Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 79 priced lines covering 604 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 265 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 397 head. replacement cattle receipts at 91 head.

Mon Aug 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 265Last week 0Year ago 303

Slaughter CattleReceipts 397Last week 0Year ago 401

Replacement CattleReceipts 91Last week 0Year ago 28

Only one sale was covered this week due to the overlap with the Northern livestock video sale. Please check out Thursdays sale at Billings Livestock commission for this weeks market commentary.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	630	242.00	242.00
8	700–750	726	224.00	224.00
4	750–800	781	217.00	217.00
2	800–850	838	213.00	213.00
10	850–900	884	209.50–213.50	211.79
12	900–950	932	208.00	208.00
10	950–1000	997	202.00	202.00
10	1000–1050	1,010	193.00–204.00	201.11
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,081	192.00–200.00	196.21
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	687	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	536	230.00–232.50	230.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	940	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	237.00	237.00
4	550–600	559	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	993	197.50	197.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	825	222.50	222.50
5	850–900	877	217.00–224.00	220.71
1	900–950	945	209.00	209.00
5	950–1000	981	207.00	207.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	202.00	202.00
8	1050–1100	1,093	193.00–205.00	194.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	565	250.00	250.00
4	750–800	776	232.50	232.50
1	900–950	945	201.00	201.00
1	950–1000	955	202.00	202.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	705	197.00	197.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1100–1150	1,120	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,013	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	662	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	715	253.00	253.00
2	900–950	923	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	719	240.00	240.00
3	750–800	755	243.00–244.50	244.00
1	900–950	925	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	457	270.00	270.00
11	500–550	536	240.00	240.00
5	650–700	683	227.00	227.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1150–1200	1,192	184.00	184.00
1	1200–1250	1,205	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	588	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	720	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	645	254.00	254.00
2	650–700	688	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	538	260.00	260.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,330	2,200.00	2,200.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	47	—	1,090	141.00–179.00	168.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,214	143.00–157.00	150.34
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	141.00–142.00	141.32
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	968	163.00–172.50	166.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,618	145.00	145.00
4	—	1,563	133.00	133.00
1	—	1,595	149.00	149.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,398	134.00–144.00	139.17
8	—	1,416	145.00–150.00	146.35
13	—	1,409	119.00–132.00	123.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	152.50	152.50
1	—	1,605	140.00	140.00
3	—	1,647	143.50–145.00	144.51
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	130.00	130.00
4	—	959	113.00	113.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,485	145.00–152.00	148.21
12	—	1,509	129.00–142.00	137.45
21	—	1,419	115.00–127.50	123.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,218	141.00–143.00	141.42
6	—	1,149	126.00–138.00	129.54
14	—	1,219	116.00–124.00	121.35
7	—	1,073	90.00–107.00	99.46
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,162	118.00–124.00	122.29
30	—	1,253	125.00–138.00	130.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,934	154.50–167.50	162.04
18	—	1,717	132.00–155.00	149.39
4	—	1,833	168.00–172.00	169.80
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,650	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,554	140.00–156.00	147.87
27	—	1,592	153.00–165.00	158.41

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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