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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2023-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Mon, Oct 16

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1775

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Feeder Cattle receipts

551 head

▲ 108 vs last sale 443▼ 117 vs year ago 668 · −17.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

499 head

▲ 254 vs last sale 245▲ 1 vs year ago 498 · +0.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

95 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 114▼ 82 vs year ago 177 · −46.3%

Also sold hereRegular saleThu Oct 29, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were too lightly tested either this week or last to develop any accurate market trend. Demand was light to moderate demand for light offerings. All feeders were offered in small packages or as singles. Quality today was mostly plain. Market activity was slow to moderate with a small buyer pool on hand for todays sale. Weigh up cows sold on light to moderate demand and offerings. Slaughter cows sold generally steady to weak on all offerings in a narrow comparison. Feeding cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Demand for feeding cows was stronger this week as more buyers were active in buying this class. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $267.77/cwt on 181 head.

Average price

$267.77

181 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,374

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$390

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

$80.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.11

vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	480	297.12	1,426	60
Medium and Large 1	553	269.93	1,492	83
Medium and Large 2	478	216.69	1,036	38

One grade step is worth $80.44/cwt here — about $390 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 sale181 hd

267.77

—

MT average5 barns · 2,076 hd

297.88

−30.11

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	1,778	109.93	1,955	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,615	103.64	1,674	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,411	100.96	1,425	101
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,201	89.42	1,074	54

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)	1,190	$1,525	3thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	385	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,301	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	403	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,326	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	439	207.05/cwt	206.00–209.00	909	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	463	313.21/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,450	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	481	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,154	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	495	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,292	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	517	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,199	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	270.61/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,450	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	545	258.56/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,409	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	565	255.22/cwt	249.00–270.00	1,442	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	598	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,286	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	618	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,421	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	626	237.04/cwt	233.50–243.00	1,484	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	643	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,543	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	680	238.49/cwt	238.00–239.00	1,622	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	704	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,683	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	285	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	929	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	348	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	940	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	390	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,217	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	405	296.19/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,200	15
Heifers	—	Medium 2Unweaned	424	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	772	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	431	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,017	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	435	248.49/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,081	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	271.90/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,286	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	519	254.29/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,320	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	526	238.74/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,256	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,480	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	648	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,471	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	664	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,527	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,695	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,773	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	854	224.27/cwt	218.00–224.50	1,915	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	896	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,828	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	213.54/cwt	212.50–214.00	1,960	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	948	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,000	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,872	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,040	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,945	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,145	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,244	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	327	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	974	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,269	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	480	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,200	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	641	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,461	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,602	101.14/cwt	96.00–108.00	1,620	3
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,615	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,567	1
Bulls	—	—	1,826	112.80/cwt	109.00–117.00	2,060	13
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,845	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	2,066	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	855	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	684	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	910	60.77/cwt	60.00–63.00	553	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,221	86.97/cwt	80.00–91.00	1,062	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,225	93.50/cwt	93.00–94.00	1,145	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,231	96.02/cwt	94.50–99.00	1,182	27
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,233	90.67/cwt	85.50–93.00	1,118	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,328	72.87/cwt	70.00–76.00	968	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,354	94.90/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,285	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,361	110.75/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,507	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,397	104.90/cwt	98.00–108.50	1,465	63
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,481	91.51/cwt	84.00–96.50	1,355	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,605	100.99/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,621	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,624	105.85/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,719	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	811	152.52/cwt	137.50–155.00	1,237	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	980	170.88/cwt	139.00–184.50	1,675	28
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,040	105.35/cwt	94.00–117.50	1,096	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,107	119.93/cwt	111.00–135.00	1,328	11
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,122	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,728	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,190	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	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 Oct 16, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 551Last week 443Year ago 668

Slaughter CattleReceipts 499Last week 245Year ago 498

Replacement CattleReceipts 95Last week 114Year ago 177

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	648	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	229.00	229.00
3	—	1,040	187.00	187.00
2	—	970	193.00	193.00
2	—	948	211.00	211.00
2	—	795	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	348	270.00	270.00
18	—	526	230.00–246.00	238.74
12	—	435	244.00–255.00	248.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	233.00	233.00
6	—	664	230.00	230.00
1	—	390	312.00	312.00
1	—	285	326.00	326.00
17	—	473	270.00–287.00	271.90
15	—	405	293.00–300.00	296.19
7	—	519	252.00–256.00	254.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	424	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	896	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	918	212.50–214.00	213.54
29	—	854	218.00–224.50	224.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	431	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	463	310.00–321.00	313.21
12	—	680	238.00–239.00	238.49
3	—	643	240.00	240.00
20	—	536	270.00–272.00	270.61
28	—	565	249.00–270.00	255.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	704	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	439	206.00–209.00	207.05
6	—	517	232.00	232.00
4	—	481	240.00	240.00
3	—	618	230.00	230.00
2	—	598	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	403	329.00	329.00
28	—	385	338.00	338.00
11	—	545	256.00–260.00	258.56
3	—	495	261.00	261.00
8	—	626	233.50–243.00	237.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	641	228.00	228.00
5	—	470	270.00	270.00
2	—	430	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	327	298.00	298.00
2	—	480	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	910	60.00–63.00	60.77
1	—	855	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	93.00–94.00	93.50
2	—	1,328	70.00–76.00	72.87
14	—	1,221	80.00–91.00	86.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,231	94.50–99.00	96.02
4	—	1,233	85.50–93.00	90.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,361	110.00–111.00	110.75
63	—	1,397	98.00–108.50	104.90
10	—	1,354	94.00–98.00	94.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,605	100.00–102.00	100.99
6	—	1,624	105.00–109.00	105.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,481	84.00–96.50	91.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,826	109.00–117.00	112.80
3	—	1,602	96.00–108.00	101.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	97.00	97.00
1	—	1,845	112.00	112.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	—	1,040	94.00–117.50	105.35
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	811	137.50–155.00	152.52

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	11	—	1,107	111.00–135.00	119.93
(<2 yrs)	Open	28	—	980	139.00–184.50	170.88

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,122	154.00	154.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,190	1,525.00	1,525.00

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.