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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Jan 11

● As filed140 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 140 priced lines covering 8,072 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,988 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,699 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,359 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Jan 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,988Last week 7,263Year ago 1,680

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,699Last week 1,347Year ago 324

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,359Last week 461Year ago 2,793

Compared to last week: Yearling steers were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Yearling heifers sold with lower undertones. Steer calves under 500 lbs sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Steers 500-599 lbs sold 5.00-8.00 lower, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Heifer calves under 500 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 lower, heifers over 500 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 lower. Quality this week was average to very attractive. Many long strings of weaned calves were on offer. Most calves were weaned 60-90 days. Cattle sold in mostly moderate size packages with several load lots on offer as well. Corn and soybean prices continue to increase following the bullish WASDE report that was released last Tuesday. Feeder cattle contracts have fallen off sharply over the last week as a result. The January feeder cattle contract closed at 134.575 and the March closed at 135.825 a loss of 1.25 and 1.00 respectfully since last Friday. 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 heavy offerings. Packers were less active this week as they showed no desire to push the market higher in order to obtain offerings. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower on all classes. Feeding cow demand was moderate throughout the week. The majority of cows sold this week returned to the country to feed. Feeding cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold on mostly good demand this week. Bulls sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher as feeding buyers pushed packer buyers in order to buy offerings. 2 year old to young age cows sold on light demand for mostly moderate offerings. This class of cows sold generally steady.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,565	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,183	675.00	675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,056	1,100.00–1,125.00	1,106.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,196	950.00–975.00	969.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,345	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	69	—	1,390	860.00–1,075.00	994.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	42	—	1,183	1,300.00–1,410.00	1,335.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,379	1,110.00–1,275.00	1,215.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,308	1,185.00	1,185.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,240	860.00–1,025.00	920.85

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,295	700.00–810.00	792.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,415	1,200.00	1,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,317	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,363	1,050.00	1,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,317	710.00–735.00	718.72
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,135	550.00	550.00

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,211	775.00–810.00	781.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	177	—	1,343	735.00–925.00	830.61

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	478	—	960	47.00–89.00	71.15
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	989	81.00–99.00	90.41

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	976	62.00	62.00

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	9	—	800	64.00–65.00	64.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,010	1,075.00	1,075.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	933	1,100.00	1,100.00

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)	35	—	1,061	1,085.00–1,325.00	1,261.65
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	969	1,285.00	1,285.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,564	75.00–84.25	80.01
13	—	1,682	70.50–76.00	74.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	2,057	84.00–92.00	87.04
20	—	1,756	68.00–77.50	73.79
29	—	1,935	75.00–86.50	80.92
4	—	2,077	76.00–78.50	77.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,225	62.00–70.00	67.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,610	77.50	77.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
336	—	1,163	38.50–48.50	44.33
89	—	1,211	47.50–53.00	48.86
32	—	1,114	33.00–40.00	36.94
2	—	1,288	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,060	53.50	53.50
1	—	2,070	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	49.50	49.50
1	—	1,905	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,720	54.50–57.50	55.76
25	—	1,594	48.75–54.00	52.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	58.00–62.50	59.56
57	—	1,396	43.00–48.00	45.88
166	—	1,367	48.50–57.50	54.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,422	42.00–48.50	46.09
29	—	1,540	49.50–55.00	52.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	48.00	48.00
20	—	922	36.00–46.00	41.03
5	—	884	29.00–33.00	31.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,187	57.50–59.25	58.39
112	—	1,189	42.00–48.50	45.29
147	—	1,217	47.25–57.00	50.84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	122.00	122.00
4	—	714	121.50–122.00	121.87
8	—	473	151.00	151.00
3	—	1,073	92.50	92.50
10	—	516	141.50	141.50
37	—	569	130.00	130.00
5	—	754	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	648	127.00	127.00
42	—	519	146.50	146.50
16	—	393	157.50	157.50
13	—	461	148.00–156.00	154.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
367	—	571	135.00–144.00	141.11
49	—	868	113.00–114.50	113.95
192	—	658	125.00–132.00	129.68
7	—	961	106.00	106.00
262	—	429	150.00–166.50	159.99
21	—	340	157.00–162.00	158.84
77	—	365	160.00–164.00	160.44
8	—	831	113.00	113.00
237	—	482	145.00–168.00	154.53
385	—	615	122.00–138.75	133.01
32	—	795	115.00–120.50	119.30
35	—	715	124.00–136.00	128.49
17	—	909	105.00–114.00	107.08
444	—	526	138.00–159.50	149.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	618	118.00–130.00	124.96
26	—	487	137.50–147.00	143.61
23	—	538	135.00–143.00	139.73
14	—	393	150.00–154.00	153.46
5	—	966	101.00–110.50	102.87
56	—	425	150.00–155.00	153.17
3	—	690	122.50	122.50
23	—	339	151.00–160.00	152.13
36	—	590	122.00–135.00	130.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	454	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	485	144.00	144.00
26	—	764	110.00–112.50	111.27
7	—	736	108.50	108.50
29	—	432	154.00	154.00
6	—	654	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	519	159.00–165.50	162.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	397	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	656	128.00	128.00
13	—	1,102	108.50	108.50
8	—	609	134.00	134.00
4	—	1,024	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	748	130.50	130.50
10	—	519	157.00	157.00
25	—	480	170.50	170.50
10	—	634	141.00	141.00
21	—	585	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	667	138.00–146.00	142.67
522	—	619	140.00–154.00	149.11
96	—	380	183.00–202.50	191.18
55	—	812	127.00–131.00	129.32
198	—	427	181.00–199.00	185.18
417	—	577	149.00–165.00	157.49
491	—	526	155.00–180.00	173.16
29	—	341	180.00–197.50	185.34
269	—	472	158.00–189.00	179.81
75	—	770	124.00–130.00	128.54
202	—	727	125.00–139.50	136.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	729	128.00–133.00	131.61
13	—	395	180.00–185.00	182.15
40	—	429	155.00–180.00	174.36
51	—	568	133.00–155.00	142.36
86	—	541	149.00–165.00	157.47
90	—	473	150.00–176.00	167.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	139.00	139.00
12	—	848	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	598	120.00	120.00
13	—	494	157.00–160.00	158.16
5	—	703	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	612	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	498	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	589	120.00	120.00
7	—	546	144.50	144.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	88.00	88.00
5	—	1,024	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	489	150.00–155.00	151.61
2	—	873	115.00	115.00
3	—	620	129.00	129.00
11	—	825	119.00	119.00
4	—	685	126.00	126.00

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.