Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 36 priced lines covering 528 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 165 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 320 head. replacement cattle receipts at 154 head.

Mon Aug 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 165Last week 363Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 320Last week 265Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 154Last week 55Year ago 0

Only one sale occurred this week so no true comparisons can be made. Please check individual reports for market trends and commentary.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,253	64.00–69.00	65.57
66	—	1,263	55.50–63.50	61.16
3	—	1,258	71.50–73.00	72.49
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,570	70.00–72.50	71.07
19	—	1,420	54.50–64.00	61.94
51	—	1,486	64.00–69.50	66.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	71.50	71.50
7	—	1,663	58.50–65.50	63.18
11	—	1,616	65.00–67.50	66.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,602	75.00–82.50	79.91
16	—	1,982	92.00–98.50	94.53
65	—	1,857	82.00–92.00	86.87

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	923	121.00–127.50	124.60
12	—	835	129.00	129.00
12	—	868	125.00–129.00	127.15
12	—	980	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,037	116.00	116.00
5	—	1,117	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	111.00	111.00
6	—	1,066	100.00–106.00	100.99
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	708	122.00–126.00	124.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,314	100.00	100.00
16	—	1,372	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	943	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	732	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,110	108.00–110.00	108.67
3	—	1,162	110.00	110.00
8	—	1,028	113.00–115.00	114.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	905	121.00	121.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	47	—	1,493	62.00–66.75	63.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	36	—	1,516	66.00–69.50	67.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,288	65.00–76.00	70.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,430	67.00–72.00	68.29

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

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