Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 85 priced lines covering 1,550 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,390 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 557 head. replacement cattle receipts at 155 head.

Mon Jan 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,390Last week 1,510Year ago 4,163

Slaughter CattleReceipts 557Last week 903Year ago 1,014

Replacement CattleReceipts 155Last week 4,872Year ago 346

Only one sale occurred last week, please check out Public Auction Yards sale report for market commentary.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	599	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	579	280.00–285.00	282.70
20	—	475	315.00–322.50	316.11
56	—	710	237.50–246.00	243.91
86	—	669	245.00–260.00	252.54
10	—	532	310.00–311.00	310.49
8	—	764	244.00	244.00
38	—	635	255.00–266.00	259.01
55	—	827	225.00–230.50	226.08
1	—	435	342.50	342.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	574	239.00	239.00
8	—	465	247.50	247.50
2	—	673	205.00	205.00
18	—	420	241.00–272.50	261.83
2	—	543	232.50	232.50
2	—	833	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	311	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	571	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	218.00	218.00
25	—	526	261.00–296.00	281.43
36	—	482	300.00–305.00	301.50
3	—	775	218.00	218.00
16	—	569	235.00–269.00	254.47
8	—	829	209.00–210.00	209.37
19	—	437	317.50–334.00	323.89
14	—	606	237.50–250.00	240.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	620	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	415	290.00–305.00	298.34
70	—	617	238.00–250.00	248.19
34	—	534	267.00–283.00	270.11
74	—	482	275.00–287.00	283.09
21	—	685	229.50–243.00	234.02
37	—	572	244.00–260.00	253.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	841	191.00–195.00	194.47
9	—	472	265.00–271.00	268.85
4	—	667	209.00–212.00	209.75
5	—	762	198.00–206.00	199.65
11	—	640	220.00–237.00	234.79
4	—	433	300.00	300.00
14	—	574	222.00–240.00	231.10
10	—	522	255.00–257.50	256.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	394	255.00	255.00
6	—	493	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	753	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	532	256.00	256.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	829	184.50	184.50
18	—	719	189.00	189.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	735	196.00–200.00	199.33
3	—	867	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	205.00	205.00
12	—	593	221.00	221.00
2	—	473	285.00	285.00
7	—	620	216.00–230.00	222.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,403	80.00–84.50	83.34
25	—	1,450	97.50–100.00	98.72
110	—	1,423	85.00–97.50	93.04
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,224	91.00–98.00	94.53
62	—	1,224	70.00–89.50	84.31
12	—	1,175	75.00–80.00	78.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,551	98.50–102.00	100.89
23	—	1,605	92.00–98.50	95.17
3	—	1,635	85.50–94.00	88.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,958	97.50	97.50
2	—	1,538	91.50–94.00	92.70
4	—	1,782	87.50–89.50	87.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,189	68.00–80.00	74.99
10	—	1,095	51.00–66.00	56.80
16	—	1,182	80.00–84.00	82.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	883	73.00	73.00
1	—	965	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,402	72.50–83.00	79.81
20	—	1,495	82.00–94.00	88.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,710	85.00–104.00	95.53
1	—	2,345	121.00	121.00
13	—	2,045	108.00–118.00	112.52
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,433	90.00	90.00
6	—	1,246	108.00–115.00	110.66

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	31	—	1,112	88.00–120.00	109.98
(<2 yrs)	Open	75	—	983	125.00–185.00	145.26
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	816	112.50–170.00	128.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,052	100.00–107.50	103.70
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,426	1,350.00	1,350.00

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

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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