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Billings Livestock Commission

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Mon, Oct 25
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1775
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,331 head
156 vs last sale 1,487 1,235 vs year ago 96 · +1,286.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
409 head
96 vs last sale 505 395 vs year ago 14 · +2,821.4%
Also sold hereRegular saleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Mondays sale: Feeder cattle were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Weigh up cows sold on moderate demand for heavy offerings. Packing buyers competed with other feeding and rebreed buyers throughout todays heavy offering. Breaking slaughter cows were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, steady undertones were noticed. Boning and lean cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeding cows sold on moderate to good demand this week. Thin cows sold with the best demand this sale as buyers purchased these cows to hold for the upcoming holidays. High quality cows suitable to feed to premium white sold generally steady. Overall feeding cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Weigh up conditions were mostly below average today and while some cows looked lower in price, after accounting for fill, most cows sold near steady. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady. Young age cows suitable to rebreed were too lightly tested this week to develop an accurate market trend, lower undertones were noticed. Quality this week was much lower than last week.

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
BullsLow1,78778.531,40334
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57062.0297419
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,40953.09748351
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,20847.25571630

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction - Billings, MT (Mon)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,344987.79/cwt875.00–1,100.0013,27619
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,45754.50/cwt54.50–54.5079435
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3201,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0014,5205
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,56060.97/cwt58.50–73.0095111
Stock CowsMedium and Large 197488.75/cwt70.00–99.0086484
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,05064.00/cwt64.00–64.006721
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,10364.94/cwt48.00–78.0071674
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,24247.73/cwt45.00–49.005933
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed75085.00/cwt85.00–85.006381
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed1,08444.59/cwt36.00–47.0048328
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,42948.02/cwt48.00–49.0068640
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,375950.00/cwt950.00–950.0013,0634
BullsReturn to Feed1,30368.76/cwt63.00–75.008962
BullsReturn to Feed1,24581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0084
BullsHeavy Weight2,57085.00/cwt85.00–85.002,1851
Bulls2,09691.84/cwt89.00–94.001,9254
Bulls1,80180.56/cwt79.00–83.001,45110
Bulls1,86273.11/cwt61.00–77.501,36113
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94734.17/cwt33.00–37.5032410
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight86546.00/cwt46.00–46.003981
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44546.03/cwt42.00–52.0066524
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46356.66/cwt56.00–62.008298
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,44960.44/cwt55.00–64.0087688
CowsLean 85-90%1,19436.62/cwt35.00–38.004376
CowsLean 85-90%1,30949.50/cwt47.00–53.0064814
CowsLean 85-90%1,20342.33/cwt39.00–46.0050963
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,38349.54/cwt43.00–54.00685212
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,40754.00/cwt54.00–54.007603
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,56866.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0354
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,20763.70/cwt62.00–66.007697
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,16846.05/cwt42.00–48.00538170
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,23348.96/cwt47.00–54.50604355
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,14136.82/cwt35.00–38.004204
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,43966.14/cwt64.00–68.0095219
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61262.70/cwt54.00–64.501,01112

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.