Name: Billings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers were too lightly tested either this week or last to develop any market trend. Yearling quality was mostly plain. Steer calves under 500 lbs sold mostly 10.00-20.00 higher, steers 500-649 lbs sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower, steer calves over 650 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 lower in a narrow comparison. Heifer calves under 450 lbs sold sharply lower with most sales 20.00-35.00 lower, heifers 450-549 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, heifers 550-599 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 lower, heifers over 600 lbs were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to lower undertones were noticed. Demand for calves was mostly moderate to good for moderate offerings. Calf quality this week was mixed from plain to attractive. A wide variety of quality was seen this week. Demand for lightweight offerings suitable to develop into yearlings remains very good. Steer demand was stronger than heifers this week, a flip from last weeks sale. Demand for replacement heifers remains very good with most attractive quality heifers over 575 lbs being purchased to develop into replacements. CME positions traded sharply lower again today with January through November 2026 contracts trading over 4.50 lower. Despite lower CME positions demand for attractive quality cattle remains good, especially for light weight cattle suitable to go to grass. Several ranchers were in the stands buying grass cattle again this week. Market activity was active with a larger crowd on hand seen again this week compared to last week. No cows will be sold on Thursdays in the fall.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $373.94/cwt on 621 head. That ranks 3 of 21 comparable sales and sits −59.93 against this barn's trailing median of $433.86.

Average price

$373.94

621 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,052

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$44.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.57

vs MT average

+17.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	378.97	2,085	550
Medium and Large 1-2	538	334.94	1,801	71

One grade step is worth $44.03/cwt here — about $284 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $469.35, low $332.50, median $433.86 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 sale621 hd

373.94

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MT average4 barns · 1,178 hd

374.50

−0.57

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

+17.05

This barn, trailing median21 sales

433.86

−59.93

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

112 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	360.12/cwt	349.00–380.00	2,096	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	426.35/cwt	407.00–450.00	2,004	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,283	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	346	618.24/cwt	605.00–620.00	2,139	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	419.49/cwt	417.50–422.50	1,619	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	492.69/cwt	472.00–527.50	2,311	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	488.19/cwt	477.50–505.00	2,343	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	457.14/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,979	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	424.07/cwt	403.00–436.50	2,392	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	381	453.89/cwt	445.00–472.50	1,729	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	569.88/cwt	565.00–580.00	2,166	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	657	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,326	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	544.37/cwt	500.00–585.00	2,221	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	293	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	807	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,695	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	349.35/cwt	342.50–362.00	2,320	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	356.49/cwt	355.00–362.00	2,545	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	445.34/cwt	435.00–452.00	2,369	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	750–800	799	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	604	383.29/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,315	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	752	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,519	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	302	469.98/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,419	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	632	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	337.00/cwt	325.00–349.00	2,076	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	500–550	502	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,657	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	572	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	368.94/cwt	364.00–372.00	2,501	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	342.46/cwt	321.00–410.00	1,966	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,218	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,332	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	553.40/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,075	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,332	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	395.99/cwt	377.50–401.50	2,447	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	425.97/cwt	400.00–432.75	2,420	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	364.34/cwt	351.00–368.00	2,029	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,199	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	718	356.38/cwt	354.00–360.00	2,559	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,566	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	517.46/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,225	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,479	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	417.24/cwt	409.00–427.50	2,007	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	339.12/cwt	324.00–347.00	2,089	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,024	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	389.61/cwt	366.00–398.00	2,073	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	387.92/cwt	378.00–398.00	2,417	31
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	528	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,270	2
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	541	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,148	11
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	410	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,661	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,132	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,853	7
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	650–700	654	364.91/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,387	109
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	681	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,029	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	581	333.05/cwt	320.00–341.00	1,935	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	460	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	1000–1050	1,034	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,699	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	515	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,261	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	693	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,322	4
Heifers	Medium 2Unweaned	450–500	475	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,354	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	450–500	476	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,404	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	400–450	414	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,449	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	663	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,724	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	701	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,998	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	450–500	458	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,282	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	569.19/cwt	569.00–570.00	2,208	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	482	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,567	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	392	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,460	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	350–400	358	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,181	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	550–600	585	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,404	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	360	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,530	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	521	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,089	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	476	392.65/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,869	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	417	418.36/cwt	394.00–439.00	1,745	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,601	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	372.42/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,583	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	306	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,836	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	717	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,438	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	472.49/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,027	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	364.48/cwt	364.00–365.00	1,914	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	424	346.46/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,469	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	468	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,872	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	428.17/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,261	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	395.92/cwt	372.50–405.00	2,102	157
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,637	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	460	478.70/cwt	472.50–480.00	2,202	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	564	401.47/cwt	401.00–405.00	2,264	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	529	414.36/cwt	392.00–447.50	2,192	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	450–500	451	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,353	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,015	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,602	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	433.39/cwt	425.00–439.00	2,258	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,334	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,946	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	306	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,454	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	469.27/cwt	462.00–475.00	2,182	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	579	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,916	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	390	401.46/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,566	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,128	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,614	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,533	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,162	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,218	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	285	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	514.67/cwt	500.00–517.50	1,987	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	298	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,326	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	682	305.60/cwt	305.00–307.50	2,084	4

How this sale compares

Montana weighted averages

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