Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 82 priced lines covering 5,287 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,620 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 158 head. replacement cattle receipts at 62 head. Counted as USDA files them — 22 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,620Last week 638Year ago 4,748

Slaughter CattleReceipts 158Last week 916Year ago 980

Replacement CattleReceipts 62Last week 584Year ago 829

Only one sale was reported last week. Please check out Public auction yards for market commentary.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	400–450	423	370.00–414.00	396.93
18	450–500	483	333.00–377.50	354.24
132	500–550	519	340.00–371.00	353.09
297	550–600	568	334.50–363.00	345.50
448	600–650	620	309.00–339.50	329.91
354	650–700	674	295.00–328.00	322.60
479	700–750	722	283.00–319.00	303.64
336	750–800	768	274.00–303.00	288.89
43	800–850	815	256.00–284.00	273.27
26	850–900	865	242.00–254.00	250.39
31	950–1000	964	230.00–236.00	230.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	372	449.00	449.00
42	400–450	415	447.00	447.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	378	380.00–390.00	385.87
5	400–450	422	370.00	370.00
88	450–500	488	296.50–319.00	303.67
108	500–550	536	305.00–333.00	328.09
49	550–600	571	310.00–330.00	317.22
5	600–650	638	292.00	292.00
6	650–700	676	270.00–272.00	270.66
19	700–750	731	266.00–286.00	277.06
14	750–800	779	252.00–286.00	281.20
7	800–850	836	223.00–225.00	223.84
7	850–900	894	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	395.00	395.00
14	250–300	281	385.00–395.00	387.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	362.50	362.50
5	500–550	517	290.00	290.00
8	600–650	633	240.00–265.00	259.02
5	650–700	679	245.00–262.00	255.26
15	700–750	717	237.50–276.00	268.03
10	750–800	786	240.00–255.00	250.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
9	750–800	793	2,300.00	2,300.00
9	800–850	807	2,300.00	2,300.00
62	850–900	866	2,400.00–2,585.00	2,578.90
11	900–950	921	2,425.00	2,425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	237	425.00	425.00
16	250–300	278	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	430.00	430.00
22	350–400	373	435.00–467.50	450.49
35	400–450	438	417.00–437.00	428.52
17	450–500	485	375.00–405.00	386.83
80	500–550	515	382.50–396.00	387.73
85	550–600	562	352.50–381.00	375.01
95	600–650	631	315.00–349.50	337.86
222	650–700	677	309.00–347.00	329.85
178	700–750	713	297.50–325.50	313.48
784	750–800	779	290.00–315.00	312.64
282	800–850	831	270.00–302.00	289.96
119	850–900	884	269.00–288.00	283.11
112	900–950	927	253.00–271.50	266.05
62	950–1000	972	244.00–255.00	250.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	426	380.00	380.00
54	450–500	487	319.00–347.50	321.08
6	500–550	520	360.00	360.00
57	550–600	588	322.00–366.00	347.19
7	600–650	626	272.50	272.50
15	650–700	677	292.50–325.00	303.12
16	700–750	718	265.00–285.00	274.92
23	750–800	773	267.00–292.00	276.56
13	800–850	845	262.00–277.00	274.73
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	1100–1150	1,130	214.00	214.00
3	1150–1200	1,158	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	850–900	890	239.00–243.00	242.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	410	449.00	449.00
22	600–650	612	356.00–358.00	356.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	417	395.00	395.00
5	550–600	581	319.00	319.00
3	700–750	707	260.00	260.00
7	750–800	753	277.50	277.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,638	153.00–162.00	157.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,334	129.00–146.00	142.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,204	122.00–129.00	126.52
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,084	146.00–156.00	148.80
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,427	164.00	164.00
14	—	1,370	150.00–163.00	155.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	2,110	188.00–194.00	190.27
13	—	1,715	154.00–184.00	164.85
1	—	2,950	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,256	175.00–202.00	188.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,554	3,150.00–3,500.00	3,229.08
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,112	205.00–246.00	222.86

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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