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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, May 27

● As filed110 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 110 priced lines covering 1,764 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,046 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 676 head. replacement cattle receipts at 270 head. Counted as USDA files them — 36 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon May 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,046Last week 530Year ago 546

Slaughter CattleReceipts 676Last week 1,255Year ago 1,427

Replacement CattleReceipts 270Last week 1,808Year ago 1,906

Compared to last week: Too few sales were seen the previous week to develop an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were notice on lambs under 550 lbs and steady to firm undertones were noticed on all feeders over 550 lbs. Cattle were mostly offered in small to moderate size packages. Demand was good to very good for light offerings. Quality this week was mostly average, with a limited offering of attractive cattle seen. Cattle suitable to develop on grass continue to sell with the best demand. CME positions traded slightly lower this week following a slight post holiday demand slump. The August feeder cattle contract closed at 256.40 down 3.825 from last Friday. Market activity this week was mostly active. Weigh up cows sold on good to very good demand for light to moderate offerings. Packers showed mostly very good demand for slaughter cows for immediate harvest. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-10.00 higher on all slaughter cows on offer and prices improved as the week progressed. Packers showed very good demand for feeding cows as they try to buy up offerings to help manage supplies going forward into high demand periods. Demand from private feeders remains very good and packers and private feeders both showed very good demand for all feeding quality cows on offer. Feeding cows all sold 2.00-10.00 higher and demand also improved as the week progressed. Quality this week was mostly average to very attractive with many high quality reputation cows seen. Weigh up conditions were mostly average to above average. Most cows have been out on grass and were very empty at sale time. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold generally steady. Demand was good to very good for high quality offerings which buyers are looking to rebreed. Young two year old heifers which have not calved yet sold with a 8.00-12.00 discount to ones which lost calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	394	295.00	295.00
2	400–450	438	270.00	270.00
7	500–550	513	250.00–287.50	272.31
57	550–600	581	250.00–270.00	262.43
2	600–650	635	264.00	264.00
2	650–700	650	263.00	263.00
7	700–750	723	237.50–244.00	243.06
9	750–800	759	221.00–229.00	227.42
1	800–850	800	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
52	650–700	689	268.50	268.50
14	700–750	703	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	429	285.00–300.00	286.08
18	450–500	459	300.00–327.00	311.27
57	500–550	533	295.00–309.00	300.54
85	550–600	578	285.00–298.00	294.11
33	600–650	631	268.00–290.00	280.93
75	650–700	662	273.00–284.00	280.18
7	700–750	730	250.00–263.00	252.35
17	750–800	772	233.00–250.50	242.76
1	800–850	805	230.00	230.00
15	900–950	920	202.00–213.00	206.34
1	1050–1100	1,055	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	275.00	275.00
6	500–550	519	215.00–225.00	216.67
1	550–600	565	205.00	205.00
1	600–650	605	255.00	255.00
2	650–700	688	222.00–222.50	222.25
3	700–750	712	210.00–222.00	218.07
3	750–800	785	205.00	205.00
2	850–900	853	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	970	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	330.00–350.00	342.31
6	450–500	483	295.00–330.00	308.71
2	500–550	528	325.00	325.00
5	550–600	561	315.00–317.00	316.59
9	600–650	628	288.00–303.00	291.72
6	650–700	674	265.00–280.00	272.43
2	700–750	733	266.00–273.00	269.46
2	750–800	793	227.00	227.00
11	800–850	836	228.00–230.00	229.08
4	850–900	885	220.00	220.00
1	900–950	900	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	305.00	305.00
6	700–750	737	215.00–245.00	239.94
1	850–900	895	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	378	385.00	385.00
25	400–450	445	365.00–375.00	373.85
10	450–500	481	340.00–355.00	343.02
69	500–550	538	344.00–360.00	351.66
11	550–600	577	323.00–342.50	335.21
180	600–650	628	307.00–326.00	321.02
11	650–700	671	284.00–309.00	295.07
69	700–750	733	285.50–288.00	286.93
4	750–800	771	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	317.50	317.50
2	650–700	658	256.00	256.00
1	700–750	705	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	805	220.00	220.00
3	850–900	895	215.00	215.00
2	900–950	928	215.00	215.00
9	1100–1150	1,114	196.00–201.00	198.21
2	1200–1250	1,205	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	245.00	245.00
1	700–750	725	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	988	204.00	204.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,387	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,207.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,379	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,190	1,850.00–2,150.00	1,991.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,223	1,900.00–2,400.00	2,298.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,110	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,846.97

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,172	1,800.00	1,800.00

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	19	—	970	157.00–185.00	177.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,136	130.00–180.00	143.81

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	79	—	1,025	137.00–193.00	171.62
(<2 yrs)	Open	103	—	985	156.50–218.50	193.34

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	187.50	187.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	745	181.00–199.00	194.63

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,248	170.00–185.00	177.52

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,800.00	1,800.00

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	2	—	878	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,280	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,320	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$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,220	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,305	2,050.00	2,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,008	3,100.00	3,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,545	143.00–148.00	144.98
10	—	1,478	160.00–162.50	160.69
42	—	1,505	139.00–159.50	150.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,365	134.00–149.00	137.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,204	133.00–148.00	137.74
31	—	1,192	121.00–140.00	130.80
10	—	1,138	112.00–125.00	120.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,222	124.00–132.00	128.27
7	—	1,128	116.00–121.00	119.06
4	—	1,201	134.00–142.00	137.36
6	—	1,039	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,403	148.00–163.00	159.42
8	—	1,575	135.00–158.50	148.32
2	—	1,680	129.00–131.00	130.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,361	119.00–132.00	127.41
80	—	1,356	139.00–158.50	141.98
112	—	1,341	129.00–154.50	138.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	124.00	124.00
2	—	975	105.00–113.00	109.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,890	161.00–182.00	168.22
14	—	1,890	147.00–171.00	165.10
7	—	1,755	136.00–147.00	141.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,543	149.00–152.00	150.33

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.