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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Feb 7

● As filed130 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 130 priced lines covering 4,901 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,329 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,135 head. replacement cattle receipts at 554 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Feb 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,329Last week 3,877Year ago 586

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,135Last week 971Year ago 111

Replacement CattleReceipts 554Last week 4,493Year ago 55

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs were too lightly tested to trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Steers 500-699 lbs sold fully steady, steers over 700 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Heifer calves under 450 lbs were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend however steady to higher undertones were noticed. Heifers 450-599 lbs sold unevenly steady; heifers over 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Quality this week was mixed from plain to very attractive. Order buyers purchasing cattle for packers showed mostly good to very good demand for cattle destined for the feed lot. Several load lots were seen this week and these offerings were met with very good demand. Cattle suitable to develop into yearlings sold on moderate demand this week and sold steady for the first time in weeks. The August feeder cattle contract continues to hold near steady this past week at 184.70, 0.225 lower. CME positions traded sideways for the week. The March closed at 166.10, up 0.125 from last week, the April closed at 170.70, 0.725 lower. Market activity this week was mostly active with a large crowd of buyers on hand actively bidding on offerings. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Packers showed moderate to good demand for slaughter cows this week. Packers didn't send as many cows to immediate harvest this week, instead they opted to feed many of the cows on offer. Many sets of cows had been started on feed this week as most come out of fed lots. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher on a higher quality offering of breaking cows, while boning and lean cows sold steady to weak. Feeding cow sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeding type cows were of mostly attractive quality this week. Many of these offerings were advertised to have an overnight stand and weigh up conditions were average. Slaughter bulls sold unevenly steady from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold generally steady. Demand for these offerings was mostly moderate to good. A small portion of the offering was comprised of heifers that lost their 1st calves. These offerings were met with very good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,160	73.50	73.50
1	—	1,585	87.00	87.00
13	—	1,808	75.00–78.00	77.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,224	74.00–78.00	75.73
16	—	1,199	66.00–73.50	71.58
8	—	1,127	62.00–64.00	62.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,672	68.00–73.00	70.72
19	—	1,669	74.50–77.50	75.71
1	—	1,740	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,577	72.50	72.50
33	—	1,621	77.50–78.25	78.20
55	—	1,660	75.50–77.75	77.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,353	63.50–66.50	65.03
252	—	1,418	67.00–76.50	73.00
48	—	1,454	76.00–78.50	76.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	901	56.00–64.00	60.68
2	—	948	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,120	52.00–55.50	54.80
123	—	1,180	57.00–67.00	62.16
4	—	1,250	75.50–76.00	75.63
119	—	1,263	65.00–73.50	67.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	77.50	77.50
89	—	1,390	67.00–77.50	72.28
51	—	1,413	57.00–68.00	63.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,590	77.00–91.00	85.39
1	—	1,935	94.00	94.00
2	—	2,070	89.00–92.00	90.33
30	—	1,897	92.00–103.00	96.52
8	—	2,291	100.50–109.00	106.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,167	93.50–94.00	93.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,678	93.50–96.00	93.72
52	—	1,679	93.50–103.75	98.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	87.00–91.00	88.93

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	729	154.00–160.00	156.68
9	—	698	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	735	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	913	145.00–156.00	151.48
22	—	414	220.00–233.00	230.79
107	—	835	155.00–164.75	159.00
36	—	718	164.00–174.00	168.46
117	—	867	152.50–161.00	155.62
46	—	384	231.00	231.00
113	—	770	155.50–169.00	167.83
139	—	531	190.00–211.00	202.65
152	—	624	180.00–185.50	184.26
280	—	672	169.50–183.50	177.38
86	—	572	189.00–195.50	193.01
223	—	473	212.00–232.75	225.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	678	156.00	156.00
37	—	512	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,078	139.50	139.50
58	—	615	170.00	170.00
38	—	589	175.00–185.50	183.54
21	—	706	158.00–163.00	161.71
11	—	1,013	141.50	141.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	413	200.00–210.00	202.80
3	—	815	154.50	154.50
9	—	624	170.00–174.00	172.20
8	—	455	206.00	206.00
19	—	520	188.00–190.50	189.96
3	—	332	212.50	212.50
11	—	381	210.00	210.00
3	—	943	145.00	145.00
32	—	721	155.50–165.00	160.25
26	—	767	148.00–160.00	152.00
33	—	667	156.00–168.00	165.15
3	—	577	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	771	145.00	145.00
12	—	538	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	870	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	177.00	177.00
25	—	785	146.00–147.00	146.88
12	—	729	150.00–151.00	150.08
7	—	613	159.00–160.00	159.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,100	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	604	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	623	178.50	178.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	658	151.00–154.00	151.80
14	—	1,113	127.00	127.00
3	—	703	151.00	151.00
21	—	499	164.00	164.00
13	—	1,013	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	773	131.00	131.00
12	—	410	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
239	—	623	156.00–172.00	165.13
24	—	365	188.00–191.00	188.37
75	—	855	145.00–146.00	145.94
299	—	537	172.00–181.00	176.69
120	—	580	166.00–176.75	172.45
134	—	663	148.00–165.00	162.20
52	—	437	181.00–196.00	194.66
36	—	808	145.00–147.00	146.16
118	—	718	148.00–160.00	153.41
63	—	761	151.00–153.75	153.00
46	—	471	185.00–191.00	188.70
7	—	909	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	665	153.50	153.50
11	—	912	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	688	148.00	148.00
14	—	426	177.50–182.00	180.72
9	—	774	143.00	143.00
12	—	608	143.00–157.00	148.46
14	—	527	151.00–165.00	159.01
16	—	553	162.00	162.00
12	—	745	141.00–149.00	145.99
95	—	470	169.00–181.00	177.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	412	158.00	158.00
6	—	669	133.00	133.00
15	—	477	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	403	152.50	152.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,149	800.00	800.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	1,370	935.00–950.00	941.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,281	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	78	—	1,192	67.25–69.50	68.77

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	—	1,141	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	—	1,101	1,350.00–1,375.00	1,357.48
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,447	1,010.00–1,025.00	1,022.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,245	67.50	67.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,135	1,310.00	1,310.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,209	1,035.00	1,035.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,083	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,130	1,075.00	1,075.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,003	700.00–750.00	718.02

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,061	61.00	61.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	149	—	1,026	74.50–128.00	93.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	76	—	1,066	62.00–87.00	80.38

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	74.00	74.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	80.00	80.00

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	—	1,160	63.00	63.00

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.