Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 74 priced lines covering 1,019 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 951 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 312 head. replacement cattle receipts at 51 head.

Mon Aug 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 951Last week 948Year ago 3,851

Slaughter CattleReceipts 312Last week 411Year ago 1,545

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 109Year ago 672

Only one sale was held last week. For market commentary please go here: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_1774.pdf

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	658	175.00	175.00
11	—	634	172.00–175.00	173.36
Heifers — Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,056	167.50	167.50
45	—	1,008	169.50–169.75	169.73
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,018	156.00–164.00	161.17
20	—	1,061	160.50–161.00	160.73
8	—	1,118	145.50–158.00	153.86
4	—	1,184	150.50	150.50
3	—	797	164.50	164.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	166.00	166.00
13	—	716	169.00–172.00	171.08
12	—	918	162.50–163.50	162.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	928	166.50–170.25	168.82
13	—	636	179.00–181.00	180.25
56	—	889	169.50–172.00	170.87
55	—	781	175.50–180.00	176.35
35	—	970	161.50–163.50	162.19
9	—	695	180.00	180.00
9	—	827	174.00–181.00	176.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	453	208.00	208.00
14	—	569	193.00	193.00
4	—	384	221.00–232.50	223.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	965	169.00–172.00	170.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	372	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	940	162.00	162.00
10	—	979	156.00–160.00	157.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	818	181.00–187.50	185.97
14	—	744	189.50–194.00	189.82
25	—	946	174.00–175.50	175.38
38	—	975	173.50–174.25	174.11
6	—	771	186.00	186.00
6	—	877	179.00–182.50	181.90
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,079	163.00	163.00
24	—	1,105	154.50	154.50
15	—	1,037	169.00–173.50	172.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	627	192.00–201.50	192.94
5	—	650	197.50	197.50
18	—	484	215.00–225.00	220.80
4	—	514	207.00–213.00	208.46
17	—	420	219.00	219.00
10	—	356	227.50–228.00	227.94
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,100	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	766	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	838	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	467	210.00	210.00
2	—	525	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	166.00	166.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,013	111.00–114.00	112.14
38	—	1,843	103.00–110.00	106.56
7	—	1,812	90.00–104.00	97.56
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,860	117.00–118.50	117.70
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,383	92.50	92.50
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	98.00	98.00
1	—	1,635	114.00	114.00
16	—	1,493	102.00–113.50	108.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,463	77.00–83.00	81.39
4	—	1,568	90.00–95.50	92.49
16	—	1,389	84.00–89.00	85.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,340	89.50–90.00	89.74
4	—	1,214	84.00–87.00	85.75
5	—	1,200	74.00–83.00	77.36
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,264	79.00–82.00	81.05
4	—	1,216	84.50–87.00	86.35
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	828	63.00	63.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,362	83.50–89.00	86.20
1	—	1,375	81.00	81.00
1	—	1,740	93.00	93.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	87.00	87.00
7	—	1,708	90.00	90.00

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,107	98.00–113.00	109.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,165	90.00–96.00	92.67
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	96.50	96.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,554	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,470.53

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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