Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 79 priced lines covering 1,202 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 948 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 411 head. replacement cattle receipts at 109 head.

Mon Aug 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 948Last week 586Year ago 2,858

Slaughter CattleReceipts 411Last week 449Year ago 1,052

Replacement CattleReceipts 109Last week 37Year ago 526

Only one sale was held this past week due to summer schedules. Please check out Billings livestock commission's report from Thursday for market commentary (https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_1777.pdf.)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,414	92.00–97.00	94.99
22	—	1,564	102.00–110.00	106.32
10	—	1,357	111.50–115.00	113.78
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	97.00	97.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,648	92.00–100.50	95.95
11	—	1,906	109.00–115.50	111.22
52	—	1,831	102.00–109.00	105.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	65.00	65.00
25	—	1,534	76.50–86.00	83.04
17	—	1,503	94.25–96.50	94.71
79	—	1,467	86.50–93.50	91.43
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	715	50.00–55.00	52.72
8	—	806	70.00–78.00	73.17
3	—	863	80.00–82.50	80.95
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,122	86.00	86.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,396	95.75	95.75
7	—	1,338	93.50–94.75	93.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,632	88.00–91.00	89.60
23	—	1,669	91.25–96.00	93.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	61.00	61.00
49	—	1,283	74.00–84.50	79.37
18	—	1,244	84.50–91.25	87.73

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,083	149.50–156.00	152.70
4	—	1,283	136.50	136.50
5	—	1,021	149.50	149.50
4	—	1,100	146.50	146.50
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	459	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	631	183.50	183.50
53	—	745	178.50	178.50
3	—	768	177.00	177.00
16	—	818	178.50	178.50
5	—	955	159.00–166.00	163.60
6	—	873	168.50–170.00	169.00
149	—	926	166.00–175.25	174.01
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	786	159.50	159.50
27	—	607	166.00–168.00	166.68
18	—	598	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	452	180.00	180.00
3	—	573	169.00	169.00
8	—	377	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,023	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,245	124.00	124.00
2	—	1,170	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	904	158.00–161.00	158.32
1	—	895	161.00	161.00
8	—	788	161.00–165.00	163.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	814	185.00–189.25	187.57
3	—	953	172.50	172.50
67	—	903	173.50–185.50	185.15
9	—	731	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	502	209.00	209.00
20	—	397	211.00	211.00
17	—	491	205.50–211.00	209.07
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	680	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	679	191.00–191.50	191.21
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,114	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	183.50	183.50
5	—	674	178.00	178.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	772	158.00	158.00
9	—	653	165.00	165.00
6	—	890	158.00	158.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	753	180.00	180.00
8	—	709	185.00	185.00
4	—	994	163.00	163.00
10	—	872	179.50	179.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,087	96.50	96.50
4	—	794	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	890	146.00	146.00
4	—	831	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,247	121.00	121.00
2	—	1,183	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	663	180.00	180.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,555	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,540.97
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,566	1,525.00–1,535.00	1,528.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,502	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,034	1,575.00	1,575.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,063	93.00–107.00	100.87
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,260	90.00–95.50	93.61
(<2 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,134	101.00–114.00	104.89

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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