Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 22, 2022

1,314 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.10/cwt +2.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,608/hd at 968 lb · 97 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $170.87/cwt +1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,519/hd at 889 lb · 56 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $176.35/cwt -0.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,377/hd at 781 lb · 55 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,314	3,256	6,068
Feeder cattle	951	948	3,851
Slaughter cattle	312	411	1,545
Replacement cattle	51	109	672

Market comments — USDA reporter

Only one sale was held last week. For market commentary please go here: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_1774.pdf

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–395 unweaned	356	10	227.50–228.00	$227.94	$811	—
412–422 unweaned	420	17	219.00	$219.00	$920	—
479–490 unweaned	484	18	215.00–225.00	$220.80	$1,069	+11.73
500–518 unweaned	514	4	207.00–213.00	$208.46	$1,071	-0.54
620–628 unweaned	627	10	192.00–201.50	$192.94	$1,210	—
650 unweaned	650	5	197.50	$197.50	$1,284	—
735–745	744	14	189.50–194.00	$189.82	$1,412	+2.32
766	766	7	181.00	$181.00	$1,386	—
771	771	6	186.00	$186.00	$1,434	—
801–848	818	44	181.00–187.50	$185.97	$1,521	-1.60
873–895	877	6	179.00–182.50	$181.90	$1,595	—
938–947	946	25	174.00–175.50	$175.38	$1,659	—
959–979	975	38	173.50–174.25	$174.11	$1,698	+1.61

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1028–1041	1037	15	169.00–173.50	$172.01	$1,784	—
1079	1079	4	163.00	$163.00	$1,759	—
1105	1105	24	154.50	$154.50	$1,707	+2.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467 unweaned	467	14	210.00	$210.00	$981	—
525 unweaned	525	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,024	—
838	838	2	183.00	$183.00	$1,534	-0.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	11	147.50	$147.50	$1,622	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–385 unweaned	384	4	221.00–232.50	$223.85	$860	+41.35
453 unweaned	453	20	208.00	$208.00	$942	+28.00
569 unweaned	569	14	193.00	$193.00	$1,098	+24.00
621–646	636	13	179.00–181.00	$180.25	$1,146	-3.25
695	695	9	180.00	$180.00	$1,251	—
763–795	781	55	175.50–180.00	$176.35	$1,377	-0.65
812–837	827	9	174.00–181.00	$176.29	$1,458	-2.21
876–896	889	56	169.50–172.00	$170.87	$1,519	+1.87
913–935	928	36	166.50–170.25	$168.82	$1,567	-5.19
940	940	11	162.00	$162.00	$1,523	-12.01
950–978	965	52	169.00–172.00	$170.41	$1,644	+6.81
963–990	970	35	161.50–163.50	$162.19	$1,573	-1.41
970–987	979	10	156.00–160.00	$157.41	$1,541	-6.19

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
797	797	3	164.50	$164.50	$1,311	—
1005–1044	1008	45	169.50–169.75	$169.73	$1,711	+20.23
1010–1026	1018	41	156.00–164.00	$161.17	$1,641	+11.67
1056	1056	11	167.50	$167.50	$1,769	+14.80
1055–1069	1061	20	160.50–161.00	$160.73	$1,705	+8.03
1111–1130	1118	8	145.50–158.00	$153.86	$1,720	+7.36
1184	1184	4	150.50	$150.50	$1,782	+16.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372 unweaned	372	7	213.00	$213.00	$792	—
716	716	13	169.00–172.00	$171.08	$1,225	—
825	825	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,370	—
913–921	918	12	162.50–163.50	$162.91	$1,496	+4.59

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
632–640	634	11	172.00–175.00	$173.36	$1,099	+6.68
658	658	6	175.00	$175.00	$1,152	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095	1095	2	123.00	$123.00	$1,347	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578 unweaned	578	2	166.00	$166.00	$959	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1252–1790	1362	80-85%	34	83.50–89.00	$86.20	$1,174	-9.55
1375	1375	80-85%	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,114	-14.75
1278–1870	1389	80-85%	16	84.00–89.00	$85.61	$1,189	-10.14
1310–1615	1463	80-85%	8	77.00–83.00	$81.39	$1,191	+16.39
1550–1585	1568	80-85%	4	90.00–95.50	$92.49	$1,450	—
1740	1740	80-85%	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,618	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
828	828	85-90%	2	63.00	$63.00	$522	-10.17
1025–1280	1200	85-90%	5	74.00–83.00	$77.36	$928	—
1125–1285	1214	85-90%	4	84.00–87.00	$85.75	$1,041	-1.98
1203–1255	1216	85-90%	4	84.50–87.00	$86.35	$1,050	-1.38
1195–1298	1264	85-90%	3	79.00–82.00	$81.05	$1,024	+1.68
1300–1380	1340	85-90%	2	89.50–90.00	$89.74	$1,203	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1708	1708	75-80%	7	90.00	$90.00	$1,537	—
1740	1740	75-80%	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,514	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1383	1383	3	92.50	$92.50	$1,279	-21.28
1260–1785	1493	16	102.00–113.50	$108.03	$1,613	—
1555	1555	1	98.00	$98.00	$1,524	-8.32
1635	1635	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,864	+18.05
1460–2128	1812	7	90.00–104.00	$97.56	$1,768	-8.38
1510–2095	1843	38	103.00–110.00	$106.56	$1,964	+0.62
1756–1913	1860	23	117.00–118.50	$117.70	$2,189	—
1705–2210	2013	5	111.00–114.00	$112.14	$2,257	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1080–1250	1107	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	98.00–113.00	$109.98	$1,217
905–1293	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	90.00–96.00	$92.67	$1,080

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930	930	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	96.50	$96.50	$897

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1527–1566	1554	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,470.53

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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.