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Public Auction Yards - Billings, MT

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USDA-reported auction results · regular sale day Wednesday

SALE OF AUGUST 19, 2026

Public Auction Yards in Billings, Montana held its last reported cattle auction on August 19, 2026.
Receipts: 1,067 head (vs 876 a year ago).
700-800 lb Medium & Large 1 steers averaged $364.66/cwt on 18 head.
Regular sale day: Wednesday.

This sale1,067

Last reported697

Year ago876

The ledger

Head	Wt range (lbs)	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
STEERS - Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
2	288	288	560.00	560.00	Unweaned
7	460–494	484	455.00–457.50	456.82
4	486	486	425.00	425.00	Unweaned
7	740	740	370.00	370.00
11	755–791	781	361.00–362.00	361.26
4	834	834	350.00	350.00
19	850–865	852	337.00–352.00	350.40
6	875–894	888	330.00	330.00	Full
11	901–913	906	330.00–337.50	332.46
STEERS - Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
4	990	990	304.00	304.00
7	1035	1035	304.00	304.00
STEERS - Large 1 ($/cwt)
4	776	776	340.00	340.00
10	1064	1064	292.00	292.00	Full
STEERS - Medium 1 ($/cwt)
7	570	570	392.00	392.00
4	644	644	372.50	372.50
13	680	680	370.00	370.00	Thin Fleshed
3	777	777	337.50	337.50
6	837	837	324.00	324.00
16	942	942	318.00	318.00
HEIFERS - Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
3	230	230	570.00	570.00	Unweaned
3	478	478	385.00	385.00	Unweaned
2	508	508	395.00	395.00	Unweaned
3	612	612	331.00	331.00	Unweaned
10	735	735	350.00	350.00
17	804–818	811	338.00–341.00	339.89
38	853–899	889	316.00–333.00	321.23
37	902–934	916	313.50–319.00	315.85
2	920	920	309.00	309.00	Full
47	953–989	971	295.00–306.50	301.23
16	1027–1038	1029	292.00–294.00	292.25
HEIFERS - Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
3	308	308	500.00	500.00	Unweaned
23	714–739	723	335.00–341.00	339.72
3	767	767	325.00	325.00
2	815	815	302.50	302.50
3	870–875	872	295.00–310.00	304.98
HEIFERS - Large 1 ($/cwt)
3	1085	1085	275.00	275.00
HEIFERS - Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
4	756	756	315.00	315.00
HEIFERS - Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
3	547	547	365.00	365.00
12	594	594	340.00	340.00
4	631	631	331.00	331.00
3	698	698	310.00	310.00
36	822	822	314.00	314.00
4	1013	1013	270.00	270.00
5	681	681	302.50	302.50
BULLS - Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
6	392	392	450.00	450.00	Unweaned
3	727	727	330.00	330.00	Unweaned
BULLS - Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
4	481	481	385.00	385.00	Unweaned
COWS - Breaker 75-80% ($/cwt)
7	1465–1745	1659	163.00–166.50	164.63	Average
25	1509–1645	1564	166.00–171.00	167.22	Average
15	1475–1965	1695	153.00–162.50	159.70	Low
4	1563–1615	1576	161.50–162.00	161.63	Low
COWS - Boner 80-85% ($/cwt)
9	1260–1645	1468	159.50–163.00	160.75	Average
62	1310–1630	1421	165.50–177.00	170.59	Average
2	1320–1355	1338	168.00–169.00	168.49	High
5	1348–1370	1358	178.00–178.50	178.20	High
12	1305–1610	1415	135.00–155.00	146.71	Low
56	1275–1570	1409	149.00–164.00	160.94	Low
2	1385–1490	1438	130.00–135.00	132.59	Very Low
COWS - Lean 85-90% ($/cwt)
3	1130–1295	1197	155.00–163.00	158.60	Average
5	955–1160	1091	159.00–164.00	162.10	Average
2	1175–1180	1178	170.00–175.00	172.49	High
30	1050–1350	1187	120.00–150.00	136.78	Low
1	920	920	130.00	130.00	Low
4	910–1278	1154	142.50–151.00	149.32	Low
30	1589–1656	1602	147.00–152.00	148.03	Low
2	1385	1385	124.00	124.00	Low
BULLS - 1-2 ($/cwt)
31	1545–2215	1897	197.00–216.00	200.90	Average
4	1420–1717	1643	193.50–209.00	196.85	Average
34	1215–2225	1844	180.00–196.00	190.58	Low
2	1120–1330	1225	165.00–185.00	175.86	Low
17	1225–1685	1587	172.50–198.00	191.42	Low

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