Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 93 priced lines covering 3,396 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,129 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,184 head. replacement cattle receipts at 157 head.

Mon Sep 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,129Last week 2,939Year ago 3,622

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,184Last week 956Year ago 518

Replacement CattleReceipts 157Last week 103Year ago 623

Compared to last week: Steer Calves were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, higher undertone noted. Yearling Steers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifer Calves too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, steady to lower undertones noted. Yearling Heifers sold unevenly steady at 1.00 lower to 1.00 higher. Slaughter Cows: Breaker Utility cows sold steady, Boner Utility sold steady to 2.00 lower, and Lean Utility sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	536	157.50–158.00	157.60
45	—	732	147.00–152.75	149.70
106	—	967	127.00–133.00	131.30
4	—	430	170.00	170.00
37	—	919	131.00–134.00	132.42
56	—	823	141.75–149.00	146.19
60	—	869	133.25–142.00	136.72
89	—	790	139.00–149.25	147.85
7	—	337	196.00	196.00
14	—	387	194.00	194.00
19	—	581	154.00–157.00	156.35
27	—	621	149.00–153.00	150.48
37	—	454	165.50–179.50	175.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	864	128.00	128.00
10	—	785	137.00	137.00
14	—	682	133.50–142.50	136.13
34	—	732	125.00–147.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	478	162.00–166.00	164.16
5	—	201	195.00	195.00
9	—	500	160.00	160.00
16	—	320	172.50–199.00	180.53
16	—	440	157.50–170.00	163.37
20	—	280	192.50–201.00	197.85
21	—	393	174.00–186.00	179.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	136.00	136.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,101	118.50	118.50
18	—	1,031	119.50–127.25	121.50
22	—	1,068	115.50–123.50	121.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	921	138.50	138.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	481	156.00–161.00	157.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	389	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,079	114.50	114.50
5	—	996	113.50	113.50
23	—	1,020	119.25–126.25	124.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	676	140.75	140.75
11	—	516	138.00–144.00	140.71
13	—	637	138.00	138.00
14	—	494	144.50	144.50
26	—	372	145.00–167.00	157.30
35	—	423	159.00–159.50	159.12
42	—	573	140.00–141.25	140.85
111	—	873	127.00–133.25	129.48
143	—	764	132.00–139.00	136.34
263	—	732	138.00–139.50	139.07
39	—	969	121.00–129.00	125.38
115	—	821	131.25–141.50	135.59
217	—	929	126.25–132.00	129.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	911	126.50	126.50
18	—	869	131.25	131.25
8	—	966	129.25	129.25
38	—	747	135.50–139.50	139.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	980	121.00	121.00
24	—	920	125.00–126.50	125.63
28	—	877	127.50–128.75	128.36
12	—	720	124.00–135.00	129.17
22	—	826	112.00–130.00	123.73
32	—	676	126.00–131.50	130.53
8	—	647	131.00	131.00
11	—	788	124.00–125.00	124.27
12	—	435	141.00	141.00
17	—	570	121.00–125.00	123.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	848	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	390	151.00	151.00
4	—	480	150.50	150.50
5	—	553	141.00	141.00
11	—	264	165.00–172.50	167.96
19	—	428	148.00–150.00	149.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	360	140.00–144.00	142.04
19	—	526	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	667	129.50	129.50

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,059	70.00–87.00	75.70
(<2 yrs)	Open	83	—	1,017	69.00–99.00	81.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,358	87.00–92.00	90.29
69	—	1,687	64.50–78.00	73.16
84	—	1,813	75.00–85.50	79.73
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,225	85.00	85.00
11	—	1,786	75.00–81.75	78.73
33	—	1,773	65.50–77.50	72.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,160	45.00–55.50	51.05
199	—	1,250	52.00–60.00	55.72
16	—	1,083	37.50–49.00	45.60
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,242	52.00–58.50	55.98
18	—	1,176	53.50–55.00	54.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,336	63.00–70.50	65.70
46	—	1,404	52.00–58.00	55.87
141	—	1,360	54.00–66.50	59.66
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,343	63.00–64.00	63.67
71	—	1,406	55.00–65.00	61.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	54.00–57.00	55.50
5	—	1,513	68.50–70.50	68.85
42	—	1,583	59.00–68.50	64.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,588	56.00	56.00
16	—	1,512	60.75–66.00	63.29

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.

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