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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2020-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Mon, Nov 30

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1775

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Feeder Cattle receipts

424 head

▲ 374 vs last sale 50▼ 5,449 vs year ago 5,873 · −92.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

688 head

▼ 549 vs last sale 1,237▲ 594 vs year ago 94 · +631.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

250 head

▼ 1,425 vs last sale 1,675▲ 121 vs year ago 129 · +93.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder cattle were not tested last week due to the bred cow special thus no trend is available. Demand was light to moderate for mostly light offerings. Market activity was slow to moderate. Weigh up cows sold on light to moderate demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Packer buyers continue to show light demand for all cows not suitable to feed. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00 lower. Feeding cows sold steady on high quality cows suitable to feed to premium white, while short term feeding cows sold mostly 1.00-2.00 lower. Cows were all pushing moderate to heavy fill today. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold mostly 5.00-8.00 lower. Fewer buyers were seen for this class of cow this sale. Demand was light.

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 $132.92/cwt on 186 head.

Average price

$132.92

186 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$329

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$41.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.58

vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	136.17	738	110
Large 1-2	370	135.50	501	26
Medium and Large 1-2	579	130.10	754	30
Medium 1-2	652	121.16	790	16thin
Large 1	1,123	95.00	1,067	4thin

One grade step is worth $41.17/cwt here — about −$329 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 sale186 hd

132.92

—

MT average3 barns · 1,180 hd

136.50

−3.58

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	1,727	77.98	1,346	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,543	54.75	845	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,363	53.98	736	92
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,124	45.30	509	61

Every lot, as filed

57 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	376	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	669	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	590	11
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	382	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	604	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	429	162.61/cwt	160.00–165.00	698	13
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	476	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	704	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	158.08/cwt	152.00–163.00	809	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	545	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	777	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	550	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	822	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	570	144.78/cwt	144.00–146.00	825	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	772	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	908	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	638	134.04/cwt	132.00–135.00	855	12
Steers	—	Medium 1	668	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	868	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	683	130.41/cwt	129.00–136.00	891	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	715	131.50/cwt	131.00–132.00	940	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	343	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	466	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	397	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	594	17
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	397	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	536	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	407	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	574	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	436	146.46/cwt	145.00–149.00	639	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	140.41/cwt	139.00–141.00	667	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	134.34/cwt	130.50–135.50	704	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	530	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	684	12
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	547	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	624	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	125.07/cwt	124.50–126.00	783	8
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	690	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	880	7
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	718	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	854	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	798	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,013	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	992	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	888	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,106	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,103	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	963	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,083	2
Heifers	—	Large 1Full	1,123	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,067	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	810	6
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,010	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	899	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,690	79.13/cwt	77.50–81.50	1,337	6
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,700	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,241	2
Bulls	—	—	2,000	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,620	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	875	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	271	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	900	39.55/cwt	39.00–40.00	356	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	980	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	441	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	44.71/cwt	41.00–47.50	494	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,113	45.09/cwt	43.00–46.50	502	30
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,229	50.43/cwt	48.50–55.00	620	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	766	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,287	44.52/cwt	44.00–45.50	573	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,305	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	613	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,345	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	471	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,355	47.37/cwt	47.00–48.00	642	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,362	52.92/cwt	47.00–61.00	721	47
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,404	62.30/cwt	62.00–65.00	875	23
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	773	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,555	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	917	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	732	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	534	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	931	53.17/cwt	47.50–56.00	495	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	955	80.11/cwt	63.00–91.00	765	23
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,003	63.41/cwt	50.00–71.00	636	49

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 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 424Last week 50Year ago 5,873

Slaughter CattleReceipts 688Last week 1,237Year ago 94

Replacement CattleReceipts 250Last week 1,675Year ago 129

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	475	139.00–141.00	140.41
17	—	397	149.50	149.50
8	—	436	145.00–149.00	146.46
52	—	524	130.50–135.50	134.34
8	—	626	124.50–126.00	125.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	407	141.00	141.00
12	—	530	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	915	120.50	120.50
2	—	888	124.00–125.00	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	397	135.00	135.00
13	—	343	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	547	114.00	114.00
4	—	718	119.00	119.00
7	—	690	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	112.50	112.50
3	—	878	113.00	113.00
3	—	798	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,123	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	550	149.50	149.50
5	—	635	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	683	129.00–136.00	130.41
15	—	570	144.00–146.00	144.78
12	—	638	132.00–135.00	134.04
15	—	376	178.00	178.00
16	—	512	152.00–163.00	158.08
2	—	715	131.00–132.00	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	429	160.00–165.00	162.61
1	—	545	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	376	157.00	157.00
4	—	608	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	668	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	382	158.00	158.00
6	—	476	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	623	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	89.00	89.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	931	47.50–56.00	53.17
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	732	73.00	73.00

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	49	—	1,003	50.00–71.00	63.41
(<2 yrs)	Open	23	—	955	63.00–91.00	80.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	35.00	35.00
1	—	1,305	47.00	47.00
9	—	1,105	41.00–47.50	44.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,355	47.00–48.00	47.37
23	—	1,404	62.00–65.00	62.30
47	—	1,362	47.00–61.00	52.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	50.50	50.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,113	43.00–46.50	45.09
14	—	1,229	48.50–55.00	50.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	900	39.00–40.00	39.55
2	—	875	31.00	31.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,287	44.00–45.50	44.52
1	—	1,235	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,690	77.50–81.50	79.13
2	—	1,700	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,000	81.00	81.00

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.