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Public Auction Yards

Name: Public Auction Yards livestock auction prices — 2019-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Fri, Oct 25

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1776

← Oct 18Oct 25Nov 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,216 head

▼ 492 vs last sale 2,708▲ 2,216 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

77 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 123▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

347 head

▲ 189 vs last sale 158▲ 347 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Fridays sale: Yearling steers and heifers were all too lightly tested to develop any market trend. All weights of steer calves sold unevenly steady from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher, with the exception of 500-549 lbs steers which sold steady to 4.00 lower. Heifer calves all sold generally steady this week, with the exception of 400-449 lbs heifers which sold mostly 2.00-4.00 lower. Calf quality this week was mixed from plain to attractive. A few load or part loads of calves were offered this sale, however most calves were offered in small to medium size packages. Buyers showed mostly good to very good demand for calves with two rounds of vaccinations this week. Calves with two rounds of vaccinations offered mostly a 8.00-10.00 premium over non preconditioned calves or calves with only spring preconditioning shots. Calves were in mostly light to moderate flesh this week. Many calves have already seen a snowstorm or two and have lost some condition despite coming straight off the cow. Despite higher CME contract prices many feedlots are slow to take cattle due to wet conditions. Farmer feeders have yet to become active market participants either as a late harvest means many are still in the field and are not willing to take cattle yet. Market activity this sale was mostly moderate to active. Weigh up cows sold on very light to moderate demand. Packers showed mostly very light demand for slaughter cows this week. Seasonally heavy volumes of slaughter cows continue to weigh on the slaughter cow market. Packers are only sending the worst cows directly to slaughter as shackle space is limited this time of year. Packers opted to feed the majority of cows they purchased this week. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00-4.00 lower. All cows and bulls offered mostly below average weigh up conditions similar to last week. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to firm undertones were noticed.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.19/cwt on 1,042 head.

Average price

$153.19

1,042 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$161

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

$16.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.99

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	498	154.32	769	152
Medium and Large 1	579	153.14	886	882
Large 1	674	138.00	930	8thin

One grade step is worth $16.32/cwt here — about −$161 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 sale1,042 hd

153.19

—

MT average5 barns · 5,773 hd

154.19

−0.99

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,926	70.97	1,366	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,424	41.89	597	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,270	36.59	465	31

Every lot

62 lots · USDA AMS · Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction - Billings, MT (Fri)

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	293	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	527	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	328	203.89/cwt	200.00–207.50	669	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	353	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	680	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	379	191.47/cwt	185.00–198.00	726	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	415	176.10/cwt	170.50–181.00	731	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	417	170.39/cwt	162.00–175.00	711	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	466	166.38/cwt	159.00–174.00	775	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	476	152.28/cwt	148.00–155.00	725	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	524	148.30/cwt	145.00–149.50	777	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	152.63/cwt	150.00–154.00	806	154
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	574	142.25/cwt	137.00–147.00	817	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	581	149.83/cwt	147.00–154.00	871	175
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	617	139.51/cwt	138.00–141.00	861	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	628	149.22/cwt	145.50–153.50	937	307
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	636	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	890	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	664	145.79/cwt	142.00–150.50	968	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	680	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	938	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	716	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	981	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	725	144.11/cwt	138.50–148.00	1,045	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	770	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,140	6
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	788	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,040	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	320	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	456	9
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2Unweaned	321	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	462	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	370	151.36/cwt	147.50–154.00	560	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	392	161.50/cwt	161.00–164.00	633	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	404	144.85/cwt	144.00–148.00	585	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	425	153.14/cwt	150.00–155.00	651	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	146.45/cwt	140.00–154.50	696	136
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	495	138.24/cwt	138.00–139.00	684	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	655	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	519	139.80/cwt	134.00–145.50	726	83
Heifers	—	Medium 1Unweaned	534	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	705	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	565	134.96/cwt	132.50–137.50	763	170
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	612	134.56/cwt	130.00–136.00	824	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	621	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	801	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	135.43/cwt	134.00–136.00	909	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,126	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	956	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,181	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,051	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,193	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	348	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	618	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	373	167.42/cwt	160.00–182.50	624	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	680	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	495	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	713	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	503	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	714	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	524	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	723	54
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	679	129.88/cwt	122.50–133.00	882	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	960	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,833	74.83/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,372	2
Bulls	—	—	2,018	67.10/cwt	61.00–73.50	1,354	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	945	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	359	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,251	40.16/cwt	37.50–45.00	502	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,325	31.11/cwt	25.00–36.00	412	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,373	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	632	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,430	41.41/cwt	40.00–43.50	592	17
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,028	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	720	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,130	68.44/cwt	63.00–75.00	773	36
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,317	39.99/cwt	34.00–44.00	527	54
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,359	44.12/cwt	41.00–48.00	600	24
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,373	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	577	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,384	49.24/cwt	39.00–60.00	681	41
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,403	59.60/cwt	52.50–64.00	836	62
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,239	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,771	12

This sale against other markets

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 →

Public Auction Yards Livestock Cattle Auction - Billings, MT (Fri)

Fri Oct 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,216Last week 2,708Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 123Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 347Last week 158Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	503	142.00	142.00
2	—	750	128.00	128.00
3	—	348	177.50	177.50
7	—	495	144.00	144.00
15	—	433	157.00	157.00
23	—	679	122.50–133.00	129.88
27	—	373	160.00–182.50	167.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	524	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	379	185.00–198.00	191.47
6	—	770	148.00	148.00
7	—	328	200.00–207.50	203.89
14	—	725	138.50–148.00	144.11
36	—	415	170.50–181.00	176.10
77	—	466	159.00–174.00	166.38
87	—	664	142.00–150.50	145.79
154	—	528	150.00–154.00	152.63
175	—	581	147.00–154.00	149.83
307	—	628	145.50–153.50	149.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	132.00	132.00
6	—	636	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	716	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	293	180.00	180.00
4	—	617	138.00–141.00	139.51
2	—	353	192.50	192.50
7	—	680	138.00	138.00
23	—	524	145.00–149.50	148.30
32	—	476	148.00–155.00	152.28
39	—	574	137.00–147.00	142.25
40	—	417	162.00–175.00	170.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	495	138.00–139.00	138.24
40	—	404	144.00–148.00	144.85
4	—	500	131.00	131.00
8	—	621	129.00	129.00
9	—	320	142.50	142.50
10	—	370	147.50–154.00	151.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	565	132.50–137.50	134.96
63	—	425	150.00–155.00	153.14
83	—	519	134.00–145.50	139.80
136	—	475	140.00–154.50	146.45
67	—	612	130.00–136.00	134.56
11	—	392	161.00–164.00	161.50
7	—	671	134.00–136.00	135.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,051	113.50	113.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	850	132.50	132.50
6	—	956	123.50	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	321	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	534	132.00	132.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,373	42.00	42.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,359	41.00–48.00	44.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	54	—	1,317	34.00–44.00	39.99

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	41	—	1,384	39.00–60.00	49.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	36	—	1,130	63.00–75.00	68.44
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,028	70.00	70.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	62	—	1,403	52.50–64.00	59.60

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,239	950.00	950.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,018	61.00–73.50	67.10
2	—	1,833	73.00–77.00	74.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	46.00	46.00
17	—	1,430	40.00–43.50	41.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,325	25.00–36.00	31.11
18	—	1,251	37.50–45.00	40.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	38.00	38.00

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.