Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 50 priced lines covering 495 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 363 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 265 head. replacement cattle receipts at 55 head.

Mon Aug 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 363Last week 325Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 265Last week 598Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 555Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,948	82.00–93.50	87.88
15	—	1,613	71.00–81.50	77.58
8	—	1,960	94.00–97.50	95.96
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	903	57.50–61.00	59.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,248	53.00–65.50	61.20
15	—	1,275	64.00–68.50	66.45
2	—	1,028	45.00	45.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,633	67.00–69.00	68.52
3	—	1,533	59.50–65.00	61.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,415	64.50–70.00	66.79
17	—	1,443	60.50–64.50	62.88
14	—	1,499	72.00–76.00	73.22

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,487	64.00–69.50	69.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,157	63.00–73.00	68.68
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,168	72.00–74.00	73.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,224	82.00	82.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	817	125.50	125.50
2	—	975	116.00	116.00
4	—	773	131.00	131.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,229	98.00	98.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,003	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	132.00	132.00
8	—	644	137.00	137.00
26	—	718	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	586	117.00	117.00
8	—	693	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	709	140.00	140.00
6	—	936	126.00–130.50	129.01
30	—	981	122.50–124.50	123.56
39	—	858	128.50–136.50	134.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	913	113.00	113.00
2	—	990	104.50	104.50
4	—	723	129.00	129.00
6	—	788	124.00	124.00
8	—	881	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	783	126.00	126.00
11	—	1,012	116.50	116.50
3	—	1,052	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,041	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	611	139.00	139.00
4	—	711	126.00	126.00
6	—	516	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	831	128.00	128.00
7	—	973	118.00	118.00
14	—	914	121.50–125.00	123.24
13	—	881	125.00–128.25	127.53
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	95.00	95.00
2	—	1,055	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	122.00	122.00
4	—	724	124.00	124.00

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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