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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 5

● As filed61 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 61 priced lines covering 1,263 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 325 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 598 head. replacement cattle receipts at 555 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Aug 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 325Last week 171Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 598Last week 331Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 555Last week 294Year ago 0

Compared to last report: Only two sales were held this week and very light sales receipts were seen. Feeder cattle sold on mostly moderate to good demand for mostly light offerings. Not enough feeder cattle sold to develop an accurate market trend, however firm undertones were noted. CME positions traded lower throughout the week last week and spent much of this week trying to gain back some of their loss. As of yesterdays close the August contract closed at 139.85, the September contract closed at 139.875 and the October contract closed at 139.625. Market activity this week was mostly moderate. Weigh up cows and bulls comprised the majority of sales this week. Ranchers continue to cull open cows and bulls that are blemished. Cow and bull quality was mostly average to attractive this week. Packers drove the market as they pushed to own the majority of cows on offer. With light sale receipts seen last week, a true market trend can?t be developed, however higher undertones were noticed on all classes of slaughter cows. Feeding cows sold on good demand as well. Packers forced all offerings higher this week limiting the number of offerings destined for feed. Young cows sold with higher undertones on good demand. Offerings were light.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	593	141.00	141.00
43	—	660	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,001	121.00	121.00
2	—	740	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	775	125.00	125.00
3	—	873	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	378	137.00	137.00
3	—	290	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	929	125.00	125.00
13	—	972	116.00–124.00	119.72
9	—	739	134.50–137.00	136.16
8	—	870	127.00–128.75	128.04
8	—	672	137.00	137.00
3	—	760	135.00–136.00	135.33
26	—	825	128.00–132.00	130.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	916	129.75	129.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	845	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	297	182.50	182.50
1	—	335	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	823	129.00	129.00
3	—	770	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	677	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,063	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,027	122.00–123.00	122.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	787	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	862	138.00	138.00
6	—	752	144.50	144.50
2	—	960	132.50	132.50
2	—	603	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	320	160.00	160.00
11	—	475	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	138.00	138.00

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 (2-4 yrs)	Open	98	—	1,208	64.00–83.00	75.37
(<2 yrs)	Open	66	—	1,123	74.00–104.00	82.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	84	—	1,390	63.00–71.50	68.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	98	—	1,512	62.00–68.00	65.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	99	—	1,468	66.00–72.50	70.30

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,351	65.00	65.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,309	56.00–58.00	57.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,505	61.00–63.50	62.16
1	—	1,380	72.00	72.00
29	—	1,492	67.00–70.50	68.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	1,450	63.75–70.50	69.06
45	—	1,294	59.00–66.50	63.68
35	—	1,466	70.75–73.00	71.18
2	—	1,413	53.00–54.00	53.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,820	64.50	64.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	63.50	63.50
5	—	923	55.00–58.00	55.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,115	42.00–49.00	45.80
56	—	1,211	63.00–70.50	66.34
39	—	1,195	59.00–65.00	63.44
3	—	1,338	71.00–73.00	72.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,020	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,865	82.00–94.50	87.68
44	—	1,596	71.00–84.50	79.76
24	—	2,000	89.00–99.00	94.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,138	92.00–93.00	92.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Canadian Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	83.00	83.00

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.