Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 58 priced lines covering 553 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 217 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 356 head. replacement cattle receipts at 74 head.

Mon Jul 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 217Last week 1,225Year ago 169

Slaughter CattleReceipts 356Last week 711Year ago 277

Replacement CattleReceipts 74Last week 281Year ago 48

Only one sale was held last week as we are in the midst of the summer sale schedule. Please check the commentary for Public auction yards on Wednesday July 31st for this weeks sole sale and market commentary.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	727	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,000	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,015	225.00	225.00
3	1100–1150	1,114	202.00–212.50	209.00
1	1200–1250	1,245	192.00	192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	935	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	805	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1100–1150	1,118	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	545	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	562	270.00	270.00
1	900–950	920	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	700	247.50	247.50
9	800–850	826	234.00–239.00	235.62
14	900–950	940	226.00–229.00	226.21
24	950–1000	971	220.00–226.00	222.58
6	1000–1050	1,028	218.00–222.50	219.46
12	1050–1100	1,060	217.00–217.50	217.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	567	287.00–287.50	287.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	305.00	305.00
2	950–1000	990	225.00	225.00
8	1000–1050	1,032	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	723	277.00	277.00
2	750–800	778	266.00–271.00	268.51
8	850–900	853	258.00	258.00
7	950–1000	967	237.00	237.00
10	1000–1050	1,018	232.00–233.00	232.69
1	1050–1100	1,075	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	267.50	267.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,060	227.50	227.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	945	155.00	155.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,331	151.00–152.00	151.79
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,047	160.00–197.00	171.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	46	—	1,197	153.50–156.25	154.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,199	125.00–139.00	133.37
3	—	1,138	142.00–145.00	143.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,734	132.00–138.00	136.02
7	—	1,592	140.00–146.00	142.74
2	—	1,775	149.00	149.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,439	153.00–154.00	153.03
44	—	1,384	134.00–152.00	143.99
16	—	1,387	112.00–133.00	121.29
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	110.00–113.00	111.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	142.00–147.00	144.42
14	—	1,165	107.00–122.00	113.00
3	—	1,069	127.00–135.00	132.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	152.50	152.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,387	139.50–152.00	144.99
35	—	1,449	150.50–154.50	151.78
10	—	1,394	126.00–137.00	133.60
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	96.00	96.00
2	—	1,213	108.00	108.00
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,027	134.00	134.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	2,045	155.00–172.00	163.48
11	—	1,651	141.00–152.00	147.69
16	—	2,039	174.00–180.00	176.90
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,508	138.00–151.00	144.83
11	—	1,556	153.00–173.00	163.19
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	146.00–147.50	146.79

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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