	23	—	918	205.00–315.00	272.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	997	184.00–270.00	228.24

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	758	255.00–285.00	275.13

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,130	3,100.00	3,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	830	2,100.00	2,100.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	878	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1150–1200	1,155	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	498	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	900–950	924	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	305	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1150–1200	1,165	265.50	265.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	234	580.00	580.00
6	250–300	273	560.00	560.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	570	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,662	143.00–165.00	152.04
9	—	1,701	167.00–170.00	168.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,296	178.00	178.00
210	—	1,350	160.00–170.50	163.57
77	—	1,392	122.00–163.00	151.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,587	141.00–166.00	159.14
1	—	1,545	177.00	177.00
26	—	1,509	165.00–174.00	169.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	172.50	172.50
154	—	1,185	160.00–166.00	163.29
110	—	1,177	127.50–160.50	151.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,378	100.00–117.50	109.36
4	—	1,467	120.00–123.00	120.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,122	87.50–95.00	93.76
47	—	1,147	97.50–118.00	107.05
5	—	1,227	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	75.00	75.00
4	—	955	92.50–112.50	102.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	2,041	174.00–184.00	178.97
22	—	1,706	142.50–173.00	164.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,626	157.00–172.00	166.87
14	—	1,714	176.00–181.00	179.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,370	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,530	175.00	175.00

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.