Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 75 priced lines covering 680 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 401 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 409 head. replacement cattle receipts at 121 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 401Last week 302Year ago 238

Slaughter CattleReceipts 409Last week 390Year ago 390

Replacement CattleReceipts 121Last week 187Year ago 60

Only one sale was held this week as auctions continue with summer schedules. Please check out Billings livestock commission (https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_1777.pdf) for the latest market commentary.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,294	184.00–189.00	185.73
71	—	1,421	167.00–182.50	178.63
19	—	1,380	149.00–165.00	160.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,601	170.00–174.00	172.75
2	—	1,533	182.00	182.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,000	160.00	160.00
4	—	1,186	146.00–155.00	150.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,605	151.00–166.00	163.20
10	—	1,635	168.00–173.50	170.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,413	149.00–158.00	154.07
1	—	1,320	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,270	121.00	121.00
3	—	1,410	164.00–168.00	165.59
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,222	150.00–167.50	154.32
4	—	1,204	172.00–182.00	175.44
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	895	140.00–165.00	159.18
1	—	940	127.50	127.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,335	211.00	211.00
8	—	1,966	219.00–226.00	221.80
19	—	1,769	184.00–206.00	201.85
33	—	1,977	207.00–218.00	211.38
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,160	167.50–191.00	182.62
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,790	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,579	192.50–205.00	201.25
18	—	1,986	208.00–219.00	212.72
5	—	2,140	225.00–235.00	230.01
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,359	190.00–197.50	194.23
4	—	1,672	205.00–212.50	210.71

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,313	179.00	179.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,232	188.50–265.00	217.07
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,149	235.00–265.00	250.43
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,170	181.00–262.50	203.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	240.00	240.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,189	3,775.00	3,775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,515	3,500.00–3,800.00	3,705.63
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,173	3,150.00	3,150.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,264	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,325	3,000.00	3,000.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	494	452.50	452.50
2	600–650	635	380.00–385.00	382.48
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1050–1100	1,085	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	850	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	542	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	800–850	818	350.00–355.00	354.00
26	850–900	880	339.00–351.50	345.97
2	900–950	935	334.00	334.00
20	950–1000	988	330.00	330.00
2	1000–1050	1,003	323.00	323.00
2	1050–1100	1,058	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	711	385.00	385.00
2	850–900	883	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	380.00	380.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1100–1150	1,110	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	630.00	630.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	900–950	947	328.00	328.00
12	1000–1050	1,027	312.00	312.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	829	311.00	311.00
25	900–950	926	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	746	336.00	336.00
5	750–800	775	327.50	327.50
3	1100–1150	1,112	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	519	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	658	370.00	370.00
12	700–750	730	350.00–352.00	350.16
2	750–800	775	340.00	340.00
40	800–850	831	331.00–338.50	334.38
31	850–900	880	325.00–332.00	329.92
29	900–950	929	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,085	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,127	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	892	295.00–315.00	301.65
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	625	335.00	335.00

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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