Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 81 priced lines covering 682 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 395 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 357 head. replacement cattle receipts at 98 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 395Last week 394Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 357Last week 452Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 98Last week 96Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Only one reported sale was held last week. Please check out Billings livestock commission for market commentary from last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1100–1150	1,144	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	495.00	495.00
7	900–950	920	304.00–307.50	304.49
1	1100–1150	1,120	269.00	269.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1100–1150	1,110	267.00	267.00
2	1150–1200	1,150	260.00	260.00
2	1250–1300	1,263	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,085	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	770	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	540	365.00	365.00
2	700–750	715	322.50–330.00	326.33
3	800–850	802	315.00	315.00
4	850–900	894	293.00–311.00	302.04
2	900–950	923	282.50–304.00	292.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	695	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	430.00	430.00
2	350–400	353	437.50	437.50
8	400–450	441	413.00	413.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	761	336.00	336.00
37	900–950	931	310.00–317.00	312.36
17	950–1000	973	300.00–309.00	304.55
15	1000–1050	1,025	298.00–302.00	299.52
Heifers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1200–1250	1,225	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,070	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1050–1100	1,079	283.00–287.00	284.99
3	1100–1150	1,110	270.00–284.00	279.31
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	584	347.50	347.50
3	600–650	643	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	578	420.00	420.00
8	700–750	726	372.00–373.00	372.38
47	750–800	797	358.00–364.00	358.76
3	800–850	823	353.00	353.00
4	850–900	862	335.00–346.00	340.45
27	900–950	934	326.00–333.00	327.79
3	1000–1050	1,003	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	435.00	435.00
3	500–550	525	410.00	410.00
2	600–650	603	400.00	400.00
4	850–900	875	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	464	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	950–1000	979	309.00	309.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	876	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	665	372.50	372.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	608	347.50	347.50
12	700–750	747	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	745	332.50	332.50

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	11	—	1,130	166.00–207.50	184.37
(<2 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,146	183.00–220.00	203.18
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,123	177.50	177.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	172.00	172.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,048	194.00–211.00	204.70
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	978	303.00	303.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,555	3,925.00	3,925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,535	2,700.00	2,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	146.00–153.00	149.48
12	—	1,181	122.50–143.00	133.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,549	172.75–173.50	172.77
4	—	1,738	167.00–168.00	167.23
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	137.50	137.50
8	—	1,140	152.50–160.00	155.87
5	—	1,202	165.00–171.00	168.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	154.00–161.00	157.64
21	—	1,546	164.00–170.50	167.52
3	—	1,732	173.50–175.00	174.16
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	163.00	163.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,454	140.00–142.00	141.46
12	—	1,479	153.00–162.50	160.08
12	—	1,406	164.00–174.50	168.80
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,416	144.00–152.00	146.99
15	—	1,388	166.00–176.00	169.06
76	—	1,405	153.00–167.00	160.35
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,520	189.00	189.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	170.00	170.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	2,070	200.00–232.00	207.42
3	—	1,797	175.00–182.00	179.12
24	—	1,976	185.00–199.00	193.35
3	—	2,247	187.00–196.00	192.93
1	—	2,320	203.00	203.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,434	176.00–187.00	182.29
12	—	1,577	185.00–194.00	188.87

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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