Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers were too lightly tested today to develop any market trend. Calves of both sexes sold sharply higher in a narrow comparison. Demand was very good for moderate offerings. Yearling quality was mostly plain to average today with many cut back cattle seen off earlier video sales. Many blemished yearling cattle were seen today. Despite a lower quality offering, buyers showed very good demand, with very little price difference seen between blemished and non blemished cattle. Calves sold on very good demand as well. Calf quality was average to very attractive. Many long strings of calves sold today off reputation ranches. Demand for very light weight calves was very good as buyers have already started buying calves to develop into yearlings. Todays sale featured red angus calves. Several very attractive sets sold this week with many sets selling for the same price as their black hided counterparts. Demand for heavyweight calves was very good as well, as buyers try to find cattle that will finish early enough to market against the April board. CME positions traded sharply higher again today with most contracts trading over 4.00 higher with some finishing over 5.00 higher. A large crowd of buyers was on hand for todays sale and buyers all seemed to have homes for all classes and weights. Market activity was active with a large crowd on hand for todays sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $470.32/cwt on 714 head. That ranks 7 of 21 comparable sales and sits −17.46 against this barn's trailing median of $487.78.

Average price

$470.32

714 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$508

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

$92.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.42

vs MT average

+24.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	476.94	2,575	639
Medium and Large 1-2	559	434.68	2,429	44
Medium and Large 2	538	384.49	2,067	31

One grade step is worth $92.45/cwt here — about $508 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.97, low $398.08, median $487.78 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale714 hd

470.32

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MT average4 barns · 1,918 hd

465.90

+4.42

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+24.47

This barn, trailing median21 sales

487.78

−17.46

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

88 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	750–800	783	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,913	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	979	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,152	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,366	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	367.91/cwt	367.00–368.00	2,807	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	522.42/cwt	502.50–550.00	2,492	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	379.67/cwt	367.00–397.00	2,312	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	411	584.32/cwt	558.00–596.00	2,402	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	245	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	1,960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	432	534.82/cwt	525.00–540.00	2,310	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	683	395.98/cwt	392.00–397.50	2,705	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	424.66/cwt	423.00–428.00	2,374	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	376.43/cwt	363.00–386.00	2,488	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	704	410.01/cwt	400.00–419.00	2,886	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	418.85/cwt	415.00–421.00	2,769	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	642.83/cwt	632.50–645.00	2,417	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	770	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	304.49/cwt	298.00–306.00	3,151	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	287	597.13/cwt	592.50–615.00	1,714	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	486.24/cwt	459.00–513.00	2,562	474
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	319	674.50/cwt	670.00–690.00	2,152	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	276	759.88/cwt	750.00–775.00	2,097	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	468.84/cwt	452.50–494.00	2,264	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	545	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,453	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	444.46/cwt	432.00–452.00	2,316	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	326	591.67/cwt	585.00–600.00	1,929	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	505.58/cwt	480.00–547.00	2,154	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	572	432.68/cwt	430.00–441.00	2,475	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	3,117	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	215	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	564.80/cwt	535.00–579.00	2,095	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	327.10/cwt	325.00–331.00	2,983	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	333.20/cwt	328.00–340.00	2,962	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,320	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,462	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	383.01/cwt	379.50–390.00	2,968	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	364.49/cwt	344.00–370.00	3,014	37
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	691	362.93/cwt	352.00–367.50	2,508	10
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	441	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,326	22
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	650–700	653	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,364	4
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,110	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,164	1
Heifers	Large 1Full	1050–1100	1,083	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	3,130	3
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,056	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,999	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	861	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,100	8
Heifers	Medium 2	650–700	693	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,252	4
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	650–700	673	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,618	3
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	600–650	647	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,329	3
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	300–350	323	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,954	2
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	607	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,261	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	531	384.33/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,041	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,886	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,984	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	560	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,111	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	450.23/cwt	438.00–467.00	2,598	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	427.48/cwt	421.00–440.00	2,680	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	598	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,018	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	480	354.29/cwt	332.50–365.00	1,701	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	424	484.96/cwt	450.00–492.50	2,056	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	200–250	243	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,567	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	843	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	794	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,636	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	755	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	343	542.54/cwt	522.00–572.50	1,861	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	701	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,636	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	531	445.42/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,365	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	900–950	938	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,086	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	384	572.96/cwt	555.00–590.00	2,200	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,994	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	398	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,831	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	360.68/cwt	354.00–363.00	3,131	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	387.46/cwt	387.00–389.00	2,890	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	929	339.99/cwt	338.00–345.00	3,159	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	330.52/cwt	326.00–335.00	2,740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	533	408.99/cwt	370.00–452.00	2,180	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	277	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,939	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	623	404.81/cwt	391.00–411.00	2,522	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	471	414.15/cwt	385.00–450.00	1,951	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,751	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,906	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	584	424.87/cwt	395.00–441.00	2,481	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	583	385.56/cwt	381.00–390.00	2,248	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	569	379.52/cwt	377.00–380.00	2,159	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	240	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	608	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,158	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	428	454.09/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,944	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	365	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	414	377.29/cwt	370.00–382.50	1,562	10

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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