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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 28

● As filed163 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 163 priced lines covering 7,138 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,750 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,107 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,595 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Mar 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,750Last week 1,128Year ago 8,740

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,107Last week 717Year ago 610

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,595Last week 548Year ago 401

Compared to last week: Steer calves all sold 5.00-10.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, while heifers over 700 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Quality this week was average to very attractive. Numerous load lots and long strings of feeders were seen this week, many of which were home-raised. The best demand continues to be for grass cattle which are comprised mostly of cattle 500-725 lbs depending on flesh. Heifer demand was very good this week as many buyers were looking for high quality heifers to spay and run on grass. Buyers picked over many sets of heifers that ranchers had slated to keep as replacements but opted to sell due to the drought. Demand for very high end replacement heifers was very good as several sets were purchased to breed this week. Demand overall was good for all offerings as quality helped keep demand in check despite wavering CME positions the last few weeks. CME positions traded mostly lower this week. The August feeder cattle contract closed Friday at 176.35, 2.10 lower than last week. The March had a finial settlement on Thursday at 155.90, down 0.525 from last week; the April closed Friday at 161.40, 0.175 lower; the May contract closed Friday at 166.55. Market activity this week was mostly active with a good crowd on hand at ever sale this week actively bidding on offerings. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand for light to moderate offerings. Packers continue to show good demand for all cows on offer. Packers were very active in buying cows for slaughter midweek but showed slightly lighter demand to end the week. Slaughter cows sold generally steady on breaking cows, boning and lean cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeding cows sold steady to firm, with the best increase in price coming from low dressing lean cows which order buyers were buying away from packers. Weigh up conditions were mostly below average for buyers this week with many cows were pushing heavy amounts of fill. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 2.00 higher. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold fully steady. These offerings were met with mostly good demand to both feed and rebreed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	665	154.00	154.00
16	—	632	157.00–164.00	162.68
11	—	366	180.00–191.00	186.90
32	—	589	158.00–167.00	166.61
35	—	476	174.00–180.00	177.06
13	—	422	184.00–190.00	185.96
14	—	773	140.50–143.50	141.56
23	—	712	139.00–149.00	146.05
19	—	515	166.00–181.00	173.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	711	174.00	174.00
138	—	661	170.00–175.00	173.76
45	—	893	1,400.00	1,400.00
35	—	745	1,175.00	1,175.00
47	—	760	1,235.00–1,250.00	1,235.65
17	—	818	157.00	157.00
74	—	757	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
204	—	717	144.00–163.00	159.11
164	—	575	164.00–186.00	176.46
45	—	437	184.00–191.00	188.30
121	—	673	149.00–169.00	163.40
9	—	910	137.00	137.00
234	—	486	180.00–194.00	188.16
17	—	397	191.00–193.00	192.06
331	—	617	153.50–172.50	168.33
94	—	827	144.50–148.50	145.95
169	—	527	176.00–193.00	185.22
10	—	865	145.00	145.00
129	—	780	142.50–158.00	150.85
19	—	979	135.00–136.00	135.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	439	176.50	176.50
6	—	344	191.00	191.00
21	—	491	175.50	175.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	394	176.50	176.50
2	—	455	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	745	137.00	137.00
39	—	846	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	517	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	923	131.00	131.00
22	—	781	140.00–145.00	142.74
16	—	977	130.50–134.00	132.22
32	—	890	134.00–140.50	138.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	399	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,060	131.00–133.50	132.83
12	—	1,227	123.00	123.00
31	—	1,028	134.25	134.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	824	145.00–148.00	147.38
33	—	958	131.50–139.00	133.77
59	—	912	133.00–140.00	138.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	681	151.00–178.50	172.69
16	—	817	139.50	139.50
35	—	473	195.00–211.00	209.87
28	—	515	181.00–198.00	188.94
15	—	634	166.00–187.00	179.64
20	—	378	200.00–216.00	211.15
35	—	718	154.00–166.00	158.14
6	—	869	143.00	143.00
135	—	587	178.00–193.50	187.62
65	—	436	205.00–216.00	213.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	878	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
181	—	905	145.00–149.00	146.57
188	—	481	209.00–220.00	217.74
137	—	518	199.00–219.00	213.58
51	—	769	158.00–164.50	161.06
3	—	398	206.00	206.00
96	—	829	150.00–157.00	151.14
393	—	628	184.00–197.00	195.50
69	—	979	141.00–147.50	142.51
37	—	869	151.50–152.50	151.74
64	—	665	189.00–193.50	191.62
91	—	576	188.00–210.00	197.96
30	—	434	224.00–226.00	225.34
81	—	709	170.00–180.00	177.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,042	109.00	109.00
4	—	1,099	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	694	190.00	190.00
24	—	640	199.50	199.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	558	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	379	210.00–224.00	212.72
56	—	489	203.50–206.50	205.35
6	—	303	226.50	226.50
18	—	588	185.00	185.00
10	—	402	208.50	208.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	448	192.00	192.00
6	—	364	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	889	136.00	136.00
5	—	518	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	835	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	949	135.00	135.00
7	—	566	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	528	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	662	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,110	101.00	101.00
2	—	1,203	106.00	106.00
9	—	1,087	120.00	120.00
5	—	1,162	112.00–113.00	112.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	383	215.00	215.00
4	—	663	152.50	152.50
6	—	877	124.00–133.00	129.28
9	—	461	202.50–210.00	207.47
6	—	1,068	111.00	111.00
1	—	75	485.00	485.00
1	—	515	185.00	185.00
7	—	944	125.00	125.00
8	—	770	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	788	142.00	142.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,055	57.50–65.00	63.61
115	—	1,195	66.00–78.00	72.49
130	—	1,190	76.00–84.00	79.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,487	74.00–81.50	78.35
11	—	1,541	82.00–86.00	83.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,540	87.00–89.00	88.58
90	—	1,559	78.00–81.50	79.88
10	—	1,568	83.50–88.00	85.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,166	78.00–83.50	79.72
62	—	1,122	67.00–78.00	73.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,007	77.50	77.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,391	77.00–86.00	82.46
12	—	1,473	85.25–89.00	87.45
7	—	1,354	75.00–79.00	77.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,502	85.00–91.50	87.51
37	—	1,438	77.00–84.50	81.16
48	—	1,423	70.00–78.50	75.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	876	53.00–63.50	60.21
15	—	933	63.00–74.00	69.21
1	—	985	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,848	96.00–109.25	103.58
17	—	2,083	109.00–114.50	111.67
24	—	1,524	81.00–95.00	90.66
2	—	2,373	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	98.00	98.00
8	—	1,297	81.00–96.50	89.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,824	102.00–107.50	104.14
9	—	1,647	82.00–92.00	89.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,159	79.00–82.00	79.90

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	931	77.00	77.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,110	910.00	910.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,115	80.00	80.00

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	13	—	1,029	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	170	—	1,298	1,200.00–1,525.00	1,435.43
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	143	—	1,379	1,175.00–1,400.00	1,257.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	90	—	1,130	1,350.00–1,550.00	1,473.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,332	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	25	—	1,043	1,150.00–1,250.00	1,197.52

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	39	—	978	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,227.05

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,114	910.00	910.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,208	1,125.00–1,175.00	1,151.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	1,193	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,110	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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	—	1,020	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	56	—	1,257	935.00–960.00	946.01

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)	1	—	1,420	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,496	79.50	79.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	373	—	939	97.00–148.00	119.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,082	74.00–82.50	78.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	146	—	1,050	78.00–121.50	95.52

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	—	973	68.50–75.50	71.69
(<2 yrs)	Open	16	—	799	81.00–125.00	101.80

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	1	—	1,110	76.50	76.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,090	95.00–100.00	99.39

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	943	1,275.00	1,275.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	53	—	922	1,210.00–1,335.00	1,257.97

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	155	—	1,027	1,375.00–1,460.00	1,400.91

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.