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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, May 20

● As filed73 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 73 priced lines covering 1,277 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 372 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 287 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,029 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon May 20, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 372Last week 3,863Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 287Last week 1,901Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,029Last week 2,088Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were too lightly tested to develop any market trend this week. Quality was plain to average and mostly offered in small packages or as singles. Demand for grass cattle was mostly moderate to good, while demand for lighter or heavier cattle was light to moderate. CME prices traded near steady most of the week. CME positions from last Thursday through this Thursday saw the current May contract trade up 1.375 to settle at 135.60 while the August settled at 143.025, down 0.30. Market activity this week was mostly slow to moderate. Weigh up cows sold on mixed demand throughout the week. Packers wanted purchased cows on light to moderate demand this week. Feeding buyers continue to be the driving force in the market as they search for cows to fill orders. However, with packer buyers backed up in the market this allowed all cow prices to fall this week. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-4.00 lower in a narrow comparison. Feeding cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00-4.00 lower. All cows continue to show fill again this week as cool and rainy conditions continue. Young age cows sold on moderate to good demand this week. Demand for re-breed cows continue to be good. Quality was average to attractive. These offerings sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	84.00	84.00
10	—	511	144.00–153.00	146.69
1	—	1,180	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	81.50	81.50
1	—	1,060	84.00	84.00
2	—	1,038	80.00–101.00	90.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	400	167.50	167.50
18	—	874	117.00–127.00	119.14
5	—	608	149.00	149.00
4	—	835	117.00	117.00
2	—	993	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	698	134.00	134.00
6	—	377	166.00	166.00
22	—	568	146.00–148.50	147.95
15	—	908	113.00	113.00
11	—	730	127.00–135.00	129.59
2	—	818	121.00	121.00
15	—	619	146.00	146.00
8	—	776	119.50–120.00	119.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	630	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	718	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	658	129.50–132.00	130.43
3	—	893	106.00	106.00
10	—	562	140.00–145.00	143.00
2	—	740	124.00	124.00
11	—	431	144.50	144.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	158.00	158.00
4	—	465	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	149.00–150.00	149.66
3	—	537	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	497	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	785	141.00	141.00
6	—	521	175.00	175.00
3	—	577	164.00	164.00
2	—	713	148.00	148.00
2	—	985	117.00	117.00
4	—	898	126.00	126.00
2	—	653	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	593	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	675	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,139	114.00	114.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	980	51.00	51.00
11	—	980	51.00–62.00	57.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	72.00	72.00
57	—	1,587	74.00–75.75	75.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,148	52.00–63.00	58.03
12	—	1,235	63.00–69.00	65.15
6	—	1,277	67.00–72.00	69.14
5	—	1,141	48.00–52.00	49.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,686	65.50–67.00	66.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,460	55.00–64.00	59.54
1	—	1,485	67.50	67.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,778	82.00–92.00	86.89
13	—	2,086	90.50–97.50	94.44
37	—	1,616	67.00–83.50	78.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,275	96.50	96.50

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	182	—	1,248	59.00–73.00	65.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	88	—	1,363	65.00–74.50	70.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	151	—	1,125	66.50–97.50	77.42
(<2 yrs)	Open	100	—	962	73.00–118.00	96.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	152	—	1,395	61.50–73.50	68.78

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,086	68.00	68.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	962	71.00	71.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	64.00	64.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	61.00	61.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	50	—	1,136	54.00–62.50	59.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	63.00	63.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	817	80.00–105.00	86.79

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,209	1,075.00–1,125.00	1,110.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,331	1,175.00–1,300.00	1,266.76

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,365	1,185.00	1,185.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,309	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,586.10

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,195	108.00–118.00	114.18

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.