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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Jun 19

● As filed104 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 104 priced lines covering 1,913 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 500 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,105 head. replacement cattle receipts at 992 head. Counted as USDA files them — 192 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Jun 19, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 500Last week 364Year ago 509

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,105Last week 1,359Year ago 2,154

Replacement CattleReceipts 992Last week 547Year ago 623

Compared to last week: All feeder cattle were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however lower undertones were noticed on all offerings. Demand was mostly good to very good on 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. CME positions lost ground again early week with triple digit losses seen early in the week and triple digit gains seen late in the week. Corn was the mirror opposite to the cattle market as it was sharply higher early in the week and sharply lower late in the week. Market activity was mostly active this week. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand for moderate offerings. Packers showed lighter demand than last week for cows for immediate harvest, however demand for cows suitable to feed remains good. Slaughter cows sold steady to weak on breaking and lean cows, boning cows sold fully steady. High quality cows suitable to feed, sold generally steady to weak. Cow quality was mostly average to attractive this week, however cows were not as attractive as the last three weeks. Packers purchased a substantial number of cows to hold for the 4th of July holiday. These cows were mostly lean and light boning cows. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 1.00-3.00 lower, however some very attractive high dressing bulls did sell higher on very good demand. Bull quality was mixed. Weigh up conditions were mixed, but overall not as attractive to buyers as last week. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold steady to 10.00 lower. Several buyers purchased this class of cows to feed as many rebreed buyers have stepped out of the market. Quality was mostly average, and similar to last week. Higher corn and lower fat cattle prices pressured this class lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,277	129.00	129.00
1	—	1,030	191.00	191.00
1	—	1,200	134.00	134.00
3	—	1,085	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,004	171.00	171.00
2	—	438	265.00	265.00
1	—	990	180.00	180.00
6	—	838	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	187.50	187.50
5	—	686	203.50	203.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	469	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	635	240.00–262.50	254.56
2	—	653	247.50	247.50
2	—	843	210.00	210.00
3	—	705	232.50	232.50
6	—	466	265.00–275.00	273.23
1	—	765	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	661	246.00–281.00	268.68
2	—	765	220.00–230.00	224.90
2	—	913	194.00–195.00	194.50
17	—	895	203.00	203.00
3	—	608	285.00	285.00
6	—	727	240.00–250.00	243.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,028	184.00–186.00	185.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	232.50	232.50
1	—	655	209.00	209.00
1	—	360	255.00	255.00
4	—	616	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,012	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	486	222.50–240.00	231.41
3	—	748	190.00	190.00
8	—	655	201.00–215.00	204.23
8	—	884	179.00	179.00
3	—	567	220.00–237.50	229.06
53	—	518	222.50–242.50	232.58
8	—	427	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	384	205.00	205.00
3	—	403	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	781	192.00–195.00	194.23
58	—	886	181.00–190.00	184.78
1	—	550	252.50	252.50
1	—	820	194.00	194.00
3	—	937	182.00	182.00
33	—	717	202.00–212.00	206.59
2	—	540	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	457	200.00	200.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,071	2,560.00–2,650.00	2,572.68

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	975	1,800.00	1,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	13	—	1,078	2,100.00–2,700.00	2,311.53

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	61	—	1,359	2,200.00–2,450.00	2,347.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,341	2,275.00	2,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,659	2,575.00	2,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,341	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,406	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,875	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,195	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,369	2,750.00–3,150.00	2,893.94

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	6	—	1,269	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,402.99
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,340	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,582	1,950.00	1,950.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,423	2,085.00	2,085.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,068	113.00–135.00	123.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	687	132.50–165.00	154.10

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	45	—	968	126.00–187.50	151.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	109	—	1,105	100.00–149.00	122.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,140	92.00–95.00	93.33

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	4	—	973	141.00–155.00	144.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,048	98.50–112.50	103.66

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,095	145.00	145.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,383	101.00–106.00	103.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,423	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,420	116.00	116.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,225	129.00	129.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	251	—	892	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,897.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,222	89.00–98.50	93.35
40	—	1,190	75.00–91.00	83.47
11	—	1,165	100.00–107.00	105.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,605	98.00–103.50	100.36
12	—	1,496	104.00–106.50	104.67
24	—	1,624	105.50–107.50	107.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	1,399	104.00–113.50	107.00
20	—	1,385	89.00–94.50	93.84
170	—	1,383	96.00–106.00	99.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	113.00	113.00
25	—	1,468	101.00–107.50	105.46
7	—	1,555	101.00–105.00	101.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,394	94.00–102.00	97.15
19	—	1,462	86.00–94.00	89.58
18	—	1,416	101.50–109.00	104.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,185	85.00–90.00	86.78
21	—	1,220	100.00–111.00	104.12
40	—	1,183	89.00–99.00	94.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	943	76.00–89.00	81.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	2,020	121.00–140.00	128.40
36	—	1,668	97.00–117.00	107.70
1	—	2,415	114.00	114.00
85	—	1,818	111.50–127.00	117.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,424	100.00–112.50	107.70
6	—	1,319	112.50–125.00	117.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,292	89.00–108.00	100.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Canadian Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,662	105.00	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.