Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 208 priced lines covering 12,075 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,490 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 4,278 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,170 head.

Mon Nov 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,490Last week 12,570Year ago 11,334

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4,278Last week 3,653Year ago 2,296

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,170Last week 1,430Year ago 738

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers and Heifers under 450 lbs sold 20.00 lower, 450-650 lbs sold steady and over 650 lbs sold 10.00 lower. Less buyers this week with a tighter volume of cattle made it more difficult to build loads. Demand was light to moderate. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	381	243.00–286.00	265.99
45	—	423	242.00–272.50	262.31
68	—	473	225.00–269.00	252.01
74	—	529	224.00–249.00	234.45
17	—	280	265.00–315.00	301.33
7	—	672	208.00	208.00
14	—	604	210.00–217.00	213.86
14	—	583	217.50–232.50	221.86
33	—	325	255.00–290.00	275.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	391	225.00	225.00
7	—	504	191.00–210.00	196.47
9	—	584	185.00–207.50	198.86
3	—	695	160.00	160.00
17	—	449	236.00	236.00
11	—	312	250.00–260.00	254.43
8	—	288	230.00	230.00
6	—	481	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	245	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	657	218.00–222.00	220.94
160	—	629	221.00–238.00	227.23
1	—	290	330.00	330.00
281	—	525	242.50–276.00	261.50
667	—	481	263.00–288.00	276.52
512	—	424	260.00–302.00	284.53
1	—	715	220.00	220.00
349	—	374	265.00–325.00	310.05
244	—	568	221.00–257.00	243.92
198	—	325	280.00–346.00	319.29
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	323	250.00–310.00	282.58
16	—	556	215.00–227.00	224.73
5	—	529	232.50–241.00	237.56
9	—	436	250.00–256.00	255.38
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	608	224.00	224.00
19	—	543	239.00–245.00	244.10
9	—	452	255.00	255.00
2	—	708	210.00	210.00
3	—	447	245.00	245.00
2	—	675	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	591	199.00	199.00
7	—	500	221.00	221.00
6	—	389	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	840	195.00–202.50	197.37
4	—	1,010	184.00	184.00
20	—	527	222.50–239.00	227.98
4	—	923	202.50	202.50
12	—	343	262.50	262.50
2	—	450	232.50	232.50
8	—	863	201.00–202.00	201.62
45	—	386	250.00–263.00	261.43
6	—	644	205.00–220.00	212.45
4	—	689	202.00	202.00
12	—	728	208.00	208.00
38	—	779	185.00–210.00	200.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	537	268.00	268.00
27	—	581	222.50	222.50
15	—	614	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	340	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	612	245.00	245.00
58	—	510	278.00–281.00	278.69
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	215.00	215.00
22	—	575	237.00	237.00
183	—	641	238.00–239.50	238.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	454	280.50	280.50
26	—	1,009	193.00	193.00
9	—	1,068	188.00–194.50	191.59
19	—	918	196.00–202.00	197.72
23	—	717	217.00	217.00
55	—	887	205.00–208.00	206.44
27	—	522	250.00–260.00	254.42
13	—	337	293.00–300.00	295.01
46	—	987	194.00–204.00	197.66
59	—	815	206.00–218.00	214.22
94	—	414	276.00–307.00	299.37
23	—	576	242.00	242.00
28	—	372	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	894	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,018	193.00	193.00
51	—	1,055	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	938	181.00	181.00
3	—	1,118	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	396	135.00–137.50	135.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	918	210.50–214.00	211.01
18	—	579	248.00–264.00	255.22
14	—	637	255.00	255.00
99	—	462	294.00–325.00	321.79
32	—	387	340.50–343.00	340.94
42	—	510	283.50–297.00	289.17
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	721	215.00–219.00	217.44
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	683	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	595	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	552	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	215.00	215.00
4	—	379	320.00	320.00
8	—	522	274.00	274.00
6	—	420	317.50	317.50
8	—	985	208.00	208.00
11	—	673	225.00	225.00
7	—	320	320.00	320.00
6	—	598	239.00	239.00
11	—	466	280.00–297.50	292.64
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	684	211.00–237.00	219.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	508	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	286	355.00–375.00	368.06
55	—	579	220.00–255.00	247.38
48	—	626	224.00–245.00	238.37
34	—	339	335.00–357.50	341.82
79	—	479	270.00–300.00	289.56
44	—	374	315.00–330.00	323.97
62	—	421	293.00–317.50	308.14
89	—	535	261.00–284.00	267.34
14	—	742	214.00	214.00
6	—	685	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	441	152.50–185.00	156.92
10	—	348	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	538	232.50	232.50
5	—	369	300.00–312.50	304.74
3	—	615	215.00	215.00
20	—	473	260.00–274.00	271.28
2	—	310	305.00	305.00
2	—	593	200.00	200.00
7	—	414	240.00–275.00	250.09
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	491	275.00	275.00
41	—	591	246.00–248.00	246.49
41	—	688	225.00–229.00	228.81
4	—	620	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	480	281.00	281.00
7	—	399	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	299	332.50	332.50
15	—	477	299.00	299.00
7	—	449	270.00	270.00
2	—	370	270.00–320.00	293.99
7	—	621	210.00	210.00
9	—	532	274.00–275.00	274.66
11	—	306	317.50	317.50
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	572	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
237	—	336	330.00–390.00	367.78
540	—	387	332.50–375.00	351.52
40	—	290	381.00	381.00
713	—	436	302.00–347.50	320.82
63	—	715	217.00–232.00	226.97
359	—	619	230.00–273.50	248.50
95	—	678	217.00–247.00	232.01
864	—	522	263.00–315.00	294.02
402	—	574	244.50–284.00	266.20
399	—	473	290.00–324.00	307.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	600	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	347	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	546	220.00	220.00
3	—	748	170.00	170.00
9	—	652	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	773	207.50	207.50
4	—	334	320.00–327.50	325.68
3	—	710	213.00	213.00
7	—	460	270.00–305.00	285.09
3	—	640	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	991	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	593	197.00	197.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	767	105.00	105.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,882	103.00–115.00	109.57
35	—	1,717	80.00–107.00	100.10
6	—	1,974	119.00–130.00	125.69
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,435	91.00–104.00	98.59
22	—	1,515	106.00–112.50	107.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,593	97.00	97.00
2	—	1,665	98.00–102.50	100.20
13	—	1,696	85.00–92.00	89.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	73.00	73.00
1	—	1,530	78.00	78.00
5	—	1,392	87.00–88.00	87.51
59	—	1,427	69.00–84.00	79.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,335	103.00	103.00
21	—	1,663	93.50–98.00	94.95
7	—	1,662	91.00–93.00	91.61
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
539	—	1,117	60.00–100.00	76.68
18	—	1,185	92.00–105.00	98.39
25	—	1,137	54.00–65.00	62.10
402	—	1,211	79.50–91.00	83.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	97.50	97.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	906	40.00–59.00	45.68
2	—	935	75.00–80.00	77.34
9	—	921	60.00–74.00	64.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,110	45.00–67.00	57.03
225	—	1,175	60.00–80.00	70.97
42	—	1,227	78.00–86.00	80.72
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,407	97.50–106.00	99.28
436	—	1,394	85.00–97.00	90.29
153	—	1,393	74.00–85.50	80.80

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,370	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,293	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,183	1,600.00–1,975.00	1,841.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	1,095	1,835.00–2,050.00	1,931.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,169	125.00–137.00	133.66
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	32	—	1,274	92.00–114.00	106.87
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,328	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,454.67
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,424	95.50	95.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,550	96.00	96.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,355	1,210.00–1,400.00	1,259.99
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,234	1,025.00–1,250.00	1,093.68
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,340	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,148	1,200.00–1,650.00	1,281.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,067	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,418.83
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,185	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,107	1,975.00	1,975.00
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	120.00	120.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,015	80.00–103.50	96.91
(<2 yrs)	Open	36	—	942	107.00–154.00	126.89
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	249	—	937	95.00–185.00	158.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	311	—	1,018	89.00–154.00	127.75

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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