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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, May 29

● As filed118 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 118 priced lines covering 2,605 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 546 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,427 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,906 head. Counted as USDA files them — 627 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon May 29, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 546Last week 1,639Year ago 946

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,427Last week 1,212Year ago 1,560

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,906Last week 704Year ago 1,316

Compared to last week: All feeder cattle were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Demand was mostly good to very good on very light offerings. Quality was mostly plain to average. Packages were small with many singles on offer. The best demand continues to be for cattle suitable to run on grass. Many locations received 1.5-4.5 inches of rain over the weekend and spring pasture and range conditions are good to very good in many locations. CME live and feeder cattle positions got a shot in the arm this week as packers paid higher prices for fat cattle which helped provide support to the futures market. Corn also soften some after a 40 cent higher move last week. 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 1.00-3.00 higher on all offerings. Rain in the southern plains helped slow the marketing of cows in the south, this coupled with the slowing of spring culling in the north has shortened up the cow supply. High quality cows continue to be purchased to feed, however packers were slightly more selective as they purchased mostly very high quality cows for that purpose. Feeding cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Cow and bull quality was mostly average to very attractive this week. Weigh up conditions were mixed as some cows had been out on grass and were very empty, while others were pushing some fill, especially by mid to late week, as changing weather pattern was seen. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold 5.00-8.00 lower. Fewer takers were seen for this class of cows this week, as it is getting into breeding season and many buyers have finished purchasing this class of cows. Quality was mostly average, and similar to last week. Cow calf pairs sold on good to very good demand this week.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	785	120.00–142.00	128.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	818	112.50	112.50

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	7	—	942	92.50–115.00	101.65
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,065	114.00–158.00	132.16

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	116.00	116.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,027	117.00–150.00	122.65

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	910	140.00–141.00	140.79

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	95	—	1,052	117.50–178.00	147.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,241	99.00–108.50	107.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	206	—	1,139	101.00–167.00	118.72

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,486	1,435.00–1,610.00	1,547.41
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,388	100.00–110.00	105.74
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,345	105.00–106.00	105.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,478	106.50–108.00	107.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,288	123.00–129.00	124.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,251	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,397.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,332	1,500.00–1,625.00	1,547.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,169	1,550.00–1,850.00	1,778.27

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)	2	—	1,523	82.00–108.00	94.85

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,177	1,400.00	1,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	96	—	1,538	2,200.00–2,900.00	2,653.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	67	—	1,247	2,475.00–3,000.00	2,812.38
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	74	—	1,610	2,075.00–2,485.00	2,341.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,119	2,600.00	2,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,232	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,274	2,485.00	2,485.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,407	1,775.00	1,775.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	91	—	1,451	1,900.00–2,175.00	2,010.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,330	1,850.00	1,850.00

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	—	1,457	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,305.90
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,448	1,600.00–2,350.00	2,102.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,340	2,500.00	2,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,395	1,725.00–1,800.00	1,758.29

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,003	2,550.00	2,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	2,185	138.50	138.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,066	2,500.00–2,600.00	2,534.19
(<2 yrs)	Open	100	—	1,270	2,700.00–3,350.00	3,208.07

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	733	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	743	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	596	235.00	235.00
6	—	402	270.00	270.00
11	—	515	240.00–261.00	247.65
7	—	662	230.00–237.00	233.95
21	—	937	177.00–183.00	178.71
33	—	735	210.00–218.00	214.57
6	—	635	226.00–229.00	227.23
22	—	483	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	586	236.00–247.50	240.46
6	—	622	222.50–230.00	226.29
2	—	528	223.00	223.00
7	—	845	179.00	179.00
7	—	681	200.00–227.50	218.73
9	—	411	229.00–252.00	239.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,267	131.00–157.00	142.79
1	—	1,070	151.00	151.00
1	—	1,010	165.00	165.00
3	—	1,125	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	709	209.00–215.00	212.03
2	—	180	500.00	500.00
2	—	960	161.00–171.00	166.03
5	—	916	168.00–170.00	169.60
4	—	795	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	685	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,046	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	750	215.00	215.00
3	—	488	265.00	265.00
1	—	800	205.00	205.00
2	—	928	187.00	187.00
9	—	726	226.00–227.00	226.33
2	—	505	280.00	280.00
2	—	430	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	854	184.00	184.00
16	—	708	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	600	250.00	250.00
1	—	675	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	826	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	280.00–288.00	286.00
4	—	590	285.00–292.00	290.27
11	—	661	233.00–250.00	246.80
2	—	540	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	746	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	409	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	498	246.00	246.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,150	82.00–93.00	90.36
48	—	1,210	102.00–111.00	107.50
122	—	1,188	93.00–106.00	97.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,049	71.00–84.00	78.96
146	—	1,235	93.00–105.50	98.22
52	—	1,181	80.00–97.00	90.16
49	—	1,239	101.00–111.00	106.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,386	89.00–96.00	94.18
95	—	1,370	97.00–106.00	101.66
143	—	1,444	104.50–112.50	107.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,534	101.00–103.00	102.43
16	—	1,571	108.50–112.00	110.07
5	—	1,530	106.50–108.00	107.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,734	103.50–108.50	105.32
6	—	1,681	95.00–103.00	100.08
11	—	1,666	109.00–112.00	109.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,388	95.00–106.00	101.88
25	—	1,399	90.00–96.00	93.60
88	—	1,414	105.00–114.00	107.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	93.00–96.00	94.02
8	—	873	73.00–92.00	85.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,863	117.00–128.00	122.89
2	—	1,413	103.00	103.00
10	—	1,879	133.00–135.00	134.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,652	98.00–116.00	111.55
26	—	2,050	127.00–138.00	131.97
4	—	1,558	119.00	119.00
57	—	1,817	117.00–129.00	123.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,715	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,475	127.00–137.00	134.13
31	—	1,433	112.00–132.00	121.31
5	—	1,491	105.00–109.00	108.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Canadian Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,465	127.00	127.00

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.