Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 120 priced lines covering 6,692 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,347 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,745 head. replacement cattle receipts at 454 head. Counted as USDA files them — 25 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 15, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,347Last week 1,316Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,745Last week 532Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 454Last week 589Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	874	111.00	111.00
8	—	693	152.00	152.00
3	—	550	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	110.00	110.00
3	—	1,078	110.00	110.00
4	—	1,133	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	651	161.00	161.00
12	—	797	134.00	134.00
18	—	636	154.00–169.00	164.78
19	—	424	188.00–190.00	189.29
4	—	739	141.50	141.50
4	—	873	126.00	126.00
7	—	973	121.00	121.00
8	—	807	139.50	139.50
35	—	908	130.00	130.00
20	—	547	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	452	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	832	128.00–130.00	129.22
16	—	774	126.00–128.00	127.52
54	—	687	137.00–139.50	138.34
18	—	631	140.00–147.00	144.63
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	155.00	155.00
4	—	565	145.00	145.00
3	—	723	139.00	139.00
5	—	805	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	577	157.50–166.50	162.60
397	—	705	137.00–148.00	145.46
404	—	627	150.00–162.50	158.04
103	—	814	130.00–135.00	133.13
402	—	681	138.00–152.00	148.49
279	—	760	134.00–140.00	138.49
147	—	867	130.00–130.25	130.19
134	—	523	164.50–171.50	166.45
61	—	467	167.00–177.50	174.03
17	—	931	126.00–127.50	127.15
10	—	426	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	509	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	419	159.00–165.00	163.33
34	—	718	130.00–138.00	132.87
44	—	479	162.50–166.00	164.03
61	—	514	154.00–163.00	159.11
80	—	585	147.00–158.00	152.45
10	—	795	131.00–132.00	131.60
47	—	640	147.00–149.00	147.61
6	—	658	142.00–148.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	628	135.00–136.00	135.94
18	—	540	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	615	163.00–165.75	165.07
47	—	658	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
322	—	736	1,057.50–1,160.00	1,122.17
131	—	755	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,148.45
130	—	827	1,185.00–1,200.00	1,191.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	534	183.00–184.00	183.20
14	—	636	154.00–171.00	162.23
15	—	854	134.25	134.25
21	—	768	144.00–149.00	145.59
22	—	675	155.00–162.00	157.03
12	—	474	182.50–193.00	188.08
27	—	573	170.50–174.50	172.66
4	—	736	147.00–153.00	151.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	537	155.00	155.00
68	—	663	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	871	135.00–139.50	138.32
157	—	720	155.50–166.00	160.68
3	—	110	300.00–375.00	325.00
259	—	629	171.50–180.00	175.77
310	—	675	160.00–173.00	167.30
177	—	766	146.00–155.50	152.92
124	—	488	187.00–198.00	194.48
70	—	809	141.00–146.00	143.52
70	—	568	178.00–188.00	181.44
61	—	528	185.00–196.00	190.98
16	—	910	129.00–130.00	129.87
7	—	982	127.50	127.50
3	—	422	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	602	166.00	166.00
14	—	762	142.50	142.50
11	—	846	132.50	132.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	864	130.00	130.00
4	—	793	134.50	134.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	917	48.00–55.00	52.14
2	—	865	42.00–44.50	43.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,173	41.00–53.00	48.74
50	—	1,167	50.50–62.50	56.27
20	—	1,257	60.00–64.50	62.68
2	—	1,145	65.50	65.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,629	67.50–69.50	68.19
5	—	1,379	56.00–57.00	56.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,401	61.00–66.50	63.60
25	—	1,417	54.50–60.50	56.79
12	—	1,593	67.00–69.50	68.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,908	75.50–90.50	82.82
32	—	1,670	63.50–78.00	75.26
8	—	2,116	83.50–99.00	90.13

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	967	82.00	82.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	36	—	1,113	51.00–56.50	54.82
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	133	—	1,355	61.00–70.00	66.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	139	—	1,119	62.00–106.00	84.81
(<2 yrs)	Open	265	—	1,003	77.75–122.50	100.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	125	—	1,415	60.00–68.00	64.85
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	130	—	1,289	55.00–65.50	61.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	20	—	1,543	80.50–88.00	83.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	20	—	1,495	2,000.00–2,800.00	2,448.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	19	—	1,736	1,675.00	1,675.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	13	—	1,327	1,500.00–2,100.00	1,814.35
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,175	810.00	810.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,043	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,427.20
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	—	1,362	1,300.00–1,510.00	1,458.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	243	—	1,247	1,500.00–1,660.00	1,612.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,146	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,307	1,450.00–1,475.00	1,455.44
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,543	1,185.00	1,185.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,548	1,135.00–1,210.00	1,189.53
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,161	1,575.00	1,575.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	918	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,522	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,441.82
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,463	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,406	1,250.00	1,250.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,016	1,550.00	1,550.00

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Montana barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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