Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 138 priced lines covering 6,007 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,785 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 714 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,241 head.

Mon Jan 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,785Last week 1,680Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 714Last week 324Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,241Last week 2,793Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. A small offering of yearling cattle continue to be seen. These cattle are mixed for quality, however demand for high quality offerings remains mostly good despite offerings showing some age. Steer calves under 500 lbs were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to higher undertones were noticed. Steer calves 500-649 lbs sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers weighing less than 400 lbs and heavier than 650 lbs had no comparable sales. Heifers 400-649 lbs sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Quality this week was mixed from plain to attractive this week. Demand for feeders was mostly light to moderate. CME positions struggled most of the week starting every trading session this week in the red and posting losses from midweek on. Calves on offer were mostly weaned this week. Market activity was mostly moderate. Weigh up cows sold on good demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Packers were very active this week as they purchased both feeding and slaughter cows on moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-6.00 higher on breaking and boning cows, lean cows sold mostly 7.00-10.00 higher. Feeding cows sold on moderate to good demand throughout the week. Packer and feeding buyers were both very aggressive early in the week however as feeding buyers filled orders cow prices weakened late in the week. Feeding cows sold mostly 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 3.00-5.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Young age cows suitable to re-breed sold mostly steady to sharply lower. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	486	168.50–172.50	169.48
11	—	628	142.00–153.00	145.73
3	—	845	137.00	137.00
3	—	782	137.00–138.00	137.68
21	—	660	141.00–149.00	146.08
6	—	340	180.00–193.00	188.76
85	—	587	145.00–163.00	157.44
24	—	531	159.00–170.00	164.00
10	—	388	182.00	182.00
15	—	745	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	830	138.50–148.25	145.17
182	—	516	167.00–183.00	176.09
233	—	612	154.75–168.00	163.14
270	—	578	159.00–172.50	166.81
305	—	676	144.00–159.00	153.40
11	—	916	136.00–140.00	138.87
30	—	872	134.50–137.50	136.29
82	—	471	179.00–194.00	185.99
134	—	715	140.00–150.00	146.87
21	—	383	190.00–219.00	204.24
79	—	779	141.50–145.00	144.05
73	—	425	188.00–200.00	190.36
10	—	952	133.25	133.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	162.50	162.50
9	—	622	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	131.00–142.50	134.73
4	—	429	176.00	176.00
8	—	498	144.00	144.00
5	—	500	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	177.00	177.00
30	—	483	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	590	153.00	153.00
8	—	523	166.00	166.00
38	—	600	158.00	158.00
15	—	654	151.50	151.50
10	—	835	134.50	134.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,065	126.00–127.00	126.33
28	—	772	133.00–139.00	137.03
9	—	612	156.00	156.00
3	—	518	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	569	179.00	179.00
15	—	804	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	465	173.00	173.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	667	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	448	145.50	145.50
6	—	317	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	398	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	781	127.00–130.00	128.05
18	—	918	130.00–134.50	131.63
44	—	821	129.50–133.00	130.03
20	—	380	165.00–174.00	168.93
26	—	852	129.00	129.00
49	—	958	125.25–133.00	129.82
106	—	473	158.00–170.50	161.84
4	—	338	174.00	174.00
211	—	523	150.00–163.50	157.50
29	—	437	165.00–172.00	167.36
33	—	724	128.00–135.50	132.75
325	—	622	136.00–148.00	143.42
251	—	574	142.00–158.00	148.84
132	—	670	132.00–140.00	136.27
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	319	158.00	158.00
18	—	682	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,117	114.00–119.50	116.61
10	—	1,022	126.00–126.50	126.15
3	—	710	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	139.00	139.00
3	—	722	126.00	126.00
4	—	879	127.50	127.50
10	—	843	127.00	127.00
54	—	424	145.00–157.50	150.69
32	—	383	151.00–163.00	155.06
4	—	696	130.00	130.00
34	—	533	136.00–153.50	144.66
29	—	622	128.00–136.00	130.87
10	—	486	146.00–153.00	148.04
9	—	795	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	491	150.00	150.00
23	—	520	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	497	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	677	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	473	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	138.00	138.00
4	—	578	144.00	144.00
13	—	836	129.00–130.00	129.15
3	—	787	133.00	133.00
49	—	469	155.00–166.00	160.21
13	—	413	180.00	180.00
21	—	536	140.00–144.00	143.44
22	—	663	136.00–139.50	137.67
23	—	729	132.00–137.00	134.90
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	110.00	110.00
4	—	665	135.50	135.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	516	149.00	149.00
2	—	698	131.00	131.00
3	—	605	134.00	134.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	175	—	1,359	810.00–1,050.00	989.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	25	—	1,325	57.50–62.50	61.47
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,414	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,235	760.00	760.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	—	1,249	735.00–885.00	814.11
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,421	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,524	56.00–58.00	56.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,461	54.00–59.50	56.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	112	—	1,384	810.00–1,310.00	1,145.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	47	—	1,316	1,300.00–1,485.00	1,407.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	122	—	1,233	1,400.00–1,625.00	1,574.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,220	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,191	54.50	54.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,432	1,025.00	1,025.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	122.50	122.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	414	—	1,377	54.00–65.50	60.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	135	—	1,428	57.00–71.00	62.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	289	—	1,071	60.00–92.00	73.98
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,114	54.00–56.50	55.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	975	59.00–65.00	61.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	76	—	1,192	49.00–57.75	54.69
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	918	1,500.00	1,500.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	185	—	1,049	1,425.00–1,600.00	1,529.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,406	54.00–64.50	58.72
63	—	1,392	51.50–57.50	55.16
1	—	1,405	43.00	43.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,055	68.00	68.00
7	—	1,574	52.00–59.00	57.59
21	—	1,596	61.50–65.00	63.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	59.00	59.00
13	—	1,155	33.00–44.00	40.15
79	—	1,243	52.50–62.00	56.82
200	—	1,201	44.00–56.50	52.69
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,663	76.00–77.50	76.44
6	—	1,660	63.50	63.50
38	—	1,674	67.50–71.50	68.82
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	32.00–45.00	38.62
6	—	939	44.00–50.00	46.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,850	76.00–89.00	81.07
9	—	2,220	88.00–96.00	91.45
22	—	1,587	64.00–77.50	73.03

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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