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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Jan 4

● As filed112 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 112 priced lines covering 7,392 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,263 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,347 head. replacement cattle receipts at 461 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Jan 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,263Last week 7,439Year ago 8,942

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,347Last week 3,184Year ago 405

Replacement CattleReceipts 461Last week 4,428Year ago 2,013

Compared to last week: Yearling steer were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Yearling heifers sold with lower undertones. Steer calves under 500 lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steers 500 lbs and heavier sold most sales were steady to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves under 450 lbs sold mostly 10.00 higher, heifers over 450 lbs sold mostly 3.00-6.00 higher. Quality this week was average to very attractive. Cattle sold in mostly moderate size packages with a few load lots on the mix. The best demand continues to be for lightweight cattle suitable to run on grass and develop into yearlings. The January feeder cattle contract closed at 135.825 and the March closed at 136.825 a loss of 5.15 and 5.775 respectfully since Thursday Dec 17th. Market activity this week was mostly active to very active with many buyers actively bidding on offerings. Weigh up cows sold on mostly light to moderate demand for mostly moderate to heavy offerings. Packers were very active early in the week, but backed off significantly later in the week. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower on breaking cows, boning and lean cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeding cow demand was moderate throughout the week. The majority of cows sold this week returned to the country to feed. All feeding cows sold steady to weak. Slaughter bulls sold on mostly good demand this week. Bulls sold unevenly steady. 2 year old to young age cows sold on light demand for mostly moderate offerings. This class of cows sold mostly 3.00-5.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,510	53.00–55.00	54.33
2	—	1,525	39.50	39.50
29	—	1,410	41.50–48.50	45.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	59.00	59.00
168	—	1,183	40.00–50.00	47.08
120	—	1,174	47.50–55.00	52.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,194	48.00–53.00	51.19
2	—	1,163	60.00	60.00
30	—	1,154	31.00–40.00	37.65
168	—	1,214	40.00–49.00	43.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,448	57.00–58.50	57.97
28	—	1,540	46.00–57.50	56.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,584	44.50–57.00	52.91
2	—	1,575	57.00–59.50	58.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,000	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,387	44.00–51.00	47.37
6	—	1,338	59.50	59.50
302	—	1,380	49.50–59.50	55.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	962	39.00–46.00	43.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,485	78.50–79.00	78.77
9	—	1,455	61.50–74.00	66.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,786	61.50–74.50	70.78
32	—	1,926	75.00–85.50	79.97
4	—	1,894	83.00–84.00	83.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,209	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,325	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,155	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	—	1,318	1,035.00	1,035.00

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,254	710.00–775.00	738.91

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	3	—	890	47.00–62.00	51.75

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	230	—	1,029	47.00–92.00	66.74
(<2 yrs)	Open	50	—	997	75.50–90.00	78.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,099	53.00	53.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	938	1,385.00	1,385.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	148.00	148.00
4	—	514	171.00	171.00
73	—	488	182.50–185.00	183.70
3	—	346	210.00	210.00
17	—	675	137.00–145.50	140.89
44	—	425	204.00–217.00	209.84
3	—	580	161.50	161.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	955	125.00	125.00
26	—	804	130.00–132.00	130.27
34	—	391	200.50–210.00	205.27
44	—	770	130.00–136.00	131.78
87	—	430	189.00–205.00	197.13
268	—	714	129.00–143.50	139.52
540	—	576	152.50–175.00	163.44
326	—	672	136.50–152.75	146.16
315	—	469	175.00–201.50	190.01
509	—	532	165.00–185.00	178.34
353	—	618	139.00–161.50	155.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	420	187.00–190.00	189.50
34	—	636	140.50–147.00	145.12
19	—	731	125.00–133.00	130.43
9	—	823	128.50–129.50	128.94
44	—	382	172.00–190.00	179.09
36	—	534	162.50–173.00	170.66
56	—	489	160.00–183.00	178.19
44	—	587	150.00–157.00	154.23
7	—	320	205.00	205.00
57	—	687	132.00–141.00	138.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	458	200.50	200.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	907	119.25	119.25
7	—	889	119.25	119.25
19	—	590	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	640	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,003	120.00	120.00
48	—	669	140.50	140.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	543	158.00	158.00
2	—	430	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	522	144.00–156.25	148.71
21	—	380	186.00	186.00
70	—	330	170.00	170.00
26	—	443	158.00–168.00	160.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	373	176.00–188.50	181.76
56	—	704	132.00–132.25	132.14
391	—	479	149.50–170.00	159.80
522	—	528	137.00–161.50	156.00
342	—	563	131.00–156.00	149.44
58	—	765	131.50–134.00	132.55
156	—	668	123.00–137.50	134.44
281	—	425	154.00–178.00	173.92
2	—	318	190.00	190.00
45	—	936	117.00–121.50	120.19
2	—	985	118.50	118.50
322	—	618	127.00–143.50	139.19
35	—	867	121.50	121.50
5	—	849	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	708	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,048	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	759	119.00	119.00
10	—	549	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	440	145.00	145.00
6	—	521	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	773	120.00	120.00
18	—	691	127.50	127.50
43	—	581	131.50–141.50	135.70
24	—	478	148.00–156.00	154.63
6	—	930	114.50	114.50
61	—	514	147.50–152.00	150.54
5	—	438	150.00–155.00	153.02
3	—	737	117.00	117.00
22	—	379	165.00–172.00	166.65
20	—	630	128.00–133.50	131.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	679	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	358	185.00	185.00
4	—	546	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	704	123.00	123.00
6	—	656	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	844	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,017	109.50	109.50

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.