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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, May 17

● As filed107 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 107 priced lines covering 2,696 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 814 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,498 head. replacement cattle receipts at 951 head. Counted as USDA files them — 70 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon May 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 814Last week 3,576Year ago 1,164

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,498Last week 1,507Year ago 477

Replacement CattleReceipts 951Last week 1,242Year ago 1,666

Compared to last week: The best test for feeder steers was 600-649 lbs which sold generally steady. All other weights of steers were too lightly tested either this week or last to develop an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were noticed. The best test for heifers was 650-699 lbs which sold steady to firm. All other heifers were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were noticed. Quality this week was mostly plain to average and overall lower than last week. Most calves were offered in small packages or as singles. No load lots were seen this week. Demand was mostly moderate for light offerings. Ranchers continue to show up to purchase feeders to run on pasture this summer. This created some stronger competition in places as order buyers were forced to be more aggressive in order to fill loads. The May feeder contract closed Friday at 137.225 while the August closed at 153.70, 0.325 lower and 2.55 higher respectfully. Market activity was mostly moderate this week. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Heavy supplies of cows continue to be seen across the upper plains as drought conditions are driving cows to market. Packers opted to send most cows to feed this week as they only slaughtered cows with some type of blemish. Packers opted to feed high quality cows to premium white and plain to average quality cows they put on a holding ration until they can find the shackle space to slaughter them. The weekly cutter cow cutout value was up 4.42 to 209.34. Breaking cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher, boning and lean cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeding cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Packers put a lower quality set of cows on feed this week as they purchased many sets of cows to hold which would have normally sold as slaughter cows. Slaughter bulls sold fully steady. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold unevenly steady from firm to 5.00 lower. Good demand was seen for high quality rebreed type cows, while average to plain feeding cows sold with lighter demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	787	120.00–122.00	121.00
22	—	708	126.00–132.00	129.32
47	—	660	135.00–142.50	139.22
12	—	621	142.00–146.00	144.61
6	—	508	150.00–152.00	151.32
42	—	568	146.00–157.00	148.43
6	—	812	116.00–120.00	117.99
5	—	210	300.00–390.00	329.24
4	—	493	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,016	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	479	147.00	147.00
15	—	586	140.00–144.00	141.86
5	—	724	119.00–120.00	119.79
4	—	324	150.00	150.00
11	—	396	148.00–154.00	150.74
3	—	639	124.00–129.00	125.67
14	—	511	135.00–145.00	136.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	504	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	431	135.00	135.00
5	—	545	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	485	134.00	134.00
9	—	583	124.50	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,033	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	559	159.00–179.00	164.62
28	—	738	141.00–153.00	147.56
4	—	670	151.50	151.50
3	—	822	126.00–136.00	132.76
6	—	765	138.00–140.00	139.01
16	—	962	119.50	119.50
11	—	515	188.00	188.00
1	—	385	200.00	200.00
54	—	627	157.00–166.00	160.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	654	133.00–140.00	138.04
8	—	529	165.00–174.00	167.32
2	—	700	134.00	134.00
12	—	484	167.50–171.00	168.99
3	—	787	129.00	129.00
3	—	338	185.00	185.00
6	—	580	153.50	153.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	841	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,255	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	392	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	613	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	581	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	157.50	157.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,118	96.00	96.00
7	—	1,205	94.00	94.00
6	—	1,093	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	988	105.00	105.00
13	—	814	110.50–114.50	113.23
2	—	898	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	122.00	122.00
3	—	753	110.00	110.00
5	—	548	122.50	122.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,329	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,376	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,321	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,216.80

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,137	1,500.00	1,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,378	1,010.00	1,010.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,272	900.00–950.00	919.17

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,228	1,275.00	1,275.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,239	1,150.00	1,150.00

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	4	—	891	61.00–72.00	64.33
(<2 yrs)	Open	22	—	887	62.00–80.00	73.80

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,005	52.00	52.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	808	65.00–71.00	67.73

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	175	—	1,098	55.00–90.00	70.25
(<2 yrs)	Open	427	—	969	63.00–105.00	89.62

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,068	74.00	74.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	72.00	72.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,024	51.00–70.00	58.03

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,114	750.00	750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,286	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,155	600.00	600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,147	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,362	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,355	61.00	61.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,188	1,050.00–1,085.00	1,081.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,109	900.00–975.00	972.04

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	968	950.00–1,135.00	1,011.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,371	85.00–91.00	86.62
7	—	1,682	72.00–84.00	75.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,573	72.00–84.50	80.74
41	—	2,029	93.00–104.50	96.55
51	—	1,795	84.00–93.00	88.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,550	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	70.00	70.00
3	—	1,527	58.50	58.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,506	71.00–73.00	72.27
75	—	1,405	60.00–67.75	63.83
61	—	1,409	51.00–63.00	58.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,394	68.50–76.00	72.28
50	—	1,420	53.00–62.50	58.95
203	—	1,389	59.00–69.00	64.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,722	70.00–74.50	71.78
16	—	1,592	65.00–70.50	68.45
23	—	1,552	60.00–64.50	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
215	—	1,164	47.00–62.50	56.05
6	—	1,050	41.00–43.00	42.67
144	—	1,234	58.00–67.00	61.19
5	—	1,152	68.00–69.50	68.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	42.50	42.50
12	—	932	48.00–58.50	54.40
3	—	888	59.00–63.00	61.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,243	68.00–73.50	70.08
92	—	1,166	52.00–62.00	57.50
165	—	1,214	57.50–68.50	61.82

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.