Sale reports / Montana / Billings Livestock Commission / 2022-11-03

Billings Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Thu, Nov 3
● Final117 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1777
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,224 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 3,275▼ 183 vs year ago 3,407 · −5.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
244 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 297▼ 130 vs year ago 374 · −34.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 198▲ 8 vs year ago 252 · +3.2%
Also sold here(Mon)Thu Apr 16, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifer were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were noticed on steers and higher undertones were noticed on heifers on a higher quality offering. Steer calves under 600 lbs sold mostly 5.00-20.00 lower. Steer calves over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady from 7.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Heifer calves all sold steady to 10.00 lower. Demand was uneven this week. Quality was plain to average with a very limited offering of attractive cattle. Quality was much lower compared to last weeks very attractive offering. Package sizes were mostly small to medium this week. Many sets of short weaned cattle were seen this week and these offerings were met with very light demand. Most short weaned calves looked stressed or on the verge of sick. Market activity was mostly moderate this week. Weigh up cows sold on mostly light to moderate demand and offerings. Slaughter cows were too lightly tested to develop a full market trend, steady undertones were noticed. Most cows were purchased to feed for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. These cows were most thin and would normally go to slaughter. Feeding cows sold with steady undertones. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold steady in a narrow comparison. The best demand continues to be for high quality rebreed type cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $202.77/cwt on 1,267 head.
Average price
$202.77
1,267 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,162
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$36.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.29
vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1584204.331,1921,051
Medium and Large 2427199.2585226
Medium and Large 1-2530198.221,050109
Medium 1491196.4696462
Large 1705167.871,18419thin
One grade step is worth $36.46/cwt here — about $9 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 sale1,267 hd
202.77
—
MT average5 barns · 4,294 hd
207.06
−4.29
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,75884.131,47812
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,56174.451,16218
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40462.3287542
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19656.2667370

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)735$1,25410
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,094$1,20211
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,435$1,0605
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,233$1,0329
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,379$1,00514
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,340$1,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

117 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—486199.72/cwt199.00–201.009718
SteersMedium and Large 1—657176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,15623
SteersMedium and Large 1—838182.75/cwt182.75–182.751,53124
SteersMedium and Large 1—882178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,57426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—701167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1714
SteersMedium 1—450210.00/cwt210.00–210.0094511
SteersMedium and Large 1—486211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,02814
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—655189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,24144
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—759172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,30510
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—887170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,50817
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—617187.14/cwt179.00–193.001,155120
SteersMedium 1—441216.81/cwt215.00–219.0095622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—825172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,4194
HeifersMedium 1Unweaned—451187.00/cwt187.00–187.0084315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—473193.91/cwt184.00–203.00917248
HeifersLarge 1Unweaned—623155.00/cwt155.00–155.009662
SteersMedium and Large 1—969162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,57526
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—712187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3313
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—631204.50/cwt204.50–204.501,29099
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—381202.35/cwt200.00–204.007719
HeifersLarge 1Unweaned—442189.00/cwt189.00–189.008353
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—523179.65/cwt172.50–188.0094099
SteersLarge 1—839162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,3594
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—716154.11/cwt150.00–156.001,1038
HeifersLarge 1Unweaned—583160.37/cwt159.00–160.5093522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—628150.34/cwt149.00–151.009446
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—554151.00/cwt151.00–151.008375
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—627169.26/cwt156.00–173.001,06151
HeifersLarge 1Unweaned—515164.38/cwt155.00–172.0084718
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—565194.55/cwt184.00–200.001,099128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—561179.02/cwt176.00–182.001,00419
SteersMedium 1—684178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2184
SteersMedium and Large 1—561190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,06620
SteersMedium and Large 1—725179.99/cwt173.00–182.501,30518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—526188.50/cwt188.50–188.509926
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—377221.00/cwt221.00–221.0083313
SteersLarge 1Unweaned—674169.35/cwt169.00–169.501,14113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—428225.85/cwt221.00–230.0096733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—333253.77/cwt250.00–257.508458
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—635171.74/cwt165.00–176.001,09127
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—756172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3009
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—327290.02/cwt260.00–302.0094823
SteersMedium 1Unweaned—595177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0537
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—516152.50/cwt152.50–152.507878
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—473220.14/cwt207.00–240.001,04170
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—417217.50/cwt217.50–217.509075
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—526205.21/cwt187.00–212.001,079195
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—421251.14/cwt233.00–271.001,057113
SteersLarge 1Unweaned—640170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0882
SteersMedium 1Unweaned—493175.00/cwt175.00–175.0086318
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—386252.47/cwt242.50–280.0097527
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—676178.46/cwt169.00–183.001,20642
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—861160.25/cwt160.25–160.251,38037
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—580166.25/cwt164.00–169.0096417
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—511179.48/cwt177.00–181.5091717
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—460210.00/cwt210.00–210.009662
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—424232.24/cwt228.00–235.0098510
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—670165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1065
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21953.38/cwt50.00–59.0065122
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—93251.03/cwt50.00–52.004768
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed—1,19862.70/cwt61.00–63.0075114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed—1,53273.81/cwt73.50–76.001,13110
Bulls——1,82984.95/cwt74.00–87.501,55410
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59168.00/cwt68.00–68.001,0824
CowsLean 85-90%—1,33264.15/cwt62.00–69.008543
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50384.50/cwt84.50–84.501,2702
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,70080.50/cwt80.50–80.501,3692
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19043.00/cwt43.00–43.005121
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,52571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,0832
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41760.91/cwt57.00–64.508638
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed—1,37358.78/cwt56.00–62.0080722
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed—1,43869.50/cwt69.50–69.5099910
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed—1,25156.48/cwt48.00–59.0070722
Bulls—Return to Feed—1,40080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1202
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1481,232.15/head1,225.00–1,275.001,2327
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,4351,060.00/head1,060.00–1,060.001,0605
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—946114.92/cwt91.00–122.501,087122
Stock CowsLarge 1—1,01092.00/cwt92.00–92.009291
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,01076.21/cwt66.00–85.007704
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth—1,3791,005.08/head1,000.00–1,010.001,00514
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,191950.00/head950.00–950.009504
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,03087.00/cwt63.00–99.0089656
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—854108.02/cwt100.00–114.009225
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2671,097.51/head1,025.00–1,150.001,0985
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0001,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,3401,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—7351,253.79/head1,225.00–1,275.001,25410
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—283245.00/cwt245.00–245.006936
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—667156.60/cwt154.00–162.001,0453
HeifersMedium 1-2Unweaned—428153.79/cwt150.00–157.506586
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—422160.00/cwt160.00–160.006754
HeifersSmall and Medium 2Unweaned—448110.00/cwt110.00–110.004936
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—525169.06/cwt165.00–175.0088821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—322219.71/cwt200.00–227.5070717
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—388214.60/cwt209.00–235.0083396
HeifersMedium 1—784160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,25411
HeifersMedium 1-2Unweaned—452152.50/cwt152.50–152.506897
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—484182.38/cwt182.00–184.0088320
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—571178.18/cwt159.00–184.251,017133
HeifersMedium 1-2Unweaned—525145.00/cwt145.00–145.007616
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—426205.28/cwt200.00–211.0087455
HeifersMedium and Large 1—855167.74/cwt165.00–170.001,43420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—715170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2162
HeifersMedium and Large 1—808166.25/cwt166.25–166.251,34319
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—343216.31/cwt215.00–219.007426
HeifersMedium and Large 1—454184.50/cwt184.50–184.508384
HeifersMedium and Large 1—434199.00/cwt199.00–199.008644
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0539
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—793144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1426
HeifersMedium 1—723164.76/cwt158.50–167.001,19126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—437189.54/cwt187.00–195.0082814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—661160.47/cwt158.00–161.001,06118
HeifersMedium and Large 1—944161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,52528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—517166.00/cwt166.00–166.0085829
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—357202.50/cwt202.50–202.507233
HeifersLarge 1—622150.00/cwt150.00–150.009333
HeifersLarge 1Unweaned—451182.00/cwt182.00–182.008216

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.