Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 164 priced lines covering 9,310 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,736 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 695 head. replacement cattle receipts at 4,751 head.

Mon Nov 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,736Last week 14,002Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 695Last week 1,164Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4,751Last week 3,926Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Yearling steers were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were noticed on all offerings. Yearling heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Steer calves under 500 lbs sold unevenly steady from 3.00 lower to 5.00 higher, steer calves weighing more than 500 lbs sold fully steady. Heifers calves under 450 lbs sold mostly 2.00-3.00 lower, 450-549 lbs heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher, 500-699 lbs sold generally steady to weak. Quality this week was mixed from plain to very attractive. Weaned calves have started to be marketed. Buyers showed good demand for healthy appearing, weaned calves which were given two rounds of shots and weaned over 45 days. Buyers offered these type offerings strong premiums ranging from 5.00-10.00 cwt. Demand for lightweight calves improved late in the trading session leading to uneven prices again this week. Calves with two rounds of preconditioning shots sold with the best demand again this week. The cattle on feed report will be released later today and early analyst estimates have very large placement numbers for the previous month. This has pressured the futures market over the last few days. Market activity this week was moderate to active. Weigh up cows sold on light to moderate demand this week. Heavy cow supplies continue to be seen with over 1,200 cows seen at three sales this week. Heavy cow supplies have allowed packers to harvest very large numbers of cows. The latest data from USDA FSIS shows cow and bull harvest for week ending November 9th at 147,045 head. Packers showed good demand for cows to start the week, however they backed off cow prices as the week progressed. A large portion of the cow offering has been going on feed and with so many cows filling feedlots many have filled up. Feeding cows sold mostly steady, however a few late week sales were mostly 5.00 lower. The cutter cow cutout remains strong as tight imported supplies are driving domestic trimming prices higher. Imported 90% lean trimmings topped 315.00 cwt this week. The cutout as of Thursdays close was 185.67, 0.41 lower than Wednesdays value, however 1.08 higher than last Thursdays value. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Young age cows suitable to rebreed sold on mostly moderate demand. Offerings sold mostly steady to 8.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,332	57.50	57.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,222	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,314	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,276	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,306	760.00–775.00	767.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,216	55.00–60.00	56.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	37	—	1,141	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,081.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,203	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,089.09
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,186	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,283	55.00	55.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,234	51.00	51.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	338	—	1,389	50.00–73.50	61.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	235	—	1,300	48.00–63.00	55.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	155	—	1,278	52.50–75.00	59.97
(<2 yrs)	Open	318	—	947	61.00–94.00	83.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	165	—	1,108	56.00–84.00	66.84
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,025	45.00–56.00	53.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	309	—	1,193	40.00–53.00	48.04
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	817	78.00	78.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	110	—	1,217	44.00–54.50	51.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,172	47.00–55.50	52.87
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	67.00	67.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	869	127.00–133.00	130.81
8	—	908	125.00–130.00	126.26
7	—	825	133.00–135.00	134.41
3	—	987	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
568	—	568	126.00–144.25	136.58
238	—	612	124.00–138.00	132.32
145	—	420	152.00–162.00	158.55
82	—	673	121.00–133.00	127.09
427	—	522	132.00–154.00	142.76
381	—	480	143.00–159.50	151.32
44	—	384	157.50–164.00	160.99
38	—	716	122.00–129.00	124.35
3	—	310	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	673	128.00	128.00
7	—	638	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	119.00	119.00
3	—	1,048	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	530	127.00–137.50	133.37
84	—	425	140.00–153.00	145.31
12	—	605	125.00	125.00
78	—	483	130.00–151.00	138.68
69	—	384	142.50–156.00	149.96
40	—	570	124.00–132.00	129.58
13	—	331	146.00–153.00	148.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	892	135.00–139.50	138.49
8	—	776	141.50	141.50
25	—	981	132.50–136.00	133.27
45	—	817	137.50–143.50	138.27
3	—	368	165.00	165.00
7	—	518	140.00	140.00
40	—	473	150.50–154.00	152.32
34	—	637	132.00–134.00	133.20
23	—	563	136.50–137.00	136.61
66	—	927	129.00–135.00	131.80
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	429	130.00–149.00	141.14
4	—	379	154.00	154.00
3	—	548	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	520	127.50–128.50	128.07
4	—	364	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	511	135.00	135.00
10	—	752	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	444	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	518	132.00	132.00
10	—	596	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	117.25	117.25
2	—	1,120	118.50	118.50
9	—	1,082	121.50–127.00	125.06
22	—	1,025	128.00–131.50	129.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	643	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	486	163.50	163.50
11	—	593	150.50	150.50
29	—	614	145.00	145.00
7	—	836	141.00	141.00
5	—	916	136.00	136.00
3	—	725	141.00	141.00
5	—	974	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	837	142.00–145.00	143.48
5	—	906	142.00	142.00
13	—	957	137.00–137.50	137.42
90	—	697	154.75	154.75
104	—	627	150.50–156.00	152.24
103	—	516	160.50–174.00	168.40
128	—	568	153.00–161.75	159.56
21	—	704	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	765	139.50	139.50
10	—	945	136.00	136.00
6	—	739	135.00	135.00
3	—	645	138.00	138.00
4	—	866	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	574	139.50–149.00	143.74
35	—	376	167.00–186.00	177.07
58	—	439	164.00–179.50	174.65
52	—	661	135.00–141.00	138.88
19	—	494	147.50–155.00	149.01
2	—	255	212.50	212.50
15	—	327	177.50–180.00	177.99
13	—	709	130.50–137.00	134.46
32	—	530	145.00–157.00	150.30
21	—	624	135.00–144.50	138.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	265	222.50–227.50	224.95
88	—	709	137.00–149.00	144.34
66	—	385	185.00–210.00	193.25
34	—	766	137.50–143.00	138.83
3	—	847	128.50	128.50
3	—	305	192.00–205.00	200.52
527	—	581	144.00–159.00	153.27
414	—	472	157.50–188.00	174.92
848	—	528	150.00–168.00	161.71
715	—	624	140.00–156.50	149.90
211	—	431	164.00–194.00	183.64
138	—	668	141.00–151.00	147.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	524	131.00–141.00	134.19
11	—	580	128.00–134.00	131.26
5	—	480	145.00	145.00
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	132.00	132.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	129.00	129.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	694	133.00	133.00
2	—	740	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	405	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	418	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	618	139.00	139.00
7	—	545	145.00	145.00
4	—	573	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	395	165.00	165.00
24	—	464	140.00–149.00	145.53
7	—	421	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	340	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	407	169.00	169.00
18	—	364	150.00	150.00
Steers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,003	139.50	139.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	538	146.00	146.00
4	—	558	141.00	141.00
11	—	612	125.00–135.00	131.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	937	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	588	122.00	122.00
2	—	345	177.50	177.50
5	—	522	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	777	131.00	131.00
8	—	959	113.00–118.00	116.73
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	108.00	108.00
23	—	1,012	114.00–119.00	118.61
17	—	1,162	88.00	88.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,253	50.00–55.00	52.89
3	—	1,233	55.00	55.00
101	—	1,208	40.00–51.50	45.18
33	—	1,158	31.00–41.00	34.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,452	41.50–52.00	48.78
25	—	1,434	51.00–56.00	53.66
12	—	1,549	59.50–70.00	63.37
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	990	43.00–48.50	46.67
1	—	935	36.00	36.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,576	62.00–68.50	64.12
3	—	1,627	54.50	54.50
7	—	1,574	69.00–71.00	69.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,000	59.50	59.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	82.50	82.50
22	—	1,945	71.00–80.50	76.62
14	—	1,965	80.00–86.50	81.92
15	—	1,650	60.00–73.50	66.41

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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