Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 106 priced lines covering 3,170 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 525 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,984 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,207 head. Counted as USDA files them — 799 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 525Last week 1,062Year ago 864

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,984Last week 1,869Year ago 1,694

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,207Last week 973Year ago 621

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,264	1,775.00	1,775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,460	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,417	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,463	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,558	2,275.00–2,300.00	2,279.81
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	48	—	1,609	2,010.00–2,300.00	2,101.83
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	168	—	1,581	1,785.00–2,500.00	2,276.63
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,330	1,560.00–1,675.00	1,620.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	58	—	1,420	2,550.00–2,600.00	2,573.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,578	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	—	1,653	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	109	—	1,590	2,400.00–2,560.00	2,517.87
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	80	—	1,585	1,475.00–1,800.00	1,688.02
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,445	1,425.00	1,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	32	—	1,594	1,475.00–1,535.00	1,518.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,493	1,585.00	1,585.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	75	—	1,594	1,700.00–2,010.00	1,944.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,479	1,600.00	1,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	125	—	1,088	90.00–125.00	108.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	212	—	1,120	78.00–115.00	96.04
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,088	111.00	111.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	996	80.00–92.00	86.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	965	75.00	75.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,224	89.50–90.00	89.54
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	76.00	76.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	88	—	1,219	2,575.00–2,675.00	2,655.58
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,245	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,262	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,283.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,145	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,150.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	11	—	1,972	2,500.00–4,200.00	3,206.45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	541	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	434	191.00	191.00
2	—	850	146.00	146.00
22	—	760	145.00–148.00	147.31
49	—	665	163.50–172.00	166.17
17	—	901	135.25	135.25
20	—	578	171.00–175.00	174.00
13	—	628	156.50–164.00	160.47
3	—	703	149.00–151.00	149.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	448	177.50	177.50
10	—	608	161.50	161.50
7	—	494	170.00–173.50	172.51
2	—	685	149.00	149.00
19	—	577	159.00–169.00	163.05
2	—	760	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	521	173.00–174.00	173.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	675	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	816	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	564	185.50	185.50
4	—	499	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	149.00	149.00
6	—	527	185.00–186.00	185.66
3	—	607	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	632	187.00	187.00
9	—	820	147.00–154.50	152.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	663	142.00	142.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	851	149.00	149.00
9	—	978	137.00	137.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	885	138.00	138.00
6	—	715	141.00	141.00
35	—	835	137.75	137.75
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,078	112.00	112.00
3	—	1,115	105.50	105.50
5	—	1,162	107.50	107.50
4	—	1,034	111.00–115.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	679	154.50–159.00	157.24
7	—	779	151.00	151.00
29	—	727	148.00–151.00	149.46
17	—	871	132.50–148.00	143.37
2	—	930	114.00–143.00	128.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,248	74.00–84.00	79.32
28	—	1,230	62.00–73.00	70.99
57	—	1,211	82.00–87.00	83.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,578	85.50–89.00	85.97
4	—	1,649	82.00	82.00
3	—	1,727	82.00	82.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	54.00–55.00	54.52
47	—	1,233	82.00–86.00	83.41
149	—	1,186	74.00–83.00	78.38
59	—	1,139	63.00–75.00	71.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,608	81.50–86.50	84.37
34	—	1,538	85.50–88.50	86.43
29	—	1,575	71.00–81.00	78.98
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
236	—	1,389	82.00–89.50	85.04
4	—	1,411	72.00–73.00	72.24
144	—	1,386	73.00–84.00	80.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
251	—	1,388	81.00–88.00	85.04
146	—	1,376	74.50–84.50	78.72
30	—	1,372	63.00–76.00	72.82
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	915	53.00–57.00	54.05
2	—	948	85.00	85.00
2	—	938	75.00–78.50	76.73
9	—	922	62.00–73.50	67.58
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,481	85.50–86.75	86.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	2,001	106.00–122.00	113.56
2	—	2,488	93.00	93.00
68	—	1,726	97.00–109.00	103.82
11	—	1,452	86.00–95.00	90.63
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,750	98.00	98.00
1	—	2,520	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,253	110.00	110.00
5	—	1,473	84.00–95.00	91.79
14	—	1,545	96.50–108.00	104.08
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,050	115.00–120.00	117.24

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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