Sale reports / Montana / Public Auction Yards / 2022-11-04

Public Auction Yards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Fri, Nov 4
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1776
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,797 head
▲ 851 vs last sale 1,946▼ 290 vs year ago 3,087 · −9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
261 head
▲ 145 vs last sale 116▼ 120 vs year ago 381 · −31.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 61▼ 37 vs year ago 138 · −26.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 450 lbs traded mostly 10.00-15.00 higher in a narrow comparison, steer calves 450-499 lbs traded unevenly steady, steers over 500 lbs sold steady. Heifer calves under 450 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, heifers over 450 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was mostly moderate to good for moderate offerings. Quality today was average to very attractive. Several buyers were looking for very attractive heifers that could be developed into replacements, this pushed heavier heifers higher today as feeding buyers pushed to fill loads. Demand for light weight cattle to develop into yearlings remains very good, however more takers were seen for steer calves today than for heifers. Market activity this week was mostly active with good buyer participation noticed. Weigh up cows sold on light to moderate demand and offerings. Packers continue to put most of the cow offering away on feed either for short term feed for the upcoming holiday or to feed to premium white. Slaughter cows sold generally steady on boning and lean cows. Breaking cows were not tested last sale thus no trend is available. Feeding cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Quality this week was slightly better than last week. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested either this week or last week to develop any market trend. Young age cows were not well compared. Demand for high quality offerings suitable to rebreed remains very good. Quality today was mostly plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $205.12/cwt on 1,164 head.
Average price
$205.12
1,164 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,139
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$705
per head · Medium 1 over Large 1
$79.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.67
vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1440210.61928125
Medium and Large 1-2505206.301,042170
Medium and Large 1564206.111,163842
Medium 1-2450200.009004thin
Large 11,245131.091,63223
One grade step is worth $79.52/cwt here — about −$705 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 sale1,164 hd
205.12
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MT average5 barns · 4,591 hd
206.79
−1.67
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
Bulls—Average1,64383.911,37827
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,63678.451,28411
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39566.7893156
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11954.77613108

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,079$1,4006
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,123$1,1888
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,362$1,13015
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,343$94220
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,151$9004thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,195$8503thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 1270266.00/cwt266.00–266.0071817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned290271.91/cwt267.50–275.0078915
Steers—Medium 1341234.00/cwt234.00–234.0079829
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned344305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0496
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned365290.08/cwt285.00–295.001,05919
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned385259.44/cwt249.00–269.0099926
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned423263.59/cwt249.00–272.001,11592
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned430235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0112
Steers—Medium 1439206.00/cwt206.00–206.0090413
Steers—Medium 1-2Unweaned450200.00/cwt200.00–200.009004
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned478222.04/cwt205.00–250.001,06198
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned487200.21/cwt195.00–205.0097552
Steers—Medium 1499190.25/cwt190.25–190.2594952
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned515191.51/cwt185.00–193.0098611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528205.82/cwt198.50–210.001,087116
Steers—Medium and Large 1536195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0457
Steers—Medium 1Unweaned548174.00/cwt174.00–174.009543
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy550210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,15811
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578195.65/cwt187.50–202.001,131208
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned579179.42/cwt177.50–185.001,03947
Steers—Large 1Unweaned590179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0564
Steers—Medium and Large 1612187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1443
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630188.69/cwt181.50–194.001,189130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned632171.02/cwt167.00–173.001,08112
Steers—Medium 1Unweaned661175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,15711
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned673175.41/cwt168.00–180.001,18171
Steers—Medium and Large 1685180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,23613
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned708177.30/cwt165.00–180.001,25566
Steers—Medium and Large 1878174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2973155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5085
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,383121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,67319
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned248222.50/cwt222.50–222.505523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned250217.50/cwt217.50–217.505444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned322225.69/cwt212.50–232.5072710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned342205.01/cwt201.00–208.5070125
Heifers—Small and Medium 2Unweaned348111.00/cwt111.00–111.0038614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned361212.86/cwt209.00–214.0076814
Heifers—Medium 2372141.00/cwt141.00–141.0052516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned386194.97/cwt190.00–198.0075323
Heifers—Medium 1401183.00/cwt183.00–183.007346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned413188.50/cwt181.00–191.0077928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned423204.81/cwt200.00–208.0086682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443180.00/cwt180.00–180.007973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2451181.00/cwt181.00–181.0081612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned471193.56/cwt187.00–198.50912180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned493174.00/cwt174.00–174.008586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy510195.09/cwt193.50–196.0099547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement513198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,01834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full519180.50/cwt180.50–180.5093754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned523188.66/cwt182.50–190.50987139
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned523165.00/cwt165.00–165.008634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned536175.00/cwt175.00–175.009388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565173.00/cwt173.00–173.0097714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned573174.29/cwt168.00–182.50999162
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned592165.00/cwt165.00–165.0097728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full598158.50/cwt158.50–158.5094818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned617173.21/cwt167.00–177.001,069132
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned647156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned674157.44/cwt156.00–159.501,06110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1703173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,22020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2800155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2402
Heifers—Large 11,015150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,5289
Heifers—Large 1-21,069141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,5076
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned338252.50/cwt252.50–252.508536
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned490201.00/cwt201.00–201.009851
Bulls—Large 11,005130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3071
Bulls—Large 11,107111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,23416
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,18595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1261
Bulls——Return to Feed1,24383.46/cwt83.00–86.001,0376
Bulls——1,76982.96/cwt74.50–87.001,46819
Bulls——2,09593.50/cwt93.50–93.501,9591
Slaughter Cattle · Cows16 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83443.00/cwt43.00–43.0035917
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86848.00/cwt48.00–48.004174
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94057.00/cwt57.00–57.005361
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12141.91/cwt36.00–47.0047016
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15454.10/cwt49.00–59.0062412
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,17373.41/cwt73.00–74.008615
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,20264.86/cwt61.00–71.0078026
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23662.18/cwt60.00–63.007697
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,23656.31/cwt52.00–60.0069620
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,37267.83/cwt62.00–70.5093130
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,38374.29/cwt71.00–78.001,02711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44859.19/cwt54.00–65.0085715
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49581.20/cwt79.00–82.501,2147
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,59582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,3081
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,79059.50/cwt59.50–59.501,0651
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight2,07576.50/cwt76.50–76.501,5872
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0791,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4006
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1031,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2506
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,151900.00/head900.00–900.009004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1831,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,195850.00/head850.00–850.008503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Non-Legible BANGS1,279835.00/head835.00–835.008357
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3621,130.04/head1,125.00–1,135.001,13015
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,3781,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,00013
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1935101.82/cwt81.00–117.0095210
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08084.00/cwt84.00–84.009073
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,09678.59/cwt62.00–85.0086112
Stock Cows—Large 11,34082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0992

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.