Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 116 priced lines covering 1,307 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,337 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 270 head. replacement cattle receipts at 22 head.

Mon Sep 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,337Last week 1,155Year ago 1,303

Slaughter CattleReceipts 270Last week 911Year ago 353

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 99Year ago 104

Only one sale was held this past week due to holiday schedules. Please check Billings livestock commission (https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_1777.pdf) for last weeks market commentary.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	605.00	605.00
1	300–350	310	555.00	555.00
20	400–450	442	505.00–525.00	514.96
7	450–500	458	517.50	517.50
34	500–550	519	470.00–502.50	482.66
7	550–600	577	400.00–427.50	410.93
11	600–650	612	400.00–412.50	403.60
9	650–700	678	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	650–700	657	414.00–437.50	417.12
29	700–750	728	406.00–415.00	407.91
11	750–800	759	388.00–398.00	390.90
61	800–850	824	355.00–383.50	372.58
96	850–900	866	351.00–367.00	361.13
5	900–950	912	348.00	348.00
15	950–1000	962	331.00–332.00	331.86
18	1000–1050	1,026	319.00–326.00	322.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	512.50	512.50
3	650–700	665	406.00	406.00
9	700–750	733	386.00	386.00
12	750–800	777	347.00–359.00	357.25
7	800–850	824	352.50–359.00	355.29
14	850–900	859	333.00–349.00	343.50
10	900–950	918	329.00–338.00	332.06
10	950–1000	999	314.00–325.00	316.20
1	1000–1050	1,030	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,034	310.00–313.00	312.27
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1150–1200	1,199	273.50	273.50
6	1450–1500	1,453	220.00	220.00
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1150–1200	1,152	291.00	291.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1050–1100	1,056	312.00–320.00	319.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	950–1000	992	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	535	415.00	415.00
3	800–850	843	322.50	322.50
5	900–950	901	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	586	395.00	395.00
1	600–650	620	385.00	385.00
14	650–700	654	345.00–370.00	366.37
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	569	360.00	360.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	495.00	495.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	633	416.00	416.00
4	650–700	656	365.00	365.00
7	750–800	764	351.00	351.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1350–1400	1,378	229.00–232.50	230.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	440	430.00	430.00
10	450–500	466	400.00–425.00	414.04
10	500–550	519	395.00–410.00	398.61
3	550–600	563	350.00–360.00	356.69
5	600–650	645	332.50	332.50
16	650–700	661	333.00–357.00	345.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	708	345.00	345.00
2	750–800	753	320.00	320.00
6	850–900	891	300.00	300.00
12	900–950	927	295.00–302.00	295.59
3	950–1000	965	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	389	400.00–435.00	422.69
1	450–500	485	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	700–750	739	367.00–380.00	369.90
6	750–800	760	347.50	347.50
13	800–850	834	329.00–336.00	332.30
40	900–950	906	322.00–327.00	325.38
52	950–1000	961	314.00–323.00	320.47
58	1000–1050	1,008	299.00–322.00	313.82
12	1050–1100	1,050	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	850–900	877	311.00	311.00
5	1000–1050	1,038	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	990	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1100–1150	1,116	271.00	271.00
3	1200–1250	1,245	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	950–1000	966	298.00	298.00
22	1050–1100	1,090	291.00–297.50	297.22
3	1100–1150	1,117	290.00–291.00	290.33
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1150–1200	1,175	274.50	274.50
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	600–650	605	347.50–361.00	360.80
5	650–700	689	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	750–800	778	328.00	328.00
4	900–950	905	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	831	323.00	323.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	432.50	432.50
5	500–550	549	415.00	415.00
28	550–600	591	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	743	360.00	360.00
4	800–850	822	341.00–352.50	349.63
5	950–1000	971	302.00	302.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1150–1200	1,153	274.00	274.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	720	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,168	156.00–157.00	156.67
2	—	1,233	142.00	142.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	110.00	110.00
3	—	963	120.00–137.50	127.17
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,496	157.00–170.00	165.23
13	—	1,420	148.00–158.00	153.42
8	—	1,401	170.00–175.00	172.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,505	160.00	160.00
4	—	1,506	132.50–145.00	140.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	146.00	146.00
17	—	1,180	122.50–143.00	130.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,602	158.00–169.00	168.02
7	—	1,670	148.00–161.50	155.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	180.00	180.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,693	163.00–169.00	165.08
2	—	1,593	141.00–153.00	147.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,873	189.00–193.00	190.93
7	—	2,077	201.00–216.00	206.63
17	—	1,711	173.00–280.00	185.67
31	—	1,971	187.00–200.00	192.36
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,590	169.00–192.00	187.73
25	—	1,576	172.50–187.00	180.92
Bulls — Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	163.00–177.00	169.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,345	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,253	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,103.57
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,255	182.00	182.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	168.00	168.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,117	204.00–250.00	228.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,328	179.00–182.00	180.80

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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