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Public Auction Yards

Name: Public Auction Yards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Fri, Oct 30

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1776

← Oct 23Oct 30Nov 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,425 head

▲ 544 vs last sale 1,881▼ 481 vs year ago 2,906 · −16.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

214 head

▲ 113 vs last sale 101▲ 103 vs year ago 111 · +92.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 35▼ 105 vs year ago 145 · −72.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Friday: Yearling steers and heifers were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Unweaned steers sold mostly 2.00-5.00 higher on all weights. Unweaned heifers 400-549 lbs sold mostly 5.00-8.00 higher; 550-649 lbs heifers sold steady to firm. Demand was mostly moderate today for moderate offerings. Quality this sale was plain to attractive. Calves with 2 rounds of preconditioning shots sold with the best demand. Several sets of calves sold this sale that were short weaned. Most short weaned calves showed signs of stress and sold a large discount. Warmer, drier weather coupled with higher CME positions led to better demand this week. Market activity was mostly moderate. Weigh up cows sold on mostly light demand for light offerings. Packers showed lighter demand for both feeding cows and slaughter cows this sale. Cows and bulls were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however lower undertones were noticed. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady. Weigh up conditions were mostly below average this week with many cows pushing heavy amounts of fill.

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 $153.23/cwt on 1,122 head.

Average price

$153.23

1,122 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$854

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$4.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.62

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	153.61	869	1,010
Medium and Large 2	365	151.32	552	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	504	149.50	754	93

One grade step is worth $4.11/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 sale1,122 hd

153.23

—

MT average5 barns · 4,981 hd

155.85

−2.62

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	1,835	72.15	1,324	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,616	53.75	869	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,436	48.98	703	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,187	43.62	518	48

Every lot

57 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 2Unweaned	314	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	502	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	374	196.89/cwt	185.00–205.00	736	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	381	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	655	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	402	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	583	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	423	177.90/cwt	170.00–182.50	753	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	435	164.11/cwt	162.50–170.00	714	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	456	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	853	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	165.93/cwt	155.00–184.00	793	156
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	497	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	768	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	526	154.48/cwt	145.00–161.00	813	137
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	531	139.98/cwt	136.00–149.00	743	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	572	139.95/cwt	139.00–141.00	801	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	575	146.40/cwt	141.00–151.00	842	268
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	625	143.86/cwt	137.50–148.00	899	167
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	665	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	868	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	681	140.15/cwt	138.50–144.75	954	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	708	135.33/cwt	131.50–137.75	958	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	775	128.58/cwt	127.00–129.50	996	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,113	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	840	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,075	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,226	27
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	344	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	530	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	369	152.59/cwt	152.00–154.00	563	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	373	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	492	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	424	152.23/cwt	146.00–156.50	645	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	436	137.68/cwt	133.00–145.00	600	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	478	137.57/cwt	132.00–144.00	658	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	480	145.35/cwt	141.50–148.50	698	249
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	510	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	704	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	519	141.69/cwt	135.50–145.00	735	179
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	520	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	699	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	136.48/cwt	132.50–139.50	782	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	131.10/cwt	128.00–134.00	818	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	713	126.68/cwt	124.00–131.75	903	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	888	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	968	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	903	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,034	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	963	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,170	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	520	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	712	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	563	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	687	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	123.50/cwt	123.00–124.00	762	14
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,726	69.40/cwt	63.00–74.50	1,198	5
Bulls	—	—	1,872	77.33/cwt	76.50–78.50	1,448	3
Bulls	—	—	1,897	68.26/cwt	65.00–73.50	1,295	3
Bulls	—	—	2,085	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,710	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,134	40.33/cwt	33.00–43.00	457	26
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,203	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	638	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,231	45.44/cwt	44.50–47.00	559	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,292	49.25/cwt	47.00–50.00	636	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,350	49.23/cwt	47.50–50.00	665	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,437	41.81/cwt	41.50–42.50	601	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,442	53.01/cwt	50.50–60.00	764	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,473	45.05/cwt	43.50–48.00	664	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,484	51.82/cwt	50.00–58.50	769	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,616	53.75/cwt	53.75–53.75	869	13
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,030	79.66/cwt	64.00–85.00	820	12
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,082	66.43/cwt	58.00–77.00	719	15
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,337	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	14,039	3

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 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,425Last week 1,881Year ago 2,906

Slaughter CattleReceipts 214Last week 101Year ago 111

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 35Year ago 145

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	124.00–131.75	126.68
249	—	480	141.50–148.50	145.35
90	—	424	146.00–156.50	152.23
16	—	369	152.00–154.00	152.59
9	—	344	154.00	154.00
179	—	519	135.50–145.00	141.69
33	—	624	128.00–134.00	131.10
111	—	573	132.50–139.50	136.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	903	114.50	114.50
11	—	888	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	436	133.00–145.00	137.68
11	—	520	134.50	134.50
20	—	373	132.00	132.00
38	—	478	132.00–144.00	137.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	510	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	121.50	121.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	563	122.00	122.00
5	—	520	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	617	123.00–124.00	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	381	172.00	172.00
26	—	435	162.50–170.00	164.11
22	—	572	139.00–141.00	139.95
32	—	531	136.00–149.00	139.98
9	—	497	154.50	154.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	402	145.00	145.00
8	—	314	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	456	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	665	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	526	145.00–161.00	154.48
66	—	681	138.50–144.75	140.15
268	—	575	141.00–151.00	146.40
32	—	708	131.50–137.75	135.33
3	—	840	128.00	128.00
167	—	625	137.50–148.00	143.86
8	—	775	127.00–129.50	128.58
76	—	423	170.00–182.50	177.90
22	—	374	185.00–205.00	196.89
156	—	478	155.00–184.00	165.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	922	133.00	133.00
4	—	778	143.00	143.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,442	50.50–60.00	53.01
10	—	1,350	47.50–50.00	49.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,292	47.00–50.00	49.25
12	—	1,231	44.50–47.00	45.44
26	—	1,134	33.00–43.00	40.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,473	43.50–48.00	45.05
7	—	1,484	50.00–58.50	51.82
5	—	1,437	41.50–42.50	41.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,616	53.75	53.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	53.00	53.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,872	76.50–78.50	77.33
3	—	1,897	65.00–73.50	68.26
1	—	2,085	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,726	63.00–74.50	69.40

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,030	64.00–85.00	79.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,082	58.00–77.00	66.43

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,337	1,050.00	1,050.00

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.