Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 34 priced lines covering 469 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 247 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 247 head. replacement cattle receipts at 70 head.

Mon Jul 22, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 247Last week 245Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 247Last week 204Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 70Last week 305Year ago 0

The Northern Livestock video held their summer classic sale for 3 days this week. Billings livestock commission was the only covered sale this week. Please check that report for market commentary and trends.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,559	55.00–63.00	60.26
63	—	1,485	63.50–68.00	66.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	53.00	53.00
5	—	1,326	67.00–71.50	68.25
17	—	1,302	63.00–67.00	65.39
24	—	1,170	55.00–62.50	60.83
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	58.50	58.50
2	—	845	52.00–60.00	56.14
2	—	883	50.00–53.00	51.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,461	59.50–60.50	60.14
38	—	1,396	63.00–68.00	65.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,645	72.00–81.50	79.03
9	—	1,930	89.50–97.00	92.18
25	—	1,814	82.00–90.00	86.40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	113.00	113.00
4	—	1,069	126.00–129.00	127.48
7	—	1,192	116.00	116.00
32	—	1,009	126.75–127.75	126.91
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	856	132.50	132.50
28	—	932	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	879	139.50	139.50
10	—	986	128.50–129.50	128.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	684	148.00–149.00	148.67
6	—	744	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,018	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	756	130.00	130.00
11	—	925	123.50	123.50
12	—	823	126.00–129.50	127.43
13	—	628	139.00	139.00
38	—	685	135.00–136.00	135.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	648	128.00	128.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,321	64.00–64.50	64.05
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,023	86.00	86.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,179	67.00–74.50	70.77

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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Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

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Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

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