Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 58 priced lines covering 693 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 222 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 495 head. replacement cattle receipts at 91 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 17, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 222Last week 220Year ago 590

Slaughter CattleReceipts 495Last week 925Year ago 359

Replacement CattleReceipts 91Last week 186Year ago 45

Compared to last week: Only one sale was held this week as auctions continue with summer sale schedules. This weeks only sale was held at Public Auction yards, please check that sale report for current market commentary.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	216.00	216.00
4	—	861	218.00	218.00
4	—	603	254.00	254.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	748	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	780	203.00	203.00
20	—	1,018	193.00–200.00	198.57
5	—	1,070	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	843	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	814	206.00	206.00
4	—	713	212.00	212.00
6	—	427	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	199.00	199.00
10	—	910	206.50	206.50
13	—	878	216.00	216.00
6	—	561	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	783	182.00	182.00
2	—	838	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	850	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	923	217.00	217.00
7	—	822	227.00	227.00
8	—	974	209.00	209.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,038	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	843	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	562	250.00–252.50	250.98
3	—	843	209.00	209.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	975	206.00	206.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,890	2,650.00	2,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,458	1,925.00	1,925.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,112	112.50–135.00	120.98
(<2 yrs)	Open	46	—	1,075	134.00–169.00	155.48
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	934	106.00–115.00	110.58
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	932	120.00–152.00	144.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	124.00	124.00
4	—	1,215	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	90.00	90.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	2,036	139.00–147.00	142.07
30	—	1,651	92.00–118.00	112.01
24	—	1,836	121.00–144.00	130.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,538	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,590	114.50	114.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	93.00–94.00	93.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,621	91.00–100.00	93.97
22	—	1,355	111.00–115.00	113.24
9	—	1,463	101.00–111.50	106.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,663	108.50–114.50	111.40
1	—	1,705	117.00	117.00
2	—	1,658	105.00–107.00	105.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,189	98.00–109.00	102.54
21	—	1,259	109.50–114.50	111.54
18	—	1,162	85.00–96.00	91.21
5	—	1,077	81.00	81.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,378	102.00–113.00	108.51
155	—	1,408	113.00–119.00	115.01
2	—	1,323	102.00	102.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,196	112.00–116.00	114.02
5	—	1,049	95.00	95.00
19	—	1,148	97.00–107.50	104.08

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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Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

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