Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 206 priced lines covering 11,205 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,613 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 3,519 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,555 head.

Mon Oct 31, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,613Last week 7,168Year ago 9,486

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3,519Last week 2,008Year ago 6,371

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,555Last week 4,328Year ago 2,643

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 lower. 500 lbs and heavier sold unevenly steady. Yearling steers were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Heifer calves under 550 lbs sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower. 550-649 lbs heifers sold unevenly steady. Heifer calves over 650 lbs were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend. Yearling heifers were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Quality this week was mixed from plain to very attractive. Demand was mostly moderate to good throughout the week. Demand for light calves suitable to run on grass was very good. Heifer calves over 500 lbs saw good interest this week as several ranchers were bidding on high quality offerings suitable to develop into replacements. Short weaned calves sold on very light demand this week, as many showed signs of stress. A good crowed was on hand at every sale this week with both order buyers and farmer feeders actively bidding on offerings. Market activity this week was mostly active. Weigh up cows sold on mostly light to moderate demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive. Most cows were purchased to feed this week as only very poor or severally blemished cows where purchased for immediate slaughter. All slaughter cows sold fully steady. Feeding cows sold steady on high quality cows suitable to feed to premium white and steady to 3.00 higher on short term feeding cows for the holidays. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady to firm in a narrow comparison. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold steady to 2.00 higher. Good demand continues to be seen for high quality cows suitable to rebreed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	380	217.50–269.00	254.49
12	—	322	250.00–257.50	254.47
43	—	632	165.00–178.00	172.11
15	—	290	267.50–275.00	271.91
123	—	486	185.00–208.50	202.35
71	—	573	176.00–186.00	179.49
55	—	518	185.00–198.50	191.90
4	—	701	167.00	167.00
57	—	431	215.00–235.00	225.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	882	174.00–178.50	178.18
35	—	837	172.00–186.50	182.26
20	—	561	190.00	190.00
18	—	725	173.00–182.50	179.99
6	—	792	166.00	166.00
7	—	536	195.00	195.00
26	—	969	162.50	162.50
3	—	612	187.00	187.00
51	—	671	172.00–180.50	175.98
14	—	486	211.50	211.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	683	178.00–182.00	179.33
35	—	440	206.00–219.00	212.80
29	—	341	234.00	234.00
63	—	490	190.25–210.00	193.41
17	—	270	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	373	235.00–295.00	261.47
16	—	753	168.00–172.00	170.26
772	—	528	187.00–212.00	205.32
85	—	710	165.00–180.00	175.60
855	—	575	184.00–208.00	198.37
490	—	422	221.00–272.00	249.98
442	—	620	175.00–202.00	189.09
54	—	335	250.00–305.00	276.99
527	—	476	202.00–250.00	219.50
171	—	674	168.00–187.00	177.45
2	—	278	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	661	175.00	175.00
18	—	493	175.00	175.00
7	—	595	177.00	177.00
3	—	548	174.00	174.00
7	—	384	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	710	169.00	169.00
1	—	765	176.00	176.00
5	—	973	155.00	155.00
6	—	823	161.00–172.00	168.35
3	—	390	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	450	200.00	200.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	583	179.00–194.00	185.32
2	—	640	170.00	170.00
13	—	674	169.00–169.50	169.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	550	210.50	210.50
99	—	631	204.50	204.50
3	—	712	187.00	187.00
44	—	655	189.50	189.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	887	170.00	170.00
10	—	759	172.00	172.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	839	162.00	162.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,383	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	516	152.50	152.50
13	—	377	221.00	221.00
5	—	417	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	348	111.00	111.00
6	—	448	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	372	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
325	—	429	195.00–219.00	205.58
10	—	275	230.00–245.00	239.73
24	—	671	151.00–162.00	156.31
461	—	524	172.50–196.00	187.58
12	—	724	150.00–156.00	154.75
47	—	317	212.50–247.00	223.14
535	—	472	180.00–203.00	194.04
222	—	381	209.00–240.00	218.34
394	—	573	157.00–189.00	174.53
204	—	620	155.00–177.00	170.78
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	673	156.00–164.00	160.76
6	—	401	183.00	183.00
11	—	784	160.00	160.00
26	—	723	158.50–167.00	164.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	425	181.00–195.00	187.95
49	—	477	174.00–188.00	181.36
59	—	521	163.00–186.00	176.46
4	—	250	217.50	217.50
14	—	574	151.00–160.00	155.31
6	—	628	149.00–151.00	150.34
35	—	384	190.00–212.50	198.34
3	—	248	222.50	222.50
55	—	334	185.00–227.50	204.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	527	197.00–205.00	201.74
13	—	560	192.00–202.00	194.43
26	—	471	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	517	166.00	166.00
12	—	451	181.00	181.00
3	—	863	154.00	154.00
1	—	300	210.00	210.00
6	—	793	144.00	144.00
10	—	731	160.50–170.00	162.51
3	—	443	180.00	180.00
2	—	800	155.00	155.00
3	—	357	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,072	141.00–144.50	142.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	623	169.00	169.00
4	—	454	184.50	184.50
59	—	862	165.00–170.50	167.77
19	—	808	166.25	166.25
32	—	941	161.50–168.00	162.02
38	—	707	158.50–173.50	168.12
18	—	571	160.00–173.00	170.01
1	—	790	166.50	166.50
4	—	434	199.00	199.00
15	—	962	154.00–165.00	159.94
18	—	661	158.00–161.00	160.47
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	428	150.00–157.50	153.79
6	—	525	145.00	145.00
7	—	452	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	598	158.50	158.50
8	—	993	147.00	147.00
54	—	519	180.50	180.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,073	149.25	149.25
19	—	1,018	150.50–152.00	150.98
3	—	622	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	583	159.00–175.00	165.24
12	—	433	186.00–192.00	189.35
22	—	516	155.00–172.00	164.49
10	—	466	181.00–182.00	181.58
7	—	640	155.00–156.00	155.72
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	322	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	510	193.50–196.00	195.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	861	160.25	160.25
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	451	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	150.00–157.00	154.27
4	—	422	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	118.00	118.00
2	—	930	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	339	202.50–210.00	205.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	579	164.00–169.00	166.06
9	—	667	155.00–165.00	160.58
23	—	512	177.00–181.50	179.62
5	—	620	161.00–165.00	163.35
6	—	469	198.00–210.00	202.45
16	—	422	208.00–235.00	224.54
2	—	373	205.00–245.00	224.60
6	—	338	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	102.00	102.00
1	—	1,050	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	130.00	130.00
19	—	1,113	110.00–111.50	111.26
4	—	1,224	101.00	101.00
1	—	1,175	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,605	83.75–87.50	84.64
36	—	1,605	77.75–82.50	80.25
1	—	1,790	59.50	59.50
24	—	1,630	66.00–77.50	73.21
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,407	79.50–85.00	82.46
108	—	1,369	56.00–70.50	64.03
254	—	1,410	68.00–80.00	74.25
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	919	41.00–57.00	50.82
21	—	847	40.00–43.00	42.59
2	—	953	57.00	57.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,179	32.00–47.50	42.83
160	—	1,179	48.00–62.50	54.28
36	—	1,262	60.00–69.00	63.43
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
410	—	1,229	61.00–73.00	66.27
281	—	1,201	48.00–64.50	58.69
20	—	1,223	72.50–78.00	73.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,075	76.50	76.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,431	54.00–66.75	60.49
20	—	1,444	66.50–76.00	70.85
2	—	1,638	77.00–82.00	79.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,566	77.00–82.00	79.76
14	—	1,539	70.00–76.00	73.82
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,611	89.00–102.50	95.11
26	—	1,446	72.00–91.00	81.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,727	66.00–87.50	82.37
1	—	2,085	99.50	99.50
34	—	1,893	88.00–100.50	93.69
15	—	2,008	98.00–103.00	100.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	1,340	74.50–77.00	76.51
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,381	1,000.00–1,135.00	1,085.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,055	1,275.00–1,375.00	1,321.08
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,269	75.50–1,000.00	185.69
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	42	—	1,320	1,085.00	1,085.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	—	1,215	900.00–1,150.00	1,014.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	29	—	984	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,267.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,231	850.00–1,000.00	890.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,263	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	1,145	1,210.00–1,400.00	1,295.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,311	1,275.00–1,335.00	1,315.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,366	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,247	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,279	835.00	835.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,287	73.00	73.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	65	—	1,341	835.00–1,025.00	988.01
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,213	1,135.00	1,135.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,041	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,201	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,038.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,010	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,133.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,191	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,228	76.00	76.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	958	101.00	101.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	63.00	63.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	31	—	914	71.00–115.00	95.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,144	63.00–85.00	73.62
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	279	—	1,079	60.00–105.00	86.94
(<2 yrs)	Open	384	—	948	81.00–130.00	114.20
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	913	52.00–53.00	52.54
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,230	82.00–92.00	84.74
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,030	1,400.00	1,400.00

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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