Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 132 priced lines covering 8,391 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,257 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 412 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,277 head.

Mon Feb 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,257Last week 1,944Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 412Last week 470Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,277Last week 728Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Steer calves weighing 400-599 lbs sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher, steers 600-799 lbs sold mostly steady to 3.00

lower, heavier weights of steers were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however lower undertones were noticed.

Feeder heifers 450-699 lbs sold mostly steady to 4.00 higher. All other weights of heifers were not well compared. Quality this last session

was mostly attractive to very attractive. Many long strings of one iron home raised calves were on offer. Many of these cattle were developed

for grass and marketed that way. Despite sharply lower CME contract prices buyers showed good to very good demand for all cattle suitable

to develop into yearlings. Feedlot ready cattle sold on mostly light demand this week as nearby CME contract prices have sold off significantly.

Market activity was mostly active this week. Weigh up cows sold on mostly light to moderate demand and offerings. Packers were aggressive

early in the week in purchasing cows for harvest, however by mid week demand was mostly light and packers opted to send the majority of

the cow offering to feed. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower on all classes. Feeding cows sold on mostly moderated demand this week

as independent feeding buyers competed with packers over offerings. Feeding cows were too lightly tested last week to develop any market

trend. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Young age cows suitable to feed or re-breed sold 5.00-8.00 lower led mostly by lighter demand from

feeding buyers. Additionally, a larger portion of the offering were wet bagged cows which lost calves this week. Quality was mixed from plain

to attractive.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	551	159.00–162.00	161.53
16	—	845	124.00	124.00
3	—	412	177.00	177.00
4	—	351	167.50	167.50
9	—	535	165.00	165.00
9	—	762	132.00–133.50	132.50
114	—	666	138.50–149.50	147.43
2	—	723	134.50	134.50
2	—	643	152.00	152.00
18	—	482	162.00–177.00	168.42
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,085	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	96.00	96.00
3	—	1,033	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,005	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	604	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	478	145.00	145.00
55	—	579	140.00	140.00
76	—	727	128.25–129.00	128.81
28	—	867	119.75	119.75
6	—	946	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	288	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	612	125.00–135.00	132.90
20	—	472	152.50–163.00	158.04
14	—	379	163.00–173.50	167.36
13	—	429	163.00–166.00	164.84
103	—	570	130.00–154.50	144.64
74	—	536	147.00–159.00	157.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	468	167.00–178.00	172.03
88	—	428	168.00–183.00	175.21
114	—	727	124.00–134.00	131.36
226	—	772	121.00–132.00	129.17
493	—	524	156.00–167.50	163.44
380	—	581	148.00–162.00	157.15
358	—	673	132.00–149.50	139.61
8	—	376	176.00–182.50	179.45
4	—	345	175.00	175.00
50	—	804	127.25–128.00	127.40
26	—	875	125.25	125.25
334	—	626	134.00–154.00	147.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	490	146.50	146.50
15	—	515	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
234	—	579	165.00	165.00
80	—	627	155.00–156.50	155.64
5	—	667	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	618	163.00	163.00
74	—	755	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	404	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	445	162.00	162.00
7	—	556	150.00	150.00
5	—	455	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	586	135.00	135.00
3	—	797	123.50	123.50
3	—	643	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	704	152.50	152.50
56	—	657	168.00–169.50	169.04
384	—	633	175.50–176.50	176.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	675	144.00	144.00
14	—	473	170.00–183.50	179.40
19	—	628	151.00–159.00	154.53
24	—	566	148.50–161.00	156.24
38	—	441	184.00–187.50	186.04
23	—	539	172.00–177.00	174.85
16	—	388	192.50–195.00	194.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	535	167.50	167.50
24	—	739	135.00	135.00
3	—	625	144.00	144.00
38	—	892	124.75–128.50	127.65
27	—	923	129.50	129.50
21	—	834	128.00–128.50	128.34
3	—	778	129.00	129.00
50	—	587	164.00–169.50	167.25
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	486	175.00–179.00	177.20
23	—	527	163.00–171.00	168.96
25	—	443	179.00–180.00	179.68
6	—	388	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	189.00	189.00
41	—	436	187.00–206.00	194.05
42	—	870	128.50–131.00	129.90
138	—	530	174.00–186.00	183.09
86	—	773	134.00–138.00	135.44
51	—	817	129.75–134.00	132.22
144	—	480	180.00–196.00	188.20
239	—	679	147.00–159.00	152.14
280	—	623	153.50–174.50	164.08
287	—	575	166.00–180.50	175.91
426	—	715	140.00–151.50	147.22
62	—	953	132.50	132.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,320	76.00	76.00
5	—	1,006	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	687	140.50	140.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	61.50	61.50
2	—	1,285	76.50	76.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,976	84.50–89.50	86.73
20	—	1,605	68.50–75.00	72.17
37	—	1,695	75.50–84.50	79.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,274	63.50–64.50	64.30
128	—	1,162	45.00–56.00	51.43
13	—	1,181	40.00–44.00	42.30
74	—	1,208	55.00–61.50	56.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,652	62.00–64.50	63.40
5	—	1,499	54.00–60.00	57.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,437	57.00–62.50	59.20
1	—	1,310	63.50	63.50
12	—	1,438	51.50–59.00	55.83
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	950	39.00–52.50	45.46

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,208	58.00	58.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	168	—	1,310	1,110.00–1,435.00	1,342.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	51	—	1,161	1,400.00–1,450.00	1,432.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,132	1,285.00–1,460.00	1,340.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	288	—	1,284	1,450.00–1,685.00	1,564.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	151	—	1,388	1,400.00–1,610.00	1,484.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,430	935.00–985.00	956.64
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	76	—	1,250	1,400.00–1,635.00	1,603.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,257	56.00	56.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	—	1,261	885.00–935.00	898.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	248	—	1,324	925.00–1,225.00	1,051.73
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	28	—	1,124	875.00	875.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	752	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	36	—	953	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	995	1,275.00	1,275.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	218	—	1,073	1,425.00–1,675.00	1,507.34
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	847	1,325.00	1,325.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,122	53.00–57.50	56.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,193	50.00	50.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,281	50.00–56.50	54.69
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,014	107.75	107.75
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	153	—	1,101	60.00–92.00	74.46
(<2 yrs)	Open	140	—	917	85.00–126.00	107.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	86	—	1,246	59.00–67.00	63.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	103	—	1,353	57.00–66.50	59.92
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	887	60.00	60.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	61	—	862	80.50–96.50	87.35

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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