Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 17, 2025

4,566 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $325.61/cwt +12.11 vs last sale · ≈ $2,027/hd at 623 lb · 337 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $364.33/cwt +1.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,738/hd at 477 lb · 247 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $350.60/cwt +15.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,876/hd at 535 lb · 199 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	4,566	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,641	±0.00
355	355	30	490.00	$490.00	$1,740	-13.30
408 unweaned	408	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,714	+15.00
400–440	418	21	432.00–439.00	$435.53	$1,821	+4.68
426 thin fleshed	426	63	472.00	$472.00	$2,011	—
451–495	476	125	395.00–428.00	$415.65	$1,978	+21.67
505–544	539	44	384.00–393.00	$389.24	$2,098	—
550–593	575	184	350.00–386.50	$377.75	$2,172	+32.37
603–649	628	67	326.00–354.00	$341.49	$2,145	+11.00
630 thin fleshed	630	33	370.00	$370.00	$2,331	—
656 thin fleshed	656	5	354.00	$354.00	$2,322	—
651–694	670	95	318.00–337.00	$329.42	$2,207	+17.42
707–747	718	43	300.50–319.00	$311.03	$2,233	+4.43
750–790	763	148	288.00–301.00	$296.50	$2,262	+4.78
809–818	816	45	274.50–275.00	$274.60	$2,241	-7.40
810–832	817	16	274.00–280.00	$278.09	$2,272	-3.91
854–878	856	68	269.00–280.00	$279.37	$2,391	+6.37
900–928	907	15	262.00–271.00	$264.45	$2,399	+1.39
961–985	968	10	245.00–252.00	$247.14	$2,392	—
967–990	982	9	258.00–266.00	$263.37	$2,586	—
1054	1054	7	245.00	$245.00	$2,582	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337–345	339	4	445.00–490.00	$456.45	$1,547	+1.45
377–388	384	17	432.50–470.00	$449.31	$1,725	—
415–445	440	22	407.50–410.00	$409.54	$1,802	+24.54
462–475	470	9	390.00–416.00	$402.01	$1,889	+34.51
515–530	527	12	340.00–370.00	$362.60	$1,911	+10.67
600–633	629	34	321.00–335.00	$333.14	$2,095	+8.62
728–749	736	25	280.00–290.00	$284.44	$2,093	-3.24
785–795	788	3	279.00–285.00	$282.98	$2,230	—
810	810	2	276.00	$276.00	$2,236	—
922	922	3	258.00	$258.00	$2,379	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1023	1023	8	223.00	$223.00	$2,281	—
1077	1077	6	249.00	$249.00	$2,682	—
1179	1179	7	209.50	$209.50	$2,470	—
1202	1202	22	206.25	$206.25	$2,479	+19.29

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	14	261.00	$261.00	$2,127	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	380.00	$380.00	$950	—
394	394	4	222.50	$222.50	$877	—
420	420	4	225.00	$225.00	$945	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	3	331.00	$331.00	$2,052	—
775	775	5	283.00	$283.00	$2,193	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	7	288.00	$288.00	$2,131	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	4	442.50	$442.50	$1,230	+5.00
360–390	379	40	390.00–415.00	$396.93	$1,504	—
401–446	412	70	375.00–401.00	$394.45	$1,625	+24.45
450–499	477	247	350.00–381.00	$364.33	$1,738	+1.92
512–548	533	93	333.00–349.00	$338.75	$1,806	+3.40
537	537	106	361.00	$361.00	$1,939	+25.65
554–599	588	174	317.00–338.00	$328.95	$1,934	+24.95
607–649	622	251	299.00–349.00	$332.18	$2,066	+18.68
604–649	624	86	295.00–316.00	$306.45	$1,912	-7.05
656–694	677	102	290.00–296.50	$292.55	$1,981	+4.86
675–699	682	42	285.00–297.00	$291.60	$1,989	+3.91
720–728	725	3	272.50–287.50	$277.46	$2,012	+18.08
709–744	727	174	295.00–300.00	$298.79	$2,172	+39.41
764	764	10	283.00	$283.00	$2,162	+25.11
791	791	12	265.00	$265.00	$2,096	+7.11
803	803	4	257.00	$257.00	$2,064	-4.49
815 fancy	815	22	272.50	$272.50	$2,221	—
872	872	3	249.00	$249.00	$2,171	—
982–997	990	14	216.00–222.00	$219.02	$2,168	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–344	339	5	375.00–400.00	$379.72	$1,287	—
365–398	379	15	370.00–400.00	$387.49	$1,469	+7.49
413–445	434	20	350.00–366.00	$357.92	$1,553	+0.98
455–490	474	50	340.00–352.50	$343.91	$1,630	+2.91
508–548	533	18	310.00–335.00	$323.77	$1,726	+5.55
562–599	588	74	292.00–322.50	$306.90	$1,805	-5.67
655–680	670	10	274.00–280.00	$274.94	$1,842	—
765–787	771	13	245.00–260.00	$256.55	$1,978	+2.55

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
688	688	10	2,075.00	$2,075.00	—
770	770	10	2,175.00	$2,175.00	—
849	849	10	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,276	—
644	644	19	267.50	$267.50	$1,723	—
666	666	4	266.00	$266.00	$1,772	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	6	370.00	$370.00	$1,439	—
493	493	6	337.50	$337.50	$1,664	—
663	663	4	277.50	$277.50	$1,840	—
815	815	2	254.00	$254.00	$2,070	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	6	280.00–284.00	$282.00	$1,655	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	2	307.50	$307.50	$1,762	+25.00
670	670	4	274.00	$274.00	$1,836	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	4	380.00	$380.00	$1,273	-55.00
395	395	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,679	+10.00
440	440	6	407.50	$407.50	$1,793	+2.50
465–495	487	23	380.00–392.50	$385.39	$1,877	—
524	524	16	355.00	$355.00	$1,860	—
550–594	593	30	328.00–355.00	$328.84	$1,950	+8.84
720	720	11	285.00	$285.00	$2,052	-5.00
785	785	2	252.50	$252.50	$1,982	-15.15
843	843	2	252.50	$252.50	$2,129	—
905–938	918	8	235.00–256.00	$244.87	$2,248	-0.13
965	965	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,316	-2.00
1038	1038	2	236.00	$236.00	$2,450	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,316	—
740	740	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,961	-2.50
798	798	6	249.00–255.00	$251.00	$2,003	—
815	815	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,976	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,569	—
674	674	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,719	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1190	1168	4	205.00–215.00	$211.84	$2,474	-4.45
1230	1230	1	202.50	$202.50	$2,491	-7.50
1260	1260	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,457	-17.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	80-85%	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,221	—
1233–1725	1392	80-85%	65	138.00–150.00	$144.62	$2,013	+1.15
1270–1595	1415	80-85%	28	122.00–136.00	$131.92	$1,867	-11.75
1305–1560	1461	80-85%	142	149.50–160.00	$153.34	$2,240	+27.12
1265–1645	1468	80-85%	19	101.00–132.00	$124.49	$1,828	-1.73
1235–1670	1480	80-85%	19	133.00–149.00	$139.99	$2,072	+13.77
1360–1840	1505	80-85%	10	149.00–157.00	$152.63	$2,297	-4.93

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1495–1780	1624	154	146.50–151.00	$148.89	$2,418	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–950	830	85-90%	10	81.00–117.50	$103.65	$860	—
920–1313	1136	85-90%	19	106.00–127.00	$115.07	$1,307	—
950–1325	1143	85-90%	30	110.00–133.00	$123.47	$1,411	—
1010–1285	1170	85-90%	3	85.00–102.00	$93.76	$1,097	-17.43
910–1287	1194	85-90%	58	135.00–148.00	$142.86	$1,706	-0.06
1148–1300	1206	85-90%	21	148.50–153.50	$149.46	$1,802	-0.54
1195–1255	1223	85-90%	4	131.00–132.50	$131.62	$1,610	-18.38

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555	1555	75-80%	1	159.00	$159.00	$2,472	—
1475–1580	1563	75-80%	6	156.00	$156.00	$2,438	—
1481–1843	1583	75-80%	8	139.50–152.00	$148.41	$2,349	—
1410–1800	1605	75-80%	6	132.00–141.00	$136.43	$2,190	—
1613	1613	75-80%	3	141.00	$141.00	$2,274	—
1385–1772	1666	75-80%	12	141.00–149.00	$145.66	$2,427	-11.80

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1375	1263	3	130.00–139.50	$136.89	$1,729	—
1165–1875	1490	21	157.00–177.00	$163.79	$2,440	—
1260–1890	1568	19	139.00–163.00	$147.34	$2,310	—
1155–1935	1576	22	132.00–161.50	$154.37	$2,433	—
1690	1690	1	172.00	$172.00	$2,907	—
1805	1805	11	177.00	$177.00	$3,195	+26.63
1510–2285	1870	32	152.00–181.00	$171.97	$3,216	+2.99
1837–2435	2155	13	184.00–200.00	$188.03	$4,052	—
2710	2710	1	172.00	$172.00	$4,661	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1950	1950	1	183.00	$183.00	$3,568	-2.00
1580–2392	2248	8	163.00–182.00	$178.41	$4,011	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1310	1028	(<2 yrs)	Open	118	181.00–251.00	$217.58	$2,237
936–1167	1043	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	195.00–201.00	$197.90	$2,064
815–1525	1138	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	132	150.00–225.00	$185.77	$2,114
1055–1390	1232	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	143.00–155.00	$148.34	$1,828
1645	1645	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	166.00	$166.00	$2,731

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1350	987	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	135.00–185.00	$159.87	$1,578
1005–1130	1108	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	175.00–202.00	$195.97	$2,171

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795	795	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,749

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1089–1145	1098	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	2,400.00–2,600.00	$2,434.75
1023–1320	1235	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	59	2,800.00–3,010.00	$2,955.40
1145–1247	1244	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	61	3,000.00–3,700.00	$3,636.68
1155–1344 thin fleshed	1263	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	2,300.00–2,550.00	$2,455.40
1261–1527	1280	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	56	2,725.00–2,900.00	$2,815.06
965–1444	1379	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	2,650.00–3,000.00	$2,960.81
1285–1500	1495	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	46	2,800.00–3,425.00	$3,413.32
1516	1516	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	3,025.00	$3,025.00
1590	1590	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
962–1230	1022	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	2,250.00–2,400.00	$2,290.13
1162–1170 thin fleshed	1166	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,650.00–2,100.00	$1,875.77
1120–1460	1233	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,300.00–2,400.00	$2,339.46
1298	1298	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1410	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1618–1645	1625	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,300.00	$2,300.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,750.00	$1,750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1162	1152	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,700.00–3,000.00	$2,952.24
1265	1265	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,975.00	$2,975.00

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
769	769	8	242.00	$242.00	$1,861	—
853	853	13	241.00	$241.00	$2,056	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
778	778	2	252.00	$252.00	$1,961	—
801–846	836	33	251.00–264.00	$253.64	$2,120	—
918	918	6	240.00	$240.00	$2,203	—
1050	1050	3	236.00	$236.00	$2,478	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	85-90%	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,573	—
1458	1458	80-85%	3	119.00	$119.00	$1,735	—

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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.