Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 13, 2023

6,252 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $194.65/cwt +3.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,419/hd at 729 lb · 88 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $178.10/cwt -6.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,467/hd at 823 lb · 77 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $183.94/cwt -3.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,219/hd at 663 lb · 56 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,252	8,991	2,746
Feeder cattle	912	4,857	1,441
Slaughter cattle	302	761	747
Replacement cattle	462	3,373	558

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: All feeder cattle were too lightly tested this week to develop an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were noticed on both steers and heifers. Quality this week was mixed from plain to attractive. Most calves were weaned this week. Although receipts were light this week demand for all feeder cattle remains good for all weights. Many heavy weight offerings were out of grow lots again this week. Several offerings were pushing some tag and overall cattle were more taggy this week compared to last. Demand for grass cattle remains strong as several local ranchers continue to compete with order buyers to buy cattle for this purpose. Market activity was active again this week. Weigh up cows sold on mostly very good demand for light offerings. Packers continue to show good demand for cows and bulls this week as light receipts were seen this week. Western packers continue to be very aggressive as they bid on all offerings. Several offerings of fed cows were seen this week. Demand for these offerings was good. Feeding cow buyers were mostly pushed out of the market this week as packers pushed prices higher in order to secure offerings. Prices climbed as the week went on. All classes of slaughter cows sold 4.00-7.00 higher. Feeding cows were not well tested last week, no comparison is available. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Quality was mostly average. Weigh up conditions were mixed. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold generally steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468–485	478	20	240.00–245.00	$243.71	$1,165	+2.31
525–538	528	27	226.00–240.00	$235.95	$1,246	-2.54
550–585	568	32	217.00–227.50	$222.61	$1,264	+3.52
602–627	610	19	209.00–215.00	$211.47	$1,290	-2.92
670–690	688	20	197.00–204.00	$198.09	$1,363	+10.09
680–698	694	17	189.00–195.50	$190.50	$1,322	+2.50
705–740	728	83	188.00–196.00	$195.53	$1,423	+4.58
747	747	5	180.00	$180.00	$1,345	-10.95
811–836	815	48	178.00–182.25	$181.61	$1,480	-2.95
832	832	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,331	-24.56
839	839	23	175.50	$175.50	$1,472	-9.06
959	959	8	158.00	$158.00	$1,515	-15.07
973	973	3	154.00	$154.00	$1,498	-19.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	4	242.50	$242.50	$839	-25.00
478	478	4	234.00	$234.00	$1,119	+10.58
570–590	585	4	188.00–205.00	$192.14	$1,124	-18.09
653–693	672	26	183.00–192.00	$187.10	$1,257	-1.89
774	774	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,277	-8.00
840	840	3	163.00	$163.00	$1,369	—
850	850	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,318	-5.50
926	926	6	163.00	$163.00	$1,509	—
973	973	4	158.00	$158.00	$1,537	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	9	226.00	$226.00	$1,137	—
556	556	10	212.00	$212.00	$1,179	—
754	754	7	185.00	$185.00	$1,395	—
1030	1030	4	158.00	$158.00	$1,627	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	5	210.00	$210.00	$821	-42.50
528	528	4	187.50	$187.50	$990	-6.99

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	2	220.00	$220.00	$964	—
791	791	5	152.00	$152.00	$1,202	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478–495	484	49	206.00–212.00	$211.25	$1,022	-8.56
532	532	7	204.00	$204.00	$1,085	-9.89
552–598	574	10	191.00–196.00	$193.46	$1,110	-14.14
580	580	20	198.00	$198.00	$1,148	-9.60
597	597	5	189.50	$189.50	$1,131	-18.10
602–605	603	22	188.50–199.50	$193.65	$1,168	-6.01
658	658	25	184.00	$184.00	$1,211	-1.12
665–668	667	31	183.50–184.50	$183.89	$1,227	-1.23
725	725	12	170.00	$170.00	$1,232	+1.50
833	833	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,250	-24.16

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	4	208.00	$208.00	$872	+0.69
470–480	477	6	197.50–200.00	$199.18	$950	+2.92
518	518	3	200.50	$200.50	$1,039	+6.39
600	600	2	169.00	$169.00	$1,014	-17.17
664	664	7	172.00	$172.00	$1,142	-3.36
944	944	7	126.00	$126.00	$1,189	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,055	—
578	578	3	195.00	$195.00	$1,127	+2.50
600–645	625	9	178.00–198.00	$185.14	$1,157	—
740	740	6	172.00	$172.00	$1,273	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–970	877	85-90%	10	61.00–80.00	$72.78	$638	+7.97
875–925	900	85-90%	2	83.00–85.00	$84.03	$756	—
1085–1155	1120	85-90%	2	65.00–68.00	$66.45	$744	—
1000–1345	1130	85-90%	83	68.00–82.50	$76.45	$864	—
1156–1180	1158	85-90%	12	87.00–87.50	$87.04	$1,008	+26.25
1175–1250	1199	85-90%	8	90.00–94.00	$91.02	$1,091	+12.45
1040–1360	1201	85-90%	35	79.00–89.00	$84.94	$1,020	+10.35

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410	1410	65-75%	12	84.50	$84.50	$1,191	—
1586–1773	1649	65-75%	107	87.25–90.75	$89.55	$1,477	—
1770	1770	65-75%	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,628	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	80-85%	3	70.00	$70.00	$612	—
1000	1000	80-85%	1	67.00	$67.00	$670	—
1214–1385	1225	80-85%	15	87.00–87.75	$87.69	$1,074	—
1230–1460	1347	80-85%	16	74.50–84.00	$81.73	$1,101	-8.20
1245–1670	1379	80-85%	61	82.00–92.00	$88.20	$1,216	+5.64
1300–1665	1434	80-85%	15	87.50–97.00	$92.91	$1,332	+17.13

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420	1420	75-80%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,278	—
1410–1790	1540	75-80%	63	85.50–94.00	$90.14	$1,388	—
1548–1620	1609	75-80%	26	88.25–96.00	$89.40	$1,438	+5.94
1660	1660	75-80%	1	83.50	$83.50	$1,386	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
921–1303	1009	13	86.50–92.00	$90.36	$912	—
1150	1150	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,230	—
1250	1250	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,150	-9.56
1305–1825	1618	6	86.00–103.00	$98.50	$1,594	—
1420–2130	1748	13	103.00–113.00	$109.07	$1,907	—
1805–2120	1936	4	115.00–123.50	$117.33	$2,272	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
888–1200	1056	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	116.00–136.00	$123.32	$1,302
845–1555	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	65	80.00–123.50	$100.34	$1,089
1217–1280	1267	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	113.75–114.00	$113.80	$1,442

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935–1070	974	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	103.00–131.00	$117.75	$1,147
755–1084	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	77.00–110.00	$81.62	$824

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1231–1467	1387	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	1,225.00–1,350.00	$1,313.01
1337–1567	1407	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	46	1,285.00–1,325.00	$1,303.20

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
135	135	2	84.00–110.00	$97.00	$131	—
155–190	181	4	52.00–53.00	$52.79	$96	—
183–198	192	15	70.00–76.00	$73.07	$140	—
205	205	1	84.00	$84.00	$172	—
210	210	1	58.00	$58.00	$122	—
203–240	220	31	67.00–73.50	$72.63	$160	—
263–285	276	5	64.00–65.00	$64.38	$178	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
50	50	2	215.00	$215.00	$108	—
60	60	1	95.00	$95.00	$57	—
65	65	1	260.00	$260.00	$169	—
95	95	1	205.00	$205.00	$195	—
105–145	122	6	172.50–197.50	$178.21	$217	—
130–133	132	3	190.00–196.00	$194.03	$256	—
144	144	4	125.00	$125.00	$180	—
155	155	2	177.50	$177.50	$275	—
160–190	175	2	197.50–200.00	$198.86	$348	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
131–133	132	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Spring	95	275.00–285.00	$280.83	—
135–144	138	Young (2-4 yrs)	Spring	32	250.00–260.00	$252.92	—
159	159	Aged (>6yrs)	Summer	5	115.00	$115.00	—
155–180	163	Aged (>6yrs)	Spring	167	117.00–185.00	$153.05	—
156–185	169	Young (2-4 yrs)	Spring	186	185.00–260.00	$225.26	—
171	171	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Winter	53	175.00	$175.00	—
163–197	173	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Spring	250	127.00–225.00	$179.28	—
175–180	178	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Winter	4	260.00–275.00	$267.61	—
183	183	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Spring	7	200.00	$200.00	—
186	186	Aged (>6yrs)	Winter	9	135.00	$135.00	—
201	201	Young (2-4 yrs)	Winter	11	200.00	$200.00	—
205	205	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Spring	2	185.00	$185.00	—
207	207	Young (2-4 yrs)	Winter	6	175.00	$175.00	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–133	129	16	55.00–56.00	$55.84	$72	—
129	129	7	85.00	$85.00	$110	—
137–145	139	13	61.00–70.00	$65.81	$91	—
143	143	6	64.00	$64.00	$92	—
135–148	145	139	78.00–84.00	$82.60	$120	—
150–161	155	26	64.00–73.00	$68.34	$106	—
150–175	159	101	76.00–83.00	$81.18	$129	—
168	168	6	85.00	$85.00	$143	—
163–198	183	51	61.00–70.50	$64.10	$117	—
195	195	3	58.00	$58.00	$113	—
204–233	223	29	60.00–62.00	$61.01	$136	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–124	117	Lambs (<1 yr)	Exposed	39	120.00–125.00	$122.41	$143	—
143	143	Young (2-4 yrs)	Exposed	13	160.00	$160.00	$229	—
150–159	156	Young (2-4 yrs)	Exposed	27	200.00	$200.00	$312	—
164–170	165	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Spring	78	67.50	$67.50	$111	—
174	174	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	73.00	$73.00	$127	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
52	52	45	187.50	$187.50	$98	—
78	78	28	142.00	$142.00	$111	—
82	82	8	174.00	$174.00	$143	—
93	93	6	140.00	$140.00	$130	—
100–101	100	82	137.00–140.00	$138.14	$138	—
101	101	12	112.00	$112.00	$113	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
30	30	1	180.00	$180.00	$54	—
30	30	3	255.00–270.00	$265.00	$80	—
33	33	2	200.00	$200.00	$66	—
33–35	34	4	295.00–315.00	$301.43	$102	—
40–47	46	25	290.00–310.00	$293.76	$135	—
48	48	19	265.00–285.00	$280.79	$135	—
48	48	3	192.50	$192.50	$92	—
51	51	13	190.00	$190.00	$97	—
50–54	53	12	275.00–295.00	$290.28	$154	—
51–58	55	16	260.00–297.50	$282.27	$155	—
55	55	1	255.00	$255.00	$140	—
60–69	64	34	250.00–280.00	$265.02	$170	—
66	66	7	270.00	$270.00	$178	—
68	68	6	247.50	$247.50	$168	—
70	70	1	207.50	$207.50	$145	—
70–72	72	42	212.50–247.50	$246.69	$178	—
70–76	74	23	200.00–235.00	$214.55	$159	—
90	90	1	197.50	$197.50	$178	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
54–56	55	32	183.00–187.50	$185.77	$102	—
61–64	63	44	172.50–177.50	$174.41	$110	—
74–75 fancy	74	68	180.00	$180.00	$133	—
70–79	75	466	158.00–172.00	$167.07	$125	—
82 fancy	82	27	171.00	$171.00	$140	—
82–89	84	34	148.00–168.00	$160.41	$135	—
90	90	7	138.00	$138.00	$124	—
90–99	96	471	134.00–143.50	$139.82	$134	—
100–103	101	78	133.00–135.00	$134.61	$136	—
101 fancy	101	102	147.00	$147.00	$148	—
100–106	105	81	126.00–139.50	$136.28	$143	—
111–119	116	242	116.00–133.00	$126.36	$147	—
127	127	9	114.00	$114.00	$145	—
135	135	15	118.00	$118.00	$159	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60–65	63	30	160.00–169.00	$167.17	$105	—
70	70	4	157.00	$157.00	$110	—
81	81	9	138.00	$138.00	$112	—
90	90	36	111.00	$111.00	$100	—
103	103	6	110.00	$110.00	$113	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	Kids (<1 yr)	Bred	1	235.00	$235.00	—
60–66	65	Kids (<1 yr)	Bred	11	210.00–250.00	$222.50	—
70–77	75	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	4	140.00–170.00	$146.98	—
65–79	77	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Bred	23	275.00–300.00	$299.08	—
81	81	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Bred	8	310.00	$310.00	—
83–85	84	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Bred	11	185.00–285.00	$216.47	—
86–92	90	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	26	125.00–260.00	$225.20	—
90–91	90	Aged (>6yrs)	Bred	13	135.00–150.00	$144.19	—
98	98	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	6	335.00	$335.00	—
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	2	175.00	$175.00	—
106–133	111	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	32	260.00–350.00	$280.93	—
103–141	119	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Bred	27	155.00–180.00	$173.20	—
140–141	141	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Bred	11	260.00–325.00	$283.53	—
150	150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	1	300.00	$300.00	—
157–170	160	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Bred	4	210.00–225.00	$221.02	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
45	45	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	290.00	$290.00	$130	—
40–50	49	Kids (<1 yr)	Exposed	10	290.00–300.00	$290.82	$143	—
70	70	—	—	5	165.00	$165.00	$116	—
71	71	—	—	5	80.00	$80.00	$57	—
70–75	73	—	—	2	120.00–160.00	$140.69	$103	—
75	75	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	195.00	$195.00	$146	—
80	80	—	—	8	147.50	$147.50	$118	—
83	83	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	220.00	$220.00	$183	—
98	98	—	—	14	140.00	$140.00	$137	—
103	103	—	—	3	115.00	$115.00	$118	—
123	123	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	145.00	$145.00	$178	—
115–145	126	—	—	17	120.00–145.00	$134.79	$170	—
128	128	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	2	147.50	$147.50	$189	—
130	130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Exposed	1	132.50	$132.50	$172	—
175	175	—	—	2	135.00	$135.00	$236	—

Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
75	75	2	190.00	$190.00	$142	—
100	100	1	192.50	$192.50	$192	—
155	155	2	187.50	$187.50	$291	—
183	183	2	187.50	$187.50	$343	—

Receipts

Market comments — USDA reporter

Feeder Steers

Feeder Heifers

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Slaughter Cows

Slaughter Bulls

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Bred Heifers

Bucks

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Hair Bucks

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