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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Apr 3

● As filed100 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 100 priced lines covering 2,031 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 929 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 725 head. replacement cattle receipts at 626 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Apr 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 929Last week 4,619Year ago 1,319

Slaughter CattleReceipts 725Last week 693Year ago 991

Replacement CattleReceipts 626Last week 534Year ago 806

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer feeder cattle all sold fully steady. Quality this week was mostly average and overall not as attractive as last weeks offering. All size packages sold on good demand. Demand for grass cattle remains good to very good. Positive market news late in the week helped spur interest for late week sales, as packers purchased slaughter cattle in the western corn belt at 175.00-177.00 and in Nebraska at 177.00. This pushed CME prices higher for both live cattle and feeder cattle Thursday. Market activity was mostly active this week despite a smaller offering of feeders. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand for light to moderate offerings. Packer buyers showed good demand for both slaughter and feeding cows this week. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher on all offerings. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady. Feeding cows sold mostly 2.00-4.00 higher as packers were more competitive over high quality offerings. Weigh up conditions overall were mixed but many sets of cows were pushing moderate fill. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold on very good demand as several order buyers were searching for this class of cows. The best demand was seen for first calf heifers which lost calves. Quality this week was attractive for these offerings and most sold 13.00-18.00 higher than last week.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	25	—	954	132.00–160.00	156.78

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	—	970	97.50	97.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	945	132.50	132.50

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	24	—	942	101.00–153.00	125.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,087	91.00–112.00	97.85

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	323	—	972	121.00–178.00	156.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	150	—	1,100	89.00–145.00	116.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,150	89.00–100.00	92.91

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	766	156.00–164.00	162.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,008	2,010.00	2,010.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	985	1,800.00	1,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	16	—	825	183.50–185.00	184.70

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	715	47.00–57.00	54.85

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,248	1,775.00–1,825.00	1,800.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,259	94.00–111.00	103.36
7	—	1,323	115.00–122.00	117.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,158	116.00	116.00
17	—	1,763	108.00–123.00	115.99
17	—	2,011	123.00–138.00	129.09
1	—	2,270	115.00	115.00
22	—	1,647	85.00–112.00	101.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,730	115.50–124.00	118.72
4	—	1,853	125.00–130.00	128.05
11	—	1,633	98.00–114.00	108.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	108.00	108.00
3	—	1,283	85.00–101.00	90.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,387	79.00–91.50	86.51
26	—	1,393	100.00–106.00	104.06
122	—	1,413	88.00–99.50	94.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,463	96.75	96.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	52.50	52.50
1	—	965	85.50	85.50
4	—	945	73.00–80.00	77.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,017	70.00	70.00
11	—	1,255	96.00–101.00	98.53
93	—	1,235	86.00–96.00	90.11
67	—	1,144	74.50–87.00	82.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	101.50	101.50
49	—	1,631	94.00–100.00	96.99
17	—	1,639	90.00–94.50	92.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,397	91.00–98.50	95.60
20	—	1,425	89.00–95.00	91.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,223	87.50–95.50	88.51
18	—	1,091	82.75–88.00	83.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,401	92.00	92.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	610	210.00–216.50	213.59
3	—	947	160.00	160.00
5	—	533	235.00–242.50	239.46
14	—	585	227.00–253.00	236.33
14	—	763	165.00–178.00	168.65
12	—	696	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
4	—	105	400.00–425.00	413.10
1	—	70	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	395	232.50	232.50
4	—	339	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	132.00	132.00
2	—	910	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	682	215.00–220.00	217.49
40	—	856	182.00–187.50	187.22
20	—	557	250.00–254.00	252.19
18	—	626	229.00–245.00	230.70
10	—	763	191.00–198.00	194.30
14	—	923	168.00–178.00	172.24
10	—	972	175.00	175.00
25	—	736	198.00–210.00	199.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	528	235.00–254.00	245.26
4	—	584	235.00	235.00
19	—	475	252.00–272.50	256.30
6	—	809	177.00	177.00
7	—	680	205.00–211.00	207.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	479	266.00	266.00
25	—	386	237.00–270.00	265.05
33	—	443	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	694	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	263	260.00	260.00
6	—	309	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	493	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	335	235.00	235.00
43	—	440	235.50	235.50
19	—	385	235.00–237.50	235.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	822	174.00	174.00
2	—	370	252.50	252.50
40	—	627	207.00–225.00	213.30
24	—	734	181.00–192.00	188.27
23	—	441	238.50	238.50
17	—	790	163.00–172.00	169.19
18	—	590	226.00–232.00	226.99
57	—	516	227.00–238.00	230.77
24	—	676	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	700	194.00	194.00
18	—	825	175.00	175.00
5	—	523	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	217.50	217.50
2	—	385	230.00	230.00
16	—	523	225.00	225.00
8	—	648	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	397	200.00	200.00
2	—	483	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
1	—	70	350.00	350.00
8	—	449	231.00	231.00

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.