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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 26

● As filed99 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 99 priced lines covering 1,801 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,529 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 463 head. replacement cattle receipts at 108 head. Counted as USDA files them — 29 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Aug 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,529Last week 265Year ago 1,349

Slaughter CattleReceipts 463Last week 397Year ago 562

Replacement CattleReceipts 108Last week 91Year ago 19

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were too lightly tested last week to develop any market trend. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive. Demand was mostly moderate to good. Most feeders were offered in small to moderate size packages; no load lots were seen. CME positions inched higher following sharply lower movement over the past four weeks. Market activity this week was mostly active, with good participation seen from bidders both ringside as well as over the internet. Weigh up cows and bulls sold on mostly moderate to good demand for light to moderate offerings. Packers showed slightly lighter demand for slaughter cows compared to the last few weeks. However, feeding cow demand remains good as both packers and private feeders pushed to fill loads for the week. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower on breaking cows, boning and lean cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Feeding cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 2.00-4.00 lower. Demand for feeding bulls remains good as both packers and private feeders continue to put bulls away on feed. Feeding bulls sold fully steady. Cow and bull quality this week was mostly average to attractive but not as attractive as the previous week. Weigh conditions were mixed, but mostly below average as most sets of cattle were pushing moderate to heavy amounts of fill, especially later in the week. Cows suitable to feed or rebreed were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Demand for limited offerings remains good.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	1	—	1,995	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,488	2,675.00	2,675.00

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)	8	—	1,488	2,425.00–2,650.00	2,495.31

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	—	1,043	139.00–147.50	143.39

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	5	—	1,013	157.00–171.00	165.89
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,129	162.00–180.00	169.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	650–700	688	248.75–249.00	248.77
37	700–750	727	238.00–244.00	239.52
76	750–800	782	226.00–240.00	232.75
96	800–850	824	224.50–230.00	227.46
48	850–900	873	221.00–226.00	223.57
108	900–950	918	214.00–224.00	219.51
55	950–1000	971	205.50–219.00	212.67
17	1000–1050	1,040	194.50–198.00	197.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	326	325.00	325.00
4	350–400	384	282.50	282.50
18	400–450	441	260.00–270.00	268.96
4	500–550	548	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	421	274.00	274.00
3	450–500	465	270.00	270.00
64	500–550	511	234.00–274.00	270.19
13	550–600	585	239.00–257.00	244.43
5	650–700	696	240.50	240.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	572	266.00	266.00
16	600–650	619	257.00–260.00	259.24
14	650–700	653	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	498	255.50	255.50
5	550–600	573	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	1050–1100	1,070	194.00–198.50	197.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,010	182.00–191.00	189.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	718	229.00–236.00	233.31
10	750–800	779	227.00–230.00	228.16
3	800–850	847	223.00	223.00
5	850–900	872	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	650–700	683	254.50–264.00	259.06
87	750–800	765	248.50–260.50	249.97
77	800–850	823	243.00–247.00	244.69
26	850–900	890	233.50	233.50
5	950–1000	959	222.00–225.00	224.38
7	1000–1050	1,030	220.00–222.00	220.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	508	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	476	301.00	301.00
7	550–600	573	287.00	287.00
4	600–650	605	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
102	600–650	612	258.00–293.50	292.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	927	225.00	225.00
4	1100–1150	1,136	202.00	202.00
9	1150–1200	1,198	185.50	185.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	572	252.00	252.00
19	600–650	623	252.00	252.00
4	700–750	735	243.00–248.00	245.48
10	750–800	770	238.00–243.50	240.35
21	800–850	815	236.00–240.00	237.90
11	850–900	870	231.50–236.00	233.17
3	950–1000	992	221.50	221.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	341	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	425	270.00	270.00
4	500–550	528	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,043	212.50	212.50
1	1050–1100	1,085	210.00	210.00
1	1100–1150	1,140	184.00	184.00
1	1150–1200	1,175	200.00	200.00
2	1200–1250	1,203	185.00–190.00	187.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,040	187.50	187.50
1	1050–1100	1,050	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
3	150–200	178	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	339.50	339.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,013	204.00–206.00	205.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	701	255.50	255.50
32	800–850	836	237.00	237.00
8	950–1000	981	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	756	237.00	237.00
62	800–850	834	225.00–229.00	227.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	718	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,975	166.00–176.00	170.47
39	—	1,815	152.00–168.00	158.25
48	—	1,717	128.00–152.00	144.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,304	125.00–148.00	135.79
1	—	1,340	150.50	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,534	152.00–163.00	158.56
3	—	1,637	144.00–150.00	147.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,608	135.00–141.50	137.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,003	105.00	105.00
18	—	1,190	119.00–127.00	124.33
24	—	1,162	100.00–119.00	110.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,622	121.00–133.00	129.16
4	—	1,651	140.00–145.00	142.17
1	—	1,610	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,352	115.00–132.00	126.28
97	—	1,411	131.00–143.00	138.22
2	—	1,508	144.00–149.00	146.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,589	127.00–141.50	131.66
15	—	1,425	107.00–122.00	114.83
4	—	1,438	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,218	124.50–136.00	132.23
42	—	1,172	106.00–125.00	122.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	83.00	83.00
2	—	1,378	109.00	109.00

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.