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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Jan 17

● As filed149 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 149 priced lines covering 5,824 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,104 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 940 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,232 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Jan 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,104Last week 9,942Year ago 4,947

Slaughter CattleReceipts 940Last week 2,607Year ago 1,153

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,232Last week 1,619Year ago 1,194

Compared to last week: Yearlings were too lightly tested to develop a full market trend, however steady to lower undertones were noticed. Demand for yearling was moderate to good. Steer calves all sold steady to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves under 550 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 lower, heifers over 550 lbs sold generally steady. Quality this week was average to very attractive. Overall quality was not as attractive as last week. Demand was mixed for the week with mostly moderate demand seen early week and moderate to good demand seen for late week sales. Many long strings of one iron, home-raised calves were on offer. Several consigners offered multiple load lots all off one ranch again this week. CME positions traded lower. The January closed Friday at 160.275, 2.425 lower than last week. The March closed at 163.30, down 3.075 from last week. Market activity this week was mostly active. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate to good demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Packers showed good demand for cows for immediate harvest throughout the week. Packers opted to send most cows to harvest with a very light portion of the offering returning to feed. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady on breaking cows; boning and lean cows sold mostly 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeding cows sold fully steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Cow and bull quality was average to attractive this week. Young age cows sold mostly 5.00-8.00 lower. Quality this week was mostly average and lower compared to last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	569	152.00–162.00	156.67
5	—	749	135.50	135.50
19	—	626	137.00–149.50	142.16
5	—	692	137.50	137.50
4	—	523	154.00	154.00
42	—	432	157.50–179.00	170.03
12	—	781	127.00–135.00	133.67
3	—	847	130.00	130.00
7	—	319	177.50	177.50
56	—	471	159.00–170.00	163.21
32	—	376	160.00–173.00	169.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	514	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	423	153.00	153.00
18	—	466	171.00	171.00
29	—	521	141.00	141.00
7	—	395	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	925	130.00	130.00
3	—	858	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	371	182.00–185.00	183.61
308	—	479	162.00–185.50	176.25
205	—	531	155.00–174.00	168.28
5	—	805	138.50	138.50
66	—	716	144.50–153.00	150.86
43	—	426	175.00–190.50	187.95
165	—	574	150.00–176.00	166.13
83	—	670	140.00–158.00	151.68
24	—	885	139.00–139.50	139.42
112	—	632	151.00–162.00	158.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	378	150.00–155.00	150.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,145	122.50	122.50
8	—	488	168.00	168.00
4	—	875	140.00	140.00
8	—	598	155.00	155.00
5	—	429	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	162.00	162.00
18	—	606	153.50	153.50
11	—	741	140.00	140.00
18	—	594	154.00	154.00
8	—	463	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	608	155.00	155.00
11	—	426	173.00	173.00
17	—	372	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	508	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	455	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	757	146.00	146.00
9	—	363	195.00–205.00	196.21
10	—	624	165.00	165.00
33	—	473	191.00–202.00	195.02
16	—	734	146.00–153.00	148.34
50	—	531	169.00–185.00	177.47
39	—	440	200.00–207.00	202.64
47	—	588	168.00–185.00	173.74
22	—	684	152.50–162.00	160.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	465	203.50–216.00	211.00
234	—	674	157.00–176.50	169.29
350	—	567	180.00–200.00	193.02
163	—	434	206.00–235.00	214.80
10	—	379	213.00–220.00	214.34
18	—	811	160.00	160.00
306	—	530	191.00–210.00	198.52
93	—	766	156.00–166.00	163.11
23	—	336	220.00–230.00	227.03
202	—	723	154.00–167.00	162.82
416	—	620	172.00–189.00	182.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	632	175.00	175.00
10	—	411	221.00	221.00
5	—	475	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	391	185.00	185.00
6	—	431	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	645	166.00	166.00
23	—	574	164.00–165.50	164.91
34	—	543	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	585	179.00	179.00
11	—	509	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	557	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	748	137.00	137.00
3	—	693	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	806	143.50	143.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,101	106.00	106.00
5	—	1,179	94.00–106.00	101.22
4	—	1,003	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	565	136.00–152.00	142.29
6	—	608	131.00	131.00
8	—	739	143.00	143.00
3	—	922	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	164.00	164.00
26	—	385	174.00–207.00	192.48
35	—	543	162.00–171.00	162.76
26	—	459	191.00–200.00	198.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	580	164.00–166.00	165.13
13	—	539	160.00–177.00	167.19
15	—	684	144.00–150.00	148.81
4	—	493	175.00	175.00
9	—	623	154.00–159.00	155.61
4	—	424	195.00	195.00

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)	4	—	1,174	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,361	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	83	—	1,176	53.50–58.75	56.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	41	—	1,210	1,150.00–1,275.00	1,236.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	—	1,242	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,090.79

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)	17	—	1,364	750.00–885.00	784.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,355	1,125.00	1,125.00

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)	126	—	1,201	610.00–710.00	650.03
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,233	725.00	725.00

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	6	—	937	45.00–62.50	57.81
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,063	65.00	65.00

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	5	—	926	57.00	57.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	90	—	1,007	71.00–116.00	86.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	115	—	1,019	51.00–84.50	72.36

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	919	61.00–79.00	67.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	—	903	1,025.00–1,050.00	1,034.92

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)	26	—	995	1,350.00	1,350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	46	—	800	1,050.00–1,110.00	1,072.14

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)	9	—	1,062	1,075.00	1,075.00

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)	235	—	969	1,350.00–1,575.00	1,479.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,525	85.00	85.00
1	—	2,680	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,365	78.00	78.00
2	—	1,913	91.00–93.00	92.04
17	—	1,720	66.00–82.00	75.27
38	—	1,797	81.00–88.50	84.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,450	78.50–81.00	80.44
26	—	1,363	80.50–89.00	82.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	62.50	62.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,381	54.00–63.50	57.85
9	—	1,522	61.00–62.00	61.14
1	—	1,340	40.50	40.50
28	—	1,414	46.50–54.50	52.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,512	67.50	67.50
1	—	1,665	70.50	70.50
27	—	1,591	54.00–64.00	60.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,203	52.75–58.00	54.38
5	—	1,120	51.00–52.00	51.83
2	—	1,145	62.00–66.50	64.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,549	65.00–67.50	65.92
79	—	1,339	55.75–67.50	59.75
4	—	1,339	51.50–54.00	53.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,509	57.00–61.00	59.01
78	—	1,426	63.50–67.25	66.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,268	725.00	725.00
1	—	1,285	625.00	625.00
74	—	1,156	43.50–53.00	48.49
64	—	1,230	52.00–59.50	55.42
9	—	1,185	40.00–43.00	41.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	32.00	32.00
15	—	940	37.00–47.50	43.67
4	—	955	50.00	50.00

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.