Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 61 priced lines covering 791 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 590 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 359 head. replacement cattle receipts at 45 head.

Mon Jul 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 590Last week 256Year ago 2,454

Slaughter CattleReceipts 359Last week 1,033Year ago 992

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 441Year ago 909

Only one sale was held this week as summer sale schedules continue. Go to https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_1777.pdf for commentary on this weeks only sale.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	85.00	85.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	85.50–86.00	85.75
4	—	1,456	75.00–79.50	76.99
56	—	1,381	78.00–85.50	80.62
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	84.50–85.00	84.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,122	64.00–73.00	68.78
19	—	1,246	76.75–82.00	77.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,714	83.00–86.50	84.19
3	—	1,718	86.50–87.50	86.96
12	—	1,684	73.00–81.50	77.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,353	70.00–77.50	75.47
12	—	1,539	86.50–89.50	89.06
121	—	1,412	80.00–84.50	82.11
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	65.00	65.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,768	97.00–106.00	101.34
7	—	1,611	85.00–93.00	89.89
16	—	2,063	106.50–112.00	107.88
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,316	95.00–113.00	108.05
1	—	1,415	92.00	92.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,046	148.00–152.50	148.45
2	—	1,133	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	937	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,092	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	628	148.00	148.00
14	—	596	153.00–154.00	153.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	780	163.00–169.00	165.25
85	—	712	169.50	169.50
17	—	650	168.50	168.50
10	—	811	156.00–160.00	158.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	893	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	814	154.00	154.00
5	—	763	157.00	157.00
7	—	874	150.00–153.00	152.16
7	—	643	151.00	151.00
8	—	661	153.00–165.00	160.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	608	143.00	143.00
6	—	558	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	483	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	534	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	171.00	171.00
2	—	993	144.00	144.00
3	—	939	149.00	149.00
6	—	610	171.00	171.00
11	—	714	174.00–179.00	177.14
11	—	832	165.00–177.00	174.63
22	—	788	170.00–173.00	172.61
1	—	885	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	611	186.00	186.00
9	—	833	180.00–186.00	184.66
7	—	555	192.00	192.00
5	—	891	182.00–185.00	183.20
10	—	666	183.00	183.00
4	—	773	179.00	179.00
14	—	905	161.00–163.00	161.43
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	820	157.00	157.00
1	—	890	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	698	169.00	169.00

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	8	—	1,099	89.50–100.00	92.34
(<2 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,030	101.00–121.00	109.12

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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