Sale reports / Montana / Public Auction Yards / 2020-02-04

Public Auction Yards

Name: Public Auction Yards livestock auction prices — 2020-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-04

Replacement Cattle · Billings, Montana · Tue, Feb 4

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2257

← Oct 21Feb 4Oct 26 →

Receipts

3,238 head

▼ 556 vs last sale 3,794▲ 3,238 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The Public Auction Yards held their Annual Blue Ribbon Two Sale today. Buyers filled the stands from all over Montana and neighboring states. Demand was good to very good throughout today's long sale with many buyers ringside as well as on the internet actively bidding on offerings. Market activity this sale was active. Cattle were of mostly attractive quality today. Most cows calved in tight calving windows and were bred to sons of popular AI sires. Flesh conditions were mostly light to moderate for both cows and heifers. All prices are per head.

Every lot

21 lots · USDA AMS · Public Auction Yards Replacement Cattle Special - Billings, MT (Seasonal)

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows17 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1	1,125	1,319.11/cwt	1,310.00–1,325.00	14,840	24
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,135	1,363.34/cwt	1,325.00–1,410.00	15,474	49
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,186	1,826.51/cwt	1,775.00–1,935.00	21,662	236
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,219	1,384.80/cwt	1,375.00–1,400.00	16,881	24
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,227	1,469.75/cwt	1,300.00–1,600.00	18,034	47
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,233	1,438.44/cwt	1,425.00–1,450.00	17,736	36
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,239	1,557.16/cwt	1,425.00–1,700.00	19,293	665
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,243	1,289.79/cwt	1,200.00–1,375.00	16,032	35
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,308	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,464	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,319	1,449.20/cwt	1,300.00–1,535.00	19,115	145
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,326	1,608.29/cwt	1,550.00–1,625.00	21,326	95
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,333	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,331	21
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,358	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	11,883	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,365	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	13,991	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,367	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	13,328	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,378	1,030.15/cwt	900.00–1,200.00	14,195	479
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,425	1,226.53/cwt	1,035.00–1,385.00	17,478	393
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1	891	1,435.00/cwt	1,435.00–1,435.00	12,786	25
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	954	1,441.65/cwt	1,385.00–1,475.00	13,753	80
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,046	1,481.97/cwt	1,385.00–1,550.00	15,501	363
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Registered	1,119	2,400.00/cwt	2,400.00–2,400.00	26,856	7

This sale against other markets

Montana weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Montana auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Public Auction Yards Replacement Cattle Special - Billings, MT (Seasonal)

Tue Feb 4, 2020

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

Receipts 3,238Last week 3,794Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,358	875.00	875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,333	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	479	—	1,378	900.00–1,200.00	1,030.15

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,308	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	1,243	1,200.00–1,375.00	1,289.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	47	—	1,227	1,300.00–1,600.00	1,469.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	—	1,233	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,438.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	—	1,135	1,325.00–1,410.00	1,363.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	665	—	1,239	1,425.00–1,700.00	1,557.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	145	—	1,319	1,300.00–1,535.00	1,449.20
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,365	1,025.00	1,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	393	—	1,425	1,035.00–1,385.00	1,226.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,219	1,375.00–1,400.00	1,384.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,367	975.00	975.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,125	1,310.00–1,325.00	1,319.11

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	236	—	1,186	1,775.00–1,935.00	1,826.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	95	—	1,326	1,550.00–1,625.00	1,608.29

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Registered$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,119	2,400.00	2,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	363	—	1,046	1,385.00–1,550.00	1,481.97
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	80	—	954	1,385.00–1,475.00	1,441.65

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	—	891	1,435.00	1,435.00

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.