Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 104 priced lines covering 4,259 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,066 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 517 head. replacement cattle receipts at 512 head.

Mon Mar 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,066Last week 1,631Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 517Last week 480Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 512Last week 508Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 400-799 lbs sold sharply lower from 10.00-25.00 lower, steers over 800 lbs were too lightly tested to

develop an accurate market trend, however lower undertones were noticed. Heifer calves 400-649 lbs sold mostly 6.00-12.00 lower all

heifers over 650 lbs were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however lower undertones were noticed. CME positions

were sharply lower 3 of the 4 trading days so far this week as most contracts traded down the limit all three days. Buyers showed strong

resistance by mid-week as CME contract prices showed no stability. Finical markets added to buyer woes as the Dow Jones industrial average

closed down 4,664 from Monday's open to Thursday's close. Market activity this week was slow to moderate. Weigh up cows started the

week on light to moderate demand, however demand improved to mostly moderate by weeks end. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to firm

on boning and lean cows, breaking cows sold unevenly steady as last week and this week saw large swings in prices. Feeding cow buyers were

mostly out of the market as packers absorbed the majority of the cow supply. Feeding cows were scarcely tested. Slaughter bulls sold

generally steady in a narrow comparison. Young age cows suitable to feed or re-breed sold 4.00-8.00 lower. Additional pressure from lower

CME live cattle prices continues to pressure feeding demand for these offerings. Quality this week was average to attractive.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	163.00	163.00
33	—	594	148.00–154.50	150.77
13	—	531	141.00–160.00	146.63
22	—	625	132.00–136.50	135.49
23	—	716	121.50	121.50
6	—	893	119.00	119.00
8	—	667	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,025	90.00	90.00
3	—	675	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,110	76.00	76.00
10	—	1,068	90.50–96.50	92.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	643	129.50	129.50
12	—	878	107.00	107.00
6	—	697	121.00	121.00
5	—	812	110.00	110.00
28	—	760	119.00	119.00
8	—	716	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	913	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	729	116.00	116.00
9	—	774	116.50	116.50
4	—	380	165.00	165.00
29	—	478	144.00–157.00	148.23
20	—	574	131.00–144.00	133.36
18	—	441	145.00–155.50	149.98
12	—	617	126.00–135.50	129.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	675	122.50–126.00	124.60
25	—	715	119.50–123.00	120.64
7	—	399	161.00	161.00
250	—	528	145.00–164.00	155.12
190	—	569	140.00–152.50	145.64
159	—	618	129.00–145.00	138.34
140	—	483	152.00–164.50	160.80
44	—	423	161.00–171.00	162.49
36	—	819	116.00	116.00
36	—	774	117.00–120.25	118.47
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	413	151.00	151.00
5	—	477	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	764	110.50–112.00	111.41
8	—	809	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	459	137.00	137.00
7	—	382	136.00	136.00
33	—	525	132.00–134.00	133.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	528	155.00–180.50	170.22
182	—	765	125.25–133.00	125.78
208	—	672	136.00–151.50	148.61
265	—	631	142.00–157.00	147.85
386	—	585	151.00–167.00	154.06
3	—	360	175.00	175.00
3	—	882	118.00–119.00	118.68
63	—	723	130.50–142.00	132.26
97	—	839	119.00–129.00	121.73
62	—	480	160.00–184.00	164.82
26	—	426	172.00–193.50	182.19
3	—	987	114.50	114.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	708	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	824	108.00	108.00
8	—	778	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	822	115.00	115.00
14	—	924	111.00–113.00	112.29
62	—	785	118.00–129.00	125.42
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	175.50	175.50
29	—	589	146.00–148.00	146.28
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	740	133.50	133.50
6	—	677	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	723	121.00–128.00	123.85
10	—	481	158.50	158.50
7	—	445	165.00	165.00
128	—	591	131.00–151.25	146.91
107	—	696	126.00–133.00	126.19
53	—	790	119.25–122.00	119.51
31	—	629	140.00–148.50	142.44
18	—	522	151.00–163.00	157.59
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	495	151.00	151.00
10	—	441	150.00–155.00	151.95
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	617	60.00	60.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,076	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,352	935.00	935.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	—	1,234	785.00	785.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,268	985.00	985.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	863	64.00–79.50	72.85
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	39	—	1,297	54.75–63.00	58.18
(<2 yrs)	Open	100	—	1,027	70.00–95.00	83.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	98	—	1,128	56.00–83.00	66.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,324	55.00–60.50	57.28
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,151	53.00–58.00	55.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	54.00	54.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	674	90.00–92.00	91.42
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,079	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	52	—	1,112	1,600.00–1,675.00	1,647.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,253	53.50–59.00	56.92
125	—	1,194	45.50–55.00	51.35
11	—	1,261	60.00–61.00	60.82
5	—	1,224	41.50–44.00	42.74
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	958	42.50–53.50	48.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,547	63.00–63.50	63.31
43	—	1,342	50.00–57.00	52.98
68	—	1,399	55.00–60.50	57.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,467	55.50–62.50	59.96
18	—	1,550	53.50–56.50	54.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,671	60.50–76.00	70.50
29	—	1,833	76.00–84.50	80.24
8	—	2,144	82.50–90.50	84.75

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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