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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 10

● As filed76 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 76 priced lines covering 2,679 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,557 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 326 head. replacement cattle receipts at 414 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Aug 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,557Last week 1,342Year ago 363

Slaughter CattleReceipts 326Last week 589Year ago 265

Replacement CattleReceipts 414Last week 1,800Year ago 55

Compared to last report (6-26-20): Yearling steers sold mostly 5.00-10.00 higher. Yearling heifers sold mostly 13.00-18.00 higher in a narrow

comparison. Most yearlings were coming off grass and were in light flesh. Demand was mostly moderate to good for moderate offerings.

Quality this week was average to attractive. The best demand this week was for yearlings offered in load lots. Packages of yearlings sold on

moderate demand. CME positions showed strong improvements since last reported sale. As of this Thursday's settlement the August feeder

cattle contract closed at 144.95, 11.70 higher than the close June 26th. Buyer attendance was good this week with many buyers actively

bidding on offerings. Market activity was mostly active as a result. Weigh up cows sold on mostly mixed demand this week. Early in the week

demand was good for both feeding and slaughter cows, however, demand diminished sharply as the week progressed. With over a month

since the last reported sale and with mixed prices seen this week, an accurate market trend can not be established on feeding cows, slaughter

cows or bulls. Several buyers purchased feeding bulls this week. This helped improve bull prices on thinner, lower dressing bulls under 2,000

lbs. Demand for re-breed type cattle was limited and most of these offerings sold as feeding cows this week. Quality was average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	394	152.00	152.00
3	—	533	150.00	150.00
6	—	482	157.50	157.50
12	—	565	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	692	142.50–144.50	143.63
28	—	617	145.00–146.00	145.60
70	—	923	122.00–128.50	123.77
10	—	986	121.00–124.00	122.04
31	—	890	126.50–133.50	128.05
223	—	783	136.00–138.50	137.42
129	—	708	140.00–144.00	143.35
120	—	805	128.50–137.50	136.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	858	123.00–125.00	123.50
12	—	744	134.50	134.50
3	—	815	126.00	126.00
10	—	684	136.00	136.00
10	—	792	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	727	135.00	135.00
18	—	631	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	558	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	858	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	906	132.00–139.50	138.34
34	—	627	161.00–162.00	161.62
14	—	558	151.00	151.00
119	—	789	145.25–148.50	146.74
223	—	811	140.00–147.50	146.21
206	—	886	135.50–139.50	138.96
156	—	968	129.00–136.00	133.83
44	—	672	158.00–164.75	164.12
129	—	724	147.00–159.00	154.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	960	118.00	118.00
7	—	701	143.00–145.00	144.14
24	—	688	153.00–154.00	153.16
16	—	821	136.00–142.50	140.64
6	—	790	134.50	134.50
8	—	867	128.00–137.00	131.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	543	160.00	160.00
8	—	384	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,038	117.00	117.00
2	—	1,093	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	607	145.00	145.00
6	—	665	149.00	149.00
8	—	706	129.50	129.50
26	—	788	125.50	125.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,132	112.50	112.50
14	—	1,012	124.00–129.50	125.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,081	123.75	123.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	761	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	672	160.00–166.00	161.38
16	—	789	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	939	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	927	140.25	140.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,042	95.50	95.50
5	—	1,087	93.00–93.50	93.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	81.50	81.50

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	127	—	1,447	58.00–70.00	67.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	65	—	1,325	60.00–67.25	64.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	50	—	1,414	65.50–76.00	69.43
(<2 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,155	71.00–80.00	75.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	58.00	58.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	36	—	1,306	55.00–60.00	58.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,180	97.50	97.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,908	80.00–94.00	87.71
23	—	2,014	90.00–102.00	94.83
11	—	1,800	78.00–84.50	80.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,705	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,298	73.00–84.00	77.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,412	62.00–69.00	66.63
13	—	1,390	60.00–64.50	61.55
3	—	1,602	72.00–73.00	72.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,219	62.00–68.00	64.72
1	—	1,075	71.00	71.00
2	—	1,138	48.00–52.50	50.13
35	—	1,296	54.50–64.50	60.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,570	67.00–68.00	67.14
2	—	1,830	72.00–73.00	72.52

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.