Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 65 priced lines covering 589 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 302 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 390 head. replacement cattle receipts at 187 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 302Last week 0Year ago 85

Slaughter CattleReceipts 390Last week 0Year ago 461

Replacement CattleReceipts 187Last week 0Year ago 105

One one sale was held this last week as sales have started their summer sale schedules. Please check out Billings Livestock commission for last weeks market commentary.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,205	152.50–172.00	165.43
10	—	1,249	170.00–181.00	173.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,566	171.50–180.00	175.33
4	—	1,621	183.00	183.00
5	—	1,626	169.00	169.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,147	145.00–147.50	145.79
1	—	1,145	170.00	170.00
3	—	1,125	117.50–135.00	128.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,754	170.50–173.00	171.83
2	—	1,653	168.00–168.50	168.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,344	153.00–166.00	157.46
5	—	1,434	167.00–172.00	168.56
2	—	1,278	146.00	146.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,451	186.00–191.00	188.57
33	—	1,428	180.00–186.00	183.56
10	—	1,499	157.00–173.00	167.42
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	154.00	154.00
1	—	965	140.00	140.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,629	187.00–209.00	199.62
34	—	1,926	210.00–223.50	216.52
27	—	1,944	224.00–238.00	225.62
3	—	2,162	214.00–215.00	214.32
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,505	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,173	185.00–195.00	189.56
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,397	213.00–219.00	217.64
15	—	1,462	190.00–209.00	202.54
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	146.00	146.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	157.00	157.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	820	245.00	245.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,209	192.50–245.00	209.12
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,105	204.00–267.00	233.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,319	191.00–195.00	194.65
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,075	197.00	197.00
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,317	202.00	202.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,215	181.00–192.50	186.04
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,438	193.00	193.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,321	196.00–207.00	202.58
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,472	171.00–186.00	178.98
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,437	175.00	175.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,575	4,000.00	4,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,548	3,450.00	3,450.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	505	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	600–650	630	392.50–410.00	408.94
5	700–750	713	360.00	360.00
4	750–800	770	358.00	358.00
6	900–950	922	314.50	314.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	656	367.50	367.50
2	700–750	715	350.00	350.00
5	750–800	774	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	462.50	462.50
8	400–450	423	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	563	332.50–337.50	336.73
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1100–1150	1,130	220.00	220.00
2	1150–1200	1,188	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1150–1200	1,160	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	895	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	517.50	517.50
4	450–500	488	445.00	445.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	608	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	313	650.00	650.00
2	400–450	413	515.00	515.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	633	425.00	425.00
5	700–750	746	382.00	382.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	553	225.00	225.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	656	147.00	147.00

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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