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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Jul 29

● As filed58 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 58 priced lines covering 553 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 217 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 356 head. replacement cattle receipts at 74 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Jul 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 217Last week 1,225Year ago 169

Slaughter CattleReceipts 356Last week 711Year ago 277

Replacement CattleReceipts 74Last week 281Year ago 48

Only one sale was held last week as we are in the midst of the summer sale schedule. Please check the commentary for Public auction yards on Wednesday July 31st for this weeks sole sale and market commentary.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	727	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,000	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,015	225.00	225.00
3	1100–1150	1,114	202.00–212.50	209.00
1	1200–1250	1,245	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	935	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	805	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1100–1150	1,118	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	545	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	562	270.00	270.00
1	900–950	920	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	700	247.50	247.50
9	800–850	826	234.00–239.00	235.62
14	900–950	940	226.00–229.00	226.21
24	950–1000	971	220.00–226.00	222.58
6	1000–1050	1,028	218.00–222.50	219.46
12	1050–1100	1,060	217.00–217.50	217.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	567	287.00–287.50	287.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	305.00	305.00
2	950–1000	990	225.00	225.00
8	1000–1050	1,032	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	723	277.00	277.00
2	750–800	778	266.00–271.00	268.51
8	850–900	853	258.00	258.00
7	950–1000	967	237.00	237.00
10	1000–1050	1,018	232.00–233.00	232.69
1	1050–1100	1,075	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	267.50	267.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,060	227.50	227.50

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	3	—	945	155.00	155.00

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	9	—	1,331	151.00–152.00	151.79
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,047	160.00–197.00	171.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	46	—	1,197	153.50–156.25	154.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,199	125.00–139.00	133.37
3	—	1,138	142.00–145.00	143.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,734	132.00–138.00	136.02
7	—	1,592	140.00–146.00	142.74
2	—	1,775	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,439	153.00–154.00	153.03
44	—	1,384	134.00–152.00	143.99
16	—	1,387	112.00–133.00	121.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	110.00–113.00	111.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	142.00–147.00	144.42
14	—	1,165	107.00–122.00	113.00
3	—	1,069	127.00–135.00	132.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,387	139.50–152.00	144.99
35	—	1,449	150.50–154.50	151.78
10	—	1,394	126.00–137.00	133.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	96.00	96.00
2	—	1,213	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,027	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	2,045	155.00–172.00	163.48
11	—	1,651	141.00–152.00	147.69
16	—	2,039	174.00–180.00	176.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,508	138.00–151.00	144.83
11	—	1,556	153.00–173.00	163.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	146.00–147.50	146.79

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.