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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 10

● As filed136 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 136 priced lines covering 2,128 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,294 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 867 head. replacement cattle receipts at 417 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Mar 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,294Last week 3,291Year ago 1,135

Slaughter CattleReceipts 867Last week 1,392Year ago 849

Replacement CattleReceipts 417Last week 2,788Year ago 358

Compared to last week: Steer calves were all too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to firm undertones were noticed on all offerings. Feeder heifers were all too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to higher undertones were noticed on heifers under 650 lbs, while steady undertones were noticed on heifers over 650 lbs. Demand was mostly good to very good for light offerings. Feeder cattle were mostly plain to average for quality, with a limited offering of attractive cattle seen. Quality overall was not as attractive as last week. Package sizes were mostly small to moderate this week with no load lots on offer. Packages were smaller than last weeks sale. Many sets of calves were cut backs off winter video sales. Several sets of backgrounded feeders were seen this week. Some of these cattle were moderate to fleshy and discounted as a result. Many backgrounded cattle were dirty and taggy as melting snow and mud continues to be an issue for cattle feeders. Demand for grass cattle continues to be very strong as differed CME positions continue to post large gains. CME positions traded mostly higher this week, spurred by higher direct slaughter cattle prices. In Nebraska and the Western Cornbelt slaughter cattle traded 3.00-5.00 higher at 205.00 on Friday. The March feeder cattle contract closed Friday at 281.975, 5.00 higher than last Fridays close. The April contract closed at 281.20 on Friday, 3.05 higher than last Fridays close. Despite light offerings of feeder cattle seen this week demand continues to be very good with large crowds on hand actively bidding on offerings. Market activity this week was mostly active as a result. Weigh up cows sold on good to very good demand for moderate offerings. Regional packers and major packers continue to show very good demand for high quality cows. Regional packers are purchasing their cattle for immediate harvest while major packers are purchasing cows mostly to feed. Premium white fed cows sold mostly 4.00-8.00 higher, breaking and boning cows sold steady to 5.00 higher, lean cows sold generally steady. Feeding cows sold mostly 2.00-5.00 higher on all high quality cows suitable to feed to premium white. Short term feeding cows sold unevenly steady on a mixed quality offering. Many blemished cows continue to go to feed or to grass until cow supplies shorten. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady. Very good demand from major packers was seen this week as bull quality was mostly attractive. Several sets of fed bulls were seen this week and were marketed as all natural. Fed bull quality was not as attractive this week as it was the past few weeks. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold generally steady. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive. Several sets of heifers which lost calves sold on very good demand. Demand from rebreed buyers was very good this week as many try to buy cows to use as recips or to rebreed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	413	430.00	430.00
1	600–650	640	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1150–1200	1,155	197.00–226.00	216.29
1	1200–1250	1,240	210.00	210.00
1	1250–1300	1,255	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	345	435.00	435.00
14	350–400	383	415.00	415.00
3	400–450	448	405.00	405.00
3	550–600	590	320.00	320.00
5	650–700	693	285.00	285.00
3	700–750	715	290.00	290.00
7	750–800	768	263.00–274.00	267.65
5	800–850	807	260.00–262.00	260.41
1	850–900	875	238.00	238.00
4	900–950	909	245.00	245.00
6	950–1000	957	242.00	242.00
2	1100–1150	1,123	215.00–231.00	222.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	580	317.50	317.50
2	700–750	748	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	627	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	715	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	347.50	347.50
8	500–550	523	312.00	312.00
2	550–600	565	318.00	318.00
1	600–650	605	284.00	284.00
3	700–750	745	261.00	261.00
4	850–900	894	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	1000–1050	1,035	210.50	210.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	380.00	380.00
10	400–450	420	337.50–365.00	356.94
11	450–500	488	341.00	341.00
19	500–550	540	315.00–333.00	318.22
51	550–600	573	304.00–320.00	312.57
2	600–650	613	285.00	285.00
7	700–750	714	260.00–265.00	262.85
3	750–800	782	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1100–1150	1,134	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	437.50	437.50
3	400–450	433	370.00	370.00
35	450–500	464	350.00–367.50	362.41
53	500–550	528	334.00–337.00	335.35
41	600–650	632	309.00–322.50	313.50
118	650–700	686	279.00–289.50	287.69
10	750–800	772	243.00–268.00	257.89
12	800–850	806	256.00–262.00	261.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	555	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	588	304.00	304.00
35	700–750	732	259.00–261.00	259.38
4	800–850	821	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	590	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	478	320.00–330.00	326.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	584	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1100–1150	1,136	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	413	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	483	367.50	367.50
5	500–550	532	345.00–365.00	351.93
20	550–600	587	320.00–347.50	324.95
15	600–650	639	322.00–329.00	324.52
4	650–700	683	292.50–298.00	293.82
11	700–750	716	285.00–293.00	287.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	698	308.00	308.00
1	700–750	740	282.50	282.50
1	750–800	790	280.00	280.00
16	850–900	857	249.00–256.00	249.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1200–1250	1,222	180.00–199.00	186.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	505.00	505.00
3	350–400	357	500.00–505.00	503.30
103	400–450	439	430.25–440.00	430.85
8	450–500	475	390.00–400.00	393.98
4	500–550	501	377.50	377.50
21	550–600	588	341.00–376.00	345.38
8	600–650	622	329.00–331.00	330.49
41	700–750	718	296.00–309.00	306.60
7	750–800	775	287.00–293.00	291.72
12	800–850	827	282.00	282.00
2	850–900	855	273.00	273.00
8	900–950	916	260.00–268.00	263.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	674	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	832	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	443	405.00	405.00
1	600–650	620	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	420	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	498	332.50	332.50
4	550–600	563	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	340.00	340.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	2,700.00	2,700.00
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,048	2,100.00	2,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	210.00	210.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	893	177.50	177.50

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	29	—	980	146.00–195.00	162.63
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	945	200.00–215.00	208.55

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	158	—	1,115	148.00–220.00	178.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,196	145.00–170.00	157.92
(<2 yrs)	Open	122	—	1,010	173.00–259.00	216.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,465	157.00–183.00	162.64
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,442	162.00–181.00	175.41

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	750	220.00–230.00	223.65

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,184	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,133	2,700.00–2,725.00	2,715.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,287	2,200.00	2,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,750.00	1,750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,177	101.00–131.00	111.19
3	—	1,188	95.00–103.00	97.58
3	—	1,178	129.00–135.00	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,451	110.00–135.00	126.22
43	—	1,415	129.00–149.50	143.67
137	—	1,503	146.50–160.50	157.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,198	139.00–148.00	142.92
28	—	1,217	146.00–154.00	150.00
42	—	1,153	110.00–136.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,496	140.00–153.50	144.82
16	—	1,684	154.00–160.00	157.46
16	—	1,698	130.00–144.00	137.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,405	149.00–160.00	152.94
94	—	1,379	135.00–150.00	143.47
31	—	1,448	120.00–139.00	129.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	861	92.50–106.00	100.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,584	139.50–149.00	143.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,481	142.00–150.00	142.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	111.00–117.00	114.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,023	175.00–180.00	177.46
15	—	1,806	131.00–165.00	150.37
30	—	1,899	162.00–179.00	168.98
7	—	2,041	179.50–184.00	182.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,533	182.00–185.00	183.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,745	146.50–165.00	156.92
16	—	1,916	165.00–182.00	173.86
1	—	1,980	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,523	165.00–171.00	168.08
1	—	1,370	141.00	141.00

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.