Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 178 priced lines covering 9,552 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,085 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,292 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,159 head.

Mon Oct 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,085Last week 5,530Year ago 11,405

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,292Last week 1,416Year ago 4,859

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,159Last week 449Year ago 2,610

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs sold mostly steady to 10.00 higher, steer calves over 500 lbs sold 3.00-9.00 lower. Yearling steers were too lightly tested to develop a full market trend, however steady to firm undertones were noticed on a higher quality offering. Heifer calves under 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher, heifer calves over 500 lbs sold mostly 5.00-9.00 lower. Yearling heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower in a narrow comparison. Quality this week was average to attractive. More market participants were seen this week as farmer feeders were active in buying light calves. Market activity was mostly moderate to active. Weigh up cows sold on light to moderate demand and offerings. Packers showed light demand for slaughter cows this week and opted to feed most of the high quality cows in the offering. Many wet bagged cows were seen and demand for these offerings was mostly light. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower on all offerings. Feeding cows sold mostly 2.00-4.00 lower as lighter slaughter demand allowed feeding cow prices to fall as well. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Packers purchased a portion of the bull offering to feed, and with a limited offering seen the remaining bulls sold higher. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold mostly 2.00-5.00 higher. Good demand was seen for rebreed offerings as several order buyers were active throughout the week buying loads.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	608	182.00	182.00
12	—	598	184.00	184.00
18	—	516	197.00	197.00
34	—	933	166.00–174.50	172.72
20	—	684	186.00	186.00
56	—	834	174.00–181.00	180.40
20	—	727	186.00	186.00
24	—	881	170.50–175.50	172.10
19	—	787	177.00–180.50	178.83
35	—	976	162.00–168.00	165.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
372	—	626	177.00–190.50	186.37
320	—	425	203.00–234.00	222.20
244	—	673	175.00–187.50	182.39
943	—	526	184.50–213.50	199.19
57	—	331	225.00–248.00	235.54
237	—	466	190.50–229.00	213.10
138	—	381	215.00–250.00	228.21
7	—	756	163.00	163.00
507	—	573	181.00–199.50	189.54
19	—	722	162.00–179.50	171.63
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	438	151.50	151.50
17	—	498	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	910	169.00	169.00
12	—	736	174.00–179.50	178.15
7	—	668	176.00	176.00
13	—	774	162.50–174.50	164.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	341	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	659	161.00–172.00	165.65
9	—	531	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	798	167.00	167.00
8	—	589	180.00	180.00
7	—	706	162.50–169.00	164.34
8	—	534	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	848	171.00	171.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	789	148.00–162.00	150.94
9	—	568	162.50–180.00	171.35
21	—	619	170.00	170.00
14	—	742	156.00–166.00	163.90
8	—	698	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	534	180.00–195.00	187.51
40	—	372	202.50–215.00	212.87
19	—	676	167.00–174.00	170.62
58	—	430	195.00–217.00	204.08
49	—	575	165.00–189.50	177.03
38	—	636	157.00–174.00	165.58
68	—	479	178.00–204.00	194.03
5	—	297	225.00	225.00
11	—	321	214.00–225.00	215.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	383	182.50	182.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	158.00	158.00
41	—	1,047	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	393	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	845	152.00	152.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,023	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	326	201.00–230.00	209.50
11	—	667	155.00–160.00	157.61
268	—	427	180.00–217.00	199.15
480	—	526	159.00–186.00	175.01
126	—	377	194.00–219.00	205.21
3	—	723	164.00	164.00
137	—	619	157.00–173.50	167.16
465	—	481	178.50–195.00	185.74
269	—	573	162.00–179.00	171.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	461	155.00–159.00	157.03
5	—	513	149.00	149.00
5	—	306	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	367	180.00–200.00	193.13
49	—	335	201.00–211.00	206.95
27	—	526	155.00–167.00	161.59
59	—	591	152.00–166.50	161.80
2	—	685	154.00	154.00
29	—	474	150.00–181.00	171.56
4	—	611	153.00	153.00
76	—	439	165.00–184.00	180.49
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	142.00	142.00
19	—	531	173.00–175.00	173.30
8	—	684	156.00	156.00
12	—	573	150.00–162.00	158.98
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	321	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	605	176.00	176.00
14	—	677	162.00–167.00	163.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	591	170.50	170.50
33	—	758	166.00–173.50	170.47
49	—	971	156.00–164.50	161.47
2	—	1,075	144.00	144.00
79	—	921	162.50–163.50	162.84
42	—	837	166.50–169.00	167.12
33	—	884	160.00–165.00	162.48
40	—	730	169.00–173.50	172.49
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	153.50	153.50
9	—	1,062	145.00–146.00	145.66
29	—	1,025	152.00–158.00	156.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	875	147.00	147.00
4	—	849	159.00	159.00
4	—	508	158.00	158.00
3	—	778	164.50	164.50
3	—	462	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	388	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	399	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	805	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	921	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	427	143.50	143.50
20	—	477	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	821	160.00	160.00
9	—	395	205.50	205.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,124	144.50	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	980	143.00	143.00
14	—	750	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	579	157.00	157.00
15	—	512	152.50	152.50
17	—	659	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	650	170.00	170.00
60	—	469	197.50–198.00	197.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	676	146.00–150.00	148.21
7	—	622	156.00–164.00	161.69
34	—	573	169.00–181.00	179.16
41	—	520	185.00–189.00	185.57
9	—	425	190.00–220.00	207.14
10	—	357	221.00	221.00
2	—	313	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	536	173.00–175.00	173.24
2	—	398	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	818	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,060	111.00	111.00
1	—	1,180	101.50	101.50
11	—	1,108	107.00–126.25	119.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	111.00	111.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,047	60.00	60.00
1	—	970	60.00	60.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	889	47.00	47.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,215	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,306.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,680	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,280	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	1,309	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,066.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,106	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,264.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	—	1,299	1,175.00–1,675.00	1,455.76
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,063	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,034	1,410.00	1,410.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,033	1,325.00	1,325.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	379	—	965	90.00–122.00	108.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,133	66.00–70.00	68.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	229	—	1,066	70.00–100.00	87.34
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,298	74.50–87.00	80.91
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,070	57.00–73.00	66.37
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	870	80.00–100.00	90.29
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,110	58.00	58.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,160	65.00–76.00	70.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	104.00	104.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,777	99.50–103.50	102.30
8	—	1,405	77.00–88.50	83.84
32	—	1,574	86.00–102.00	93.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,683	73.00–87.00	81.57
45	—	1,804	87.00–98.00	94.62
14	—	2,015	98.00–108.00	102.24
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,560	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	857	71.00	71.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	1,404	56.00–70.50	63.40
153	—	1,387	67.00–77.50	71.08
23	—	1,476	77.00–86.50	80.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
306	—	1,209	65.00–76.50	69.54
16	—	1,091	42.50–53.50	50.11
317	—	1,197	51.00–68.50	60.12
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,768	84.00	84.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,530	85.50	85.50
41	—	1,563	78.00–84.00	81.88
74	—	1,612	71.00–78.00	75.08
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	1,199	51.00–68.50	60.18
142	—	1,194	65.00–77.50	70.63
5	—	1,220	79.50–84.00	81.19
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
336	—	1,395	67.00–81.00	74.26
87	—	1,390	56.00–72.00	66.45
43	—	1,419	78.00–84.00	81.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,526	79.50–82.00	81.28
6	—	1,593	73.00–77.00	73.65
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	921	52.00–64.00	58.46
5	—	909	68.00–73.00	69.02

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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