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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, May 27

● As filed104 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 104 priced lines covering 2,540 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,650 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 522 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,484 head. Counted as USDA files them — 211 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon May 27, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,650Last week 372Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 522Last week 287Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,484Last week 1,029Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Quality was plain to average and mostly offered in small to medium size packages. Demand for grass cattle was mostly moderate to good, while demand for lighter or heavier cattle was light to moderate. Local ranchers played a big roll in higher prices this week as many were in the stands bidding on offerings to fill grass leases. CME prices traded lower throughout the week with sharply lower prices seen on Thursday. CME positions from last Thursday through this Thursday saw the current May contract expire last Friday at 136.81 up 1.21. The August contract settled at 138.225, down 4.80, September settled at 138.525 down 5.475, and the October settled at 138.35, down 5.875. Market activity this week was mostly moderate. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate to good demand. Packers were back in the market this week purchasing cows mostly for immediate harvest and a few very high quality cows to feed. Cows started the week fully steady, however by mid week packers were forced to pay higher money in order to buy cows. Overall slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeding cows sold unevenly steady from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Buyers looking for lower quality short term feeding cows were pushed out of the market by packer buyers and buyers purchasing high quality feeding cows were mostly absent from the market or they tried to purchase these cows lower. Slaughter bulls sold fully steady. All cows continued to show fill again this week, with many pushing more fill than last week. Young age cows sold on moderate to good demand this week. Demand for re-breed cows continues to be good. Quality was average to attractive. These offerings sold mostly steady to firm. A solid offering of cow calf pairs sold this week and these offerings sold on moderate to good demand as quality was mostly average to attractive. Many ranchers were in the stands this week bidding on offerings. Pair prices were the highest this week since late April when CME contract prices began to fall.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	785	137.00–142.00	139.98
9	—	642	150.50–154.00	151.26
20	—	576	152.00–163.00	157.09
28	—	681	142.00–147.00	145.58
32	—	828	138.50	138.50
37	—	489	169.00–171.00	170.16
7	—	520	159.00–168.00	162.10
2	—	978	119.00	119.00
5	—	720	128.00–144.00	139.07
3	—	423	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	511	155.00	155.00
4	—	446	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	630	161.00–166.50	165.73
10	—	912	129.00	129.00
50	—	727	146.50–149.75	149.19
62	—	835	138.00–144.75	144.00
66	—	587	165.00–171.00	166.54
6	—	542	179.00	179.00
7	—	779	144.50	144.50
9	—	667	151.00–153.00	152.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	866	118.00	118.00
4	—	769	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,152	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,098	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	582	137.50	137.50
9	—	536	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	634	170.00–176.00	171.16
16	—	651	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	600	146.50–152.50	148.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	760	137.00	137.00
4	—	966	121.00	121.00
4	—	1,014	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	900	124.00	124.00
27	—	822	135.00	135.00
4	—	710	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	134.00	134.00
6	—	523	145.00	145.00
8	—	576	141.00	141.00
14	—	602	132.75	132.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	773	118.00–125.00	122.62
10	—	723	123.00–128.00	125.49
13	—	420	152.50	152.50
38	—	473	148.00–149.00	148.08
55	—	573	136.00–142.00	140.19
6	—	845	118.00	118.00
1	—	680	128.00	128.00
86	—	625	129.00–138.00	132.95
130	—	540	140.00–146.50	143.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	954	111.50	111.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	529	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	527	139.50	139.50
3	—	572	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	669	136.00–145.00	139.77
45	—	566	143.00–147.50	145.39
36	—	713	129.00–137.50	135.22
17	—	820	113.00–128.00	121.23
16	—	636	142.50–145.00	143.94
12	—	755	135.00	135.00
8	—	861	120.00–125.00	121.24
5	—	501	149.50–150.00	149.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	943	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,025	97.00–108.00	100.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,122	101.00–111.00	109.63
1	—	1,050	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	153.00	153.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	946	54.00–61.00	58.43
2	—	950	64.00–64.50	64.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,417	69.00–74.00	70.22
77	—	1,396	63.50–69.50	66.69
35	—	1,461	57.50–64.50	61.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,256	67.50–72.50	70.71
96	—	1,248	62.50–68.00	65.21
80	—	1,197	52.00–64.00	59.23
3	—	1,152	50.00–52.00	51.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,692	69.00–70.50	69.42
2	—	1,608	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,612	68.00–70.00	69.05
8	—	1,627	62.00–67.50	65.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	2,056	90.00–97.50	93.14
25	—	1,669	68.00–82.00	78.06
30	—	1,771	82.00–90.50	86.64

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,406	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,947.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	53	—	1,244	1,700.00–1,860.00	1,833.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	88	—	1,347	1,950.00–2,035.00	2,006.05
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,635	1,425.00	1,425.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,542	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,316.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,744	1,675.00	1,675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,269	1,025.00	1,025.00

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	90	—	1,348	60.00–70.00	65.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	163	—	1,395	63.00–70.50	67.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	101	—	995	81.00–117.00	100.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	136	—	1,132	65.00–102.00	78.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	94	—	1,336	64.00–71.00	68.64

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	4	—	949	63.00–72.00	66.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,172	57.00–62.00	59.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,083	56.00–60.00	57.81
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	916	72.00–91.00	82.21

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	857	94.00	94.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	873	825.00	825.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,414	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,350	1,100.00–1,225.00	1,167.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,567	1,100.00	1,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,198	2,000.00	2,000.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,044	1,735.00	1,735.00

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.