Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 24, 2025

1,624 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $345.32/cwt +16.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,962/hd at 568 lb · 59 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $363.03/cwt +12.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,856/hd at 511 lb · 54 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $341.67/cwt -9.23 vs last sale · ≈ $2,142/hd at 627 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,624	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	10	430.00	$430.00	$1,763	-5.53
453–470	465	14	417.50–419.00	$418.58	$1,946	+2.93
515–525	516	34	393.00–403.00	$399.56	$2,062	+10.32
550–597	580	23	347.50–367.50	$355.24	$2,060	-22.51
606–639	627	40	325.00–348.00	$341.67	$2,142	+0.18
684–690	685	39	319.50–320.00	$319.94	$2,192	-9.48
724–731	727	28	305.00–308.00	$306.60	$2,229	-4.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	2	437.50	$437.50	$1,676	-11.81
435–443	441	16	402.50–412.50	$406.07	$1,791	-3.47

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304	304	9	425.00	$425.00	$1,292	—
515	515	2	387.50	$387.50	$1,996	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
658	658	2	305.00	$305.00	$2,007	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,792	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	470.00	$470.00	$1,128	—
404–439	422	13	370.00–385.00	$375.94	$1,586	-18.51
451–485	467	21	350.00–372.50	$360.21	$1,682	-4.12
501 thin fleshed	501	26	380.00	$380.00	$1,904	—
510–540	521	28	340.00–353.00	$347.27	$1,809	+8.52
556	556	4	336.00	$336.00	$1,868	+7.05
569 thin fleshed	569	55	346.00	$346.00	$1,969	—
607–632	615	33	300.00–313.00	$307.62	$1,892	-24.56
650–677	665	31	294.00–301.00	$298.79	$1,987	+6.24
735	735	7	279.00	$279.00	$2,051	-19.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	384	11	372.00–380.00	$377.24	$1,449	-10.25
410–442	428	25	345.00–360.00	$349.69	$1,497	-8.23
451–495	468	16	330.00–353.00	$342.11	$1,601	-1.80
510–538	528	12	326.00–335.00	$328.86	$1,736	+5.09
558–580	564	7	305.00–322.50	$313.74	$1,769	+6.84
620–645	628	3	285.00–292.50	$289.93	$1,821	—
658–678	672	9	259.00–287.50	$280.08	$1,882	+5.14
793	793	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,903	-16.55

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,569	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,598	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,248	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,182	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–375	362	7	400.00–425.00	$412.52	$1,493	—
405–430	416	7	380.00–405.00	$393.92	$1,639	—
452–470	459	5	345.00–375.00	$357.28	$1,640	—
605–646	638	5	285.00–295.00	$293.10	$1,870	—
850	850	2	237.00	$237.00	$2,014	—
902	902	3	229.00	$229.00	$2,066	—
993	993	3	219.00	$219.00	$2,175	—
1025	1025	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,152	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	7	382.50	$382.50	$1,794	-2.89
520	520	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,898	+10.00
555	555	5	345.00	$345.00	$1,915	—
1025	1025	1	218.00	$218.00	$2,234	-18.00
1070	1070	1	211.00	$211.00	$2,258	—
1180	1180	5	210.00	$210.00	$2,478	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1093	1087	4	211.00–222.50	$213.83	$2,324	—
1198	1198	3	191.00	$191.00	$2,288	-20.84
1220	1220	1	205.00	$205.00	$2,501	+2.50
1255	1255	1	189.00	$189.00	$2,372	-6.00
1305–1333	1316	5	179.00–187.00	$182.37	$2,400	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,314	—
476	476	6	325.00	$325.00	$1,547	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	3	180.00	$180.00	$2,088	—
1260–1288	1279	3	162.50–172.50	$165.78	$2,120	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	2	262.00	$262.00	$1,886	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1253–1565	1400	80-85%	168	139.00–150.00	$147.11	$2,060	+15.19
1025–1596	1417	80-85%	24	124.00–138.00	$132.62	$1,879	+0.70
1285–1845	1437	80-85%	17	113.00–133.00	$125.96	$1,810	-5.96
1295–1630	1452	80-85%	10	149.00–154.00	$151.98	$2,207	-1.36
1292–1615	1455	80-85%	50	151.00–154.00	$151.46	$2,204	-1.88
1195–1765	1489	80-85%	34	132.00–149.00	$141.71	$2,110	+1.72

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1418–1685	1514	75-80%	36	151.00–155.00	$153.57	$2,325	—
1485–1673	1547	75-80%	43	147.00–152.00	$149.01	$2,305	—
1395–1775	1616	75-80%	37	141.00–149.50	$147.14	$2,378	+6.14
1605–1670	1638	75-80%	2	132.50–140.00	$136.18	$2,231	-4.82
1425–1840	1658	75-80%	7	151.00–154.00	$152.01	$2,520	+6.35
1519–1963	1681	75-80%	26	131.00–145.50	$143.58	$2,414	-2.08
2035	2035	75-80%	1	147.00	$147.00	$2,991	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–900	796	85-90%	6	102.00–115.00	$108.83	$866	—
1005–1220	1093	85-90%	10	110.00–125.50	$120.96	$1,322	—
1060–1273	1161	85-90%	17	125.00–134.00	$131.92	$1,532	+38.16
975–1295	1164	85-90%	43	137.50–148.00	$144.50	$1,682	+50.74
1075–1280	1182	85-90%	12	129.00–140.00	$133.55	$1,579	-9.31
1165–1291	1249	85-90%	35	149.00–156.00	$149.57	$1,868	+17.95

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1740	1519	7	153.50–155.00	$153.86	$2,337	—
1467–1995	1649	110	147.00–152.50	$148.14	$2,443	-0.75

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1278–1785	1604	20	150.00–169.00	$165.33	$2,652	—
1450–1865	1694	11	142.50–159.00	$149.65	$2,535	-22.35
1480–2295	1806	20	139.00–157.00	$150.73	$2,722	-26.27
1485–2345	1861	17	154.00–178.00	$166.13	$3,092	-5.84
1770–2390	1986	15	169.50–195.00	$182.27	$3,620	—
2520	2520	1	191.00	$191.00	$4,813	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1880	1880	1	162.00	$162.00	$3,046	—
2283	2283	2	189.00	$189.00	$4,315	—
2790	2790	1	135.50	$135.50	$3,780	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1245	962	(<2 yrs)	Open	45	182.00–240.00	$220.83	$2,124
830–1365	1102	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	87	150.00–239.00	$192.74	$2,124
1210	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,803
1320	1320	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	161.00	$161.00	$2,125
1380	1380	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	180.00	$180.00	$2,484

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1195	934	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	187.50–222.50	$206.03	$1,924
830–1220	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	150.00–195.00	$161.88	$1,761

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770	770	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	217.00	$217.00	$1,671

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
798	798	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	223.00	$223.00	$1,780

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,609

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1261–1490	1394	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	3,200.00–3,450.00	$3,258.75
1425–1498	1454	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,750.00	$2,750.00
1510	1510	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1745	1745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1771	1771	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,575.00	$2,575.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1839	1839	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	148.00	$148.00	$2,722

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1306	1306	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	3,100.00	$3,100.00

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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.