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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2020-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Mon, Nov 2

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1775

← Oct 26Nov 2Nov 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

517 head

▲ 441 vs last sale 76▼ 5,007 vs year ago 5,524 · −90.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

822 head

▲ 726 vs last sale 96▲ 777 vs year ago 45 · +1,726.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

255 head

▲ 241 vs last sale 14▼ 71 vs year ago 326 · −21.8%

Also sold hereRegular saleThu Oct 29, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder cattle were all too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed on both steer and heifer calves. Not enough yearlings tested to develop any market trend. Light feeder receipts were seen this week and buyers showed light to moderate demand for all feeders on offer. Market activity today was mostly slow to moderate. Weigh up cow sold on mostly light to moderate demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Packers sent a large portion of the cow offering to feed this week as they purchased a large portion of the offering as short term feeding cows for the upcoming holidays. Even some slightly blemished cows were sent to short term feed by packers this sale. Slaughter cows and feeding cows sold mostly 3.00-5.00 lower. Weigh up conditions were mostly below average this sale with many cows pushing heavy amounts of fill. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady as feeding buyers continue to compete with slaughter bull buyers over offerings. Cow and bull quality was mixed this week from plain to very attractive. Young 2-3 year old's' suitable to feed or rebreed were too lightly tested last sale to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed on a higher quality offering than was seen last 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 $130.04/cwt on 203 head.

Average price

$130.04

203 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$504

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$17.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.19

vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	131.64	731	140
Medium and Large 1-2	503	128.95	648	52
Medium and Large 2	494	115.00	568	6thin
Large 1	1,078	114.60	1,235	5thin

One grade step is worth $17.04/cwt here — about −$504 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 sale203 hd

130.04

—

MT average5 barns · 3,271 hd

142.23

−12.19

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	—	Low	1,810	72.64	1,315	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,586	56.44	895	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,395	50.50	705	259
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,193	44.33	529	318

Every lot, as filed

68 lots · USDA AMS · Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction - Billings, MT (Mon)

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	388	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	683	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	403	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	689	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	428	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	646	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	472	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	673	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	480	153.33/cwt	152.00–164.00	736	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	145.69/cwt	140.00–147.00	746	17
Steers	—	Medium 2	513	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	513	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	535	140.96/cwt	139.00–144.00	754	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	798	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	593	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	765	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	616	134.56/cwt	128.00–136.00	829	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	630	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	794	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	687	126.82/cwt	126.50–129.00	871	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	708	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	935	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	710	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	859	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,087	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	384	133.35/cwt	131.00–138.00	512	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	440	138.86/cwt	138.00–147.00	611	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	466	135.49/cwt	135.00–135.50	631	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	471	129.94/cwt	126.00–131.00	612	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	494	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	568	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	131.20/cwt	131.00–132.00	706	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	543	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	690	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	572	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	755	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	593	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	741	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	125.95/cwt	123.00–126.50	770	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	843	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	978	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,012	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	938	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	1,165	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,152	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,060	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,219	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,105	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,260	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	478	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	698	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	529	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	661	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,595	77.25/cwt	75.00–81.50	1,232	3
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,764	69.50/cwt	66.00–72.00	1,226	4
Bulls	—	—	1,910	77.61/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,482	2
Bulls	—	—	1,937	70.41/cwt	66.00–72.00	1,364	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows21 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	850	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	298	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	990	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	376	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	995	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	418	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,143	34.46/cwt	32.00–39.50	394	41
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,198	51.29/cwt	46.00–57.00	614	84
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,203	43.73/cwt	40.00–46.00	526	120
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,207	42.51/cwt	38.00–45.00	513	64
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,246	46.30/cwt	45.00–49.00	577	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,280	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	762	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,353	44.73/cwt	42.00–48.00	605	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,379	61.03/cwt	60.00–63.50	842	47
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,398	51.46/cwt	47.00–58.00	719	110
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,407	43.43/cwt	41.00–45.00	611	58
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,442	46.95/cwt	45.00–53.00	677	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,445	38.49/cwt	38.00–39.00	556	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,486	48.46/cwt	46.00–52.00	720	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,551	60.02/cwt	58.00–63.00	931	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,584	58.61/cwt	58.00–61.00	928	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,597	64.46/cwt	61.00–66.00	1,029	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,733	67.50/cwt	67.00–68.00	1,170	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,760	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	845	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,178	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,013	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,206	1,050.26/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	12,666	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,256	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	9,860	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,294	45.14/cwt	44.50–46.00	584	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,515	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	811	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	833	63.40/cwt	52.00–71.00	528	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,012	76.80/cwt	61.00–89.50	777	127
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,058	63.35/cwt	58.50–72.00	670	28

How this sale compares

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 →

Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction - Billings, MT (Mon)

Mon Nov 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 517Last week 76Year ago 5,524

Slaughter CattleReceipts 822Last week 96Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 255Last week 14Year ago 326

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	127.00	127.00
2	—	340	130.00	130.00
24	—	471	126.00–131.00	129.94
3	—	572	132.00	132.00
14	—	384	131.00–138.00	133.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	115.00	115.00
5	—	843	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	440	138.00–147.00	138.86
43	—	611	123.00–126.50	125.95
36	—	466	135.00–135.50	135.49
14	—	538	131.00–132.00	131.20
3	—	593	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	938	124.25	124.25
2	—	968	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	114.00	114.00
3	—	1,060	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	494	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	126.00	126.00
3	—	710	121.00	121.00
2	—	428	151.00	151.00
4	—	593	129.00	129.00
13	—	388	176.00	176.00
5	—	535	139.00–144.00	140.96
3	—	472	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	480	152.00–164.00	153.33
17	—	512	140.00–147.00	145.69
6	—	403	171.00	171.00
27	—	616	128.00–136.00	134.56
8	—	572	139.50	139.50
15	—	687	126.50–129.00	126.82
3	—	708	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	513	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	910	119.50	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	125.00	125.00
4	—	478	146.00	146.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,256	785.00	785.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,515	53.50	53.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,206	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,050.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,178	850.00	850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,294	44.50–46.00	45.14

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	28	—	1,058	58.50–72.00	63.35
(<2 yrs)	Open	127	—	1,012	61.00–89.50	76.80

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	833	52.00–71.00	63.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,764	66.00–72.00	69.50
3	—	1,595	75.00–81.50	77.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,937	66.00–72.00	70.41
2	—	1,910	76.00–80.00	77.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,407	41.00–45.00	43.43
2	—	1,445	38.00–39.00	38.49
4	—	1,551	58.00–63.00	60.02
7	—	1,442	45.00–53.00	46.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	38.00	38.00
1	—	850	35.00	35.00
1	—	995	42.00	42.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,486	46.00–52.00	48.46
8	—	1,597	61.00–66.00	64.46
2	—	1,733	67.00–68.00	67.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,760	48.00	48.00
5	—	1,584	58.00–61.00	58.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	59.50	59.50
84	—	1,198	46.00–57.00	51.29
120	—	1,203	40.00–46.00	43.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,143	32.00–39.50	34.46
64	—	1,207	38.00–45.00	42.51
5	—	1,246	45.00–49.00	46.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,353	42.00–48.00	44.73
110	—	1,398	47.00–58.00	51.46
47	—	1,379	60.00–63.50	61.03

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.