Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 68 priced lines covering 615 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 238 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 390 head. replacement cattle receipts at 60 head. Counted as USDA files them — 1 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 238Last week 85Year ago 1,225

Slaughter CattleReceipts 390Last week 461Year ago 711

Replacement CattleReceipts 60Last week 105Year ago 281

Compared to last week: Montana only had one sale covered last week. Please check out Billings livestock commission for commentary from last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	696	237.50	237.50
7	750–800	761	232.00	232.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	636	257.50	257.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	850–900	884	307.00	307.00
27	1000–1050	1,022	286.00–292.00	291.10
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1100–1150	1,133	250.00	250.00
2	1200–1250	1,208	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	838	300.00	300.00
2	900–950	900	295.00	295.00
7	1000–1050	1,014	272.50–287.00	284.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	281.00	281.00
7	950–1000	988	264.00–266.00	265.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	717	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1150–1200	1,151	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	735	313.00	313.00
2	950–1000	993	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	570	350.00	350.00
2	900–950	900	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	900	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	423	380.00	380.00
7	450–500	463	385.00–392.50	390.35
10	500–550	504	382.50	382.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	900–950	913	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	524	387.00–394.00	388.62
3	650–700	652	332.50	332.50
3	950–1000	982	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	673	340.00–342.50	340.75
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	870	311.00	311.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	850–900	865	291.00	291.00
4	950–1000	955	279.00	279.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	848	276.00	276.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	575	255.00	255.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	2,026	197.00–221.00	201.69
1	—	2,345	190.00	190.00
4	—	1,511	162.00–177.50	171.61
18	—	1,890	184.00–196.00	190.92
2	—	2,278	182.00	182.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,745	180.00–193.00	185.17
12	—	1,502	158.00–179.00	172.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,352	142.00–146.00	144.02
7	—	1,404	151.00–160.00	157.27
9	—	1,374	161.00–163.50	162.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,671	160.00–166.50	163.70
3	—	1,735	167.50–169.00	167.99
1	—	1,525	158.00	158.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,122	165.00–169.00	168.03
16	—	1,184	153.00–165.00	161.53
7	—	1,166	132.50–144.50	140.21
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,417	157.00–164.00	162.10
52	—	1,365	164.00–172.00	165.91
7	—	1,423	147.00–156.00	152.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,543	169.00–174.00	172.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,732	163.50–166.00	164.62
11	—	1,586	164.00–171.00	167.24
1	—	1,575	147.00	147.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	161.00	161.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,300	166.00–168.00	167.25
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,731	139.50	139.50
3	—	1,377	162.50	162.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	183.00	183.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	201.00	201.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,076	162.50–192.50	169.38
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,134	167.00–240.00	171.88
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,120	186.00–231.00	200.34
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,593	3,300.00	3,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,609	3,275.00	3,275.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,640	3,750.00	3,750.00

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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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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