Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were all too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Quality was mostly plain to average this week and most offerings were sold in small packages or as singles. Demand for feeder cattle was mostly mostly good. Market activity this week was mostly moderate to active. Weigh up cows and bulls comprised most of the offering this sale. Demand for cows was mostly good. Demand from western packers continues to support cow prices. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to frim, however prices did slide late in the sale as buyers filled loads. Feeding cows sold fully steady. Several independent feeders were in the market this week and this helped support feeding cow prices as eastern packers showed lighter demand for both slaughter and feeding cows. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Cow and bull quality was average to very attractive. Weigh up conditions were mixed this week. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed continue to sell on moderate to good demand. Quality this week was mostly average. These offerings sold generally steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $184.68/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 5 of 22 comparable sales and sits −27.90 against this barn's trailing median of $212.58.

Average price

$184.68

101 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,201

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$168

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$62.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+52.38

vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	186.55	1,188	98
Large 1	1,097	123.67	1,356	3thin

One grade step is worth $62.89/cwt here — about −$168 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

22 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $230.36, low $163.69, median $212.58 across 22 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale101 hd

184.68

—

MT average2 barns · 303 hd

132.30

+52.38

This barn, trailing median22 sales

212.58

−27.90

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	1,730	101.41	1,755	73
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,580	86.17	1,361	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,385	82.81	1,147	297
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,182	80.81	956	65

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,738	$2,400	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,713	$2,400	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,387	$2,350	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,698	$2,100	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,181	$2,050	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,349	$1,581	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,433	$1,528	75
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	946	$2,050	11

Every lot, as filed

68 lots · USDA AMS · Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction - Billings, MT (Thu)

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	946	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	89.04/cwt	79.50–100.00	837	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,142	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,278	1,496.22/head	1,450.00–1,525.00	1,496	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,387	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,181	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	95.78/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,033	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,199	87.18/cwt	84.00–99.00	1,045	36
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,305	88.59/cwt	83.50–93.00	1,156	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,265	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	999	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,460	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,475	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,062	77.06/cwt	76.00–79.00	818	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,412	83.78/cwt	81.00–86.50	1,183	149
Bulls	—	—	1,994	117.68/cwt	113.00–122.00	2,347	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,557	86.38/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,345	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	975	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	692	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	77.54/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,006	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,176	74.80/cwt	71.00–79.00	880	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	88.94/cwt	88.00–89.50	1,423	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,405	88.11/cwt	87.50–89.75	1,238	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,397	79.93/cwt	79.00–80.50	1,117	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,535	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,366	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	82.25/cwt	79.00–86.00	953	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,870	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,328	1
Bulls	—	—	1,565	90.09/cwt	79.00–97.00	1,410	21
Bulls	—	—	1,817	105.73/cwt	97.00–111.00	1,921	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	81.56/cwt	78.00–86.00	1,107	80
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	88.14/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,241	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,230	83.44/cwt	80.50–87.00	1,026	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,780	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	948	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,308	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,157	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	965	138.03/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,332	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	482	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,024	20
Bulls	Large 1	—	1,195	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,422	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	543	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,086	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,036	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	189.91/cwt	189.50–193.00	1,212	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,258	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	168.51/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,377	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	201.52/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,056	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,220	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,106	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	852	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	169.11/cwt	160.00–172.00	1,463	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,184	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	616	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,140	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	950	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	601	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	980	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	164.96/cwt	159.00–168.00	1,283	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,544	4
Bulls	Large 1	—	1,005	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,327	1
Bulls	Large 1	—	1,090	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,308	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	864	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,331	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	160.33/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,260	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	168.33/cwt	168.00–169.00	1,074	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,153	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,211	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,499	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,437	1,540.49/head	1,500.00–1,560.00	1,540	63
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,543	1,810.00/head	1,810.00–1,810.00	1,810	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,738	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,117	105.78/cwt	90.50–117.00	1,182	27
Stock Cows	Large 1	—	1,190	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,119	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,698	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,713	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	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.

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