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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Sep 9

● As filed92 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 92 priced lines covering 2,470 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,498 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 404 head. replacement cattle receipts at 373 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Sep 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,498Last week 1,496Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 404Last week 645Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 373Last week 283Year ago 0

Compared to last report: This is the first full week of sales after the summer sale schedule. Due to light receipts last week no accurate market trend can be established, however higher undertones were noticed on both steers and heifer. CME positions improved throughout the week and so did prices at auction, improving 3.00-5.00 from the beginning to the end of the week. Yearling quality was mixed this week from plain to attractive, with most offerings coming straight off grass. Flesh conditions were mostly light, however limited offerings were in light to moderate flesh. Demand was mostly moderate, with moderate to good demand seen at times. Limited load lots were seen this week, however buyers were able to piece together loads as many packages of yearlings were on offer. Market activity this week was mostly active with many buyers in the seats actively bidding on offerings. Weigh up cows sold on mostly light demand this week. Packer buyers showed significantly lighter demand for slaughter cows this week. Heavier supplies have started to be marketed allowing packers to purchase cows lower. The cutter cow cutout however continues to show strong demand for cow meat and grinds. The cow cutout has stayed above $170.00 since the beginning of May. As of yesterdays close the cutter cow cutout was $175.79, up 0.18 from Wednesdays value. Feeding buyers showed good demand for fleshy cows this week as they search for cows that can finish quickly and hit the market during the holidays. Feeding buyers showed very light demand for thin fleshed cows buying them just over slaughter price. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Both bulls and cows dropped in price throughout the week. Young cows suitable to re-breed sold on mixed demand this week. These offerings were too lightly tested to develop any market trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	753	134.00	134.00
184	—	828	124.00–131.00	128.26
172	—	885	120.50–127.00	122.99
124	—	976	115.00–120.50	117.43
156	—	920	117.50–124.25	121.84
66	—	725	134.00–137.50	134.96
21	—	640	141.25	141.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	880	119.50	119.50
18	—	939	118.00–119.00	118.47
10	—	839	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	546	131.50	131.50
4	—	671	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	101.00	101.00
7	—	792	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	982	114.00–115.00	114.54
9	—	753	128.00	128.00
29	—	822	120.50–122.50	122.09
5	—	713	128.00	128.00
5	—	891	119.00–122.00	120.19
7	—	949	117.00	117.00
11	—	340	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	676	131.50–138.00	136.37
11	—	784	129.75	129.75
9	—	716	125.50–131.00	128.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	131.00	131.00
4	—	731	120.00	120.00
7	—	659	130.00	130.00
5	—	566	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,021	114.00–118.00	115.67
35	—	1,066	111.00–116.75	113.60
8	—	1,111	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,020	109.50	109.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	420	144.00	144.00
17	—	374	145.00–146.00	145.33
21	—	454	142.00–143.00	142.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,021	108.50–112.50	111.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	425	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	426	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	547	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,055	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	958	121.00	121.00
3	—	847	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	921	121.50–122.00	121.72
6	—	681	143.50	143.50
6	—	981	121.00–122.00	121.66
4	—	768	131.00	131.00
5	—	835	130.00–132.00	130.79
9	—	713	140.00	140.00
5	—	863	129.00–131.00	129.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	424	154.00–161.00	157.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	108.00	108.00
3	—	1,042	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	925	129.50–135.00	131.74
86	—	773	135.50–141.75	139.97
35	—	978	123.00–127.75	125.44
71	—	730	140.00–147.00	144.85
99	—	880	130.00–135.50	133.59
21	—	826	131.00–137.00	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,067	108.50	108.50
4	—	1,145	105.00	105.00
5	—	1,151	108.50	108.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	604	146.00	146.00
10	—	698	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	885	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	396	175.50	175.50
52	—	460	168.00	168.00
58	—	544	146.00–156.50	146.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,158	107.50	107.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,892	75.50–84.00	79.82
57	—	1,644	65.00–78.50	73.31
28	—	2,067	82.00–89.50	85.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	64.50	64.50
6	—	890	47.00–54.00	50.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	70.00	70.00
9	—	1,062	41.00–49.50	46.11
9	—	1,274	56.50–65.00	59.23
104	—	1,220	50.00–62.00	55.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,750	69.00	69.00
1	—	1,635	47.50	47.50
14	—	1,423	58.00–63.50	59.88
48	—	1,438	53.00–60.00	56.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	60.50	60.50
1	—	1,730	66.00	66.00

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,300	65.00	65.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	91	—	1,417	57.50–69.00	63.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	51	—	1,539	58.00–70.00	64.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,234	66.50–78.00	69.61
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,039	71.00–97.00	78.76

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,141	59.00	59.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,369	55.00–57.50	56.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,248	54.00–57.00	56.45

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	981	1,010.00	1,010.00

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.