Sale reports / Montana / Public Auction Yards / 2023-06-07

Public Auction Yards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Wed, Jun 7
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1774
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
69 vs last sale 22 84 vs year ago 175 · 48.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
456 head
35 vs last sale 421 114 vs year ago 570 · 20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
98 head
1,418 vs last sale 1,516 147 vs year ago 245 · 60.0%
Also sold hereRegular saleFri Nov 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Todays sale featured mostly weigh up cows, with a very light offering of feeder cattle. Demand for limited offerings was mostly moderate to good. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good to very good demand for light to moderate offerings. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower on boning and lean cows, breaking cows sold generally steady. Packers purchased most of the offering to feed this week and fewer cows for immediate harvest. Cow and bull quality today was very attractive and buyers showed very good demand for high quality cows suitable to feed. Feeding cows sold generally steady, but had many buyers actively bidding on cows for that purpose. Weigh up conditions were mostly average to above average for buyers as most cows have been out on grass and were very empty at sale time. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 1.00-2.00 lower. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold mostly steady to firm. Quality was average to attractive.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $238.87/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$238.87
36 head · 701 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$353
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$74.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.73
vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521286.771,4959thin
Medium and Large 2474250.001,1857thin
Large 1790220.001,7382thin
Medium and Large 1869212.691,84818thin
One grade step is worth $74.09/cwt here — about −$353 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 sale36 hd
238.87
MT average3 barns · 135 hd
226.14
+12.73
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
BullsAverage1,777120.092,13471
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,592108.021,72012
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,460105.381,539179
CowsLean 85-90%High1,21294.701,148107

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1-2935179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,6744
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy991186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,8434
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2953138.07/cwt136.00–140.001,3162
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,192112.62/cwt98.00–169.001,34238
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,113147.31/cwt115.00–171.001,64040
Stock CowsLarge 11,016127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2905
BullsReturn to Feed1,352122.15/cwt117.00–128.001,6515
BullsHeavy Weight2,545136.00/cwt136.00–136.003,4611
BullsReturn to Feed1,264108.85/cwt97.00–113.001,3767
Bulls1,857122.24/cwt116.00–126.002,27031
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,386100.40/cwt97.00–105.001,39239
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,518111.51/cwt105.00–114.501,69388
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,160102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,435108.11/cwt105.00–112.001,55113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,561110.82/cwt109.50–111.501,7306
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,607103.76/cwt102.50–104.501,6673
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,683106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,7842
CowsLean 85-90%1,20087.95/cwt80.00–91.001,05526
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,43693.77/cwt89.00–97.001,34713
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,555108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,6791
CowsLean 85-90%1,19795.63/cwt91.00–99.001,14549
CowsLean 85-90%1,226102.34/cwt101.00–106.001,25514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55493.48/cwt92.00–94.001,4537
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34697.71/cwt95.00–102.501,31519
Bulls2,138130.82/cwt126.00–136.002,79712
Bulls1,652110.54/cwt101.00–114.001,82615
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,12388.00/cwt88.00–88.009882
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,28396.67/cwt94.00–97.001,24015
HeifersMedium and Large 1705210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4812
HeifersMedium and Large 1760205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5581
HeifersMedium and Large 1943181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7079
HeifersMedium and Large 1850188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,5985
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584280.32/cwt260.00–290.001,6373
SteersMedium and Large 1573296.17/cwt292.50–300.001,6972
SteersMedium and Large 1742230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7076
SteersLarge 1790220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7382
SteersMedium and Large 11,043182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,8984
SteersMedium and Large 1953192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,8302
SteersMedium and Large 2474250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1857
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2552227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470242.45/cwt240.00–245.001,1402
BullsMedium and Large 1587270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5855
BullsMedium and Large 1818209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,7102

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.