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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Jun 23

● As filed154 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 154 priced lines covering 2,456 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 463 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,598 head. replacement cattle receipts at 746 head. Counted as USDA files them — 67 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Jun 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 463Last week 394Year ago 467

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,598Last week 1,102Year ago 2,005

Replacement CattleReceipts 746Last week 282Year ago 681

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Demand was mostly good for very light offerings. Quality this week was mostly plain to average. Many unreportable, blemished cattle continue to be seen, especially on yearlings and long weaned summer calves. Cutting bulls continue to sell on very good demand as buyers search for bulls suitable to cut and make steers and competed with buyers looking for bulls to test and turn out with cows. The internet remains very active with several buyers noticed. CME feeder cattle positions saw another very volatile trading week. However positions did improve over the previous week, but remain short of the all time high set on June 10th. Market activity this week was mostly active with good buyer participation noticed. Weigh up cows sold on good demand for light to moderate offerings. Slaughter cow demand was mostly moderate to good and stronger than last week as this was the last opportunity for packers to buy cows prior to the 4th of July holiday. No sales are being held this coming week due to the holiday. Breaking cows sold mostly 2.00-5.00 higher, boning and lean cows sold 4.00-6.00 higher. The majority of the cow offering continues to be purchased to feed, however a larger portion was purchased for immediate harvest this week. Feeding cow demand was very good. Canadian cow feeders remain a large player in all auction markets pushing packer buyers to own high quality feeding cows. High quality high yielding feeding cows sold steady to 1.00 higher, with a large buyer pool of feeding buyers noticed. The volume and quality of cows are both starting to go down as most ranchers have branded and have cows turned out on summer pasture. Cow quality this week was mostly average to attractive, but overall not as attractive as last weeks offering. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher as packers showed strong demand for bulls for immediate slaughter. Several feeding bull buyers remain active in the market and helped keep thin fleshed lower yielding bulls steady. Feeding bulls sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold mostly 10.00-15.00 higher on a very high quality offering. One large consignment of very high quality 2 and 3 year old cows which lost calves were seen this week. These offerings were met with very good demand. Quality this week was mixed from plain to very attractive. High quality offerings sold on very good demand and helped improve the price of other offerings as buyers used them to fill loads. Slightly blemished offerings continue to be purchased to feed, many of these offerings were slightly blemished in some way (short tails, slightly long toes, etc.) Buyers have been buying cows up to 6 years old as replacements over the past few weeks. Demand from feeding buyers was very good, especially for heavy weight, fleshy offerings which buyers could blend on market ready loads.

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	—	1,292	2,150.00	2,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,443	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,200	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,394	2,800.00–2,950.00	2,869.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,535	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,222	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,418.55
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,495	178.00	178.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,283	197.00–235.00	214.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,492	3,000.00–3,400.00	3,166.90

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)	2	—	1,330	2,450.00	2,450.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,335	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,355	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,120	2,550.00	2,550.00

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)	6	—	1,480	3,000.00	3,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,343	2,900.00	2,900.00

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	238	—	1,157	166.00–245.00	197.51
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,221	166.00–188.00	177.73
(<2 yrs)	Open	108	—	1,020	187.00–280.00	248.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,323	170.00	170.00

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	49	—	1,073	157.50–235.00	185.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	172.00	172.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,065	160.00–166.00	163.31
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,050	182.00–222.50	210.51

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,175	165.00–198.00	189.68
(<2 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,082	204.00–222.50	211.93

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	190.00	190.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	771	205.00–227.50	219.15

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	215.00	215.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	160.00	160.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	2,550.00	2,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,340	3,000.00	3,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	984	2,850.00	2,850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,814	4,100.00	4,100.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,661	3,350.00–3,500.00	3,444.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,275	3,700.00	3,700.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,422	3,200.00–3,300.00	3,261.01

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,529	2,650.00	2,650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,645	3,500.00	3,500.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,549	3,200.00	3,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,633	3,400.00–3,500.00	3,449.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,487	3,200.00–3,500.00	3,399.78

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)	Open	6	—	1,619	3,200.00–3,400.00	3,366.44

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,635	2,800.00	2,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	10	—	1,247	208.00–268.00	228.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,539	194.00–222.00	215.34
(<2 yrs)	N/A	11	—	1,132	2,500.00–2,950.00	2,683.48

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	—	964	2,325.00–2,450.00	2,383.87

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	850	2,000.00	2,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,283	3,600.00	3,600.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	100–150	115	500.00	500.00
2	650–700	658	308.00	308.00
3	700–750	710	287.50	287.50
3	800–850	808	269.00	269.00
5	850–900	871	247.50–278.00	261.84
5	950–1000	980	248.00–273.00	253.74
1	1000–1050	1,035	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,040	268.00	268.00
8	1050–1100	1,072	240.00–246.00	240.73
20	1100–1150	1,130	239.00–246.00	240.59
7	1150–1200	1,169	221.00–232.00	230.14
2	1200–1250	1,215	222.50–229.00	225.74
4	1250–1300	1,265	207.50	207.50
1	1400–1450	1,400	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1150–1200	1,170	212.50–227.00	219.84
1	1200–1250	1,205	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	765	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	845	291.00	291.00
10	1000–1050	1,041	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	935	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	900–950	900	271.00	271.00
3	1000–1050	1,020	251.00–255.00	252.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	432.50	432.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	385.00	385.00
4	450–500	471	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	589	357.50–360.00	358.76
11	600–650	630	340.00–345.00	341.39
2	650–700	673	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	738	316.00	316.00
10	750–800	755	302.00–316.50	315.02
14	800–850	821	291.00–304.00	298.07
3	850–900	867	289.00	289.00
4	900–950	923	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	368.00	368.00
5	500–550	522	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	917	271.00–280.00	272.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	50–100	80	450.00	450.00
10	400–450	418	330.00–367.50	350.99
5	450–500	496	330.00–332.50	330.99
6	500–550	528	359.00–360.00	359.67
6	550–600	567	320.00–330.00	323.35
6	600–650	626	342.00	342.00
17	650–700	694	311.00–314.00	312.59
2	700–750	748	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	760	280.00	280.00
2	800–850	845	269.00	269.00
4	850–900	854	262.00–262.50	262.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	840	238.00	238.00
4	900–950	925	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	581	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	557	337.50	337.50
6	600–650	622	330.00	330.00
4	650–700	678	319.00–320.00	319.51
7	700–750	709	316.00–327.00	323.28
51	750–800	760	305.00–313.50	312.52
18	800–850	811	278.00–283.00	279.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	547	335.00	335.00
8	550–600	570	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	920	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,140	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,110	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,598	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	149.00	149.00
26	—	1,503	160.00–165.00	164.35
12	—	1,567	149.00–162.00	156.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,813	140.00–147.00	143.07
1	—	1,870	131.00	131.00
16	—	1,746	150.00–162.00	157.27
12	—	1,741	160.00–168.50	164.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	932	132.00–136.00	134.34
1	—	990	150.00	150.00
7	—	878	113.00–130.00	121.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,205	161.00–167.00	163.21
41	—	1,128	128.00–152.00	142.88
65	—	1,203	150.00–165.00	157.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,030	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
495	—	1,386	162.00–171.00	164.60
335	—	1,414	150.50–162.50	159.41
25	—	1,384	132.00–152.00	147.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	127.00	127.00
18	—	1,520	144.00–158.00	150.30
21	—	1,404	158.00–168.50	164.57
8	—	1,439	124.00–146.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,212	153.00–165.50	162.66
16	—	1,173	106.00–132.00	125.46
1	—	1,065	102.00	102.00
6	—	1,119	136.00–149.00	140.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,297	131.00–160.00	149.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,140	195.00	195.00
9	—	2,096	201.00–226.00	211.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,888	175.00–196.00	184.83
92	—	2,037	190.00–213.00	199.04
10	—	1,685	151.00–176.00	164.11
4	—	2,155	179.00–191.00	186.46
2	—	1,705	182.00–184.00	183.06
3	—	2,100	146.00–169.50	162.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,575	172.00–193.00	180.44
18	—	1,461	158.00–177.00	169.23
6	—	1,907	189.00–198.00	194.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,585	174.00	174.00

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.