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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Jan 24

● As filed122 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 122 priced lines covering 4,479 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,043 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 980 head. replacement cattle receipts at 416 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Jan 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,043Last week 5,104Year ago 4,002

Slaughter CattleReceipts 980Last week 940Year ago 1,034

Replacement CattleReceipts 416Last week 1,232Year ago 486

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 550 lbs sold unevenly steady. Steers over 550 lbs traded generally steady. Heifer calves under 500 lbs sold unevenly steady, heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to weak. Quality this week was mixed from plain to very attractive with a large variety of quality seen this week. Sales that featured feeders had noticeable higher quality cattle and stronger demand from buyers. One iron home raised feeders sold on very good demand this week. The best demand continues to be for cattle suitable to develop into yearlings as the August feeder cattle contract continues to hover at or slightly over 180.00. The January contract settled Thursday at 158.925, 1.35 lower than last Friday. The March closed at 159.525, down 3.675 from last week. Market activity this week was mostly moderate to active. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand for moderate offerings. Packers showed good demand for cows for immediate harvest throughout the week. Packers pushed to own as many cows as possible as they outbid most feeding cow buyers searching for slaughter cows. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-7.00 higher on all classes. The best demand and most advancement in slaughter cow prices was for lean cows. Feeding cows were too lightly tested to trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher on a heavy offering. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold steady to 5.00 higher. A few heifers that lost calves have started to show up as a few ranchers have started to calve. Demand for these offerings is very good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	672	159.00–166.00	160.96
29	—	419	190.00–212.50	207.83
50	—	619	146.00–169.50	162.49
7	—	361	200.00–206.00	203.75
30	—	577	152.00–183.00	171.02
4	—	722	145.00–153.00	148.98
45	—	472	192.00–203.00	198.74
59	—	514	181.00–190.50	189.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	911	149.00	149.00
208	—	672	161.00–176.50	170.85
70	—	789	154.00–162.00	156.58
31	—	828	150.00–155.00	153.71
104	—	566	184.00–196.00	188.69
231	—	624	170.00–190.50	178.32
83	—	427	208.50–235.00	215.60
40	—	381	207.00–222.50	213.95
7	—	329	215.00	215.00
56	—	723	161.00–168.75	166.85
9	—	854	155.00	155.00
186	—	482	199.00–230.00	212.59
193	—	529	194.00–206.00	202.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,163	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	672	141.00	141.00
14	—	533	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	559	205.50	205.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	676	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	756	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	361	210.00	210.00
12	—	925	138.00	138.00
11	—	865	137.50	137.50
4	—	476	195.00	195.00
1	—	695	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	461	237.00	237.00
45	—	506	205.50	205.50
10	—	447	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	527	160.00–171.00	166.19
193	—	618	150.00–160.50	156.55
8	—	871	134.00–134.50	134.19
73	—	719	142.50–148.00	144.87
16	—	368	189.00	189.00
281	—	475	169.00–184.50	176.56
27	—	655	145.00–151.00	148.39
210	—	573	156.00–170.00	161.42
79	—	428	166.00–197.00	185.28
61	—	827	131.50–142.00	137.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	602	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	500	155.00	155.00
41	—	379	161.00–174.00	166.77
8	—	448	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,015	131.00–132.50	131.64
5	—	667	143.00	143.00
9	—	773	135.00–138.50	137.35
1	—	1,055	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	382	151.00	151.00
13	—	342	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	588	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	765	133.00–136.00	134.64
8	—	617	140.00–146.00	144.77
41	—	483	150.00–167.50	159.54
48	—	418	157.50–170.00	166.00
19	—	513	147.50–159.00	154.58
3	—	670	139.00	139.00
25	—	577	144.00–157.50	150.55
9	—	392	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	563	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	668	136.00–142.00	140.27
4	—	575	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	531	135.00–137.00	135.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	566	170.50	170.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	537	158.50	158.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,122	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	131.00	131.00
10	—	496	150.00–163.00	160.30
3	—	727	129.00	129.00
8	—	775	125.00–128.00	126.88
4	—	938	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	703	139.00	139.00
19	—	772	131.00–137.00	133.60
7	—	924	115.00	115.00
9	—	981	110.00–125.00	113.23
5	—	688	138.00	138.00
3	—	805	121.00	121.00
6	—	399	200.00	200.00
23	—	605	151.00	151.00
32	—	586	151.00–153.00	152.69
2	—	408	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	393	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	67.00	67.00
6	—	1,277	55.50–58.00	57.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	977	46.00–51.00	50.61
3	—	955	52.50–57.50	54.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,193	54.00–68.50	59.88
131	—	1,184	45.00–58.50	53.17
2	—	1,230	61.00	61.00
3	—	1,207	32.00–44.00	36.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,492	68.75–73.00	69.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,444	70.50	70.50
74	—	1,455	56.00–68.50	63.98
2	—	1,543	54.00–55.00	54.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,684	67.50–72.00	69.69
25	—	1,658	60.00–67.00	65.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	68.00	68.00
188	—	1,400	58.50–67.00	63.47
34	—	1,380	52.00–59.50	57.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	2,096	91.00–97.50	93.93
35	—	1,751	82.00–88.50	84.66
45	—	1,673	71.00–83.00	77.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,515	89.50	89.50
2	—	2,625	80.00–82.00	80.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,368	84.50–92.00	88.08
8	—	1,529	77.00	77.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	150	—	968	73.00–115.00	92.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	124	—	1,016	58.50–99.00	81.32

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	17	—	699	80.00–84.00	80.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,013	51.50–58.00	54.39

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,110	65.00	65.00

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	5	—	933	52.00	52.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	785	78.00–85.00	81.48

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)	5	—	1,216	70.00	70.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,253	875.00–900.00	883.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,255	1,100.00	1,100.00

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.