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Name: Public Auction Yards livestock auction prices — 2022-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Fri, Nov 11

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1776

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Feeder Cattle receipts

3,181 head

▲ 384 vs last sale 2,797▼ 938 vs year ago 4,119 · −22.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

112 head

▼ 149 vs last sale 261▼ 122 vs year ago 234 · −52.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 91 vs last sale 101▼ 147 vs year ago 157 · −93.6%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 450 lbs traded steady to 10.00 lower in a narrow comparison, steer calves over 450 lbs traded steady to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves under 500 lbs sold mostly 5.00-8.00 higher, heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was mostly moderate to good for moderate to heavy offerings. Quality today was average to very attractive, and even better than last weeks offering. Many sets of fresh calves, straight off the cow, were seen today. Demand for light weight cattle suitable to develop into yearlings remains very good, however after buyers filled loads the price for this class of claves lightened. This was more apparent on steers than heifers. Unweaned calves with both spring and fall preconditioning shots sold with the best demand. Fully preconditioned calves could sell with as much as a $5.00 premium to calves with with only spring shots. Calves weaned 45 days or longer sold on moderate to good demand today. Many sets of weaned calves were weaned 45 days up to 60 days. Demand for short weaned calves remains light especially if calves were rough haired and carrying some belly or excess fill. Market activity was mostly active today. A good crowd of buyers was on hand as both farmer feeders and order buyers were both active in filling loads. Weigh up cows sold on mostly light to moderate demand for very light offerings. Both slaughter and feeding cows sold with steady undertones in a very narrow comparison. Cow quality was mostly plain to average today. Weigh up conditions were average to below average today with many cows carrying excess fill. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested to develop any trend. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed were too lightly tested to 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 $202.47/cwt on 1,729 head.

Average price

$202.47

1,729 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,179

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$150

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

$41.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.40

vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	507	210.92	1,070	50
Medium and Large 1	582	202.88	1,180	1,646
Large 1	720	169.50	1,220	33

One grade step is worth $41.42/cwt here — about −$150 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 sale1,729 hd

202.47

—

MT average5 barns · 4,061 hd

202.88

−0.40

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	1,662	81.10	1,348	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,511	78.64	1,188	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,412	66.34	937	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,230	56.55	695	54

Every lot, as filed

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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	313	286.48/cwt	280.00–287.50	897	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	381	255.42/cwt	247.00–277.50	973	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	384	268.14/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,030	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	416	256.11/cwt	243.00–267.00	1,065	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	230.57/cwt	223.00–257.50	1,095	262
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	498	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,026	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	207.02/cwt	202.00–210.50	1,062	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	206.68/cwt	195.00–214.00	1,102	172
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	538	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,017	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	558	209.25/cwt	209.25–209.25	1,168	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	568	182.80/cwt	181.00–188.00	1,038	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	196.56/cwt	189.50–203.00	1,144	235
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	592	191.88/cwt	191.00–195.00	1,136	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	186.98/cwt	181.50–194.00	1,163	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	191.51/cwt	182.00–195.00	1,199	262
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	169.01/cwt	168.00–169.50	1,073	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	181.54/cwt	172.00–187.00	1,218	151
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,264	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	713	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,340	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	719	174.66/cwt	173.00–181.00	1,256	50
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	720	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,220	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	176.29/cwt	174.00–181.00	1,294	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	744	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,257	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,178	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,473	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	317	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	761	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	371	219.76/cwt	212.50–229.00	815	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	377	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	792	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	215.41/cwt	207.00–221.00	933	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	443	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	859	32
Heifers	—	Medium 1Unweaned	449	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	929	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	465	171.13/cwt	160.00–175.00	796	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	479	201.79/cwt	187.50–214.50	967	165
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	188.78/cwt	188.50–189.00	906	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	908	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	194.10/cwt	192.50–194.50	1,009	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	186.27/cwt	183.00–188.00	987	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	185.63/cwt	177.50–188.50	986	189
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	570	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	952	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	179.39/cwt	170.50–186.00	1,046	228
Heifers	—	Large 1	583	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	962	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	596	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,064	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	614	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,013	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	621	176.62/cwt	171.00–179.00	1,097	69
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	535	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,011	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	977	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,355	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,111	1
Bulls	—	—	1,733	77.17/cwt	72.00–86.00	1,337	3
Bulls	—	—	1,755	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,615	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	990	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	465	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,081	45.71/cwt	45.00–46.00	494	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,170	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	644	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,230	72.40/cwt	71.00–74.00	891	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,233	63.60/cwt	60.50–66.50	784	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,256	53.91/cwt	48.00–57.00	677	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,391	76.36/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,062	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,425	60.10/cwt	59.00–65.00	856	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,435	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	804	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,473	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	1,156	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,605	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,268	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	933	101.91/cwt	95.00–109.00	951	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,103	71.58/cwt	71.00–75.00	790	7

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.

Montana feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Fri Nov 11, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,181Last week 2,797Year ago 4,119

Slaughter CattleReceipts 112Last week 261Year ago 234

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 101Year ago 157

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	734	174.00–181.00	176.29
42	—	687	184.00	184.00
38	—	592	191.00–195.00	191.88
22	—	513	202.00–210.50	207.02
6	—	814	181.00	181.00
86	—	622	181.50–194.00	186.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	635	168.00–169.50	169.01
4	—	750	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	744	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	558	209.25	209.25
41	—	713	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	538	189.00	189.00
2	—	498	206.00	206.00
21	—	381	247.00–277.50	255.42
4	—	568	181.00–188.00	182.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	416	243.00–267.00	256.11
262	—	475	223.00–257.50	230.57
151	—	671	172.00–187.00	181.54
235	—	582	189.50–203.00	196.56
50	—	719	173.00–181.00	174.66
49	—	384	250.00–285.00	268.14
8	—	313	280.00–287.50	286.48
262	—	626	182.00–195.00	191.51
172	—	533	195.00–214.00	206.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	720	169.50	169.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	377	210.00	210.00
15	—	614	165.00	165.00
32	—	443	194.00	194.00
4	—	465	160.00–175.00	171.13
5	—	570	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	479	187.50–214.50	201.79
106	—	433	207.00–221.00	215.41
69	—	621	171.00–179.00	176.62
189	—	531	177.50–188.50	185.63
35	—	371	212.50–229.00	219.76
228	—	583	170.50–186.00	179.39
8	—	317	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	583	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	520	192.50–194.50	194.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	183.50	183.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	596	178.50	178.50
16	—	480	188.50–189.00	188.78
68	—	530	183.00–188.00	186.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	449	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	535	189.00	189.00
10	—	573	170.50	170.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,256	48.00–57.00	53.91
4	—	1,081	45.00–46.00	45.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,473	78.50	78.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,425	59.00–65.00	60.10
11	—	1,391	74.00–79.00	76.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,233	60.50–66.50	63.60
1	—	1,170	55.00	55.00
3	—	1,230	71.00–74.00	72.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,605	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	47.00	47.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,733	72.00–86.00	77.17
1	—	1,755	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	82.00	82.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,103	71.00–75.00	71.58
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	933	95.00–109.00	101.91

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.