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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Nov 11

● As filed148 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 148 priced lines covering 14,154 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,002 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,164 head. replacement cattle receipts at 3,926 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Nov 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,002Last week 13,605Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,164Last week 706Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3,926Last week 4,015Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed on all offerings. Steer calves under 500 lbs sold unevenly steady, 4.00 higher to 5.00 lower; 500-599 lbs sold fully steady; 600-749 lbs steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. All weights of heifer calves sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Quality this week was mixed from plain to very attractive much like last week, however this week a larger portion of the offering were of plain to average quality. Calves with two rounds of preconditioning shots sold with the best demand again this week. Offerings sold with a solid 8.00-12.00 premium for fully preconditioned calves. Demand for light weight calves remains light caused mostly by dry conditions on the west coast. The April live cattle contract continues to inch higher. As of Thursdays close the April live cattle contract closed at 126.10, 0.25 higher than last Thursdays close. Transportation issues continued this week as trucks remain tight. Market activity this week was mostly moderate to active. Weigh up cows and sold on mostly moderate to good demand for heavy offerings. Packer showed better demand for slaughter cows again this week. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher on lean and boning cows, breaker cows sold mostly 2.00-3.00 higher. The cutter cow cutout gained substantial ground this week led mostly by 90% lean trim which sold sharply higher. The cutter cow cutout as of yesterdays close was 184.59 up 1.77 from Wednesdays value. and 6.05 from last Wednesdays value. Heavy supplies of cows were seen this week. Cow slaughter has increased significantly over the last four weeks as packers take advantage of huge profit margins. Beef cow slaughter for week ending

November 2nd was 70,975, the highest since May 2013. Feeding cows sold steady to 5.00 lower on thin cows which packers are purchasing for the holiday lull and farmer feeders are purchasing to turn out. Fewer farmer feeder orders were seen this week allowing packers to purchase thin cows mostly lower. High quality, large frame, fleshy cows continue to sell on good demand and sold generally steady this week as both feeders and packers showed good demand for these offerings. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 1.00-3.00 higher. Young age cows suitable to re-breed sold on mostly light to moderate demand. Offerings sold mostly steady to 8.00 lower.

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	222	—	1,337	52.00–69.00	61.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	490	—	1,307	45.00–68.00	54.15
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,195	55.00	55.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	621	—	1,329	51.00–71.50	58.39
(<2 yrs)	Open	258	—	991	64.00–92.00	77.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	209	—	1,117	60.00–77.00	66.41

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	970	72.50–81.00	75.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,169	53.00–55.50	54.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,348	48.00	48.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,530	52.00	52.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	465	—	1,199	38.00–54.00	47.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	87	—	1,226	45.00–54.00	51.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,063	49.00–62.00	54.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,128	46.00–55.50	50.94

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,464	55.00–60.50	59.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,140	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,050	1,025.00–1,075.00	1,059.81

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)	5	—	1,273	46.00	46.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	67	—	1,289	675.00–775.00	727.55

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,072	850.00	850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,160	33.00–42.00	38.62
73	—	1,266	50.00–56.00	54.15
283	—	1,221	40.00–53.00	46.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,540	59.50–71.00	64.50
43	—	1,450	45.50–53.50	50.25
78	—	1,455	51.00–62.00	56.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,792	69.50–71.00	70.19
14	—	1,591	58.00–61.00	59.70
29	—	1,643	60.50–68.50	65.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,970	60.00	60.00
1	—	2,050	69.50	69.50
1	—	2,245	57.00	57.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	977	33.00–35.00	34.18
12	—	942	37.00–46.00	40.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,920	70.50–82.00	75.59
19	—	2,088	82.50–88.00	83.85
60	—	1,760	51.00–72.50	66.17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	379	159.00–170.00	163.18
371	—	618	127.00–137.75	134.03
426	—	429	144.00–164.00	155.88
544	—	484	140.00–158.00	149.91
895	—	526	131.00–151.00	141.86
72	—	664	129.50–135.00	131.83
609	—	574	130.00–143.25	136.64
55	—	339	165.00–174.00	172.22
54	—	827	141.25	141.25
3	—	703	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	373	173.00	173.00
161	—	800	142.00	142.00
72	—	979	127.50–133.00	130.80
67	—	892	131.00–140.00	137.11
60	—	415	159.00–167.00	161.83
33	—	771	142.00–143.00	142.55
17	—	316	172.00–173.00	172.31
19	—	927	129.00–137.00	135.20
10	—	1,064	124.75	124.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	484	157.75–159.50	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	889	128.00–131.00	128.86
38	—	730	140.50	140.50
8	—	919	127.00–129.00	127.77
3	—	763	137.00	137.00
5	—	829	133.00–135.00	133.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,024	121.00–131.00	123.04
5	—	1,061	117.00–119.50	117.50
6	—	1,109	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	525	122.00–127.00	125.12
4	—	435	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	375	152.00–164.00	157.13
5	—	469	132.00	132.00
5	—	420	130.00	130.00
4	—	321	150.00	150.00
35	—	512	134.00–142.00	140.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	596	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	532	132.00–142.00	135.79
126	—	486	130.00–151.00	141.20
44	—	582	128.00–131.00	129.93
34	—	428	148.00–152.00	150.91
15	—	322	152.50–165.00	161.62
9	—	618	121.00–129.50	125.68
4	—	298	155.00	155.00
21	—	384	151.00–158.00	154.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,170	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	630	128.00–138.00	131.51
36	—	681	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	797	138.00	138.00
18	—	708	137.00–142.00	137.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	691	124.50	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	606	143.50	143.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	534	136.50	136.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	829	144.00–147.50	146.17
17	—	906	141.00–148.25	146.10
29	—	496	170.00	170.00
76	—	568	161.00	161.00
2	—	970	140.00	140.00
5	—	861	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	573	145.00	145.00
19	—	472	168.00	168.00
26	—	420	164.00–185.00	170.45
22	—	662	139.00–140.00	139.72
4	—	543	145.00	145.00
4	—	384	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	632	135.00–147.50	142.63
103	—	535	142.00–153.50	148.91
116	—	439	155.00–174.00	165.12
134	—	478	142.50–166.00	155.55
184	—	584	135.00–152.00	146.14
36	—	370	170.00–188.00	179.11
13	—	339	177.50–205.00	186.17
17	—	671	132.00–143.00	138.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,022	133.00–134.00	133.67
8	—	1,183	120.50	120.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1,096	—	617	142.00–156.00	150.84
1,193	—	531	152.00–169.00	161.35
1	—	270	227.50	227.50
1,254	—	577	146.00–160.50	153.48
320	—	429	170.00–196.50	186.41
653	—	471	154.00–181.00	170.93
2	—	233	230.00	230.00
136	—	375	181.00–207.50	193.40
91	—	717	137.00–150.00	143.39
20	—	326	190.00–215.00	203.50
464	—	669	139.00–154.00	147.26
28	—	775	136.00–144.00	137.93
3	—	827	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	373	188.50	188.50
28	—	451	168.50	168.50
5	—	788	144.00	144.00
2	—	858	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	140.00	140.00
2	—	610	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	780	134.50	134.50
4	—	693	140.00	140.00
3	—	705	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	855	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	497	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	506	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	416	161.00	161.00
4	—	460	147.00	147.00
11	—	546	127.00	127.00
6	—	683	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	148.00	148.00
4	—	590	135.00	135.00
3	—	658	136.00	136.00
2	—	733	126.00	126.00
14	—	416	163.00–173.00	168.77
13	—	633	129.50–137.00	131.71
4	—	329	179.00	179.00

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.