Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 133 priced lines covering 5,894 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,670 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 3,294 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,381 head. Counted as USDA files them — 645 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,670Last week 2,034Year ago 1,593

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3,294Last week 1,578Year ago 542

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,381Last week 1,523Year ago 2,248

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold generally steady, with firm undertones noticed at times. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand was mostly moderate for moderate offerings. Quality was average to attractive. Mostly good demand was seen for high quality load lot offerings. The August CME feeder cattle contract closed 2.525 lower from two weeks ago at 151.175. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Breaking cows sold mostly 2.00-3.00 higher. Boning and lean cows sold mostly 1.00-2.00 higher. Packers showed good demand for slaughter cows for immediate harvest as cow meat prices have moved sharply higher. The weekly cutter cow cutout closed at 222.58, 11.05 higher than two weeks ago. Despite large cow harvest numbers packers continue to be aggressive as they buy cows both to feed and for immediate harvest. Feeding cows sold steady to 2.00 higher, with the best demand seen for boning and breaking flesh cows. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 3.00-5.00 higher. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold steady to 3.00 higher, with the best demand seen for replacement type offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	122.50	122.50
1	—	905	101.00	101.00
2	—	360	105.00–115.00	110.07
17	—	415	127.50–147.50	139.21
34	—	511	115.00–152.00	142.45
17	—	733	75.00–145.00	124.92
13	—	784	87.50–136.00	122.26
2	—	890	106.00	106.00
13	—	663	90.00–136.00	123.26
3	—	830	125.00–126.00	125.33
9	—	568	122.50–155.00	136.89
19	—	629	117.50–135.00	128.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	486	162.00–176.00	164.83
147	—	666	150.00–162.50	161.51
54	—	521	177.00–181.00	179.98
7	—	856	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	875	115.00–130.00	119.49
39	—	768	119.00–154.00	141.24
12	—	988	115.00–118.00	116.92
124	—	580	151.00–173.00	163.80
15	—	929	116.00–125.00	119.94
32	—	431	154.00–163.00	160.21
72	—	723	111.00–161.00	138.57
23	—	382	131.00–157.50	140.53
13	—	538	142.50–169.00	160.93
2	—	328	160.00	160.00
24	—	486	145.00–165.00	153.25
89	—	830	125.00–140.00	139.31
228	—	616	154.00–175.00	171.12
97	—	682	126.00–169.00	150.48
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	107.00	107.00
2	—	1,168	87.00–91.00	89.02
2	—	1,065	92.50–105.00	98.66
11	—	1,013	93.00–114.50	112.50
1	—	1,590	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	150.00	150.00
10	—	532	130.00–145.00	135.03
5	—	747	111.00–120.00	117.81
16	—	614	117.50–130.00	127.82
10	—	992	109.00–113.00	111.79
4	—	573	100.00–140.00	109.87
5	—	440	130.00–150.00	142.99
7	—	493	143.00–146.00	144.27
18	—	772	117.00–134.50	130.41
5	—	878	109.00–118.00	112.55
17	—	661	120.00–132.50	131.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	498	161.00	161.00
19	—	764	154.00	154.00
27	—	651	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	127.50	127.50
1	—	790	110.00	110.00
1	—	535	115.00	115.00
1	—	695	111.00	111.00
1	—	865	97.00	97.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,005	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	461	110.00–120.00	115.56
2	—	778	108.00–123.00	115.52
16	—	723	81.00–118.00	93.97
2	—	423	122.50–127.50	124.99
8	—	558	107.50–134.00	118.34
1	—	865	99.00	99.00
28	—	530	117.50–135.00	123.62
4	—	831	90.00–108.00	99.43
2	—	370	125.00–130.00	127.36
17	—	634	82.50–133.00	126.82
2	—	970	70.00–94.00	82.25
6	—	693	112.00–129.00	123.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	87.50	87.50
4	—	576	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	899	132.50	132.50
55	—	483	150.00–156.00	152.82
122	—	567	150.00–163.50	161.18
41	—	548	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	426	130.00–146.00	143.07
12	—	937	94.00–105.00	97.98
109	—	531	136.00–153.00	149.05
195	—	625	123.00–154.00	144.23
19	—	368	125.00–142.00	138.43
5	—	972	100.00–109.00	103.80
88	—	674	121.00–145.00	139.20
65	—	775	116.00–128.00	123.32
7	—	332	132.50–145.00	137.66
98	—	715	123.00–137.00	132.68
33	—	885	107.00–122.00	114.08
55	—	819	109.00–125.50	121.17
54	—	479	130.00–146.00	143.23
71	—	570	128.00–149.00	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	646	135.00	135.00
1	—	985	105.00	105.00
20	—	716	116.00–118.00	117.39
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	89.50	89.50
1	—	1,100	89.00	89.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,145	1,325.00–1,425.00	1,354.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,123	850.00–975.00	955.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,114	850.00–1,225.00	1,070.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	95	—	1,155	1,225.00–1,575.00	1,416.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	87	—	1,406	975.00–1,200.00	1,026.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	360	—	1,451	1,025.00–1,475.00	1,276.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	45	—	1,319	1,150.00–1,485.00	1,449.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,630	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,278	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,356.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,139	900.00–910.00	903.43
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,017	86.00–101.00	94.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,380	65.50–68.00	67.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	312	—	988	80.00–101.00	89.81
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	186	—	1,101	64.00–80.00	73.48
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	945	70.50–85.00	80.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	58.50	58.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,305	850.00–950.00	919.43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
302	—	1,354	66.00–73.50	69.20
31	—	1,411	63.00–67.50	65.24
105	—	1,323	72.00–76.50	72.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
337	—	1,249	62.00–67.50	64.49
60	—	1,293	67.50–74.00	69.14
132	—	1,318	58.00–61.50	60.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,387	74.00–76.00	74.89
273	—	1,411	68.00–74.50	70.59
139	—	1,360	63.00–68.50	65.57
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,286	67.00–74.00	68.89
35	—	1,258	57.00–63.50	60.57
260	—	1,264	61.25–68.00	63.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,167	62.00–64.00	63.05
6	—	1,150	46.00–47.00	46.34
30	—	1,100	52.00–57.00	54.88
132	—	1,160	56.00–63.00	59.15
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,092	51.00–55.00	52.05
10	—	1,110	61.00–64.00	62.88
57	—	1,270	55.00–62.50	58.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,694	82.00–96.00	90.41
82	—	1,701	95.00–108.00	101.02
15	—	1,530	72.00–84.00	79.23

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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