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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, May 22

● As filed133 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 133 priced lines covering 2,906 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,639 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,212 head. replacement cattle receipts at 704 head. Counted as USDA files them — 28 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon May 22, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,639Last week 2,547Year ago 2,386

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,212Last week 140Year ago 1,177

Replacement CattleReceipts 704Last week 199Year ago 1,052

Compared to last week: All feeder cattle were too lightly tested to develop a full market trend, however steady to firm undertones were noticed on both steers and heifers. Demand was mostly good to very good again, this week. Quality was mixed from plain to attractive. A couple of load lots were offered this week and these were met with very good demand. Packages sold on good demand as well, as offerings were light and buyers had to bid aggressively to fill loads. The best demand continues to be for cattle suitable to run on grass. Additional Spring rains continue to fall intermediately and grass fever has hit buyers. CME feeder cattle positions traded mixed this past week which struggled to gain any traction following a surge in the corn market. New crop corn traded over 40 cents higher for the week to close Friday at 5.3450. Market activity was mostly active this week. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good to very good demand for moderate offerings. Packers showed need for cows for immediate harvest as they pushed cow prices higher in order to secure offerings. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher on all offerings in a narrow comparison. Rain in the southern plains helped slow the marketing of cows in the south, this coupled with slowing of spring culling in the north has shortened up the cow supply. Packers were force to be aggressive as they pushed to find cattle to meet needs. High quality cows continue to be purchased to feed, however fewer feeding cows were purchased this week compared to last. Feeding cows sold mostly 3.00-6.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Cow and bull quality was mostly average this week. Weigh up conditions were mixed as some cows had been out on grass and were very empty, while others were very full. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold steady to 10.00 lower. Fewer takers were seen for this class of cows this week. Quality was mostly average and part of the reason for lighter buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	156.00	156.00
1	—	1,075	161.00	161.00
2	—	1,178	140.00	140.00
2	—	665	225.00	225.00
4	—	1,140	140.50–152.00	146.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	521	240.00–255.00	249.19
1	—	90	150.00	150.00
1	—	100	175.00	175.00
2	—	770	188.00	188.00
3	—	987	148.00–155.00	150.29
4	—	854	172.00	172.00
8	—	585	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	188.00	188.00
1	—	950	166.00	166.00
3	—	100	225.00	225.00
1	—	760	184.00	184.00
3	—	523	275.00	275.00
2	—	575	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,029	175.00	175.00
15	—	466	250.00–260.00	253.32
17	—	628	234.00–257.50	248.40
4	—	695	221.00–239.00	234.53
17	—	883	189.50	189.50
4	—	531	262.50	262.50
7	—	729	223.00	223.00
15	—	827	193.00–198.00	194.33
14	—	579	257.00–263.00	261.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	688	250.00	250.00
106	—	1,030	186.50	186.50
4	—	865	204.00	204.00
10	—	623	262.50–272.50	267.05
4	—	575	272.50	272.50
1	—	480	300.00	300.00
11	—	780	218.00–231.00	221.85
23	—	809	205.00–212.00	209.97
8	—	525	290.00–295.00	293.19
14	—	721	231.00–236.00	232.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	713	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	841	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	587	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	656	277.00	277.00
33	—	579	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,006	181.00	181.00
18	—	1,204	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	636	155.00	155.00
4	—	464	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	973	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	897	176.00	176.00
7	—	659	189.00–190.00	189.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	494	217.50	217.50
6	—	787	176.00–179.00	178.02
3	—	685	180.00	180.00
35	—	628	193.00–210.00	208.01
14	—	565	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	680	220.00–232.00	226.02
72	—	623	224.00–257.00	243.05
29	—	765	193.00–211.00	204.26
5	—	821	190.00	190.00
26	—	505	268.00–270.00	269.16
6	—	863	184.00	184.00
149	—	582	229.00–263.50	260.77
31	—	709	213.00–224.50	220.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	461	261.00	261.00
4	—	343	227.00	227.00
35	—	589	204.00–243.00	227.50
15	—	603	204.00–218.00	216.13
3	—	525	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
1	—	108	175.00	175.00
3	—	832	184.50	184.50
5	—	851	175.00–181.50	177.60
16	—	722	190.00–192.00	190.25
27	—	625	202.00–224.00	218.05
8	—	471	230.00–260.00	252.62
10	—	582	230.00	230.00
47	—	535	230.00–251.00	248.25
1	—	760	192.00	192.00
12	—	685	212.50–217.00	214.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	388	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	551	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	818	191.00–202.50	198.15

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	5	—	948	152.50–155.00	153.47

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	705	156.00–165.00	162.13

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	36	—	884	115.00–167.00	141.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	938	90.00–125.00	108.19

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	194	—	968	130.00–190.00	160.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,220	95.00–109.00	105.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	262	—	1,081	94.00–182.00	126.25

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)	1	—	1,390	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,385	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,280	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,486	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,524.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,128	1,750.00–1,850.00	1,802.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,126	1,560.00–1,625.00	1,571.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,310	2,250.00	2,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,320	1,475.00	1,475.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,571	1,650.00	1,650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,417	1,725.00–2,050.00	1,964.37

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	954	2,200.00	2,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	2,113	125.00–137.00	130.72
58	—	1,815	116.00–129.00	121.12
55	—	1,635	96.00–118.00	109.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,025	136.00	136.00
1	—	1,475	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,314	92.00–105.00	97.96
1	—	1,375	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,216	134.50	134.50
6	—	1,344	120.00–124.00	121.66
11	—	1,327	102.00–113.00	107.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,386	103.00–109.00	105.68
82	—	1,371	94.00–105.00	98.32
37	—	1,345	79.00–96.00	89.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,515	100.50–104.00	101.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,178	97.50–106.50	102.41
97	—	1,179	92.00–99.00	95.62
17	—	1,161	85.00–92.00	89.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
181	—	1,389	92.00–105.00	100.55
3	—	1,512	88.00–92.00	90.01
153	—	1,435	103.00–112.00	105.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,163	81.00–93.00	87.91
26	—	1,233	97.00–108.00	99.71
86	—	1,212	92.00–97.00	94.72
3	—	1,080	78.00–80.00	79.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,593	93.50–100.00	97.52
13	—	1,573	106.00–113.00	108.64
25	—	1,618	101.00–107.00	105.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	923	77.00–89.00	85.10
3	—	913	88.00–96.00	91.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,050	107.00	107.00

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.