Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 198 priced lines covering 10,353 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,144 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,715 head. replacement cattle receipts at 814 head.

Mon Oct 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,144Last week 3,870Year ago 10,302

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,715Last week 1,150Year ago 1,189

Replacement CattleReceipts 814Last week 783Year ago 1,867

Compared to last week: Unweaned steer calves were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to higher undertones were noticed. Yearling steers were all too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, but firm undertones were noticed. Unweaned heifer calves were too lightly tested either this week or last to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to firm undertones were noticed. Yearling heifers under 800 lbs sold mostly steady to 4.00 higher, heifers over 800 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. CME positions as of yesterdays close showed the October and November at 138.92 and 136.47 respectfully. Market activity this week was moderate. Weigh up cows sold mostly steady with a weak undertone. Feeding cows sold mostly 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 1.00-2.00 lower. Cow quality was mostly plain to average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	443	157.00	157.00
6	—	396	165.00	165.00
33	—	501	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	665	140.00–147.50	143.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
519	—	570	142.50–155.00	147.06
92	—	672	134.50–155.75	146.52
72	—	826	132.00–142.50	139.85
2	—	965	125.00	125.00
60	—	385	174.00–197.00	190.88
24	—	880	131.00–140.75	135.35
56	—	911	131.00–140.00	139.42
51	—	724	131.00–152.00	143.70
254	—	621	136.00–147.00	142.16
107	—	771	130.00–146.00	142.35
147	—	427	165.00–184.00	177.60
146	—	472	157.00–169.00	161.88
696	—	523	148.00–165.00	156.96
22	—	328	185.00–212.50	205.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	437	165.00	165.00
4	—	674	144.50	144.50
7	—	513	138.00	138.00
10	—	742	142.00	142.00
4	—	981	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	725	128.00–137.00	132.62
48	—	335	192.50–216.00	208.82
43	—	678	143.00–145.50	143.59
206	—	431	168.00–187.50	176.59
460	—	473	154.00–178.50	168.11
348	—	571	138.00–155.00	149.94
4	—	784	127.00	127.00
153	—	611	137.00–148.75	143.61
91	—	372	174.00–205.00	184.36
315	—	526	146.50–168.00	157.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	857	127.00	127.00
47	—	584	135.00–145.00	140.00
54	—	391	162.50–179.00	178.11
4	—	956	129.00–133.00	130.99
80	—	474	144.00–162.00	157.31
29	—	680	134.00–149.00	139.53
157	—	534	141.00–149.50	146.60
87	—	432	156.00–174.00	169.90
16	—	941	122.00–133.75	132.94
23	—	613	132.00–138.00	135.24
7	—	733	134.00–144.00	140.33
26	—	820	123.00–138.50	135.03
30	—	782	123.00–138.50	132.33
18	—	332	165.00–177.50	173.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	381	170.50	170.50
7	—	420	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	398	132.50	132.50
3	—	469	130.00–151.50	137.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	310	165.00–187.50	181.25
2	—	728	124.00	124.00
48	—	537	148.00–153.50	150.40
4	—	601	138.00	138.00
45	—	476	146.00–164.50	158.14
21	—	584	129.00–140.00	136.55
9	—	398	168.00	168.00
21	—	422	161.00–173.00	166.69
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	788	133.50	133.50
20	—	1,015	119.50–126.00	124.31
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	497	155.00	155.00
17	—	560	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	474	145.00–149.00	147.46
9	—	397	153.00–156.00	153.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	353	202.00	202.00
93	—	455	180.00	180.00
13	—	320	218.00	218.00
21	—	401	185.50–190.50	187.64
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	420	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	694	131.00	131.00
10	—	644	131.50–132.00	131.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	487	127.00–138.75	132.09
18	—	427	132.00–146.00	136.94
13	—	508	130.00–131.00	130.30
5	—	366	140.00	140.00
13	—	334	150.00–155.00	152.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	926	123.50–133.50	129.01
111	—	625	129.50–142.00	136.96
71	—	958	120.00–127.00	125.95
68	—	741	123.50–140.50	139.40
275	—	423	137.00–157.50	153.01
412	—	523	130.00–144.00	139.23
125	—	381	142.00–163.00	155.47
252	—	571	130.00–141.00	136.30
29	—	688	140.00–142.00	140.60
96	—	880	125.00–133.50	128.51
7	—	842	128.00–133.50	132.72
27	—	325	156.00–177.00	170.75
446	—	475	135.00–150.00	145.54
116	—	769	128.00–140.25	138.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	474	129.50	129.50
14	—	840	123.00–130.00	128.05
6	—	560	125.00	125.00
4	—	644	122.00	122.00
9	—	779	130.00–131.00	130.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
202	—	522	130.00–140.50	138.84
226	—	430	140.00–156.00	150.52
44	—	569	124.00–137.50	132.49
17	—	609	127.00–130.00	128.67
120	—	380	153.00–160.00	154.96
250	—	476	132.00–152.00	142.34
24	—	326	156.50–180.00	162.24
3	—	660	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	855	133.50	133.50
13	—	819	123.00–133.50	132.71
20	—	759	122.00–126.00	124.00
3	—	908	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	656	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	267	145.00	145.00
4	—	461	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	582	125.00–131.00	129.62
17	—	526	121.00–129.50	127.27
7	—	853	106.00	106.00
26	—	670	124.00–139.00	136.60
3	—	952	124.00	124.00
26	—	765	110.00–135.00	127.63
22	—	372	135.00–152.00	145.32
3	—	927	124.50	124.50
12	—	475	125.00–135.00	131.12
12	—	330	155.00–161.00	160.04
61	—	434	120.00–143.50	140.11
11	—	623	119.00–130.00	124.12
1	—	800	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,080	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,009	94.00–124.00	118.35
36	—	1,066	106.00–119.25	117.58
12	—	1,126	110.50–115.25	114.55
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,024	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	363	149.00	149.00
20	—	481	124.00–136.00	126.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	553	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	424	161.00–172.00	168.91
14	—	564	135.00–142.00	139.87
9	—	766	119.00–121.00	120.78
1	—	700	118.00	118.00
12	—	520	132.00–143.00	139.61
8	—	484	144.00–151.00	144.89
3	—	367	169.00–185.00	179.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	134.00	134.00
1	—	575	102.50	102.50
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,130	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	130.50	130.50
8	—	339	187.50	187.50
11	—	518	142.50–150.00	147.88
2	—	590	126.00	126.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,915	75.00	75.00
37	—	1,791	74.00–85.00	77.83
19	—	1,722	58.00–74.00	67.85
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,501	62.00–73.00	68.92
20	—	1,739	71.50–81.50	78.71
1	—	1,700	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	78.00	78.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,099	48.00–49.00	48.29
45	—	1,151	41.00–51.00	46.24
41	—	1,171	32.00–44.50	40.85
86	—	1,204	43.00–53.50	47.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,397	51.00–58.00	53.44
69	—	1,422	60.00–70.00	64.41
19	—	1,603	67.00–73.00	69.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,334	45.50–53.50	48.20
32	—	1,370	55.00–58.50	56.55
91	—	1,356	49.00–58.00	52.07
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,361	51.00–63.50	57.82
53	—	1,344	56.00–68.50	62.56
9	—	1,317	51.00–53.50	52.55
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,137	40.00–52.00	48.25
27	—	1,063	39.00–44.50	42.25
7	—	1,205	51.00–67.50	57.00
105	—	1,196	41.00–63.00	54.51
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	41.00–44.50	42.70
5	—	963	35.00–42.00	37.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,438	67.50–73.00	70.42
48	—	1,295	61.00–71.50	64.11
23	—	1,386	51.50–59.50	57.84

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	123	—	951	64.00–102.00	85.66
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,039	55.00	55.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	119	—	1,013	56.00–85.00	72.98
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	949	59.00–74.00	68.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,224	46.00–58.00	51.87
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	830	64.00–77.00	73.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	34	—	1,080	71.00–79.00	75.73
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	957	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,129	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,167	677.00	677.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,334	760.00	760.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,228	1,000.00–1,085.00	1,056.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,259	600.00–725.00	696.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,295	860.00	860.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,170	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,241	860.00	860.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,357	860.00	860.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,479	60.00–65.00	62.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,060.00	1,060.00

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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