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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Feb 26

● As filed87 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 87 priced lines covering 1,705 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 653 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 871 head. replacement cattle receipts at 436 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Feb 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 653Last week 7,125Year ago 4,489

Slaughter CattleReceipts 871Last week 1,005Year ago 1,215

Replacement CattleReceipts 436Last week 1,026Year ago 1,247

Compared to last week: Too few feeder cattle sold this past week to develop an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were noticed on both steers and heifers. Demand this week was mostly moderate to good for very light offerings. Quality was mostly plain and significantly lower than last weeks very heavy, high quality offering. All cattle were offered in small groups or as singles no load lot or partial load lots were seen. Weather caused some cancellations as poor road conditions were seen early in the week. CME positions softened early week as traders reacted to the release of the on feed report, however some late week strength was seen. The March closed at 252.975 on Friday, 1.60 lower for the week. The April contract closed at 258.00, 1.975 lower for the week. Market activity was mostly moderate this week with a smaller buyer pool noted. Weigh up cows sold on very good demand for light to moderate offerings. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive and similar to last week. Packers showed very good demand for all cows this week as they balanced buying both feeding cows and slaughter cows. Early week all cows were purchased to slaughter as quality was mostly average. Late week sales saw very attractive offerings and most of these offerings were purchased to feed. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher on breaking cows, boning cows and lean cows sold unevenly steady, with lower prices seen on lower yielding cows and higher prices seen on high yielding cows. Feeding cows suitable to feed to premium white sold mostly 3.00-7.00 higher, many high yielding heavy muscled offerings were seen this week. Slaughter and feeding bulls sold 2.00-6.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold steady to 5.00 lower on a mixed quality offering. Demand remains good for high quality offerings. Feeding buyers purchased young cows to feed on lighter demand this week. Demand for bred cows remains very good, even on small lots.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	410	352.00–372.50	358.38
14	450–500	495	348.00	348.00
58	500–550	507	316.00–347.00	334.98
4	600–650	608	294.00	294.00
5	700–750	704	267.00–269.00	268.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	387.50	387.50
4	400–450	405	330.00–341.00	332.85
18	450–500	464	317.50–340.00	324.23
9	500–550	543	305.00–315.00	311.72
15	550–600	590	291.00	291.00
6	600–650	631	283.00–288.00	284.65
2	650–700	670	262.00	262.00
1	700–750	735	254.00	254.00
3	750–800	763	235.00–245.00	238.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	310.00	310.00
7	650–700	688	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	265.00	265.00
4	600–650	630	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	600	252.50	252.50
1	650–700	650	232.50	232.50
10	700–750	735	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	750	245.00	245.00
2	850–900	895	210.00	210.00
1	950–1000	965	218.00	218.00
5	1000–1050	1,029	187.50–211.00	196.38
1	1150–1200	1,160	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	431	318.00	318.00
18	450–500	460	312.00–315.00	313.33
44	500–550	528	285.00–288.50	286.84
78	550–600	564	280.00–288.00	281.97
52	600–650	606	268.00–268.50	268.45
8	650–700	656	249.50–254.00	252.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	310.00	310.00
2	350–400	398	317.00	317.00
6	400–450	429	311.00–313.00	312.00
12	450–500	483	291.00–303.00	298.14
2	550–600	565	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	465	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	454	252.50	252.50
3	500–550	517	200.00	200.00
19	550–600	580	195.00–222.50	204.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	406	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	607	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	282.50	282.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,194	100.00	100.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	62	—	968	160.00–191.00	175.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	249	—	1,015	109.50–172.50	143.46

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	3	—	1,170	159.50	159.50

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	13	—	964	131.00–177.50	156.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	865	112.50–177.50	125.79

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	810	112.50	112.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	726	170.00–204.00	185.62

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)	22	—	1,344	1,860.00–1,975.00	1,866.91

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)	8	—	1,285	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,423	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,886.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,428	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	2,400.00	2,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,225	1,400.00–1,450.00	1,407.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,138	96.00–102.00	101.65
93	—	1,202	105.00–113.50	108.14
19	—	1,191	113.00–118.00	115.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,440	113.00–122.00	118.85
8	—	1,449	101.00–104.50	103.17
40	—	1,370	105.00–112.00	109.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	117.00	117.00
9	—	1,579	102.00–112.00	108.25
53	—	1,567	110.00–115.00	114.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,476	110.50	110.50
12	—	1,498	112.75–116.00	113.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	948	86.00–97.00	91.86
2	—	965	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,334	106.00–114.50	111.48
2	—	1,375	98.00	98.00
256	—	1,367	113.00–121.75	117.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,562	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,214	101.00–111.00	105.28
97	—	1,131	89.00–102.00	93.84
2	—	1,008	72.50–79.00	76.03
12	—	1,139	112.00–117.00	113.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	2,094	137.00–144.00	139.86
19	—	1,550	106.00–118.00	112.96
41	—	1,799	118.00–136.00	124.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	131.00	131.00
3	—	1,372	109.00–117.00	113.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,268	98.00–114.00	103.39

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.