Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 7, 2025

1,783 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $285.22/cwt -14.52 vs last sale · ≈ $2,005/hd at 703 lb · 45 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $370.20/cwt -6.19 vs last sale · ≈ $2,003/hd at 541 lb · 45 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $344.08/cwt -23.97 vs last sale · ≈ $1,535/hd at 446 lb · 43 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,783	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–348	329	5	455.00–490.00	$469.79	$1,546	—
410–435	423	9	390.00–422.50	$411.30	$1,740	-11.17
455–480	466	10	390.00–405.00	$398.74	$1,858	-5.91
516–548	541	45	365.00–375.00	$370.20	$2,003	-6.19
560–575	568	2	350.00–355.00	$352.53	$2,002	+21.03
690	690	3	305.00–306.00	$305.33	$2,107	-10.62
710–730	720	2	288.00–293.00	$290.53	$2,092	-11.27

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	4	421.00	$421.00	$1,772	-23.78
565–580	567	14	346.00–370.00	$366.00	$2,075	-8.76
602–625	611	5	330.00–342.00	$337.09	$2,060	-13.74
680–695	690	3	310.00–311.00	$310.67	$2,144	-17.20
704–745	722	9	299.00–305.00	$302.25	$2,182	-5.97
780–797	793	4	285.00–290.00	$286.23	$2,270	+0.85
825	825	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,310	-12.01
843	843	3	264.00	$264.00	$2,226	-28.01

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	12	371.00	$371.00	$1,885	—
699	699	4	293.00	$293.00	$2,048	—
841	841	10	264.00	$264.00	$2,220	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
752	752	6	276.00	$276.00	$2,076	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,635	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,712	-25.00
825	825	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,145	+2.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,279	—
284 unweaned	284	5	440.00	$440.00	$1,250	—
392	392	7	402.50	$402.50	$1,578	-13.77
410	410	4	375.00	$375.00	$1,538	-24.78
450–488	477	4	351.00–360.00	$355.39	$1,695	-26.45
525–533	532	13	340.00–345.00	$344.62	$1,833	-13.99
550–586	570	21	313.00–337.00	$325.00	$1,852	-24.92
600–625	613	27	305.00–322.00	$320.57	$1,965	-2.07
653	653	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,894	-22.64
703–705	703	45	279.00–286.00	$285.22	$2,005	-18.35
778	778	6	259.00	$259.00	$2,015	-7.00
778–780	778	10	272.50	$272.50	$2,120	+6.50
801–830	813	7	259.00	$259.00	$2,106	-13.44
888	888	2	252.50	$252.50	$2,242	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–398	379	10	380.00–397.50	$386.97	$1,467	-10.14
410–448	446	43	342.50–362.50	$344.08	$1,535	-23.97
455–496	480	27	331.00–377.00	$365.80	$1,756	+15.40
510–545	530	5	310.00–330.00	$321.94	$1,706	-8.80
566–573	568	6	308.00–312.50	$309.51	$1,758	-6.50
603–633	620	7	280.00–290.00	$284.76	$1,766	-20.76
665–696	681	11	280.00–284.00	$281.82	$1,919	-11.64
715	715	3	268.00	$268.00	$1,916	-9.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,287	-32.00
503	503	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,584	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	1	237.00	$237.00	$2,417	—
1066–1075	1068	5	227.00–236.00	$228.81	$2,444	+1.81
1110–1143	1124	9	222.50–231.00	$226.35	$2,544	+2.10
1197	1197	3	206.00	$206.00	$2,466	-7.98
1298	1298	3	192.00	$192.00	$2,492	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,952	—
501	501	5	355.00	$355.00	$1,779	—
660	660	1	298.00	$298.00	$1,967	—
742	742	3	288.00	$288.00	$2,137	—
780	780	2	278.00	$278.00	$2,168	+0.86
1005	1005	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,362	+1.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
778–788	786	9	254.00–285.00	$261.71	$2,057	—
975	975	1	224.00	$224.00	$2,184	—
1003	1003	3	226.00	$226.00	$2,267	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
778	778	2	248.00	$248.00	$1,929	—
920	920	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,162	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,722	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095	1095	1	218.00	$218.00	$2,387	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
986–1790	1309	80-85%	21	114.00–148.00	$139.91	$1,831	—
1270–1547	1392	80-85%	115	151.00–168.00	$163.97	$2,282	+64.97
1150–1657	1406	80-85%	165	139.00–161.00	$155.91	$2,192	-3.29
1225–1720	1444	80-85%	63	139.00–153.00	$146.65	$2,118	+11.68
1325–1615	1446	80-85%	17	122.00–140.00	$134.03	$1,938	-0.94
1380–1585	1497	80-85%	15	151.00–160.00	$154.88	$2,319	+25.89

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	85-90%	1	92.50	$92.50	$740	—
905–985	932	85-90%	3	126.00–142.50	$132.75	$1,237	+18.54
940–985	960	85-90%	4	100.00–122.00	$108.92	$1,046	—
935–1275	1105	85-90%	35	117.50–144.00	$132.90	$1,469	+12.13
1125–1155	1133	85-90%	4	146.00–152.00	$150.47	$1,705	+29.70
1035–1225	1140	85-90%	3	105.00	$105.00	$1,197	-15.77
1115–1213	1164	85-90%	6	139.00–146.00	$142.61	$1,660	+3.66
1003–1370	1192	85-90%	77	136.00–156.00	$150.60	$1,795	+11.65
1040–1303	1201	85-90%	18	112.50–136.00	$124.37	$1,494	-24.56
1050–1270	1211	85-90%	26	157.00–166.00	$159.48	$1,931	+10.55

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1503	1495	75-80%	5	163.00	$163.00	$2,437	—
1450–1695	1501	75-80%	68	150.00–159.00	$154.25	$2,315	—
1558–1723	1623	75-80%	6	155.00–160.00	$158.93	$2,579	—
1503–1945	1675	75-80%	9	137.50–147.50	$143.46	$2,403	-9.67
1688	1688	75-80%	2	143.00	$143.00	$2,414	-10.13
1585–1925	1719	75-80%	14	151.00–159.00	$155.07	$2,666	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1380	1323	2	137.00–146.00	$141.70	$1,875	—
1295–1850	1534	12	140.00–163.00	$154.96	$2,377	—
1305–2075	1583	31	162.00–180.00	$170.50	$2,699	—
1485–1705	1630	14	141.00–159.00	$153.93	$2,509	—
1525–2410	1881	28	160.00–182.00	$174.62	$3,285	—
1780–2460	2074	20	181.00–201.00	$189.71	$3,935	+1.47

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1835	1835	1	175.00	$175.00	$3,211	—
2249–2485	2288	6	188.00–194.00	$189.09	$4,326	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
798 thin fleshed	798	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,955
853 fancy	853	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	279.00	$279.00	$2,380
765–1305	1022	(<2 yrs)	Open	235	185.00–269.00	$226.85	$2,318
1024–1500	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	92	152.00–229.50	$184.08	$2,181
1280	1280	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,304
1290	1290	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,000
1105–1400	1302	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	175.00–184.50	$181.81	$2,367

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–1295	1014	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	170.00–239.00	$204.83	$2,077
820–1230	1037	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	148.00–215.00	$175.26	$1,817

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–847	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	231.00–239.00	$232.89	$1,863

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1083	1044	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	204.00–227.00	$209.10	$2,183

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1043–1260	1152	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	2,400.00–2,450.00	$2,422.64
1215–1455	1320	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	3,000.00–3,300.00	$3,152.76
1301–1410	1348	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	2,050.00–2,200.00	$2,132.74
1420–1534	1502	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	2,700.00–2,725.00	$2,701.58
1506–1510	1507	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,975.00–3,000.00	$2,979.18

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1537	1537	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,450.00	$2,450.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1058	1058	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,400.00	$2,400.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1550	1550	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	4,100.00	$4,100.00	—
1838	1838	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

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Dairy Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1905	1905	1	145.00	$145.00	$2,762	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1381	1276	85-90%	11	104.00–137.00	$121.27	$1,547	—
1921	1921	80-85%	4	149.00	$149.00	$2,862	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1099–1287	1153	(<2 yrs)	Open	54	4,200.00–4,300.00	$4,286.82	—

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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.