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Public Auction Yards

Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Mon, Oct 23
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2257
← Apr 25Oct 23Dec 5 →
Receipts
3,433 head
▲ 3,096 vs last sale 337▼ 68 vs year ago 3,501 · −1.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand was very good for the 20th annual Montana Angus Female Bonanza. Supply consisted of high quality, uniform, commercial Angus bred heifers and young cows as well as a dispersion of registered Angus cows. Market activity was active to very active with many buyers on hand from all over the country as well as on the internet and phone actively bidding on offerings. Heifer offerings were A.I. bred to Angus herd sires or natural serviced to high quality sons of popular Angus herd sires. Most AI bred heifers were set to calve in tight windows of 1-3 days and all pasture bred heifers and cows calve in 2 cycles or less. Cows and heifers were in light to moderate flesh condition. All AI heifer offerings were sorted for the sex of the calf, with all purchases tagged for sex. All cows were sold with mixed sexes. 3rd Trimester calve from now till January 25th, 2nd Trimester calve January 25th-April 28th, 1st Trimester calve after April 28th.

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,130$2,8004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,158$2,7951,521
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,068$2,741147
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,292$2,72523
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,280$1,92510
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,370$1,7758
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,194$1,7008
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,281$1,48217
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,041$2,5951,532
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,022$2,344163

Every lot, as filed

15 lots · USDA AMS · Public Auction Yards Replacement Cattle Special - Billings, MT (Seasonal)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—9462,000.70/head1,900.00–2,125.002,00147
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,0322,390.01/head2,200.00–2,500.002,390139
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—9632,080.37/head1,935.00–2,100.002,08024
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,0171,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9259
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,0442,617.91/head2,225.00–3,300.002,6181,476
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2801,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,92510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2231,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1756
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,3131,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,65011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1582,794.65/head2,575.00–3,125.002,7951,521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Registered—1,4712,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Registered—1,1302,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2681,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2922,725.00/head2,725.00–2,725.002,72523
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1941,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7008
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0682,741.40/head2,475.00–2,875.002,741147

How this sale compares

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