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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Jan 16

● As filed133 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 133 priced lines covering 4,788 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,061 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 862 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,002 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Jan 16, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,061Last week 7,302Year ago 5,104

Slaughter CattleReceipts 862Last week 1,513Year ago 940

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,002Last week 2,078Year ago 1,232

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs sold generally steady, steers 600 lbs and heavier sold steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs sold generally steady to weak, however quality this week on light heifers was not as attractive as last week. Heifers over 500 lbs sold fully steady. Quality overall this week was average to very attractive, with many comperable sets of calves on offer. Many sets of weaned calves were noted again this week. Buyers showed lighter demand for cows off the cow. Cattle too heavy to go to grass or wheat were met with slighly lighter demand this week as a winter storm had most buyers from the corn belt and feeding area of the plains out of the market. Buyer pools were slightly smaller this week compared to last week, but market activity was mostly active again this week nonetheless. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good to very good demand for light offerings. A large winter storm that impacted the upper plains also helped improve cow demand this week as easten packers were more agressive as they pushed to buy cows for immidiate havest. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher on breaking cows, boning and lean cows sold 2.00 higher. Feeding cows sold mostly 2.00 higher as increased competition from slaughter buyers helped push all cow prices higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00-3.00 higher in a narrow compairson. Young age cows suiable to feed or rebreed sold steady to 3.00 higher. A very attractive offering of bred cows sold this week and demand was very good with a very large crowd of ranchers present.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,253	700.00	700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,158	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,515	1,135.00	1,135.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,345	975.00	975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	15	—	1,175	885.00–950.00	923.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	153	—	1,264	975.00–1,350.00	1,106.29

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	—	1,085	1,250.00–1,625.00	1,545.85
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,235	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,342	960.00	960.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	67	—	1,328	1,550.00–2,275.00	1,949.17
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	—	1,323	1,135.00–1,550.00	1,345.68
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	—	1,378	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	106	—	1,238	1,400.00–2,050.00	1,910.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	—	1,308	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	75	—	1,227	1,700.00–2,250.00	2,148.82

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,190	810.00–850.00	828.71

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,135	1,085.00	1,085.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,007	1,600.00	1,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	163	—	1,061	62.00–123.00	83.96
(<2 yrs)	Open	56	—	973	81.00–153.00	140.98

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	9	—	1,054	73.00–92.00	87.55
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	773	127.00–145.00	133.39

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	—	1,137	2,200.00–2,235.00	2,224.04

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	581	177.00–199.00	194.46
1	—	1,105	106.00	106.00
18	—	505	203.00–207.00	203.46
46	—	688	148.00–177.50	175.04
1	—	620	171.00	171.00
5	—	474	192.50–234.00	208.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	212.50	212.50
5	—	591	182.00	182.00
34	—	700	165.50	165.50
5	—	769	150.00	150.00
1	—	85	550.00	550.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	147.00	147.00
8	—	532	160.00–185.00	175.75
14	—	577	150.00–171.00	155.65
2	—	960	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	487	150.00	150.00
3	—	510	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	626	168.00–189.00	177.24
10	—	668	169.00–179.50	172.47
2	—	383	252.50	252.50
44	—	524	200.00–219.00	215.14
14	—	419	225.00–252.50	234.48
25	—	472	220.00–237.00	230.38
6	—	594	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	345	300.00	300.00
29	—	840	169.00–171.00	170.39
9	—	858	168.50	168.50
14	—	766	164.50–171.50	169.00
46	—	430	248.00–273.50	262.53
174	—	657	183.00–200.00	195.64
167	—	524	214.00–236.50	230.05
439	—	583	197.00–228.00	215.77
57	—	716	168.00–180.75	179.59
28	—	386	272.50–299.00	282.74
119	—	472	233.00–262.00	247.58
128	—	624	190.00–210.75	199.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	734	168.00–172.00	171.02
7	—	505	236.00	236.00
12	—	650	187.50	187.50
10	—	564	218.00	218.00
2	—	470	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	664	181.00	181.00
60	—	596	188.00	188.00
7	—	542	219.00	219.00
7	—	766	168.50	168.50
7	—	623	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	424	240.00	240.00
3	—	598	169.00	169.00
3	—	453	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	790	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	756	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	626	185.50	185.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	552	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
194	—	480	193.00–218.00	204.50
24	—	444	196.00–219.00	202.12
10	—	363	208.50	208.50
19	—	766	155.00–161.00	159.43
334	—	528	187.00–212.00	197.41
67	—	675	165.50–178.00	170.65
53	—	728	161.00–167.00	165.45
185	—	613	177.00–188.50	184.09
233	—	565	181.50–195.00	187.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	541	175.00–187.00	178.49
16	—	374	190.00–195.00	192.50
34	—	432	185.00–201.00	192.91
6	—	601	169.00	169.00
15	—	575	160.00–177.00	172.23
55	—	464	180.00–197.00	188.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	484	201.00	201.00
87	—	636	170.00–174.50	174.10
2	—	438	194.00	194.00
27	—	544	179.00–191.50	186.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	177.00–179.00	178.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	698	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	427	175.00–194.00	183.99
4	—	598	165.00	165.00
7	—	307	180.00	180.00
49	—	387	188.50–200.00	192.05
94	—	470	171.00–195.50	179.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	510	188.50	188.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	173.00	173.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,662	66.50–73.50	69.55
12	—	1,578	73.00–76.50	75.35
1	—	1,555	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,161	50.00–62.50	58.76
79	—	1,174	62.00–68.50	64.09
2	—	1,068	37.00–48.00	42.82
6	—	1,155	70.00–71.50	70.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,175	62.50–69.50	67.16
15	—	1,129	70.50–77.00	74.15
6	—	1,026	54.50–59.00	56.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	897	45.50–59.00	53.72
1	—	965	43.00	43.00
3	—	978	60.00–68.00	63.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,010	70.50	70.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,417	67.50–75.00	71.43
41	—	1,400	55.00–67.50	61.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,449	74.00–78.00	75.86
2	—	1,608	72.00	72.00
5	—	1,739	84.00–93.50	91.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	1,367	67.50–76.50	72.04
30	—	1,415	59.50–70.50	65.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,542	78.00–92.50	85.70
7	—	1,449	92.00–99.50	97.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,227	98.00–101.00	99.17
10	—	1,843	63.00–93.00	84.74
15	—	1,915	95.00–98.50	97.10
1	—	1,830	81.00	81.00
3	—	2,073	104.00–106.00	105.00

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.