Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 31, 2025

5,451 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $321.63/cwt +14.01 vs last sale · ≈ $2,008/hd at 624 lb · 740 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $312.07/cwt +13.28 vs last sale · ≈ $2,087/hd at 669 lb · 537 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $299.74/cwt +20.74 vs last sale · ≈ $2,149/hd at 717 lb · 429 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	5,451	—	—

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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	530.00	$530.00	$1,616	—
409–420	414	15	437.50–455.00	$444.78	$1,841	+14.78
454 unweaned	454	9	382.50	$382.50	$1,737	—
450–484	467	38	407.50–412.50	$409.09	$1,910	-9.49
503–536	526	132	391.00–411.00	$397.05	$2,088	-2.51
555–598	580	102	357.00–387.00	$374.76	$2,174	+19.52
605–645	627	282	340.00–364.00	$350.83	$2,200	+9.16
650 thin fleshed	650	35	362.00	$362.00	$2,353	—
653–685	672	63	321.00–339.50	$327.87	$2,203	+7.93
703–748	732	194	300.75–318.00	$308.22	$2,256	+1.62
750–797	770	111	289.50–303.50	$296.11	$2,280	—
760–794	776	16	283.00–288.00	$285.38	$2,215	—
800–833	809	96	280.00–293.50	$292.01	$2,362	—
859–898	877	13	261.00–267.00	$264.16	$2,317	—
860–889	882	8	276.00–281.00	$279.78	$2,468	—
903	903	16	260.00	$260.00	$2,348	—
908–923	915	16	270.00–274.00	$272.23	$2,491	—
964–989	974	10	252.00–256.00	$254.38	$2,478	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–395	370	8	430.00–465.00	$445.68	$1,649	+8.18
425–435	430	2	420.00–425.00	$422.47	$1,817	+16.40
465–476	475	14	400.00–405.00	$404.65	$1,922	—
505–546	535	57	360.00–380.00	$376.39	$2,014	—
575–598	590	60	324.00–352.50	$331.50	$1,956	—
602–647	621	63	320.00–340.00	$329.76	$2,048	—
653–671	666	19	313.00–327.50	$315.95	$2,104	—
701–748	710	60	287.50–305.00	$301.80	$2,143	—
785–790	786	11	280.00–282.50	$280.68	$2,206	—
831–838	835	8	271.00–278.00	$274.49	$2,292	—
955	955	3	244.00	$244.00	$2,330	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457	457	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,828	—
618–648	637	21	313.00–340.00	$327.27	$2,085	—
703	703	4	279.00	$279.00	$1,961	—
831	831	7	265.00	$265.00	$2,202	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,617	—
485	485	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,698	—
510	510	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,760	+10.00
587	587	4	342.50	$342.50	$2,010	—
628	628	7	322.00	$322.00	$2,022	—
656	656	7	284.00	$284.00	$1,863	—
763	763	8	274.00	$274.00	$2,091	—
804	804	4	258.00	$258.00	$2,074	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1078	1078	5	231.00	$231.00	$2,490	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	4	447.50	$447.50	$1,513	—
387 unweaned	387	6	380.00	$380.00	$1,471	—
375–395	389	4	415.00–420.00	$416.27	$1,619	—
405–442	422	31	393.00–415.00	$399.78	$1,687	+23.84
452–484	468	63	360.00–395.00	$381.84	$1,787	+21.63
491 unweaned	491	4	350.00	$350.00	$1,718	—
500 thin fleshed	500	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,875	-5.00
501–549	531	143	331.00–372.00	$358.61	$1,904	+11.34
544	544	6	340.00	$340.00	$1,850	-7.27
551–598	565	217	330.50–355.00	$349.92	$1,977	+13.92
600–637	623	668	312.00–336.00	$322.64	$2,010	+15.02
633–647	636	72	311.50–312.50	$312.29	$1,986	+4.67
651–695	664	454	304.00–315.25	$312.64	$2,076	+13.85
659–683	675	12	292.50–299.00	$296.88	$2,004	-1.91
698	698	71	311.00	$311.00	$2,171	+12.21
702–740	716	247	293.50–310.50	$303.57	$2,174	+24.57
700–748	717	160	274.00–300.50	$296.76	$2,128	+17.76
718–737	728	22	275.50–281.00	$278.49	$2,027	-0.51
750–770	760	48	280.00–287.00	$283.45	$2,154	—
753–795	770	95	275.00–287.50	$283.72	$2,185	—
774	774	9	266.00	$266.00	$2,059	—
804–847	822	71	267.00–277.00	$272.44	$2,239	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	2	407.00	$407.00	$1,315	—
356–389	369	10	395.00–400.00	$397.11	$1,465	+19.87
424–443	433	33	350.00–375.00	$368.05	$1,594	+18.36
468–499	494	14	342.50–359.00	$350.40	$1,731	+8.29
504–542	533	39	312.50–345.00	$330.74	$1,763	+1.88
553–598	573	70	300.00–332.50	$316.01	$1,811	+2.27
600–649	638	32	286.00–313.00	$305.52	$1,949	+15.59
666–685	678	23	291.00–295.00	$293.46	$1,990	+13.38
711–743	720	16	273.00–281.00	$277.46	$1,998	—
768	768	6	268.00	$268.00	$2,058	+28.00
793	793	3	255.00	$255.00	$2,022	+15.00
803–825	814	4	253.00–259.00	$256.04	$2,084	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
713	713	28	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
759	759	31	2,275.00	$2,275.00	—
800	800	69	2,310.00	$2,310.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	3	312.00	$312.00	$1,909	—
697	697	7	279.00	$279.00	$1,945	—
780	780	21	258.50	$258.50	$2,016	—
815	815	3	252.00	$252.00	$2,054	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	6	362.00	$362.00	$1,430	—
415	415	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,328	—
488	488	3	302.50	$302.50	$1,476	—
542	542	8	322.50	$322.50	$1,748	—
588	588	3	277.50	$277.50	$1,632	—
632	632	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,643	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	5	316.00	$316.00	$1,852	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	—	—	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,800	—
627 thin fleshed	627	—	—	11	346.00	$346.00	$2,169	—
697	697	—	—	8	284.00	$284.00	$1,979	—
758–770	759	—	—	9	262.50–279.00	$277.14	$2,103	—
850–860	858	—	—	4	253.00–257.50	$254.12	$2,180	—
910–918	915	—	—	7	244.00–257.50	$247.06	$2,261	—
1005–1032	1017	—	—	7	223.00–242.00	$233.73	$2,377	+15.73
1088	1088	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	241.00	$241.00	$2,622	+30.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439–445	440	9	397.50–402.50	$398.06	$1,751	+4.14
608	608	2	307.50	$307.50	$1,870	+14.40

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	1	227.00	$227.00	$2,406	+13.17
1100	1100	2	221.00–227.50	$224.25	$2,467	—
1170–1180	1175	2	209.00–219.00	$213.98	$2,514	+22.98

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1248	1248	2	187.50	$187.50	$2,340	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	2	900.00	$900.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–965	893	85-90%	2	102.50–105.00	$103.65	$926	—
770–995	944	85-90%	8	105.00–127.00	$114.21	$1,078	—
1060–1145	1090	85-90%	6	90.00–101.00	$97.08	$1,058	-23.88
991–1270	1098	85-90%	78	119.00–143.00	$135.78	$1,491	+14.82
1035–1280	1137	85-90%	13	107.50–130.00	$120.77	$1,373	—
990–1275	1169	85-90%	6	131.00–144.00	$138.95	$1,624	-5.55
945–1311	1210	85-90%	119	140.00–154.00	$148.93	$1,802	—
1135–1313	1215	85-90%	58	152.00–159.00	$155.95	$1,895	+6.38

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385	1385	80-85%	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,371	—
1215–1605	1401	80-85%	117	140.00–158.50	$153.34	$2,148	+6.23
1260–1645	1409	80-85%	70	154.00–166.00	$159.20	$2,243	+26.58
1195–1545	1416	80-85%	4	134.00–136.00	$134.97	$1,911	+2.35
1275–1695	1470	80-85%	32	132.00–152.00	$143.97	$2,116	-7.49
1395–1635	1496	80-85%	7	121.00–136.00	$128.99	$1,930	-12.72
1330–1685	1514	80-85%	6	154.00–160.00	$157.94	$2,391	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520–1585	1542	75-80%	3	151.00–153.00	$152.31	$2,349	+3.30
1538–1583	1555	75-80%	7	157.00–160.00	$158.56	$2,466	—
1433–1800	1598	75-80%	7	155.00–160.00	$158.16	$2,527	—
1537–1910	1696	75-80%	22	150.50–156.00	$153.13	$2,597	+9.55

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1645	1413	5	162.00–166.00	$164.00	$2,317	—
1140–1795	1452	10	134.50–162.00	$151.16	$2,195	—
1470–2120	1752	12	135.00–161.00	$151.75	$2,659	—
1550–2050	1800	33	160.00–184.00	$175.98	$3,168	+25.25
1835–2405	2094	9	182.50–197.00	$188.24	$3,942	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1265	981	(<2 yrs)	Open	129	186.00–265.00	$231.89	$2,275
979–1076 fancy	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	225.00–236.00	$227.22	$2,397
733–1395	1112	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	136	152.00–233.00	$194.59	$2,164
1210–1310	1274	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	153.00–158.00	$156.76	$1,997

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,403
870–1245	982	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	160.00–225.00	$188.49	$1,851
825–1235	1028	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	162.50–218.00	$193.29	$1,987

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–950	837	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	162.50–250.00	$202.66	$1,696

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,725.00	$2,725.00
1063–1350	1178	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1335	1335	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1402	1402	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,625.00	$2,625.00
1523	1523	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,400.00	$2,400.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1226	1226	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	2,100.00	$2,100.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1463	1463	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	155.50	$155.50	$2,275

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1263	1263	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00

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Dairy Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305	1305	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,971	—

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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.