Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 72 priced lines covering 562 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 188 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 395 head. replacement cattle receipts at 118 head. Counted as USDA files them — 36 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 188Last week 238Year ago 217

Slaughter CattleReceipts 395Last week 390Year ago 356

Replacement CattleReceipts 118Last week 60Year ago 74

Montana only had one sale covered last week. Please check out Billings livestock commission for the latest market commentary.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	805	302.50–306.00	303.67
5	850–900	889	290.50	290.50
1	900–950	935	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	385.00	385.00
6	500–550	519	350.00–355.00	354.13
8	600–650	602	338.00	338.00
2	850–900	873	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	468	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	713	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	779	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	575	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	927	295.00–305.00	303.06
2	1000–1050	1,035	280.00–281.00	280.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	503	390.00	390.00
2	700–750	735	317.50	317.50
3	750–800	758	321.00	321.00
1	900–950	945	289.00	289.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	485	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1150–1200	1,155	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,065	275.00	275.00
2	1200–1250	1,203	207.00–212.50	209.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	450.00	450.00
3	550–600	555	359.00	359.00
10	650–700	689	358.00	358.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	900–950	937	310.50	310.50
10	1000–1050	1,016	296.50	296.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	583	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	615	317.00	317.00
1	950–1000	975	288.00	288.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	770	298.00	298.00
4	1100–1150	1,118	265.00	265.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	945	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	432	445.00	445.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,560	168.00	168.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	191.00	191.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,522	3,750.00	3,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	1,273	3,775.00–3,850.00	3,820.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,389	3,300.00	3,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,288	2,950.00	2,950.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,202	207.00–237.50	219.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,147	178.00–221.00	192.11
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,143	180.00	180.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,535	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	147.50–153.00	150.16
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,459	182.00–193.00	185.82
18	—	1,471	169.00–183.00	178.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,936	198.00–225.00	203.50
24	—	1,953	183.00–197.00	191.50
1	—	1,320	182.00	182.00
1	—	1,765	199.00	199.00
5	—	1,650	165.00–180.00	176.97
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,437	140.00–152.00	147.47
79	—	1,414	160.50–178.00	167.11
54	—	1,416	152.00–163.00	159.24
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,221	164.00–168.00	164.80
17	—	1,185	157.00–161.50	159.22
5	—	1,248	140.00–145.00	140.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,355	157.50–162.00	159.35
11	—	1,607	166.50–170.00	167.62
2	—	1,868	157.00	157.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,478	130.00–147.00	140.99
9	—	1,490	163.00–168.50	166.13
18	—	1,454	153.00–161.00	157.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,764	153.00–157.00	154.96
13	—	1,745	159.00–164.50	161.12
6	—	1,707	164.00–169.50	165.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,097	116.00–137.50	125.04
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	117.50	117.50
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	147.50	147.50

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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