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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 18

● As filed105 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 105 priced lines covering 1,638 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,202 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 436 head. replacement cattle receipts at 218 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Aug 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,202Last week 395Year ago 265

Slaughter CattleReceipts 436Last week 357Year ago 397

Replacement CattleReceipts 218Last week 98Year ago 91

Feeder cattle were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed on all offerings. Demand for all feeder cattle was very good. A few load lots were seen this week and these offerings were met on very good demand. Even small lots of high quality yearlings sold with good demand as buyers built to loads. CME feeder cattle positions have raced higher over the last few weeks and buyers have tried to keep up as each sale is higher than the last. Demand for cutting bulls remains very good with several buyers looking for bulls to cut and make steers. Bulls are bringing a very small discount to steers over the past few weeks. Market activity was mostly active this past week with many bidders noticed both in the stands and over the internet. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand for light to moderate offerings. Demand for slaughter cows was mostly moderate to good, but not as strong as the previous week. Slaughter cows were to lightly tested the previous week to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to weak undertones were noticed on all offerings. Very few cow were purchased to slaughter as too many feeding cow buyers were present this week and many were willing to take cows which were slightly blemished. Feeding cows sold on good to very good demand as private feeders and packer buyers both showed strong demand for high quality cows to feed. Demand for replacement cows was very good as ranchers purchased several sets of exposed cows away from both feeding buyers and slaughter buyers. The set listed in the report is a set of 10-13 year old cows which were exposed to balancer bulls. Quality limited demand in spots as very few attractive cows were seen this week. Quality was mostly plain to average, with a limited offering of attractive cows noted. Feeding cows sold fully steady. Slaughter bulls sold on good demand for moderate offerings slaughter bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower as northern packers showed slightly lighter demand for all slaughter cattle. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold on good demand for limited offerings. Several buyers purchased offerings to feed as supplies of market ready cattle remain tight and buyers looked for fleshy offerings which would finish quickly or could blend on to market ready loads. offerings were too light to develop an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	509	447.50–457.50	450.84
14	550–600	589	442.50	442.50
2	700–750	715	355.00	355.00
1	750–800	780	361.00	361.00
14	800–850	819	356.00	356.00
4	850–900	879	333.00–340.00	336.50
6	1000–1050	1,015	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	505.00	505.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	651	422.50	422.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	693	400.00	400.00
54	700–750	733	394.00–397.50	394.13
10	750–800	780	370.00	370.00
11	800–850	835	350.00–360.00	353.61
84	850–900	872	350.00–357.00	356.92
138	900–950	923	332.00–354.50	352.69
50	1000–1050	1,009	320.00–338.00	334.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	832	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	550.00	550.00
9	400–450	411	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1300–1350	1,323	228.00–236.00	229.60
2	1400–1450	1,443	230.00	230.00
3	1450–1500	1,475	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	662	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,081	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1100–1150	1,145	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	630	417.50	417.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	688	392.50	392.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	692	372.50	372.50
13	700–750	738	358.00–359.00	358.27
62	750–800	780	350.00–359.00	355.17
4	800–850	808	348.00–352.00	349.99
98	850–900	870	325.00–334.00	331.68
59	900–950	921	320.00–332.00	326.37
106	950–1000	971	311.00–327.50	322.29
18	1000–1050	1,028	304.00–313.00	307.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,023	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	726	345.00	345.00
5	750–800	783	336.00	336.00
12	800–850	812	315.00–330.50	328.33
14	850–900	881	307.00–323.50	317.03
2	900–950	925	306.00	306.00
5	950–1000	951	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	778	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	802	340.00	340.00
25	950–1000	987	303.00–307.00	303.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	900–950	938	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	800–850	835	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	650–700	670	363.00–367.00	363.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	565	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	925	308.00–321.00	314.43
21	1050–1100	1,069	293.00–297.50	295.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	880	345.00	345.00
1	900–950	935	330.00	330.00
2	1000–1050	1,008	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	345.00	345.00
3	850–900	895	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,040	310.00	310.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	302.50	302.50
1	1200–1250	1,225	250.00	250.00
1	1250–1300	1,260	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,070	270.00	270.00
1	1150–1200	1,170	270.00	270.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,243	163.00	163.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,289	178.00	178.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	123	—	1,317	184.00–185.00	184.63

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	170.00	170.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,316	174.00–174.50	174.43

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,035	230.00–261.00	243.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,179	185.00–234.00	205.01

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	1	—	1,145	174.00	174.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,293	2,250.00	2,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,695	192.00–196.00	193.68
3	—	1,872	213.00–222.00	216.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,515	190.00–194.00	192.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	2,032	201.00–217.00	206.54
1	—	2,340	196.00	196.00
2	—	2,263	186.00–196.00	191.02
17	—	1,865	176.00–185.00	182.41
67	—	1,896	185.00–201.00	192.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,634	170.00–185.00	180.78
43	—	1,606	185.00–197.00	191.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,441	165.50–176.50	170.56
35	—	1,447	154.00–164.00	159.03
13	—	1,461	144.00–158.00	152.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,175	168.00–171.00	169.38
19	—	1,279	140.00–156.00	151.27
4	—	1,068	155.00–162.50	158.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,715	161.00–168.00	164.95
5	—	1,766	145.00–158.00	150.12
1	—	1,720	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,213	120.00–144.00	132.06
1	—	1,180	154.00	154.00
1	—	1,010	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	164.00	164.00
1	—	1,330	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,730	168.50–169.50	168.98
6	—	1,632	162.00–166.50	164.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,020	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	168.00	168.00
5	—	1,527	152.00–158.00	155.87
9	—	1,482	135.00–148.00	140.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	128.00	128.00

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.