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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Jun 26

● As filed80 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 80 priced lines covering 1,387 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 291 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,088 head. replacement cattle receipts at 247 head. Counted as USDA files them — 46 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Jun 26, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 291Last week 500Year ago 357

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,088Last week 1,105Year ago 1,348

Replacement CattleReceipts 247Last week 992Year ago 547

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to firm undertones were noticed on heifers, steers were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Demand was mostly good to very good on light offerings. Quality was mostly plain to average. Packages were small with many singles on offer. CME positions gained back significant ground this past week with triple digit gains seen every day except Monday. The corn market saw some set backs as rain in the central US helped ease some drought concerns. Corn was sharply lower every trading day except Monday. Market activity was mostly active this week. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good to very good demand for moderate offerings. Packers pushed to own as much of the cow offering as possible this past week as they pushed all offerings higher trying to secure offerings for the holiday week. Most sales take a break next week for the 4th of July holiday. This forces packers to try to buy for current kill needs as well as kill needs during the holiday. Packers were aggressive as they purchased cows this week. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00-3.00 higher on all offerings. High quality cows suitable to feed, sold steady to 3.00 higher. Cow quality was mostly average to attractive this week, and overall much more attractive than the last few weeks. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Bull quality was mostly average to attractive. Weigh up conditions were mostly very attractive to buyers. Weigh up conditions were better this week than the last few weeks. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Several buyers were looking for rebreed type cows this week and this helped push this class of cows higher for the week. Feeding demand also improved as the cattle market responded to lower corn prices.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,200	95.00–108.50	102.16
1	—	1,410	125.50	125.50
5	—	1,246	109.50–118.00	114.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,186	94.00–105.00	98.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,943	122.00–133.00	126.44
18	—	1,560	99.00–111.00	106.36
1	—	2,435	117.00	117.00
79	—	1,750	113.00–123.00	118.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,930	116.00–124.00	123.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,387	104.00–110.00	106.55
128	—	1,349	95.00–105.00	101.18
18	—	1,390	86.00–95.00	93.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	1,401	104.50–112.00	107.18
1	—	1,345	92.00	92.00
121	—	1,358	99.00–106.00	103.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	94.00	94.00
33	—	1,213	95.00–102.00	100.25
17	—	1,160	102.00–106.00	104.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,420	107.00	107.00
1	—	1,670	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,177	89.00–102.00	95.38
29	—	1,184	101.50–105.50	102.40
71	—	1,173	77.00–94.00	85.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	100.00	100.00
4	—	928	86.00–94.00	88.28
1	—	900	72.00	72.00
9	—	885	79.00–85.00	83.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,574	111.00–113.50	112.20
16	—	1,601	105.00–110.50	106.35
13	—	1,653	95.00–105.50	102.05

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	818	195.00	195.00
3	—	107	200.00	200.00
4	—	694	220.00	220.00
3	—	907	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	157.50	157.50
2	—	1,070	161.00–176.00	168.64
4	—	1,030	160.00–181.00	173.76
3	—	1,165	155.00–168.00	162.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	—	122	450.00	450.00
3	—	808	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	213.00	213.00
2	—	363	270.00	270.00
13	—	795	224.00	224.00
7	—	915	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	229.00	229.00
6	—	548	260.00	260.00
5	—	583	252.50	252.50
9	—	635	240.00–253.00	249.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	667	218.00–236.00	228.14
7	—	796	199.00	199.00
13	—	566	247.00	247.00
14	—	726	217.00	217.00
25	—	610	232.00–235.00	232.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	679	211.00–215.00	213.01
1	—	510	235.00	235.00
2	—	490	235.00	235.00
17	—	583	233.00–235.00	233.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,035	183.00	183.00
6	—	1,148	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	210.00	210.00
4	—	648	211.00	211.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,170	167.00	167.00

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	—	1,248	3,000.00	3,000.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,390	1,450.00	1,450.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,245	132.00	132.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,479	1,550.00–1,725.00	1,676.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	1,675.00	1,675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	53	—	1,094	134.00–189.00	153.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	64	—	1,130	102.00–155.00	125.08

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	—	877	125.00–150.00	141.80

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	765	157.50–160.00	158.61

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,361	2,500.00–3,225.00	3,187.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,292	2,475.00	2,475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,496	2,250.00–2,835.00	2,681.05
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,240	2,150.00	2,150.00

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.