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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-25

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Mon, Oct 25

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1775

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

1,331 head

▼ 156 vs last sale 1,487▲ 1,235 vs year ago 96 · +1,286.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

409 head

▼ 96 vs last sale 505▲ 395 vs year ago 14 · +2,821.4%

Also sold hereRegular saleThu Oct 29, 2026

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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. Weigh up cows sold on moderate demand for heavy offerings. Packing buyers competed with other feeding and rebreed buyers throughout todays heavy offering. Breaking slaughter cows were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, steady undertones were noticed. Boning and lean cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeding cows sold on moderate to good demand this week. Thin cows sold with the best demand this sale as buyers purchased these cows to hold for the upcoming holidays. High quality cows suitable to feed to premium white sold generally steady. Overall feeding cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Weigh up conditions were mostly below average today and while some cows looked lower in price, after accounting for fill, most cows sold near steady. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady. Young age cows suitable to rebreed were too lightly tested this week to develop an accurate market trend, lower undertones were noticed. Quality this week was much lower than last week.

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	1,787	78.53	1,403	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,570	62.02	974	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,409	53.09	748	351
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,208	47.25	571	630

Every lot, as filed

35 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 · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,245	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,008	4
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,303	68.76/cwt	63.00–75.00	896	2
Bulls	—	—	1,801	80.56/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,451	10
Bulls	—	—	1,862	73.11/cwt	61.00–77.50	1,361	13
Bulls	—	—	2,096	91.84/cwt	89.00–94.00	1,925	4
Bulls	—	—Heavy Weight	2,570	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	2,185	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows17 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	865	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	398	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	947	34.17/cwt	33.00–37.50	324	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,141	36.82/cwt	35.00–38.00	420	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,168	46.05/cwt	42.00–48.00	538	170
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,194	36.62/cwt	35.00–38.00	437	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,203	42.33/cwt	39.00–46.00	509	63
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,207	63.70/cwt	62.00–66.00	769	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,233	48.96/cwt	47.00–54.50	604	355
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,309	49.50/cwt	47.00–53.00	648	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,383	49.54/cwt	43.00–54.00	685	212
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,407	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	760	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,439	66.14/cwt	64.00–68.00	952	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,445	46.03/cwt	42.00–52.00	665	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,449	60.44/cwt	55.00–64.00	876	88
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,463	56.66/cwt	56.00–62.00	829	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,568	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,035	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,612	62.70/cwt	54.00–64.50	1,011	12
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,320	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,520	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,344	987.79/cwt	875.00–1,100.00	13,276	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,375	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	13,063	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,457	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	794	35
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,560	60.97/cwt	58.50–73.00	951	11
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	638	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	974	88.75/cwt	70.00–99.00	864	84
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	672	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,084	44.59/cwt	36.00–47.00	483	28
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,103	64.94/cwt	48.00–78.00	716	74
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,242	47.73/cwt	45.00–49.00	593	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,429	48.02/cwt	48.00–49.00	686	40

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 25, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,331Last week 1,487Year ago 96

Replacement CattleReceipts 409Last week 505Year ago 14

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	1,344	875.00–1,100.00	987.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,320	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	—	1,560	58.50–73.00	60.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,375	950.00	950.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	35	—	1,457	54.50	54.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	84	—	974	70.00–99.00	88.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	74	—	1,103	48.00–78.00	64.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,242	45.00–49.00	47.73
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,429	48.00–49.00	48.02

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	1	—	1,050	64.00	64.00

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	—	750	85.00	85.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,084	36.00–47.00	44.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,303	63.00–75.00	68.76
4	—	1,245	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,570	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,096	89.00–94.00	91.84
10	—	1,801	79.00–83.00	80.56
13	—	1,862	61.00–77.50	73.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	947	33.00–37.50	34.17
1	—	865	46.00	46.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,445	42.00–52.00	46.03
8	—	1,463	56.00–62.00	56.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,449	55.00–64.00	60.44
212	—	1,383	43.00–54.00	49.54
19	—	1,439	64.00–68.00	66.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,194	35.00–38.00	36.62
14	—	1,309	47.00–53.00	49.50
63	—	1,203	39.00–46.00	42.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,407	54.00	54.00
4	—	1,568	66.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,207	62.00–66.00	63.70
170	—	1,168	42.00–48.00	46.05
355	—	1,233	47.00–54.50	48.96
4	—	1,141	35.00–38.00	36.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,612	54.00–64.50	62.70

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.