Weekly Summary  - ( Montana )  - November 17, 2025

Billings, MT Mon Nov, 24 2025 Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary Weighted Average Report for 11/17/2025 Current Previous Year Ago —————————— —————————— —————————— Total 14368 13902 15628 Feeder Cattle 7333 8677 7818 Replacement Cattle 4621 1571 5355 Slaughter Cattle 2414 3654 2455 Yearling steers and heifers were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Steer calves under 400 lbs were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to lower undertones were noticed. 400-449 lbs steers sold steady to 15.00 higher, steers 450-549 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower, steers over 550 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 lower. Heifer calves 350-449 lbs sold mostly 15.00-20.00 lower, Heifers 450-549 lbs sold generally steady to weak; Heifers over 550 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 lower. Demand was mostly moderate to good for light to moderate offerings. Demand from grass and wheat buyers continue to hold the light calf market near steady. Calves too heavy to go to grass saw considerable weakness as driven by lower CME positions. Quality this week limited demand in places as it was not as attractive as it has been over the last few weeks. CME positions remain volatile with large swings seen almost daily. The November contract settled Thursday at 339.72, 1.045 higher than Fridays close. The January contract closed at 320.55 314.225, 6.325 lower than last Friday. The March contract closed at 307.05, 6.30 lower than last Fridays close. A slightly smaller buyer pool was noticed this week. Market activity was mostly moderate this week, but not as active as last weeks sales. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for moderate offerings. Feeding cow demand remains good, however demand was not as strong as the last few weeks. All cow feeders report they are starting to fill pens and demand for feeding cows was lighter again this week as a result. High quality cows suitable to feed to premium white sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Thin cows sold generally steady as packers showed stronger demand for thin holiday feeding cows this week. This made up for lighter demand seen from private feeders and allowed thin cows to sell near steady. Demand for slaughter cows was mostly light. Many lame or blemished cows were seen again this week. Demand for lame and blemished cows was slightly better this week as fewer of these cows were seen. Breaking cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower, boning and lean cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Regional packers were not in the market this past week. Slaughter bulls unevenly steady. Demand for feeding bulls helped improve or hold slaughter bull prices near steady. Good demand was seen for young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed. Coming 2 year old cows steady to 15.00 higher. Demand for these offerings has improved as some southern buyers reentered the market this week looking for cows to rebreed. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive and overall much better than the last few weeks. Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 293 293 630.00 630.00 Unweaned 1 340 340 625.00 625.00 68 300-349 344 530.00-645.00 615.28 Unweaned 30 350-395 379 502.50-620.00 567.10 Unweaned 10 370-385 380 565.00-580.00 569.88 136 400-438 417 485.00-585.00 535.33 Unweaned 40 407-445 418 465.00-550.00 525.90 67 454-492 471 455.00-527.50 477.92 130 452-499 477 465.00-505.00 480.57 Unweaned 7 482 482 440.00 440.00 Full 2 500 500 462.50 462.50 9 515 515 439.00 439.00 Full 499 500-546 526 426.00-477.50 444.23 Unweaned 330 550-595 563 385.00-440.00 418.02 Unweaned 202 551-599 568 400.00-432.75 425.85 506 600-645 617 354.00-406.00 393.01 Unweaned 67 600-648 617 354.00-398.00 386.71 11 670 670 370.00 370.00 193 650-697 679 340.00-374.50 362.46 Unweaned 4 693 693 335.00 335.00 Full 28 703-726 716 331.00-362.00 352.80 50 700-727 717 345.00-360.00 354.87 Unweaned 8 759 759 342.50 342.50 Unweaned 6 807 807 334.00 334.00 Unweaned 12 830-840 838 325.00 325.00 Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 234 234 580.00 580.00 Unweaned 7 273-285 275 560.00 560.00 Unweaned 3 283 283 605.00 605.00 2 300 300 555.00 555.00 24 306-335 322 510.00-600.00 551.05 Unweaned 12 353-388 369 500.00-550.00 531.55 23 362-394 377 485.00-570.00 543.88 Unweaned 18 422-448 434 468.00-505.00 482.99 37 425-448 444 430.00-515.00 471.96 Unweaned 20 461-468 465 430.00-475.00 465.32 35 456-498 472 442.50-480.00 457.96 Unweaned 16 505-528 521 425.00-439.00 433.39 67 503-548 526 384.00-447.50 418.50 Unweaned 43 563-586 570 320.00-385.00 376.40 36 558-592 571 367.50-405.00 391.45 Unweaned 17 602-647 618 356.50-385.00 373.55 Unweaned 17 616-635 629 343.00-367.50 352.16 2 655 655 352.50 352.50 Unweaned 6 717 717 340.00 340.00 Unweaned 4 728 728 348.00 348.00 5 752 752 335.00 335.00 Unweaned 4 799 799 321.00 321.00 Full Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 360 360 425.00 425.00 Unweaned 4 419 419 470.00 470.00 Unweaned 59 468-490 469 400.00-421.00 401.49 Unweaned 11 500-521 519 390.00-401.00 400.04 Unweaned 6 612 612 320.00 320.00 Unweaned Steers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 330 330 350.00 350.00 12 414 414 350.00 350.00 Unweaned 20 476 476 295.00 295.00 Unweaned 3 585 585 240.00 240.00 Unweaned Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 345 345 590.00 590.00 Unweaned 3 507 507 412.50 412.50 Unweaned 3 632 632 330.00 330.00 115 654-675 655 336.00-365.00 363.65 Unweaned 2 725 725 337.50 337.50 Unweaned 7 827 827 314.00 314.00 Unweaned Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 528 528 430.00 430.00 Unweaned 11 541 541 397.00 397.00 Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 22 301-346 320 465.00-500.00 482.55 Unweaned 81 357-399 380 445.00-482.50 455.50 Unweaned 24 382-387 384 417.50-465.00 445.93 245 400-448 432 440.00-470.00 455.75 Unweaned 9 410-440 433 410.00-460.00 431.45 150 453-493 473 390.00-427.50 410.82 148 450-498 476 382.00-450.00 415.52 Unweaned 7 460-489 481 382.50-395.00 385.92 Full 366 502-545 523 343.00-409.00 391.68 Unweaned 198 516-549 532 345.00-398.00 384.20 117 550-576 566 351.00-368.00 360.06 470 552-593 578 345.50-380.00 357.86 Unweaned 8 578-587 581 320.00-341.00 333.05 Full 18 601-645 616 324.00-347.00 339.12 119 607-640 618 324.00-349.00 338.15 Unweaned 3 632 632 377.00 377.00 Replacement 87 656-662 657 329.00-354.00 341.93 Replacement 8 665-698 677 315.00-324.00 320.52 5 692 692 312.50 312.50 Unweaned 5 1015 1015 289.00 289.00 34 1034 1034 261.00 261.00 Full Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 298 298 445.00 445.00 Unweaned 10 306 306 475.00 475.00 22 305-346 326 425.00-485.00 457.26 Unweaned 25 355-398 387 410.00-433.00 427.82 17 387-398 390 400.00-460.00 428.83 Unweaned 5 417 417 395.00 395.00 Full 95 400-448 427 385.00-439.00 422.40 Unweaned 2 443 443 410.00 410.00 14 451 451 300.00 300.00 Full 71 453-498 480 350.00-395.00 385.47 Unweaned 20 460-499 487 375.00-390.00 387.96 32 502 502 330.00 330.00 Full 42 500-543 525 310.00-377.00 367.93 Unweaned 11 550-590 571 331.00-342.00 334.91 Unweaned 5 572 572 305.00 305.00 Full 21 565-595 574 321.00-410.00 342.46 36 614-618 618 315.00-326.00 324.78 4 645 645 316.00 316.00 Unweaned 19 650-692 661 300.00-313.00 309.29 Unweaned 5 691 691 308.00 308.00 7 739 739 287.00 287.00 Unweaned 3 832 832 307.50 307.50 19 873-898 877 290.00-305.00 296.64 43 924-937 935 267.00-294.00 278.83 4 994 994 271.00 271.00 Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 392 392 372.50 372.50 Unweaned 18 411-435 417 330.00-403.00 383.82 Unweaned 6 411-428 425 370.00-385.00 372.42 9 471 471 340.00 340.00 20 482 482 325.00 325.00 Unweaned 2 663 663 260.00 260.00 Unweaned Heifers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 19 358 358 330.00 330.00 Unweaned 54 458 458 280.00 280.00 Unweaned 18 701 701 285.00 285.00 Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 488 488 382.50 382.50 5 521 521 347.50 347.50 Unweaned 2 593 593 307.50 307.50 Unweaned 1 660 660 302.50 302.50 Unweaned 6 681 681 298.00 298.00 Heifers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 1132 1132 252.00 252.00 3 1165 1165 265.50 265.50 Heifers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 337-345 340 415.00-455.00 431.23 Unweaned 9 377-378 377 400.00-420.00 413.32 Unweaned 10 410 410 405.00 405.00 Heifers Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 475 475 285.00 285.00 Unweaned Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 324-325 324 540.00-580.00 548.02 Unweaned 2 355 355 535.00 535.00 4 360-390 375 530.00-575.00 553.40 Unweaned 8 409 409 522.50 522.50 9 439 439 520.00 520.00 Unweaned 17 463-467 465 410.00-475.00 440.73 41 512-540 526 411.00-435.00 426.13 Unweaned 5 580-590 586 335.00-402.00 361.53 Unweaned 3 598 598 390.00 390.00 1 620 620 385.00 385.00 Unweaned 12 656-688 664 342.50-362.00 349.35 Unweaned 12 763-790 770 317.50-335.00 329.53 Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 343 343 505.00 505.00 Unweaned 8 479-498 489 367.50-425.00 395.69 Unweaned 17 878-891 889 295.00-296.00 295.88 Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 665 665 292.50 292.50 Bulls Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 1155 1155 240.00 240.00 Slaughter Bulls Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 1370 1370 139.00 139.00 Light Weight, Low Dressing 22 1445-1840 1629 157.00-174.00 167.61 Return to Feed, Low Dressing 24 1572-1940 1736 174.00-181.00 178.81 Return to Feed 52 1365-2120 1762 140.00-175.00 161.13 Low Dressing 3 1760-2045 1937 184.00-186.00 185.01 High Dressing 49 1578-2330 1965 172.00-184.00 178.95 3 1755-2270 2007 175.00-176.00 175.29 1 2530 2530 175.00 175.00 Heavy Weight Slaughter Cows Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 615-830 752 75.00-87.50 79.60 Light Weight, Very Low Dressing, Lean 9 890-990 942 92.50-115.00 106.44 Light Weight, Low Dressing, Lean 23 1005-1285 1132 71.00-95.00 86.25 Very Low Dressing, Lean 75 950-1280 1141 92.50-120.00 106.48 Low Dressing, Lean 276 848-1403 1168 120.00-160.50 146.48 Return to Feed, Low Dressing, Lean 9 1085-1227 1192 127.50-150.00 133.55 Lean 274 923-1293 1194 159.00-169.00 163.58 Return to Feed, Lean 9 1155-1218 1202 171.00-172.50 171.27 Return to Feed, High Dressing, Lean 19 1250-1430 1299 173.00-178.00 177.21 Return to Feed, High Dressing, Boner 17 1220-1498 1353 100.00-122.50 110.96 Low Dressing, Boner 538 1155-1739 1371 153.00-174.00 164.61 Return to Feed, Boner 154 1230-1745 1385 120.00-163.00 148.24 Return to Feed, Low Dressing, Boner 9 1330-1615 1444 120.00-134.00 125.55 Boner 132 1235-1685 1517 164.50-183.00 171.39 Return to Feed, Breaker 2 1535-1545 1540 173.50-177.00 175.26 Return to Feed, High Dressing, Breaker 2 1495-1615 1555 145.00-160.00 152.21 High Dressing, Boner 51 1470-1770 1582 141.00-167.00 159.56 Return to Feed, Low Dressing, Breaker 1 1585 1585 142.00 142.00 Very Low Dressing, Breaker 22 1443-1955 1621 142.00-166.00 151.27 Low Dressing, Breaker 15 1545-1835 1696 167.00-171.00 168.40 Breaker 1 2070 2070 169.00 169.00 Heavy Weight, Breaker Bred Cows Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 52 980 980 4,500.00 4,500.00 Young, 2nd Stage Bred Cows Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 935 935 2,900.00 2,900.00 Thin Fleshed, Young, 2nd Stage 44 1034-1335 1061 2,400.00-4,900.00 4,127.58 Young, 1st Stage 144 1001-1327 1089 3,050.00-5,200.00 4,900.60 Young, 1st/2nd Stage 1281 938-1280 1115 3,050.00-5,225.00 5,012.66 Young, 2nd Stage 3 1250 1250 2,500.00 2,500.00 Broken Mouth, Aged, 1st/2nd Stage 36 1295 1295 4,650.00-4,800.00 4,733.33 Young/Middle Aged, 1st/2nd Stage 7 1314 1314 2,750.00 2,750.00 Middle Aged/Aged, 2nd Stage 181 1305-1340 1320 4,900.00-5,300.00 5,028.60 Young/Middle Aged, 2nd Stage 10 1283-1675 1341 2,500.00-2,900.00 2,661.68 Middle Aged/Aged, 1st/2nd Stage 47 1158-1605 1377 2,350.00-2,800.00 2,632.54 Broken Mouth, Aged, 2nd Stage 10 1408 1408 4,550.00 4,550.00 Middle Aged, 1st/2nd Stage 17 1360-1545 1526 2,700.00-5,050.00 4,804.75 Middle Aged, 2nd Stage Bred Cows Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 920 920 2,100.00 2,100.00 Thin Fleshed, Young, 1st/2nd Stage 1 1185 1185 2,100.00 2,100.00 Middle Aged/Aged, 1st/2nd Stage 9 1063-1255 1186 1,900.00-2,100.00 2,002.15 Thin Fleshed, Aged, 2nd Stage 4 1214 1214 3,000.00 3,000.00 Young, 2nd Stage 24 1151-1361 1254 1,950.00-2,150.00 2,047.25 Broken Mouth, Aged, 1st/2nd Stage 10 1314 1314 151.00 151.00 Broken Mouth, Aged, 1st Stage 4 1155-1558 1380 2,250.00-2,450.00 2,351.72 Middle Aged/Aged, 2nd Stage 3 1402 1402 2,100.00 2,100.00 Broken Mouth, Aged, 2nd Stage 3 1450-1560 1523 2,300.00-2,450.00 2,402.41 Middle Aged, 2nd Stage Bred Heifers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 823 823 2,400.00 2,400.00 (<2 yrs), 2nd Stage 2 830 830 2,100.00 2,100.00 (<2 yrs), 1st/2nd Stage Bred Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 1015 1015 2,800.00 2,800.00 (<2 yrs), 1st Stage 3 1047 1047 2,750.00 2,750.00 (<2 yrs), 1st/2nd Stage 1267 1003-1140 1048 3,100.00-5,325.00 4,746.26 (<2 yrs), 2nd Stage 364 1080-1185 1111 4,750.00-5,350.00 5,014.09 (<2 yrs), 3rd Stage Stock Cows Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 660-793 758 255.00-285.00 275.13 (<2 yrs), Open Stock Cows Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 50 798 798 2,950.00 2,950.00 (<2 yrs), Open 407 703-1475 960 210.00-335.00 292.37 (<2 yrs), Open 203 805-1328 1083 171.00-315.00 232.61 Young, Open 8 986-1465 1122 213.00-254.00 236.74 Fleshy, (<2 yrs), Open 6 1165-1275 1206 167.50-178.00 174.29 Young/Middle Aged, Open Stock Cows Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 38 780-1083 927 205.00-315.00 264.72 (<2 yrs), Open 24 740-1215 998 177.50-270.00 224.72 Young, Open Stock Cows Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 745 745 155.00 155.00 Thin Fleshed, (<2 yrs), Open