LIVESTOCKED MARKETS | Billings Livestock Commission

Billings Livestock Commission
Billings, MT

Market information provided by USDA

05 MAR '26

Compared to last sale (2-19-26): Feeder cattle were all too lightly tested last sale to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to higher undertones were noticed. Demand was mostly good to very good for moderate offerings. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive. Demand for cattle suitable to go to grass was good to very good, while demand for cattle too big to go to grass was mostly good. Most feeders were offered in small to moderate size packages this week. Market activity was active. A moderate crowd of ranchers buying grass calves and order buyers was noticed. Weigh up cows sold on good demand for light offerings. Feeding cow demand continues to drive the market. Feeding cows sold mostly steady to weak on a very full offering. Weigh up conditions were mostly below average this week as a change in weather had all cows pushing heavy amounts of fill. A limited number of slaughter cows were purchased this week as feeding demand pushed cow prices over where slaughter buyers wanted to buy cows. Slaughter cows were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed on all offerings. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested last sale to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Young age offerings suitable to feed or rebreed sold 10.00-15.00 in a narrow comparison. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive. Demand for coming 2 year old heifers was very good this sale as several buyers showed good demand to feed these offerings. All cows that lost calves sold on good to very good demand this week which pushed all young offerings higher.

CATTLE

BRED COWS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 1

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
3	1577.00-1577.00	1577.00	3400.00-3400.00	3400.00
1	1625.00-1625.00	1625.00	3550.00-3550.00	3550.00
4	1306.00-1306.00	1306.00	4000.00-4000.00	4000.00

BRED COWS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 1-2

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
1	1645.00-1645.00	1645.00	3400.00-3400.00	3400.00

BRED HEIFERS / MEDIUM / 1

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
29	945.00-945.00	945.00	3900.00-4100.00	4072.41

BRED HEIFERS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 1

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
1	1165.00-1165.00	1165.00	3800.00-3800.00	3800.00

BULLS / LARGE / 1

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
15	1051.00-1051.00	1051.00	2.94-2.94	2.94
11	1071.00-1071.00	1071.00	2.83-2.83	2.83

BULLS / LARGE / 1-2

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
3	1062.00-1062.00	1062.00	2.82-2.82	2.82

BULLS / MEDIUM / 1

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
9	587.00-587.00	587.00	4.28-4.28	4.28

BULLS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 1

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
7	937.00-937.00	937.00	3.15-3.15	3.15
9	824.00-824.00	824.00	3.40-3.40	3.40
3	975.00-980.00	978.00	3.10-3.13	3.12
5	625.00-640.00	634.00	4.10-4.13	4.12
6	453.00-471.00	465.00	5.55-5.70	5.60
2	463.00-463.00	463.00	5.30-5.30	5.30
10	582.00-582.00	582.00	4.60-4.60	4.60
22	882.00-882.00	882.00	3.40-3.40	3.40
2	1008.00-1008.00	1008.00	2.85-2.85	2.85
25	707.00-729.00	717.00	3.65-3.70	3.67

BULLS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 1-2

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
16	990.00-990.00	990.00	3.03-3.03	3.03
5	575.00-594.00	590.00	4.28-4.30	4.28
13	458.00-458.00	458.00	5.10-5.10	5.10

BULLS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 2

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
4	338.00-338.00	338.00	5.95-5.95	5.95

BULLS / N/A / N/A

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
18	1314.00-2040.00	1434.00	1.94-2.04	1.98
6	1788.00-1788.00	1788.00	2.10-2.10	2.10
7	2000.00-2000.00	2000.00	2.15-2.15	2.15
4	1295.00-1413.00	1362.00	1.48-1.75	1.60
18	1196.00-1838.00	1391.00	1.83-2.00	1.92
1	2175.00-2175.00	2175.00	2.24-2.24	2.24
23	1600.00-2110.00	1904.00	2.01-2.18	2.08
12	1455.00-2035.00	1601.00	1.71-1.99	1.90

COWS / N/A / N/A

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
2	1080.00-1270.00	1175.00	1.29-1.35	1.32
24	1280.00-1610.00	1406.00	1.53-1.68	1.64
3	1315.00-1705.00	1460.00	1.55-1.61	1.58
1	1575.00-1575.00	1575.00	1.71-1.71	1.71
2	1483.00-1483.00	1483.00	1.48-1.48	1.48
12	1365.00-1875.00	1705.00	1.64-1.70	1.67
61	1438.00-1660.00	1547.00	1.68-1.84	1.80
4	1175.00-1250.00	1210.00	1.68-1.72	1.70
3	1335.00-1360.00	1343.00	1.70-1.89	1.76
1	875.00-875.00	875.00	1.10-1.10	1.10
8	1290.00-1450.00	1338.00	1.50-1.62	1.54
53	1165.00-1660.00	1405.00	1.70-1.83	1.77
5	1150.00-1290.00	1216.00	1.45-1.58	1.52
5	1139.00-1840.00	1279.00	1.56-1.63	1.61
14	1051.00-1295.00	1180.00	1.51-1.62	1.56

DAIRY COWS / N/A / N/A

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
1	680.00-680.00	680.00	1.05-1.05	1.05

DAIRY STEERS / LARGE / 3

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
4	679.00-679.00	679.00	2.70-2.70	2.70

HEIFERS / MEDIUM / 1

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
20	543.00-543.00	543.00	4.24-4.24	4.24
5	439.00-439.00	439.00	4.85-4.85	4.85
3	618.00-618.00	618.00	4.05-4.05	4.05

HEIFERS / MEDIUM / 1-2

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
5	489.00-489.00	489.00	3.25-3.25	3.25

HEIFERS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 1

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
3	405.00-405.00	405.00	4.95-4.95	4.95
137	659.00-680.00	675.00	4.13-4.21	4.19
26	700.00-727.00	707.00	3.67-3.81	3.77
8	933.00-933.00	933.00	3.34-3.34	3.34
37	654.00-698.00	661.00	3.83-4.07	3.98
192	558.00-598.00	575.00	4.25-4.54	4.40
118	574.00-574.00	574.00	4.56-4.56	4.56
8	632.00-632.00	632.00	3.80-3.80	3.80
49	818.00-848.00	839.00	3.45-3.53	3.48
4	761.00-761.00	761.00	3.65-3.65	3.65
8	866.00-866.00	866.00	3.43-3.43	3.43
65	513.00-543.00	529.00	4.55-4.88	4.72
49	644.00-644.00	644.00	4.30-4.30	4.30
86	617.00-648.00	638.00	4.08-4.28	4.22
36	674.00-674.00	674.00	3.76-3.76	3.76
94	455.00-485.00	474.00	4.88-5.00	4.96
10	535.00-535.00	535.00	4.40-4.40	4.40

HEIFERS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 1-2

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
2	505.00-505.00	505.00	4.60-4.60	4.60
10	615.00-636.00	629.00	3.80-4.05	3.95
6	750.00-780.00	770.00	3.48-3.57	3.51
2	745.00-745.00	745.00	3.60-3.60	3.60
4	389.00-389.00	389.00	5.15-5.15	5.15
23	473.00-495.00	482.00	4.55-4.85	4.79
28	565.00-598.00	592.00	4.00-4.25	4.16

HEIFERS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 2

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
24	624.00-643.00	631.00	3.45-3.50	3.48
3	463.00-463.00	463.00	4.60-4.60	4.60
8	505.00-519.00	516.00	4.05-4.18	4.14
8	351.00-351.00	351.00	4.70-4.70	4.70

STEERS / MEDIUM / 1

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
2	600.00-600.00	600.00	4.33-4.33	4.33
2	683.00-683.00	683.00	3.60-3.60	3.60

STEERS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 1

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
11	750.00-795.00	754.00	3.78-3.97	3.95
86	606.00-645.00	627.00	4.42-4.64	4.53
40	657.00-675.00	664.00	4.24-4.40	4.36
62	450.00-495.00	484.00	5.48-5.88	5.65
17	842.00-842.00	842.00	3.50-3.50	3.50
6	805.00-838.00	827.00	3.60-3.68	3.65
55	700.00-736.00	722.00	4.06-4.21	4.13
141	575.00-588.00	577.00	4.74-4.88	4.85
18	510.00-541.00	531.00	5.03-5.34	5.16
7	401.00-415.00	403.00	6.30-6.40	6.39

STEERS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 1-2

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
6	730.00-740.00	733.00	3.65-3.75	3.68
41	450.00-473.00	451.00	5.20-5.75	5.72
2	845.00-845.00	845.00	3.50-3.50	3.50
20	620.00-631.00	628.00	4.20-4.39	4.32
17	595.00-596.00	596.00	4.60-4.70	4.61
3	797.00-797.00	797.00	3.63-3.63	3.63
3	537.00-537.00	537.00	5.00-5.00	5.00
7	426.00-430.00	427.00	5.75-5.90	5.77

STEERS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 2

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
4	379.00-379.00	379.00	5.75-5.75	5.75

STOCK COWS / LARGE / 1

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
4	1175.00-1235.00	1220.00	2.37-2.42	2.38

STOCK COWS / MEDIUM / 1

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
2	870.00-895.00	883.00	3.08-3.15	3.11
3	740.00-885.00	788.00	3.00-3.15	3.06

STOCK COWS / MEDIUM / 1-2

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
1	810.00-810.00	810.00	2.65-2.65	2.65

STOCK COWS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 1

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
72	895.00-1380.00	1126.00	1.97-3.35	2.60
20	1160.00-1430.00	1270.00	1.85-2.10	1.93
6	1330.00-1595.00	1418.00	2.16-2.25	2.22
107	795.00-1247.00	977.00	2.31-3.41	3.02

STOCK COWS / MEDIUM AND LARGE / 1-2

Hd	Wt Range	Avg Wt	Price Range	Avg Price
17	935.00-1295.00	1144.00	1.89-3.15	2.29
9	973.00-1175.00	1041.00	2.55-3.00	2.69