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Name: Public Auction Yards livestock auction prices — 2023-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-25

Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Tue, Apr 25

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2257

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Receipts

337 head

▼ 2,847 vs last sale 3,184▼ 499 vs year ago 836 · −59.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's annual replacement cattle special auction had good strings of pairs. Most of the offerings were carrying good quality and condition. Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Bred cattle were mostly in the 3rd trimester with a lot of young and middle aged offerings.

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,365	$2,085	18
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,483	$1,912	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,483	$1,526	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$1,400	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,225	$2,841	201
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,493	$2,757	71
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,375	$1,842	26

Every lot

22 lots · USDA AMS · Public Auction Yards Replacement Cattle Special - Billings, MT (Seasonal)

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
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs16 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Non-Legible BANGS	1,103	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,137	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Non-Legible BANGS	1,153	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,193	2,919.24/head	2,700.00–3,200.00	2,919	163
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	2,304.62/head	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,305	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,333	1,767.58/head	1,450.00–1,800.00	1,768	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,392	2,564.08/head	2,250.00–2,600.00	2,564	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,425	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,426	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,467	1,889.33/head	1,600.00–2,050.00	1,889	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,482	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,501	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	43
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,502	2,406.72/head	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,407	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,580	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,735	3,296.70/head	3,200.00–3,350.00	3,297	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,095	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,256	2,225.96/head	1,950.00–2,375.00	2,226	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,365	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,483	1,526.21/head	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,526	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,506	1,933.99/head	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,934	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,583	1,802.04/head	1,750.00–1,850.00	1,802	6

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.

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Public Auction Yards Replacement Cattle Special - Billings, MT (Seasonal)

Tue Apr 25, 2023

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

Receipts 337Last week 3,184Year ago 836

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,333	1,450.00–1,800.00	1,767.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,265	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,392	2,250.00–2,600.00	2,564.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,580	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,502	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,406.72

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,304.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,482	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	163	—	1,193	2,700.00–3,200.00	2,919.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,735	3,200.00–3,350.00	3,296.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,426	2,375.00	2,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	43	—	1,501	3,050.00	3,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,153	2,150.00	2,150.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,103	2,400.00	2,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,137	2,050.00	2,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,425	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,467	1,600.00–2,050.00	1,889.33

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,583	1,750.00–1,850.00	1,802.04
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,483	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,526.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,365	1,800.00	1,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,095	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,506	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,933.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,256	1,950.00–2,375.00	2,225.96

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.