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Billings Livestock Commission

Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Billings, Montana · Thu, Oct 30

● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1777

← Oct 23Oct 30Nov 6 →

Receipts

4,299 head

▼ 538 vs last sale 4,837▼ 299 vs year ago 4,598 · −6.5%

Also sold here(Mon)Mon Oct 26, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers were too lightly tested today to develop any market trend. Steer calves 350-449 lbs sold sharply lower with most sales 20.00-40.00 lower; steer calves over 450 lbs sold mostly 10.00-30.00 lower. Heifer calves under 550 lbs sold 20.00-40.00 lower, heifers over 550 lbs sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower in a narrow comparison. Demand was mostly moderate to good for moderate to heavy offerings. Yearling quality was mostly plain to average today. Yearling offerings were very light. Calf quality was mixed from plain to very attractive. Quality this week was not as attractive as last week with more small packages of calves noticed. Demand for front end attractive offerings was good with several order buyers buying for packers actively bidding on both steers and heifers. Many cutback offerings were seen this week. Some packages of calves were stale and had been off the cow for a few days, especially packages of calves offered later in the sale. Buyers showed very light demand for these and for short weaned offerings. Many blemished offerings were seen this sale as well, with some large packages of frost bit ears and tails. These offerings are not included in the report below but for reference sold 40.00-60.00 behind their unblemished counterparts. Demand for high quality heifers was good with several buyers showing strong premiums for heifers that could be developed into replacements. These offerings were tagged as fancy in the report below. CME positions traded higher much of the day after a week of sharply lower movement. Market activity was moderate to active with a large crowd on hand for todays sale. Internet bidding remains sluggish as many buyers remain sidelined following the last week of sharply lower CME contract movement. No cows will be sold on Thursdays in the fall.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $422.29/cwt on 589 head. That ranks 4 of 22 comparable sales and sits −20.65 against this barn's trailing median of $442.94.

Average price

$422.29

589 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,363

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$52.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.14

vs MT average

−7.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	433.14	2,402	403
Medium and Large 1-2	573	400.27	2,292	169
Large 1	594	388.00	2,305	6thin
Medium and Large 2	507	382.50	1,939	8thin
Medium 1	573	381.00	2,183	3thin

One grade step is worth $52.14/cwt here — about $219 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale589 hd

422.29

—

MT average5 barns · 2,100 hd

420.15

+2.14

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−7.43

This barn, trailing median22 sales

442.94

−20.65

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

22 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.97, low $398.08, median $442.94 across 22 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

91 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. 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	228	722.91/cwt	710.00–735.00	1,648	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	284	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	1,889	23
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	316	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,659	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	328	571.08/cwt	550.00–575.00	1,873	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	364	606.27/cwt	550.00–617.00	2,207	111
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	381	539.36/cwt	532.50–545.00	2,055	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,106	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	423	522.68/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,211	67
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,083	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	427	491.11/cwt	472.50–501.00	2,097	59
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,274	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	454	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,816	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	497.64/cwt	470.00–525.00	2,369	206
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	485	451.86/cwt	382.50–458.00	2,192	34
Steers	450–500	Medium 1Unweaned	490	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,181	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	507	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,939	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	446.22/cwt	433.00–475.00	2,352	197
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Full	533	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,025	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	537	426.45/cwt	407.50–433.00	2,290	24
Steers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	573	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,183	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	580	396.50/cwt	364.00–406.00	2,300	140
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	581	420.63/cwt	400.00–442.00	2,444	206
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	594	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,305	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,452	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	617	378.05/cwt	364.00–385.00	2,333	84
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	623	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,071	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	398.83/cwt	382.00–409.00	2,489	288
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	651	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,327	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	674	383.21/cwt	372.50–387.00	2,583	62
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	678	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,390	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	709	383.47/cwt	377.00–386.50	2,719	55
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	726	364.56/cwt	358.00–372.00	2,647	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	788	369.41/cwt	368.00–370.00	2,911	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,800	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	936	323.55/cwt	320.00–329.00	3,028	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	958	323.09/cwt	317.50–327.50	3,095	4
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Full	1,018	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,207	3
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Full	1,057	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,330	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers45 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	259	625.15/cwt	625.00–630.00	1,619	32
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	271	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,409	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	332	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,776	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1Unweaned	352	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,654	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2Unweaned	368	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,030	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	369	516.67/cwt	472.50–530.00	1,907	146
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	379	473.11/cwt	430.00–490.00	1,793	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	430	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,570	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	435	410.82/cwt	345.00–435.00	1,787	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	441	436.64/cwt	430.00–482.50	1,926	47
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,856	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	453	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,116	120
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Full	466	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,794	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	431.68/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,050	271
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	488	382.91/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,869	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	526	360.65/cwt	357.00–371.00	1,897	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	396.21/cwt	379.00–417.50	2,088	154
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	527	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,686	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	543	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,765	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	573	357.05/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,046	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	577	348.29/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,010	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	580	377.90/cwt	365.00–386.00	2,192	81
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	584	390.44/cwt	387.00–395.00	2,280	109
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Full	590	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,918	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	600	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,070	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	616	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,848	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	621	369.09/cwt	363.00–375.00	2,292	37
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	681	342.56/cwt	338.00–351.00	2,333	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	696	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,269	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,275	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	702	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,264	9
Heifers	700–750	Large 1Unweaned	718	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,247	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,424	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,537	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	761	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,466	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,631	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	311.71/cwt	311.00–312.00	2,780	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,791	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	983	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,664	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	2,970	31
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,007	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,940	10
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Full	1,048	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,950	6
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1Full	1,062	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,878	6
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,075	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	3,042	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	360	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,088	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	410	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,968	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	510	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,658	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	373.23/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,008	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	589	361.78/cwt	360.00–362.50	2,131	14
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,174	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	654	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,263	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	717	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,384	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 (Thu)

Thu Oct 30, 2025

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

Receipts 4,299Last week 4,837Year ago 4,598

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	710.00–735.00	722.91
23	250–300	284	665.00	665.00
111	350–400	364	550.00–617.00	606.27
67	400–450	423	510.00–550.00	522.68
206	450–500	476	470.00–525.00	497.64
197	500–550	527	433.00–475.00	446.22
206	550–600	581	400.00–442.00	420.63
288	600–650	624	382.00–409.00	398.83
62	650–700	674	372.50–387.00	383.21
55	700–750	709	377.00–386.50	383.47
10	750–800	788	368.00–370.00	369.41
9	800–850	800	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	540.00	540.00
18	400–450	425	490.00	490.00
5	900–950	936	320.00–329.00	323.55
4	950–1000	958	317.50–327.50	323.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	328	550.00–575.00	571.08
20	350–400	381	532.50–545.00	539.36
59	400–450	427	472.50–501.00	491.11
34	450–500	485	382.50–458.00	451.86
24	500–550	537	407.50–433.00	426.45
140	550–600	580	364.00–406.00	396.50
84	600–650	617	364.00–385.00	378.05
14	650–700	651	357.50	357.50
27	700–750	726	358.00–372.00	364.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	445	511.00	511.00
4	600–650	613	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	678	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	594	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,057	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	445.00	445.00
3	550–600	573	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,018	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	316	525.00	525.00
7	450–500	454	400.00	400.00
8	500–550	507	382.50	382.50
4	600–650	623	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	533	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	250–300	259	625.00–630.00	625.15
3	300–350	332	535.00	535.00
146	350–400	369	472.50–530.00	516.67
47	400–450	441	430.00–482.50	436.64
271	450–500	475	400.00–445.00	431.68
154	500–550	527	379.00–417.50	396.21
81	550–600	580	365.00–386.00	377.90
37	600–650	621	363.00–375.00	369.09
22	650–700	681	338.00–351.00	342.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	745	340.50	340.50
10	800–850	817	322.00	322.00
14	850–900	892	311.00–312.00	311.71
3	900–950	912	306.00	306.00
31	950–1000	985	301.50	301.50
10	1000–1050	1,007	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
37	550–600	565	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	573	355.00–360.00	357.05
7	600–650	600	345.00	345.00
6	1000–1050	1,048	281.50	281.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	718	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,075	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,062	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	543	325.00	325.00
14	600–650	616	300.00	300.00
9	700–750	702	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
120	450–500	453	467.00	467.00
109	550–600	584	387.00–395.00	390.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	271	520.00	520.00
5	400–450	430	365.00	365.00
31	500–550	527	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	379	430.00–490.00	473.11
27	400–450	435	345.00–435.00	410.82
34	450–500	488	355.00–395.00	382.91
34	500–550	526	357.00–371.00	360.65
3	550–600	577	335.00–355.00	348.29
9	650–700	696	326.00	326.00
2	700–750	700	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	442	420.00	420.00
5	700–750	728	333.00	333.00
4	750–800	761	324.00	324.00
7	950–1000	983	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	466	385.00	385.00
21	550–600	590	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	580.00	580.00
1	400–450	410	480.00	480.00
14	500–550	538	370.00–375.00	373.23
14	550–600	589	360.00–362.50	361.78
8	650–700	654	346.00	346.00
3	700–750	717	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	649	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	325.00	325.00

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.