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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Jul 27

● As filed69 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 69 priced lines covering 382 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 158 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 250 head. replacement cattle receipts at 101 head. Counted as USDA files them — 18 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Jul 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 158Last week 401Year ago 188

Slaughter CattleReceipts 250Last week 409Year ago 395

Replacement CattleReceipts 101Last week 121Year ago 118

Only one sale was held this week as Montana continues with summer sale schedules. Please check out Public Auction yards sale report (https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_1774.pdf) for the latest weekly market commentary.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	180.00	180.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,028	215.00–240.00	227.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,143	181.00–210.00	193.16

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	—	1,303	180.00–190.00	183.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,396	179.50–188.00	183.48

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	—	1,190	222.50–237.50	232.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,143	215.00	215.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	940	2,850.00	2,850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	2,700.00	2,700.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,570	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,457	2,850.00–2,900.00	2,874.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,430	3,000.00	3,000.00

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)	16	—	1,764	4,500.00	4,500.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	2,008	4,800.00	4,800.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	560.00	560.00
10	350–400	377	512.50–535.00	523.41
1	400–450	400	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	370.00	370.00
1	750–800	755	350.00	350.00
3	950–1000	973	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	715	380.00	380.00
1	800–850	825	355.00	355.00
1	850–900	855	345.00	345.00
15	900–950	920	330.00	330.00
6	1000–1050	1,047	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	698	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1200–1250	1,205	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	866	327.50–330.00	328.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	315.00	315.00
5	850–900	881	321.00–325.00	322.59
10	900–950	922	300.00–315.00	312.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,062	278.00	278.00
2	1150–1200	1,170	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	770	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	950–1000	986	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	475.00–480.00	477.50
1	350–400	365	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1100–1150	1,140	257.50	257.50
1	1150–1200	1,155	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	710	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	835	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	302	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	425	485.00	485.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,636	187.00–197.00	191.01
10	—	1,840	200.00–211.00	204.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,046	213.00–238.00	225.93
4	—	1,519	160.00–180.00	171.15
28	—	1,998	200.00–211.00	206.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,457	171.00–180.00	176.66
14	—	1,437	153.00–169.00	163.72
4	—	1,414	182.00–188.00	184.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,472	165.00–171.00	168.69
7	—	1,429	135.00–148.00	142.74
15	—	1,396	150.00–164.00	157.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,617	179.00	179.00
5	—	1,639	169.00–171.00	169.73
4	—	1,709	154.00–165.50	161.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,545	168.00–179.00	173.85
2	—	1,565	161.00–165.00	162.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,223	152.50–163.00	159.09
3	—	1,240	174.00–179.00	177.08
1	—	1,075	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	160.00	160.00
5	—	1,165	149.00–155.00	151.70
13	—	1,126	125.00–145.00	137.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	155.00	155.00

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.