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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, May 2

● As filed134 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 134 priced lines covering 2,710 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,480 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 992 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,058 head. Counted as USDA files them — 206 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon May 2, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,480Last week 4,393Year ago 1,944

Slaughter CattleReceipts 992Last week 1,408Year ago 1,214

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,058Last week 1,463Year ago 738

Compared to last week: All weights of steers and heifers were too lightly tested this week to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Quality this week was mixed from plain to attractive. Demand for feeder cattle was mostly good. Despite light offerings, stronger demand was seen this week. Spring rains has greened grass across much of the southern portion of the state, which has helped revive some demand from ranchers willing to purchase cattle to turn out. Buyers purchased cattle up to 750 lbs to return to grass as long as flesh conditions were favorable. Several high quality sets of replacement heifers continue to be seen and demand for these offerings is very good. Heifer quality continues to outpace steer quality. Market activity this week was mostly active, a large crowd was on hand at all three sales this week. Weigh up cows sold on mostly light to moderate demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Slaughter demand was mostly light this week. Packers continue to harvest unseasonably large numbers of cows as ranchers continue to sell off cows that lost calves in the last two snow storms. Hay prices remain at all time highs and ranchers are selling cows which are not generating income. This influx of cows in the North and some drought sell off in the south has packers with a larger supply of cows and bulls than is usually seen this time of year. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00-4.00 lower on all classes. Feeding cow demand continues to be strong as packers and independent feeders both compete over high quality offerings these offerings sold steady to weak. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher a narrow comparison. Weigh conditions were mostly average this week. Green grass has started to help cows slick off winter hair and has many emptied out. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold steady to 5.00 higher. Quality this week was average to attractive.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	133.00	133.00
3	—	370	157.00	157.00
3	—	580	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	468	176.50–188.50	181.24
34	—	409	187.00–189.00	188.57
1	—	65	125.00	125.00
57	—	619	157.00–176.50	169.51
1	—	225	375.00	375.00
1	—	295	360.00	360.00
2	—	158	310.00–335.00	323.10
4	—	356	192.50	192.50
38	—	537	179.00–187.00	183.63
35	—	580	175.50	175.50
42	—	794	136.75–154.00	138.71
48	—	679	151.00–163.00	153.61
4	—	722	153.00–156.00	155.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	399	172.00	172.00
35	—	479	173.50–180.00	174.49
8	—	570	161.00–165.00	163.61
28	—	625	149.00–164.00	153.24
9	—	785	134.00	134.00
10	—	516	160.00–166.00	162.77
7	—	437	179.00	179.00
2	—	708	147.00	147.00
9	—	694	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	618	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	442	173.00	173.00
17	—	342	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	727	158.00	158.00
55	—	681	154.50–161.00	157.39
18	—	810	144.00	144.00
221	—	785	150.75–158.00	155.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	474	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	114.00	114.00
4	—	1,209	105.00–107.00	106.00
1	—	1,250	106.00	106.00
5	—	1,126	107.00–109.00	107.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	883	124.00–128.00	125.00
22	—	513	202.50	202.50
6	—	672	157.00	157.00
13	—	930	127.00–130.00	128.12
1	—	80	235.00	235.00
1	—	230	310.00	310.00
10	—	714	161.00	161.00
1	—	120	300.00	300.00
28	—	599	184.50	184.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	113.00	113.00
13	—	454	192.50	192.50
4	—	789	128.00	128.00
3	—	84	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,103	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	185.00	185.00
9	—	765	150.00	150.00
18	—	675	165.00–173.50	168.65
20	—	578	168.50–185.50	181.87
3	—	718	150.00	150.00
18	—	428	195.00–200.00	198.03
12	—	631	169.50–172.00	170.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	426	200.00	200.00
20	—	389	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	623	191.00–192.00	191.48
5	—	470	206.00	206.00
4	—	812	155.00–158.50	157.61
3	—	759	159.00–163.00	161.65
84	—	516	207.50–218.00	210.33
18	—	728	158.00–175.50	164.27
6	—	872	146.00–157.00	151.28
27	—	565	193.00–207.00	199.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	476	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	659	188.00	188.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,269	70.00–85.00	77.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,144	88.00–91.00	89.08
19	—	1,609	80.00–90.50	85.49
48	—	1,824	91.00–104.00	96.93
3	—	2,165	99.50	99.50
1	—	1,585	88.00	88.00
25	—	2,085	103.00–111.00	107.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,915	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,850	104.00	104.00
9	—	1,676	95.00–100.00	95.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,349	82.00–85.50	84.17
7	—	1,308	95.00–101.00	97.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,612	85.00–86.50	85.67
8	—	1,608	76.00–81.00	78.37
17	—	1,558	75.00–83.00	80.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,207	64.00–73.50	69.08
28	—	1,219	72.00–78.50	75.42
1	—	1,155	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,434	60.00–74.00	67.95
4	—	1,444	81.00–85.50	83.02
66	—	1,435	71.00–81.00	77.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	958	54.00–56.00	55.25
13	—	944	61.00–72.00	64.59
1	—	985	75.50	75.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,230	69.50–77.50	73.64
111	—	1,201	57.00–73.50	66.13
2	—	1,145	77.00–78.00	77.48
5	—	1,068	52.00–62.50	58.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,382	83.00–87.50	84.91
146	—	1,395	73.00–83.50	79.56
30	—	1,435	67.00–76.00	72.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,769	65.00–73.00	71.44
5	—	1,601	77.00–82.00	79.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,085	70.00	70.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,378	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,255	1,185.00	1,185.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,299	925.00	925.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,289	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,198	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,346	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,173	1,400.00	1,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,552	1,600.00	1,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,327	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,356	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,389	1,300.00	1,300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,083	1,450.00	1,450.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,464	1,260.00	1,260.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,249	74.00–82.00	76.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	160	—	1,132	75.00–113.00	89.83
(<2 yrs)	Open	269	—	989	83.00–124.50	108.56

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,024	75.00–110.50	91.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,098	72.00–80.00	75.77

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	3	—	1,142	76.00	76.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	80.00	80.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	75.00	75.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	990	113.00	113.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,244	1,300.00–1,385.00	1,354.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,448	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,439	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,445	1,175.00	1,175.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,245	1,050.00–1,175.00	1,117.47

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)	5	—	1,293	910.00	910.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	965	1,750.00	1,750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	67	—	1,076	2,010.00–2,050.00	2,034.58

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.