Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 63 priced lines covering 490 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 334 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 229 head. replacement cattle receipts at 66 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 24, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 334Last week 222Year ago 248

Slaughter CattleReceipts 229Last week 495Year ago 506

Replacement CattleReceipts 66Last week 91Year ago 137

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 Billings Livestock commission, please check that sale report for current market commentary.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	763	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	267.50	267.50
4	—	772	240.00–243.50	241.38
3	—	732	243.00	243.00
1	—	490	285.00	285.00
3	—	517	275.00	275.00
10	—	567	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	828	228.00	228.00
8	—	984	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	251.00	251.00
21	—	769	240.50	240.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	232.50	232.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,107	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,013	194.00	194.00
4	—	1,181	170.00	170.00
7	—	1,050	193.50	193.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	928	200.00–206.50	202.16
3	—	820	213.00–220.00	217.68
3	—	655	240.00	240.00
21	—	868	205.00–212.00	207.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	556	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	726	224.00–229.00	226.46
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	540	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	924	201.00	201.00
15	—	759	244.00	244.00
11	—	870	214.00	214.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	785	116.00	116.00
7	—	966	110.00	110.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	861	204.00	204.00
24	—	772	207.00–209.00	208.18
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	966	187.00	187.00
4	—	630	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,138	154.00–159.00	157.50
1	—	1,090	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	209.00–222.50	215.73
2	—	413	260.00	260.00
2	—	853	202.00	202.00

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	11	—	1,019	148.00–188.00	164.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,168	119.50–148.00	127.91
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	132.00	132.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,716	2,725.00	2,725.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,710	2,400.00	2,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	107.00–114.00	110.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,025	129.00–136.00	132.10
9	—	1,637	106.50–114.00	110.55
1	—	2,120	118.00	118.00
24	—	1,807	116.00–127.00	122.16
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,238	90.00–110.00	104.43
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	977	110.00–116.00	112.20
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,292	106.00–112.50	109.39
40	—	1,363	113.00–116.00	114.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	116.00	116.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	104.00	104.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,650	111.00–114.50	112.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,129	80.00–94.00	90.93
28	—	1,234	100.00–107.00	104.23
10	—	1,246	112.00–113.00	112.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,363	102.00–109.00	106.06
23	—	1,347	113.00–116.50	113.95
1	—	1,340	99.00	99.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

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