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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Oct 11

● As filed180 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 180 priced lines covering 14,188 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,405 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 4,859 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,610 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Oct 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,405Last week 12,115Year ago 10,144

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4,859Last week 5,380Year ago 1,715

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,610Last week 2,057Year ago 814

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers were all too lightly tested either this week or last to develop any market trend. Steer calves under 450 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 higher, over 450 lbs sold unevenly steady from 2.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Heifer calves under 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Quality this week was average to very attractive. Transportation continues to be the biggest factor limiting demand. Buyers focused on buying front end cattle and passed or discounted calves with only one round of vaccinations or average quality calves. This led to very wide price spreads at times. Local feeders have opted to sell their feed and yard space instead of feeding calves this year. The best demand this week was for lightweight calves suitable to develop into yearlings. The August 2022 feeder contract push higher over the last couple weeks giving buyers confidence to buy little calves. CME positions traded sideways after big gains the previous week. The October contract closed at 157.575, 1.90 lower, while the November contract closed 161.425, 0.275 higher. Market activity was moderate to active. Weigh up cows sold on light to moderate demand for heavy offerings. The cow market broke sharply over the last couple weeks as heavy cow supplies continue to be seen out of droughted out country. Slaughter cows sold mostly 6.00-7.00 lower on boning and breaking cows, lean cows sold mostly 3.00-5.00 lower. Feeding cows sold 4.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 2.00-3.00 lower in a narrow comparison. Many long strings of cows were sold as exposed again this week. These cows sold on moderate demand and many buyers from the southern plains and the corn belt purchased these cows to turn out on corn stalks or wheat. Young replacement cows sold on mostly moderate to good demand. Quality was mostly attractive with many long strings and load lot offerings of one iron home-raised open cows. Offerings sold steady to weak.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,044	126.50	126.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	920	133.00–144.00	136.38
6	—	378	177.00	177.00
5	—	542	149.00	149.00
44	—	707	158.00	158.00
14	—	788	148.00	148.00
59	—	820	138.50–146.00	140.64
96	—	468	149.00–157.50	153.84
21	—	885	136.00–139.50	138.66
14	—	957	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	674	129.00–146.00	139.33
297	—	571	138.00–150.25	144.18
688	—	521	144.00–160.00	151.84
607	—	380	166.50–189.00	173.89
437	—	423	155.00–182.00	166.74
944	—	475	147.50–168.00	157.94
18	—	288	185.00–200.00	188.70
226	—	332	170.00–200.00	179.29
39	—	627	130.00–145.00	138.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	733	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	311	165.00	165.00
16	—	433	159.00	159.00
26	—	512	140.00	140.00
19	—	397	159.00–166.00	163.05
12	—	485	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	236	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	811	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	495	164.00–169.00	168.53
48	—	569	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,006	128.50–132.00	128.85
9	—	1,056	125.50	125.50
5	—	1,178	120.00–122.00	121.61
1	—	1,100	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	485	138.00	138.00
11	—	583	122.00–134.00	128.70
10	—	535	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	655	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	430	145.00–149.00	146.84
20	—	322	131.00–155.00	136.80
67	—	383	130.00–149.00	137.33
13	—	537	127.50–131.00	129.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	499	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	528	163.00	163.00
28	—	561	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,032	124.75	124.75
25	—	787	130.50	130.50
87	—	878	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	799	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	277	170.00–180.00	173.14
65	—	331	151.00–180.00	165.35
12	—	636	122.00–131.00	129.54
109	—	535	135.00–142.00	138.19
74	—	477	138.00–148.00	144.15
56	—	379	154.00–167.00	158.78
121	—	430	145.00–158.00	153.15
26	—	575	124.00–137.00	132.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	863	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
381	—	382	198.00–237.50	213.90
39	—	739	154.50–158.50	156.09
231	—	619	151.00–164.50	159.84
97	—	669	150.00–164.50	157.41
424	—	422	185.00–211.00	197.24
139	—	323	210.00–234.00	222.18
701	—	569	153.50–170.00	163.76
733	—	479	170.00–192.00	182.69
63	—	277	217.00–245.00	234.33
8	—	238	252.50	252.50
694	—	523	161.00–184.00	169.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	909	136.00	136.00
5	—	695	144.00	144.00
28	—	484	165.00–170.00	167.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,017	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	822	146.75	146.75
11	—	568	164.00	164.00
14	—	851	147.00	147.00
51	—	936	145.50–147.25	147.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	353	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	417	210.00	210.00
4	—	254	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	728	141.50	141.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	573	144.00–156.00	150.05
71	—	520	150.00–169.00	163.58
2	—	605	147.50	147.50
97	—	429	170.00–186.00	179.86
39	—	369	180.00–211.00	192.93
14	—	325	186.00–211.00	197.61
144	—	474	156.00–175.00	168.40
5	—	662	141.00	141.00
13	—	280	185.00–207.50	199.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	532	159.00–159.50	159.27
2	—	395	200.00	200.00
4	—	616	149.00	149.00
18	—	574	147.00–157.00	152.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	422	170.00–187.00	176.23
5	—	298	215.00	215.00
121	—	540	151.00–159.50	157.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	687	133.50	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	532	152.00	152.00
14	—	421	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	420	107.50–112.50	110.58
4	—	626	125.00–131.00	129.56
11	—	489	158.00–161.00	158.54
11	—	277	180.00	180.00
17	—	377	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	449	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	519	161.00	161.00
17	—	497	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	320	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	367	181.00–210.00	186.69
8	—	576	144.00	144.00
2	—	700	131.00	131.00
2	—	505	149.00	149.00
2	—	498	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,108	98.00	98.00
11	—	1,188	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	454	144.00–146.00	145.32
27	—	433	155.00	155.00
2	—	768	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	366	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	396	132.50	132.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,436	62.00–69.50	64.70
318	—	1,396	49.00–63.00	57.20
136	—	1,412	40.50–55.25	46.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,389	32.00–39.00	34.63
85	—	1,409	38.00–48.00	43.70
11	—	1,518	47.00–55.00	50.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
319	—	1,229	36.00–45.00	40.40
39	—	1,326	44.00–47.00	45.98
178	—	1,124	25.00–36.50	33.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,040	32.00–37.50	34.55
283	—	1,191	45.00–56.00	49.50
491	—	1,177	34.00–48.00	42.76
35	—	1,182	55.50–58.00	57.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,670	76.00	76.00
7	—	1,602	60.00–65.00	63.55
5	—	1,576	63.00–73.00	70.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,804	74.00–76.00	75.54
3	—	1,754	64.00–71.00	68.69
3	—	1,722	54.50–66.00	61.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	955	32.50–36.00	34.09
36	—	935	20.00–33.00	29.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,536	56.00–78.00	69.66
17	—	1,632	77.00–83.00	79.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,838	75.00–87.00	81.15
31	—	1,687	64.00–77.00	72.16
1	—	2,215	90.00	90.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	145	—	1,152	1,100.00–1,360.00	1,297.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,646	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,100	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,041	1,035.00	1,035.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	27	—	1,174	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	82	—	1,282	725.00–835.00	780.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	150	—	1,188	1,075.00–1,275.00	1,184.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,441	66.50	66.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	38	—	1,391	60.00–60.50	60.16

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	1,071	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,073.70
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	30	—	1,241	635.00–735.00	668.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	27	—	1,175	800.00–860.00	833.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	—	1,144	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,025.51

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	1,140	585.00	585.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,178	525.00	525.00

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	212	—	1,311	635.00–760.00	700.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	13	—	1,218	45.00–55.00	49.44

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,214	44.00	44.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	22	—	1,178	560.00–575.00	570.82

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	5	—	1,021	71.00–89.00	75.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,023	44.00	44.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,048	52.00–80.00	55.85

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,287	48.00	48.00

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	1	—	1,180	45.00	45.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	42	—	991	64.00–84.00	72.95

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,242	52.00	52.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	335	—	1,049	54.00–98.00	71.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	109	—	1,076	47.00–64.25	57.82
(<2 yrs)	Open	698	—	927	62.00–118.50	99.75

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	100	—	934	1,275.00–1,360.00	1,315.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,034	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	855	985.00	985.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	65	—	793	1,060.00–1,300.00	1,114.35

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.