Sale reports / Montana / Public Auction Yards / 2022-06-22

Public Auction Yards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Wed, Jun 22
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1774
Feeder Cattle receipts
447 head
425 vs last sale 22 540 vs year ago 987 · 54.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,107 head
455 vs last sale 652 307 vs year ago 1,414 · 21.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
552 head
1,336 vs last sale 1,888 50 vs year ago 502 · +10.0%
Also sold hereRegular saleFri Nov 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Early Summer Pair and Feeder Special with All Class Cattle Sale. Compared to last week, no feeder cattle trend can be established due to light receipts last week. Weigh up cows and bulls sold on moderate demand. Slaughter cows sold uneven; breakers and leans 2.00 to 3.00 higher, boners 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Weigh up conditions were mostly average to attractive this week. Cows returning to feed sold on good demand; selling 6.00 to 7.00 higher for boners, and steady to 1.00 higher for leans. These cows were mostly of average quality. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was very good for cow calf pairs selling in many long strings off reputation ranches. Young age open cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold steady. Quality this week was average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.50/cwt on 289 head.
Average price
$157.50
289 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$339
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.63
vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1671165.201,108158
Medium and Large 1-2644158.801,02243
Medium and Large 2538143.0376988
One grade step is worth $22.17/cwt here — about $339 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 sale289 hd
157.50
MT average3 barns · 506 hd
159.13
−1.63
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
BullsHigh1,643112.421,84799
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38190.071,244203
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33286.001,146252
CowsLean 85-90%High1,18881.43967159

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,189$2,470116
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,665$2,26792
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,519$1,61883

Every lot, as filed

54 lots · USDA AMS · Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction - Billings, MT (Wed)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629165.17/cwt165.00–166.001,0396
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2682165.12/cwt162.00–165.501,1269
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583162.76/cwt162.00–163.009498
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2457170.22/cwt170.00–172.007789
HeifersMedium and Large 2590139.04/cwt138.00–140.0082023
HeifersMedium and Large 2Spayed400147.00/cwt147.00–147.0058823
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added817145.42/cwt142.00–146.501,18819
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added872145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,26424
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed680176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,20013
HeifersMedium and Large 1636173.41/cwt173.00–175.501,10343
HeifersMedium and Large 2703136.50/cwt136.50–136.5096018
SteersMedium and Large 1524176.78/cwt175.00–177.0092619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2827150.12/cwt148.50–152.001,24111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455174.45/cwt170.00–175.007949
SteersMedium and Large 1-2642150.68/cwt150.50–152.009678
SteersMedium and Large 1-2887149.58/cwt149.00–152.001,3275
SteersMedium and Large 1703167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1744
HeifersMedium and Large 2516149.00/cwt149.00–149.007697
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2786148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1634
HeifersMedium and Large 2Spayed487147.50/cwt147.50–147.5071817
HeifersMedium and Large 1939137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2867
HeifersMedium and Large 1419176.00/cwt176.00–176.007374
HeifersMedium and Large 1522175.92/cwt175.00–177.0091848
CowsLean 85-90%1,21187.88/cwt85.00–91.501,06439
CowsLean 85-90%1,16580.49/cwt77.00–84.0093886
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,35978.79/cwt78.50–81.001,07115
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,31991.25/cwt90.00–93.501,20485
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,45088.31/cwt85.00–89.501,28050
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,40385.14/cwt81.00–89.001,19546
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4601,517.64/head1,450.00–1,600.001,51837
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1632,265.49/head1,825.00–2,400.002,26596
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,3113,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,45020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2834132.19/cwt131.50–134.001,1027
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35391.85/cwt90.00–94.001,24342
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49486.76/cwt84.00–89.501,29626
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29389.68/cwt88.00–92.001,16023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33084.44/cwt80.00–87.001,123154
CowsLean 85-90%1,10674.52/cwt72.00–76.0082419
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,26292.73/cwt90.00–93.251,17029
Bulls2,032117.29/cwt115.00–120.002,3838
Bulls2,136125.14/cwt122.00–128.002,67313
Bulls2,282131.36/cwt130.00–133.002,9983
Bulls1,497110.52/cwt107.00–114.001,65457
Bulls1,468103.92/cwt102.00–106.001,52618
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,077116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,24913
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1974120.21/cwt118.50–121.501,17120
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,173101.39/cwt99.00–111.001,18950
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,6732,409.40/head2,400.00–2,410.002,40915
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5211,346.79/head1,300.00–1,350.001,34711
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5801,809.24/head1,700.00–1,850.001,80935
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20894.47/cwt90.00–96.001,14127
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5071,847.61/head1,800.00–2,000.001,84813
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,7211,795.59/head1,635.00–1,900.001,79611
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,6902,426.77/head2,125.00–2,475.002,42753

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.