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Public Auction Yards

Name: Public Auction Yards livestock auction prices — 2019-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Fri, Nov 15

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1776

← Nov 8Nov 15Nov 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,190 head

▼ 1,610 vs last sale 3,800▲ 2,190 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

60 head

▼ 98 vs last sale 158▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

120 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 182▲ 120 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. Steer calves weighing less than 500 lbs sold sharply lower, with most sale 10.00-15.00 lower; steers 500-599 lbs sold fully steady; 600-699 lbs steers sold unevenly steady from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves weighing less than 550 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher, 550-699 lbs heifers sold mostly 2.00-3.00 lower. Quality this week was mostly plain to average with the exception of a few limited offerings. Cattle were offered in mostly small packages this week forcing buyers to piece together loads. Additionally, limited offerings of calves with 2 rounds of vaccinations were seen this sale which further limited demand as several buyers showed limited interest in calves without two rounds of preconditioning shots. Market activity this week was mostly slow to moderate. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for light offerings. All classes of slaughter cows were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to weak undertones were noticed. Packers opted to feed the majority of the offering this week. Feeding cows sold unevenly steady on a limited mixed quality offering. All cows and bulls were full again this sale offering buyers below average weigh up conditions. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Young age cows suitable to re-breed were too lightly tested to develop any market trend.

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 $153.84/cwt on 793 head.

Average price

$153.84

793 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$860

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$115

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$42.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.88

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	340	176.00	598	42
Medium 1-2	395	165.00	652	10thin
Medium and Large 1	581	153.41	892	625
Medium and Large 1-2	531	149.97	796	96
Medium and Large 2	534	133.75	714	20

One grade step is worth $42.25/cwt here — about −$115 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 sale793 hd

153.84

—

MT average5 barns · 5,368 hd

158.72

−4.88

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	—	Average	1,827	72.28	1,320	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,509	62.76	947	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,401	53.15	745	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,202	45.63	548	27

Every lot

69 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	314	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	557	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	315	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	605	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	340	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	598	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	377	176.71/cwt	175.00–177.50	666	15
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	395	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	652	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	405	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	624	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	175.08/cwt	164.00–178.00	758	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	480	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	696	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	485	160.25/cwt	157.50–163.00	777	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	493	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	744	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	158.12/cwt	151.00–163.75	827	198
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	528	146.23/cwt	145.00–148.00	772	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	536	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	702	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	852	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	571	143.29/cwt	139.50–145.50	818	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	152.94/cwt	150.00–157.00	890	115
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	583	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	746	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	145.35/cwt	142.00–149.50	911	128
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	636	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	859	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	645	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	890	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	657	138.62/cwt	138.00–139.00	911	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	147.52/cwt	141.00–151.00	991	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	708	143.96/cwt	137.00–148.50	1,019	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	739	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	998	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,198	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	945	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,285	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,315	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	333	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	486	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	364	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	480	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	391	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	557	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	424	160.56/cwt	154.50–162.00	681	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	427	143.91/cwt	140.00–148.00	614	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	444	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	599	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	469	151.52/cwt	145.00–159.00	711	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	489	139.14/cwt	135.00–151.00	680	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	508	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	648	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	518	143.77/cwt	135.00–148.50	745	130
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	518	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	684	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	526	132.95/cwt	131.00–134.00	699	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	565	133.78/cwt	130.00–136.50	756	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	570	130.24/cwt	129.00–131.00	742	8
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	596	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	781	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	613	132.70/cwt	127.00–135.00	813	118
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	820	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	664	130.91/cwt	130.00–132.00	869	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	714	126.41/cwt	123.50–129.00	903	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	130.33/cwt	129.00–131.50	1,195	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	987	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,239	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	632	126.54/cwt	125.00–128.00	800	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,533	66.05/cwt	61.00–70.50	1,013	2
Bulls	—	—	1,935	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,432	1
Bulls	—	—	2,305	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,913	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,146	32.90/cwt	31.00–41.00	377	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,185	46.83/cwt	43.00–51.00	555	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,316	54.27/cwt	54.00–54.50	714	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,387	51.29/cwt	47.00–52.00	711	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,408	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	788	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,495	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	890	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,509	62.76/cwt	62.00–65.00	947	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows8 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,013	74.12/cwt	71.00–75.00	751	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,042	51.26/cwt	48.00–52.00	534	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,120	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	571	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,139	47.29/cwt	43.00–53.00	539	17
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,156	63.95/cwt	60.00–72.00	739	15
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	60.66/cwt	57.00–63.00	728	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,211	53.60/cwt	50.00–55.00	649	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,276	57.40/cwt	52.00–65.00	732	22
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,067	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,670	6

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 Nov 15, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,190Last week 3,800Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 158Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 120Last week 182Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	424	154.50–162.00	160.56
130	—	518	135.00–148.50	143.77
118	—	613	127.00–135.00	132.70
100	—	565	130.00–136.50	133.78
68	—	469	145.00–159.00	151.52
23	—	664	130.00–132.00	130.91
15	—	714	123.50–129.00	126.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	333	146.00	146.00
35	—	526	131.00–134.00	132.95
35	—	427	140.00–148.00	143.91
33	—	489	135.00–151.00	139.14
12	—	605	125.00	125.00
8	—	570	129.00–131.00	130.24
7	—	391	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	508	127.50	127.50
4	—	364	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	987	125.50	125.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	444	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	917	129.00–131.50	130.33
14	—	621	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	518	132.00	132.00
10	—	596	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	739	135.00	135.00
10	—	945	136.00	136.00
3	—	645	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	137.00	137.00
8	—	826	145.00	145.00
11	—	555	153.50	153.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	583	128.00	128.00
10	—	536	131.00	131.00
5	—	480	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	192.00	192.00
198	—	523	151.00–163.75	158.12
128	—	627	142.00–149.50	145.35
115	—	582	150.00–157.00	152.94
46	—	672	141.00–151.00	147.52
39	—	433	164.00–178.00	175.08
32	—	485	157.50–163.00	160.25
26	—	708	137.00–148.50	143.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	571	139.50–145.50	143.29
16	—	657	138.00–139.00	138.62
15	—	377	175.00–177.50	176.71
14	—	528	145.00–148.00	146.23
8	—	636	135.00	135.00
5	—	314	177.50	177.50
2	—	493	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	395	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	340	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	405	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	632	125.00–128.00	126.54

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,935	74.00	74.00
1	—	2,305	83.00	83.00
2	—	1,533	61.00–70.50	66.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,495	59.50	59.50
3	—	1,408	56.00	56.00
8	—	1,387	47.00–52.00	51.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,509	62.00–65.00	62.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,146	31.00–41.00	32.90
5	—	1,316	54.00–54.50	54.27
17	—	1,185	43.00–51.00	46.83

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 (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	51.00	51.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,042	48.00–52.00	51.26
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,139	43.00–53.00	47.29

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,156	60.00–72.00	63.95
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,013	71.00–75.00	74.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,276	52.00–65.00	57.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,211	50.00–55.00	53.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,200	57.00–63.00	60.66

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)	6	—	1,067	1,000.00	1,000.00

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.