Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 137 priced lines covering 4,491 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,163 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,014 head. replacement cattle receipts at 346 head.

Mon Jan 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,163Last week 4,907Year ago 1,848

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,014Last week 2,359Year ago 474

Replacement CattleReceipts 346Last week 4,133Year ago 223

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher, steers 500-749 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher, with instances of 15.00 higher seen at times. Heifer calves under 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, heifers 500-749 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 higher, heifers over 750 lbs sold steady to firm. Quality this week was average to very attractive. Many sets of weaned calves were noted this week. Weaned offerings were mostly attractive this week. Plain offerings found more buyers this week as demand for all feeders improved. A large buyer pool was seen this week and market activity was mostly active as a result. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good to very good demand for light offerings. A large winter storm dumped heavy amounts of snow on the upper plains which has slowed the volume of cows available to the packer. Packers were willing to pay significantly higher money for slaughter cows in order to secure offerings. Slaughter cows sold mostly 4.00 -8.00 higher on all classes. Feeding cows sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00-8.00 higher. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold steady to firm.

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,309	900.00–1,050.00	957.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,181	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,163	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,222	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,182	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,404	925.00	925.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	882	57.00–80.00	64.39
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	86.00	86.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	895	80.00	80.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	57.00	57.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	105	—	952	83.00–107.00	99.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	131	—	1,061	61.50–93.00	77.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,074	59.00	59.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	628	160.00–167.00	163.44
2	—	758	149.00	149.00
31	—	372	250.00	250.00
12	—	534	187.00–197.00	193.64
57	—	433	249.50	249.50
2	—	563	183.00	183.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	172.00	172.00
8	—	439	229.00	229.00
4	—	481	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	667	178.00	178.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	645	147.00	147.00
3	—	465	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	515	100.00–115.00	105.82
2	—	455	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	423	190.00–219.00	210.82
160	—	628	165.00–182.50	175.20
74	—	385	190.00–213.00	200.32
28	—	781	154.00–165.50	161.23
26	—	322	202.50–225.00	213.02
63	—	724	159.50–165.00	163.04
94	—	679	161.50–172.00	169.12
207	—	581	169.50–195.00	187.53
55	—	460	177.50–217.00	205.68
159	—	518	190.00–203.00	197.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	674	164.50	164.50
9	—	460	199.00–201.00	199.89
13	—	533	175.00	175.00
8	—	734	166.00	166.00
6	—	428	206.00	206.00
17	—	565	186.00–192.00	189.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	606	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	647	150.00	150.00
18	—	563	158.00–174.00	161.95
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	474	187.00–195.00	190.77
11	—	734	148.00	148.00
12	—	618	165.00	165.00
14	—	365	206.00	206.00
31	—	516	168.00–189.00	177.72
39	—	575	167.00–175.00	172.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	674	150.00–158.00	154.70
53	—	581	155.00–178.00	170.81
12	—	632	158.00–170.00	163.46
28	—	470	191.00–200.00	196.18
22	—	521	154.00–185.00	173.43
18	—	423	174.00–205.00	200.55
40	—	367	186.00–210.00	205.05
26	—	724	145.00–155.00	150.87
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	429	182.00	182.00
4	—	579	151.00	151.00
11	—	531	135.00	135.00
8	—	365	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	490	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	591	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	598	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	711	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	487	211.00	211.00
9	—	608	184.00–190.00	186.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	757	170.00–173.00	171.09
35	—	560	212.00–219.50	216.12
39	—	677	183.00–186.00	185.69
8	—	601	209.50	209.50
9	—	511	232.00	232.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	732	164.00–167.50	165.12
6	—	555	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	336	225.00–250.00	234.96
67	—	579	184.00–205.00	194.49
9	—	620	174.00–186.00	180.57
8	—	371	230.00–245.00	237.20
18	—	472	205.00–215.00	209.71
9	—	425	217.50–232.50	228.92
22	—	755	165.00–172.00	169.75
14	—	670	169.00–186.00	182.25
55	—	523	185.00–210.00	198.78
3	—	962	147.00	147.00
7	—	726	165.00–170.00	167.45
13	—	847	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	364	259.00	259.00
11	—	477	225.00	225.00
5	—	539	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	907	165.00	165.00
59	—	369	253.00–277.50	261.62
97	—	424	245.00–263.00	249.46
88	—	520	211.00–236.00	223.01
16	—	830	174.00–181.00	177.04
78	—	772	175.00–183.50	180.50
204	—	617	186.00–212.00	201.68
68	—	725	180.00–189.50	187.74
157	—	672	182.00–193.00	189.06
102	—	472	220.00–253.00	237.79
200	—	570	207.00–215.00	211.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	668	197.50	197.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	580	185.00–191.00	189.55
4	—	493	203.00	203.00
5	—	758	173.00	173.00
4	—	818	166.00	166.00
16	—	628	174.00–181.00	177.68
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	572	175.00	175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,457	90.50–92.50	91.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,973	103.00–104.50	103.75
40	—	1,825	92.00–108.00	98.57
31	—	1,632	74.00–92.00	85.93
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,901	95.00–101.00	97.75
8	—	1,786	85.00–94.00	89.70
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	76.00	76.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,715	74.00–76.50	75.30
2	—	1,710	77.00–80.00	78.45
22	—	1,734	62.00–73.50	71.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,447	67.00–74.00	71.25
58	—	1,414	55.00–69.00	65.34
3	—	1,560	77.00–79.50	78.69
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	971	37.50–48.00	42.26
3	—	970	49.00–57.00	53.08
2	—	883	63.00–64.50	63.68
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,218	70.00–74.50	72.03
49	—	1,191	63.00–68.00	65.99
84	—	1,105	54.00–64.00	60.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	71.00	71.00
5	—	1,186	41.00–51.00	45.23
116	—	1,198	62.00–69.00	63.64
120	—	1,190	51.00–64.00	59.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,611	73.75	73.75
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,400	62.00–68.50	65.17
214	—	1,406	67.25–76.00	69.96

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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