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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Jun 29

● As filed74 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 74 priced lines covering 987 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 146 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 807 head. replacement cattle receipts at 261 head. Counted as USDA files them — 28 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Jun 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 146Last week 614Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 807Last week 1,067Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 261Last week 618Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were all too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Quality this week was mixed from plain to average. Cattle were offered in small groups with many singles noticed as well. Demand was mostly moderate to good. Too few cattle were seen this week for buyers to build loads. Some buyers were also not in the market this week as their customers were not taking cattle this week due to the holiday. CME feeder cattle positions were also lower to start the week with lower movement seen Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Market activity was mostly moderate to active with a small buyer pool was noticed. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand for moderate offerings. Feeding cow demand remains very good. A large pool of buyers was in the market this week. Canadian buyers were back in the market this week as the US dollar fell slightly helping exchange rates. Boning and lean fleshed feeding cows sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower on a lower quality offering than was seen last week. Breaking cows sold with the lightest demand again this week. These offerings sold 2.00-5.00 lower. Demand for slaughter cows was also stronger this week as packers tried to buy cows to harvest prior to the 4th of July holiday. Breaking slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-5.00 lower. Boning and lean slaughter cows were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to weak undertones were noticed. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00-5.00 lower. Feeding bulls sold 5.00-7.00 lower. Light demand was seen from packer buyers this week for this class of bulls as most feeding bulls were purchased by private feeders. Demand for feeding bulls was light to moderate this week as a result. Feeding bull quality this week was mostly plain to average. Demand for young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed was mostly moderate to good but lighter than last week as many opted to remain out of the market this week with the 4th of July holiday ahead. Young age cows sold mostly steady to weak. Quality was mostly average and lower than last week.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	865	302.50–310.00	304.90

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	3	—	875	235.00–285.00	252.13
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	240.00	240.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,337	200.00–215.00	204.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,355	183.00	183.00

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	65	—	1,237	188.00–275.00	217.82
(<2 yrs)	Open	53	—	1,125	210.00–335.00	257.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,358	184.00–202.50	189.28

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	12	—	1,050	183.00–295.00	223.93
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,073	245.00–282.50	262.31

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,232	217.50–231.00	228.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,314	193.00–217.50	197.23

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	225.00	225.00

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)	Open	11	—	1,500	4,300.00–4,450.00	4,421.27

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,146	4,350.00–4,400.00	4,384.77

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	2	—	1,523	3,800.00	3,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,510	4,300.00	4,300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	4,450.00	4,450.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,255	3,200.00	3,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,375	3,900.00–4,100.00	4,040.85

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)	1	—	1,450	2,900.00	2,900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,115	4,650.00	4,650.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	465.00–480.00	469.85
6	600–650	627	385.00–390.00	385.82
3	750–800	790	332.50–340.00	337.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	629	405.00–415.00	413.76
3	700–750	712	365.00	365.00
4	750–800	770	362.00–365.00	362.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	678	345.00	345.00
3	700–750	725	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1150–1200	1,193	247.50	247.50
1	1250–1300	1,260	241.00	241.00
1	1350–1400	1,390	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	625	400.00	400.00
2	750–800	778	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	520.00	520.00
3	700–750	720	345.00–365.00	358.11
1	800–850	835	330.00	330.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,015	306.00–316.00	312.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	718	385.00–391.00	387.97
2	750–800	773	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	613	440.00	440.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	184.00	184.00
7	—	1,819	152.00–169.00	161.01
42	—	1,699	164.00–179.50	176.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,353	147.00–159.00	154.94
5	—	1,468	165.00–176.00	169.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,619	162.50–169.00	165.83
46	—	1,595	173.25–183.00	177.69
15	—	1,628	183.50–188.50	186.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,236	172.00–182.00	178.47
6	—	1,204	185.00–187.50	185.57
23	—	1,163	159.00–174.00	165.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,497	185.00–192.00	186.40
199	—	1,399	175.00–185.00	181.20
22	—	1,424	153.00–174.00	167.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,240	140.00–153.00	145.16
4	—	1,168	166.00–178.00	170.09
7	—	1,177	157.50–165.00	161.67
1	—	1,435	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	869	102.50–127.50	115.48
1	—	905	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,170	145.50	145.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,418	211.00–214.00	212.51
17	—	1,767	185.00–205.00	194.18
57	—	1,948	195.00–220.00	210.32
33	—	2,060	217.50–235.00	224.80
1	—	2,255	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,468	181.00–205.00	193.02
32	—	1,591	192.00–212.50	204.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	138.00	138.00

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.