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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-18

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Mon, Oct 18

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1775

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

1,487 head

▲ 188 vs last sale 1,299▲ 1,230 vs year ago 257 · +478.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

505 head

▲ 202 vs last sale 303▲ 357 vs year ago 148 · +241.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Mondays sale: Feeder cattle were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Most offerings were offered in small groups or as singles. Quality was plain to average. Weigh up cows sold on light to moderate demand today. An additional packer buyer was on hand today and demand for cows increased as more competition was seen. Slaughter cows sold steady on breaking cows in a narrow comparison; boning cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher; lean cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeding cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Cow quality this week was average to attractive. While receipts remain heavy packers were not willing to give up market share as the cutter cow cutout remains fully steady despite heavy cow offerings. The cutter cow cutout as of this afternoons close was 233.55, 1.86 higher than Friday. Weigh up conditions were mostly below average this sale as most cows were very full. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold mostly 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Many sets of attractive rebreed type cows were seen this sale, however fewer takers were seen for this class of cows.

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	1,550	77.47	1,201	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,541	64.23	990	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,380	56.93	786	302
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,222	48.96	598	281

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,484	75.62/cwt	75.00–76.50	1,122	12
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,495	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	1,189	1
Bulls	—	—	1,518	72.89/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,106	4
Bulls	—	—	1,629	81.19/cwt	79.50–85.00	1,323	7
Bulls	—	—	1,980	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,782	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows17 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	928	40.82/cwt	35.00–45.00	379	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	949	32.13/cwt	31.00–34.00	305	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,173	42.06/cwt	37.50–47.00	493	38
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,203	45.57/cwt	43.00–46.50	548	45
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,206	58.54/cwt	57.50–64.00	706	40
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,212	48.40/cwt	46.00–51.50	587	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,231	35.45/cwt	31.00–37.50	436	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,272	52.35/cwt	47.00–56.50	666	121
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,364	58.78/cwt	53.50–61.00	802	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,365	60.91/cwt	55.00–64.50	831	186
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,368	66.72/cwt	65.50–69.00	913	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,407	48.15/cwt	42.00–54.50	677	67
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	46.16/cwt	44.00–52.50	655	28
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,524	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,021	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,537	64.31/cwt	63.00–66.00	988	54
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,540	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,001	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,637	59.12/cwt	55.00–66.00	968	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	770	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	624	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	942	97.86/cwt	73.50–111.75	922	273
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,095	64.42/cwt	48.00–72.00	705	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,137	68.13/cwt	54.50–82.50	775	145
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,221	44.50/cwt	44.50–44.50	543	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,508	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	973	8

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.

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

Mon Oct 18, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,487Last week 1,299Year ago 257

Replacement CattleReceipts 505Last week 303Year ago 148

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,508	64.50	64.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	273	—	942	73.50–111.75	97.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	145	—	1,137	54.50–82.50	68.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,095	48.00–72.00	64.42

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	1	—	770	81.00	81.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,221	44.50	44.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,518	70.00–76.00	72.89
7	—	1,629	79.50–85.00	81.19
1	—	1,980	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,495	79.50	79.50
12	—	1,484	75.00–76.50	75.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,537	63.00–66.00	64.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,212	46.00–51.50	48.40
38	—	1,173	37.50–47.00	42.06
17	—	1,231	31.00–37.50	35.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,364	53.50–61.00	58.78
1	—	1,540	65.00	65.00
28	—	1,420	44.00–52.50	46.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,637	55.00–66.00	59.12
4	—	1,524	67.00	67.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	1,365	55.00–64.50	60.91
13	—	1,368	65.50–69.00	66.72
67	—	1,407	42.00–54.50	48.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,203	43.00–46.50	45.57
121	—	1,272	47.00–56.50	52.35
40	—	1,206	57.50–64.00	58.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	949	31.00–34.00	32.13
3	—	928	35.00–45.00	40.82

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.