Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 24, 2025

5,818 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $337.40/cwt +18.27 vs last sale · ≈ $2,096/hd at 621 lb · 301 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $300.08/cwt -2.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,867/hd at 622 lb · 272 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $285.48/cwt ≈ $2,069/hd at 725 lb · 211 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	5,818	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	512.50	$512.50	$1,563	—
360–395	379	45	427.50–452.00	$437.73	$1,659	—
405–440	413	30	396.00–435.00	$420.56	$1,737	+24.87
455–492	471	94	377.00–410.00	$391.07	$1,842	+9.07
502–549	528	142	360.00–395.00	$374.49	$1,977	-6.47
550–592	576	160	340.00–370.00	$353.56	$2,037	+6.86
603 thin fleshed	603	41	353.00	$353.00	$2,129	—
604–647	624	260	324.00–345.00	$334.94	$2,090	+15.81
650–694	669	156	310.00–326.00	$317.55	$2,124	—
700–735	721	152	292.00–311.00	$305.85	$2,205	+6.61
752–773	770	53	273.00–294.00	$283.00	$2,179	—
778	778	4	270.00	$270.00	$2,101	—
800–811	809	49	255.00–263.00	$261.22	$2,113	—
802–836	809	118	271.00–286.50	$283.02	$2,290	—
866	866	5	266.00	$266.00	$2,304	—
881	881	4	255.00	$255.00	$2,247	—
939	939	15	256.00	$256.00	$2,404	+19.00
1057–1077	1066	14	227.50–232.00	$229.45	$2,446	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	7	420.00	$420.00	$1,348	—
361	361	6	425.00	$425.00	$1,534	—
410–436	434	12	400.00–405.00	$400.39	$1,738	—
478–493	483	24	357.50–377.50	$369.28	$1,784	-0.72
505–549	539	50	346.00–370.00	$361.06	$1,946	+8.56
580–598	591	47	327.50–342.00	$339.80	$2,008	—
610–648	634	37	312.00–330.00	$321.78	$2,040	—
650–694	676	107	290.00–323.00	$299.02	$2,021	—
728	728	8	268.00	$268.00	$1,951	—
715–736	732	15	280.00–293.00	$286.84	$2,100	—
753–786	780	12	269.00–281.00	$275.03	$2,145	—
845	845	5	267.00	$267.00	$2,256	—
855–865	864	13	263.00–265.00	$263.15	$2,274	—
965	965	3	243.00	$243.00	$2,345	+10.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	8	394.00	$394.00	$1,950	—
595	595	14	337.50	$337.50	$2,008	—
625	625	3	318.00	$318.00	$1,988	—
676	676	9	289.00	$289.00	$1,954	—
818	818	2	271.00	$271.00	$2,217	—
925	925	19	253.00	$253.00	$2,340	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457–468	467	27	362.00–370.00	$362.87	$1,695	—
527–543	531	20	347.00–357.50	$354.82	$1,884	—
602	602	6	322.50	$322.50	$1,941	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	7	390.00	$390.00	$1,498	—
455	455	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,524	—
540	540	1	327.50	$327.50	$1,768	—
656–690	661	14	271.00–295.00	$291.42	$1,926	—
708–742	732	9	261.00–281.00	$274.63	$2,010	—
821	821	4	250.00	$250.00	$2,052	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–444	431	90	355.00–385.00	$372.81	$1,607	—
450–493	466	95	332.00–374.00	$349.58	$1,629	-4.54
506–549	536	169	328.00–349.50	$335.26	$1,797	-5.74
554	554	11	316.00	$316.00	$1,751	—
563 thin fleshed	563	10	345.00	$345.00	$1,942	—
550–591	570	96	312.00–330.00	$322.88	$1,840	—
606	606	16	283.50	$283.50	$1,718	-18.91
604–646	623	256	287.00–313.00	$301.12	$1,876	-1.29
656–695	680	144	274.00–293.00	$283.49	$1,928	—
703–743	724	133	260.00–291.00	$283.17	$2,050	—
717–736	726	78	270.00–297.00	$289.41	$2,101	—
752–795	768	117	257.00–277.50	$273.85	$2,103	—
774	774	10	290.00	$290.00	$2,245	—
801–846	833	159	257.00–266.00	$260.99	$2,174	—
1063–1078	1064	38	199.00–209.00	$208.20	$2,215	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301	301	5	422.50	$422.50	$1,272	—
354–398	385	34	345.00–371.00	$360.86	$1,389	—
414–438	435	53	340.00–351.00	$347.54	$1,512	+5.04
456–499	487	135	322.50–337.00	$330.49	$1,609	+1.13
508–545	529	75	302.00–332.50	$321.71	$1,702	+2.93
568–598	581	21	295.00–310.00	$304.22	$1,768	—
623–648	632	37	269.00–279.00	$271.93	$1,719	—
650–693	682	25	261.00–276.00	$271.38	$1,851	—
703–747	733	26	251.00–270.00	$263.72	$1,933	—
765–790	767	15	240.50–259.00	$245.46	$1,883	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–388	385	16	340.00–355.00	$347.44	$1,338	—
461–477	470	20	310.00–315.00	$314.00	$1,476	—
533–545	539	25	275.00–300.00	$289.31	$1,559	—
575–578	578	18	285.00–288.00	$287.50	$1,662	—
628	628	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,680	+12.50
675	675	13	260.00	$260.00	$1,755	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
539	539	11	311.00	$311.00	$1,676	—
555	555	23	295.00	$295.00	$1,637	—
620–624	623	47	267.00–284.50	$280.05	$1,745	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	4	350.00	$350.00	$1,138	—
356	356	18	347.50	$347.50	$1,237	—
421	421	12	325.00	$325.00	$1,368	—
492	492	5	331.00	$331.00	$1,629	+9.00
501	501	5	322.50	$322.50	$1,616	—
586	586	4	298.00	$298.00	$1,746	—
608	608	6	285.00	$285.00	$1,733	—
749	749	15	234.00	$234.00	$1,753	—
984	984	6	188.00	$188.00	$1,850	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–365	359	14	315.00–330.00	$326.73	$1,173	—
405–415	407	13	310.00–330.00	$325.30	$1,324	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582	582	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,455	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422–445	428	16	362.50–405.00	$388.39	$1,662	—
451–455	454	11	365.00–380.00	$374.58	$1,701	—
612–645	620	4	284.00–285.00	$284.74	$1,765	—
690–695	691	4	252.50–301.00	$279.22	$1,929	—
705	705	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,833	—
753–755	754	3	267.00–273.00	$271.00	$2,043	—
830	830	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,909	—
877	877	10	233.00	$233.00	$2,043	—
930	930	2	222.00	$222.00	$2,065	—
1040	1040	2	212.00	$212.00	$2,205	—
1055	1055	1	212.50	$212.50	$2,242	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,547	—
460–493	480	5	349.00–350.00	$349.38	$1,677	—
535	535	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,658	—
570	570	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,724	+47.50
1050	1050	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,205	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1181–1190	1183	6	197.50–199.50	$199.16	$2,356	—
1218	1218	2	174.00	$174.00	$2,119	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
753	753	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,807	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,296	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1263–1445	1296	80-85%	118	147.50–152.00	$149.00	$1,931	—
1395	1395	80-85%	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,325	—
1245–1635	1406	80-85%	179	131.00–147.00	$142.83	$2,008	+20.25
1290–1695	1417	80-85%	33	113.00–134.00	$126.88	$1,798	+4.30
1345–1513	1420	80-85%	8	147.00–160.00	$150.34	$2,135	+4.31
1235–1650	1445	80-85%	54	131.00–145.50	$141.05	$2,038	-4.98
1328–1690	1475	80-85%	9	117.00–134.50	$125.10	$1,845	-29.58

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–985	900	85-90%	3	98.00–118.00	$107.87	$971	—
915–1413	1131	85-90%	59	109.00–134.00	$122.24	$1,383	+26.00
986–1285	1154	85-90%	146	132.00–145.50	$142.45	$1,644	+28.89
1025–1280	1167	85-90%	30	108.00–129.00	$118.84	$1,387	-7.58
1000–1378	1185	85-90%	10	82.50–100.00	$95.04	$1,126	-31.38
1110–1288	1187	85-90%	78	146.00–149.00	$146.49	$1,739	+20.07
1095–1300	1233	85-90%	11	132.00–141.00	$139.11	$1,715	-2.37
1275	1275	85-90%	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,862	-0.45

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1521–1587	1578	75-80%	57	148.00–150.00	$148.15	$2,338	+7.86
1480–1750	1583	75-80%	68	141.50–145.00	$143.99	$2,279	+3.70
1500–1925	1665	75-80%	29	142.00–150.00	$144.89	$2,412	-4.55
1505–1905	1696	75-80%	19	122.00–143.50	$135.15	$2,292	-14.29
1535–1880	1707	75-80%	3	150.50–154.00	$152.55	$2,604	—
1530–1768	1731	75-80%	43	131.00–140.00	$138.98	$2,406	—
2015	2015	75-80%	1	135.00	$135.00	$2,720	—
2045	2045	75-80%	1	140.00	$140.00	$2,863	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1154–1180	1156	11	137.50–142.00	$141.58	$1,637	—
1260–1540	1400	4	160.00–162.00	$160.75	$2,250	—
1369–1557	1476	59	145.00–154.00	$150.50	$2,221	—
1375–1970	1642	7	137.00–156.00	$147.25	$2,418	-1.90
1455–2340	1761	23	139.00–159.00	$150.71	$2,654	—
1460–2445	1922	22	159.00–179.00	$166.28	$3,196	—
1810–2360	2074	10	182.00–194.00	$187.40	$3,887	-0.60
2613	2613	2	193.00	$193.00	$5,043	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1955	1955	1	171.00	$171.00	$3,343	—
1960–2120	2002	31	169.00–178.00	$176.86	$3,541	—
2010–2191	2084	29	180.50–181.50	$181.47	$3,782	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
799–1470	1026	(<2 yrs)	Open	262	179.00–244.00	$210.62	$2,161
874–1595	1169	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	210	144.00–222.50	$171.22	$2,002
1325–1575	1475	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	145.00–179.00	$151.37	$2,233

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
823–1100	913	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	190.00–220.00	$201.05	$1,836
1038	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,453
880–1340	1116	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	142.00–172.50	$152.68	$1,704

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–847	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	200.00–240.00	$214.60	$1,717

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1155–1201	1186	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	1,900.00–2,200.00	$2,102.59
1245–1330	1269	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,850.00–2,975.00	$2,924.86
1299–1450	1305	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	2,100.00–2,325.00	$2,315.00
1265–1350	1308	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1305–1455	1400	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,050.00–2,100.00	$2,070.78
1465	1465	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1537	1537	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,550.00	$2,550.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1208 thin fleshed	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1215–1252	1242	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	1,750.00–1,960.00	$1,920.10

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1378	1378	85-90%	2	109.00	$109.00	$1,502	—
1522	1522	80-85%	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,826	—
1570	1570	80-85%	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,334	—

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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.