Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 108 priced lines covering 1,540 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,303 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 353 head. replacement cattle receipts at 104 head.

Mon Sep 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,303Last week 1,529Year ago 1,134

Slaughter CattleReceipts 353Last week 463Year ago 462

Replacement CattleReceipts 104Last week 108Year ago 15

Only one sale was held this week due to summer schedules and the Labor day holiday. Please check Billings Livestock Commission's Thursday sale for this weeks market commentary.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	255	350.00	350.00
3	300–350	338	305.00	305.00
8	350–400	377	300.00–310.00	304.57
30	400–450	440	286.00–290.00	288.27
3	450–500	473	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	550–600	591	260.00–262.00	260.50
9	650–700	679	250.00–253.50	251.90
15	750–800	759	234.00–245.00	242.77
45	800–850	836	224.50–229.50	228.37
275	850–900	878	218.00–223.00	222.44
14	900–950	915	217.00–219.50	218.71
15	950–1000	970	205.00–215.00	209.17
34	1000–1050	1,021	196.00–208.50	200.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	484	255.00	255.00
5	500–550	545	246.50	246.50
21	800–850	843	216.00–221.00	217.66
5	850–900	877	217.00	217.00
2	900–950	915	212.00	212.00
3	950–1000	995	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	263.00–265.00	264.41
2	450–500	485	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,140	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	635	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1050–1100	1,078	187.50–201.50	192.74
2	1100–1150	1,125	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	841	218.00	218.00
21	900–950	930	211.00–212.00	211.86
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	522	255.00	255.00
17	600–650	626	251.00–253.00	251.24
43	750–800	780	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	584	255.00	255.00
15	650–700	676	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	873	223.00	223.00
3	900–950	913	215.00	215.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	212.50	212.50
1	1200–1250	1,200	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	810	205.00	205.00
1	900–950	910	212.50	212.50
1	950–1000	965	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	250.00	250.00
12	500–550	537	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,085	180.00	180.00
1	1100–1150	1,120	187.50	187.50
1	1150–1200	1,190	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	739	265.00	265.00
70	750–800	776	247.00–256.00	249.15
6	800–850	814	243.00–250.00	248.82
57	850–900	858	232.00–243.50	240.93
39	900–950	915	227.00–229.00	228.19
41	950–1000	974	218.00–223.50	221.76
11	1000–1050	1,027	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	258	370.00	370.00
1	300–350	300	390.00	390.00
2	350–400	368	330.00	330.00
17	400–450	432	324.00–327.50	324.80
6	450–500	455	329.00	329.00
2	500–550	500	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	645	254.00	254.00
5	700–750	729	251.50	251.50
4	750–800	793	241.00	241.00
8	800–850	831	231.00–237.00	234.47
2	850–900	858	228.00	228.00
10	900–950	935	223.00–223.50	223.20
2	950–1000	993	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	309.00–320.00	314.77
1	400–450	400	317.50	317.50
22	450–500	490	275.00–282.00	280.18
9	500–550	526	260.00–283.00	276.01
11	550–600	589	257.50	257.50
5	650–700	659	249.00	249.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	245.00	245.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	900–950	925	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	695	274.50	274.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	633	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	660	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	274.00	274.00
16	650–700	673	246.00–257.00	250.49
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	563	167.50	167.50
14	650–700	678	167.00	167.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,001	140.00–179.50	167.27
(<2 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,066	155.00–173.00	165.19
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,155	133.00–136.00	134.36
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	45	—	1,098	2,350.00–2,375.00	2,361.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,535	125.00–133.00	126.97
3	—	1,485	99.00–105.00	102.18
19	—	1,424	111.00–122.00	117.43
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,420	120.00–125.00	124.20
8	—	1,405	140.50–142.00	141.13
40	—	1,408	126.00–139.00	132.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,641	134.00–138.00	136.14
16	—	1,629	130.00–133.50	132.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	140.00	140.00
3	—	1,725	126.00–132.50	129.84
10	—	1,589	133.00–138.50	135.68
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,206	126.00–135.50	131.80
38	—	1,206	110.00–123.00	117.23
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	965	107.00–111.00	108.97
2	—	945	97.00	97.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,118	95.00–103.00	100.28
37	—	1,209	105.00–116.00	112.29
3	—	1,278	120.00–131.00	125.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,130	165.00–170.00	167.54
26	—	1,925	152.00–162.00	155.79
28	—	1,685	127.50–152.00	142.63
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,534	132.00–154.00	148.94
9	—	1,567	151.00–161.00	158.30
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,545	152.00	152.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	115.00	115.00

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.

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