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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Mon, Nov 14

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1775

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Feeder Cattle receipts

490 head

▼ 213 vs last sale 703▲ 93 vs year ago 397 · +23.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

616 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 670▼ 738 vs year ago 1,354 · −54.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

147 head

▼ 44 vs last sale 191▼ 294 vs year ago 441 · −66.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were too lightly tested either this week or last week to develop any market trend. Demand was mostly light for light offerings. Quality today was mostly plain. Snowy conditions were seen much of the morning and many cattle looked stressed and dirty. Package sizes were mostly small today with many singles on offer. Market activity was mostly slow. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Slaughter cows sold fully steady on all classes. Packers opted to send most of the cow offering to feed, either short term feed for the upcoming holidays or high quality cows suitable to feed to premium white. Both short term feeding cows and high quality feeding cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady in a narrow comparison. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold generally steady in a narrow comparison. Demand was mostly moderate.

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 $157.98/cwt on 200 head.

Average price

$157.98

200 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$894

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 1

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.62

vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	394	162.50	640	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	480	160.23	769	33
Medium and Large 1	682	159.37	1,087	139
Medium 1	585	145.00	848	10thin
Large 1	1,077	142.50	1,535	11thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about −$894 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 sale200 hd

157.98

—

MT average5 barns · 2,877 hd

186.60

−28.62

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	1,714	84.98	1,456	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,620	77.15	1,250	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,414	72.90	1,030	124
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,144	59.16	677	77

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,020	$1,350	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,199	$1,310	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,359	$1,004	10
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,204	$950	4thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	376	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	837	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	403	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	887	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	485	216.56/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,050	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	493	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	887	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	503	192.35/cwt	180.00–198.00	968	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	517	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,060	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	555	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	849	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	644	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,072	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	733	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,147	8
Steers	—	Medium 1	736	150.21/cwt	150.00–150.50	1,106	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,170	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	272	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	490	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	394	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	640	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	452	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	723	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	510	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	882	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	522	157.51/cwt	156.00–158.00	822	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	562	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	840	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	584	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,010	31
Heifers	—	Medium 1Fleshy	585	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	848	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	973	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	940	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	704	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	957	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,382	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	926	158.75/cwt	158.75–158.75	1,470	23
Heifers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,077	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,535	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	881	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	725	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,124	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,165	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,043	1
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,280	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,075	1
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,290	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	813	1
Bulls	—	—	1,878	91.02/cwt	87.00–96.50	1,709	4
Bulls	—	—	1,963	83.06/cwt	77.50–86.50	1,630	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows16 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	905	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	412	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	915	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	302	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	482	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,131	55.18/cwt	51.50–60.50	624	30
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,134	57.74/cwt	54.50–62.00	655	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,142	65.35/cwt	64.00–71.00	746	25
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,170	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	854	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,242	62.48/cwt	61.50–64.00	776	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,385	62.76/cwt	57.50–66.50	869	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,418	77.65/cwt	66.00–80.00	1,101	73
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,423	61.77/cwt	55.50–64.00	879	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,424	80.50/cwt	80.25–82.50	1,146	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,426	67.81/cwt	66.00–74.00	967	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,469	75.67/cwt	75.00–77.00	1,112	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,741	81.50/cwt	81.50–81.50	1,419	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,812	74.79/cwt	73.50–77.50	1,355	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,020	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,185	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,204	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Non-Legible BANGS	1,208	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,359	1,032.96/head	1,010.00–1,075.00	1,033	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,360	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,390	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	910	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	929	108.61/cwt	81.00–117.00	1,009	35
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,048	65.09/cwt	63.50–67.00	682	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,097	82.89/cwt	71.00–107.00	909	32

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 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 490Last week 703Year ago 397

Slaughter CattleReceipts 616Last week 670Year ago 1,354

Replacement CattleReceipts 147Last week 191Year ago 441

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	517	205.00	205.00
2	—	750	156.00	156.00
8	—	733	156.50	156.50
26	—	485	210.00–218.00	216.56
8	—	644	166.50	166.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	493	180.00	180.00
2	—	403	220.00	220.00
5	—	376	222.50	222.50
16	—	503	180.00–198.00	192.35
4	—	555	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	736	150.00–150.50	150.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	610	159.50	159.50
23	—	926	158.75	158.75
19	—	510	173.00	173.00
31	—	584	173.00	173.00
16	—	653	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	452	160.00	160.00
3	—	272	180.00	180.00
21	—	522	156.00–158.00	157.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	394	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	704	136.00	136.00
9	—	562	149.50	149.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	585	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	861	160.50	160.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,077	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	155.00	155.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,208	1,300.00	1,300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,390	65.50	65.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,360	960.00	960.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,185	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,020	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,204	950.00	950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,359	1,010.00–1,075.00	1,032.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,048	63.50–67.00	65.09

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	35	—	929	81.00–117.00	108.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,097	71.00–107.00	82.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	84.00	84.00
1	—	1,165	89.50	89.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,878	87.00–96.50	91.02
3	—	1,963	77.50–86.50	83.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,142	64.00–71.00	65.35
1	—	1,170	73.00	73.00
7	—	1,134	54.50–62.00	57.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,242	61.50–64.00	62.48
2	—	1,120	43.00	43.00
30	—	1,131	51.50–60.50	55.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	45.50	45.50
1	—	915	33.00	33.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,469	75.00–77.00	75.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,426	66.00–74.00	67.81
15	—	1,423	55.50–64.00	61.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,741	81.50	81.50
3	—	1,812	73.50–77.50	74.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,385	57.50–66.50	62.76
73	—	1,418	66.00–80.00	77.65
9	—	1,424	80.25–82.50	80.50

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.