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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Mon, Nov 1

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1775

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Feeder Cattle receipts

295 head

▼ 256 vs last sale 551▼ 222 vs year ago 517 · −42.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

1,828 head

▲ 497 vs last sale 1,331▲ 1,006 vs year ago 822 · +122.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

711 head

▲ 302 vs last sale 409▲ 456 vs year ago 255 · +178.8%

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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 light to moderate demand for heavy offerings. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower on boning and lean cows, breaking cows were not well tested. Packer buyers opted to send only poor quality or lame cows to immediate harvest this week as they purchased the majority of the cow offering to feed. Feeding cows sold on a two tier market. Boning flesh cows, which are usually purchased to feed to premium white, sold mostly 2.00-4.00 lower. Lean feeding cows sold steady to weak as more feeding buyers were on hand looking for this type of cow. Many thin cows are being turned out on corn stalks or put on a holding ration until packers can catch up on seasonally large harvest numbers. Weigh up conditions were mostly average to below average today. Cows with favorable weigh up conditions sold with the best demand. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady on a much more attractive offering. Young age cows suitable to rebreed were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, higher to sharply higher undertones were noticed. Quality this week was attractive to very attractive as many sets of one iron home raised young cows sold.

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 $147.36/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$147.36

14 head · 734 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$11.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.99

vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	731	149.00	1,089	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	750	137.50	1,031	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.50/cwt here — about $58 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 sale14 hd

147.36

—

MT average5 barns · 3,844 hd

150.35

−2.99

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	1,758	81.32	1,430	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,704	53.00	903	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,386	51.23	710	199
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,162	45.21	525	646

Every lot, as filed

29 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 · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,089	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,031	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,265	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	772	1
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,630	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	1,312	2
Bulls	—	—	1,685	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,180	1
Bulls	—	—	1,752	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,568	3
Bulls	—	—	1,898	82.77/cwt	81.00–85.50	1,571	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	930	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	307	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	947	40.71/cwt	34.00–44.00	386	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	995	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	448	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	38.30/cwt	37.00–38.50	425	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,134	44.01/cwt	37.50–46.00	499	323
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,164	41.29/cwt	38.00–44.00	481	49
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,172	62.23/cwt	60.00–66.00	729	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,187	36.89/cwt	35.00–37.50	438	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,203	48.12/cwt	45.50–55.00	579	236
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,214	47.62/cwt	47.00–48.00	578	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,373	48.68/cwt	39.00–51.50	668	125
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,377	55.03/cwt	52.00–63.00	758	46
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,422	42.48/cwt	35.00–46.00	604	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,478	64.05/cwt	64.00–65.00	947	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,704	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	903	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	780	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	644	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	862	114.74/cwt	78.00–120.25	989	227
Stock Cows	—	Large 1	884	78.27/cwt	65.00–94.00	692	12
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,036	71.59/cwt	51.00–96.50	742	116
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,038	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	519	2
Stock Cows	—	Large 1	1,090	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	589	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,150	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	564	3

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 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 295Last week 551Year ago 517

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,828Last week 1,331Year ago 822

Replacement CattleReceipts 711Last week 409Year ago 255

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	731	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	750	137.50	137.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	884	65.00–94.00	78.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,090	54.00	54.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	227	—	862	78.00–120.25	114.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,038	50.00	50.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	116	—	1,036	51.00–96.50	71.59

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	3	—	780	82.50	82.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,150	49.00	49.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	61.00	61.00
2	—	1,630	80.50	80.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,898	81.00–85.50	82.77
3	—	1,752	89.50	89.50
1	—	1,685	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,704	53.00	53.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,214	47.00–48.00	47.62
7	—	1,110	37.00–38.50	38.30
49	—	1,164	38.00–44.00	41.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,373	39.00–51.50	48.68
46	—	1,377	52.00–63.00	55.03
18	—	1,478	64.00–65.00	64.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,422	35.00–46.00	42.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
236	—	1,203	45.50–55.00	48.12
6	—	1,172	60.00–66.00	62.23
323	—	1,134	37.50–46.00	44.01
17	—	1,187	35.00–37.50	36.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	33.00	33.00
3	—	947	34.00–44.00	40.71
1	—	995	45.00	45.00

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.