Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 13, 2022

4,716 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.17/cwt +2.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,105/hd at 665 lb · 49 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 bulls $149.46/cwt ≈ $1,087/hd at 727 lb · 29 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.31/cwt -6.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,120/hd at 760 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,716	6,348	3,179
Feeder cattle	525	1,062	864
Slaughter cattle	1,984	1,869	1,694
Replacement cattle	2,207	973	621

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
499 unweaned	499	4	190.00	$190.00	$948	+3.34
564 unweaned	564	6	185.50	$185.50	$1,046	—
632	632	10	187.00	$187.00	$1,182	—
800–845	820	9	147.00–154.50	$152.18	$1,248	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524–533	527	6	185.00–186.00	$185.66	$978	-7.27
607	607	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,093	-0.92
770	770	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,147	-0.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
663	663	8	142.00	$142.00	$941	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	3	191.00	$191.00	$829	—
512–525 unweaned	521	9	173.00–174.00	$173.33	$903	+6.83
576–579	578	20	171.00–175.00	$174.00	$1,006	+4.72
617–640	628	13	156.50–164.00	$160.47	$1,008	-9.20
650–675	665	49	163.50–172.00	$166.17	$1,105	+2.26
700–710	703	3	149.00–151.00	$149.67	$1,052	-5.00
758–766	760	22	145.00–148.00	$147.31	$1,120	-4.91
816	816	5	142.50	$142.50	$1,163	-4.50
850	850	2	146.00	$146.00	$1,241	-2.78
901	901	17	135.25	$135.25	$1,219	-8.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	5	177.50	$177.50	$795	+0.50
488–496	494	7	170.00–173.50	$172.51	$852	+8.51
541 unweaned	541	5	151.00	$151.00	$817	-19.50
558–595	577	19	159.00–169.00	$163.05	$941	+7.68
608	608	10	161.50	$161.50	$982	+11.50
685	685	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,021	+1.00
760	760	2	144.00	$144.00	$1,094	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	4	141.00	$141.00	$952	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
663–690	679	5	154.50–159.00	$157.24	$1,068	—
722–741	727	29	148.00–151.00	$149.46	$1,087	—
779	779	7	151.00	$151.00	$1,176	—
865–884	871	17	132.50–148.00	$143.37	$1,249	—
925–935	930	2	114.00–143.00	$128.42	$1,194	+3.42

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1035	1034	4	111.00–115.00	$114.00	$1,179	-6.01
1078	1078	7	112.00	$112.00	$1,207	-9.00
1115	1115	3	105.50	$105.50	$1,176	-6.50
1162	1162	5	107.50	$107.50	$1,249	-3.23

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1140–1150	1145	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	2,000.00–2,300.00	$2,150.66	—
1440–2350	1972	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	11	2,500.00–4,200.00	$3,206.45	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935	935	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,216	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1605	1372	80-85%	30	63.00–76.00	$72.82	$999	+0.02
1268–1625	1376	80-85%	146	74.50–84.50	$78.72	$1,083	-4.46
1200–1513	1386	80-85%	144	73.00–84.00	$80.64	$1,118	+0.86
1229–1735	1388	80-85%	251	81.00–88.00	$85.04	$1,180	+5.26
1278–1620	1389	80-85%	236	82.00–89.50	$85.04	$1,181	+5.26
1370–1425	1411	80-85%	4	72.00–73.00	$72.24	$1,019	-11.39

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–960	915	85-90%	4	53.00–57.00	$54.05	$495	-1.89
820–985	922	85-90%	9	62.00–73.50	$67.58	$623	+2.07
925–950	938	85-90%	2	75.00–78.50	$76.73	$720	+2.93
948	948	85-90%	2	85.00	$85.00	$806	+11.20
1010–1315	1139	85-90%	59	63.00–75.00	$71.50	$814	+0.81
1095–1210	1153	85-90%	2	54.00–55.00	$54.52	$629	-23.08
1008–1315	1186	85-90%	149	74.00–83.00	$78.38	$930	+0.78
1085–1265	1211	85-90%	57	82.00–87.00	$83.87	$1,016	+1.68
1152–1325	1230	85-90%	28	62.00–73.00	$70.99	$873	-12.90
1030–1345	1233	85-90%	47	82.00–86.00	$83.41	$1,028	-0.48
1045–1327	1248	85-90%	76	74.00–84.00	$79.32	$990	-4.57

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1341–1905	1538	75-80%	34	85.50–88.50	$86.43	$1,329	+4.11
1430–1755	1575	75-80%	29	71.00–81.00	$78.98	$1,244	-6.12
1504–1610	1578	75-80%	27	85.50–89.00	$85.97	$1,357	+0.87
1420–1913	1608	75-80%	51	81.50–86.50	$84.37	$1,357	+7.96
1649	1649	75-80%	4	82.00	$82.00	$1,352	—
1727	1727	75-80%	3	82.00	$82.00	$1,416	-3.72

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1429–1585	1481	65-75%	6	85.50–86.75	$86.30	$1,278	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1253	1253	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,378	—
1320	1320	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,069	—
1220–1618	1452	11	86.00–95.00	$90.63	$1,316	—
1210–1990	1473	5	84.00–95.00	$91.79	$1,352	—
1260–1885	1545	14	96.50–108.00	$104.08	$1,608	—
1425–2285	1726	68	97.00–109.00	$103.82	$1,792	—
1585–2490	2001	66	106.00–122.00	$113.56	$2,272	—
1835–2265	2050	2	115.00–120.00	$117.24	$2,403	—
2520	2520	1	111.00	$111.00	$2,797	—
2750	2750	1	98.00	$98.00	$2,695	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2488	2488	2	93.00	$93.00	$2,314	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–1409	1088	(<2 yrs)	Open	125	90.00–125.00	$108.49	$1,180
903–1338	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	212	78.00–115.00	$96.04	$1,076
1160 thin fleshed	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	76.00	$76.00	$882
1219–1280	1224	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	89.50–90.00	$89.54	$1,096

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	75.00	$75.00	$724
873–1175	996	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	80.00–92.00	$86.50	$862

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1088	1088	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	111.00	$111.00	$1,208

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1259–1275	1262	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,283.16

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1264 thin fleshed	1264	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—
1231–1462	1330	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	14	1,560.00–1,675.00	$1,620.82	—
1417 thin fleshed	1417	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1311–1514	1420	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	58	2,550.00–2,600.00	$2,573.89	+808.86
1460 thin fleshed	1460	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1463 thin fleshed	1463	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
1479	1479	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,600.00	$1,600.00	-84.22
1493	1493	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	1,585.00	$1,585.00	—
1510–1800	1558	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	2,275.00–2,300.00	$2,279.81	—
1578	1578	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1515–1648	1581	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	168	1,785.00–2,500.00	$2,276.63	—
1524–1953	1585	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	80	1,475.00–1,800.00	$1,688.02	—
1499–1618	1590	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	109	2,400.00–2,560.00	$2,517.87	—
1553–1715	1594	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	32	1,475.00–1,535.00	$1,518.86	—
1553–1643	1594	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	75	1,700.00–2,010.00	$1,944.43	—
1599–1630	1609	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	48	2,010.00–2,300.00	$2,101.83	—
1653	1653	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1445	1445	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	6	141.00	$141.00	$1,008	—
835	835	35	137.75	$137.75	$1,150	—
885	885	4	138.00	$138.00	$1,221	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
851	851	30	149.00	$149.00	$1,268	—
978	978	9	137.00	$137.00	$1,340	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1159–1317	1219	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	88	2,575.00–2,675.00	$2,655.58	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.