Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 9, 2025

3,875 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $394.41/cwt +50.76 vs last sale · ≈ $2,245/hd at 569 lb · 131 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $357.83/cwt ≈ $2,208/hd at 617 lb · 116 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $442.00/cwt +71.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,343/hd at 530 lb · 106 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,875	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–530	530	106	400.00–445.75	$442.00	$2,343	—
552–596	579	79	381.00–414.50	$401.46	$2,324	+36.46
650–656	655	14	340.00–371.00	$366.87	$2,403	+27.55
731	731	6	337.00	$337.00	$2,463	+23.92
799	799	21	326.00	$326.00	$2,605	+9.00
805	805	2	309.00	$309.00	$2,487	+5.00
971	971	13	285.00	$285.00	$2,767	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	2	490.00	$490.00	$1,509	—
417	417	9	422.50	$422.50	$1,762	—
518–540	531	11	380.00–387.50	$381.78	$2,027	+5.70
630–635	633	3	340.00–354.00	$349.36	$2,211	+4.42
650–683	674	5	331.00–340.00	$334.53	$2,255	—
710	710	2	317.50	$317.50	$2,254	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	4	387.50	$387.50	$1,957	—
587	587	11	380.00	$380.00	$2,231	—
718	718	2	311.00	$311.00	$2,233	—
811	811	8	292.00	$292.00	$2,368	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,836	—
472–482	475	9	355.00–402.50	$371.06	$1,763	—
512–540	519	4	325.00–335.00	$327.60	$1,700	—
748	748	3	280.00	$280.00	$2,094	—
825	825	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,310	-7.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,614	—
678–692	684	7	260.00	$260.00	$1,778	—
740	740	2	257.50	$257.50	$1,906	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,805	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360 unweaned	360	2	397.50	$397.50	$1,431	-40.77
459–482	472	18	382.50–407.50	$396.69	$1,872	+17.74
474 unweaned	474	7	382.50	$382.50	$1,813	+7.53
517–543	524	26	370.00–400.00	$390.56	$2,047	+31.42
551–594	562	100	365.00–411.00	$386.79	$2,174	+46.79
592 fancy	592	31	419.00	$419.00	$2,480	—
601–646	617	116	331.00–395.00	$357.83	$2,208	—
660–695	668	49	317.00–354.00	$327.19	$2,186	+22.23
735	735	1	287.50	$287.50	$2,113	+0.50
729–748	736	11	297.00–315.00	$310.29	$2,284	+23.29
751–770	757	11	302.50–329.00	$319.45	$2,418	+42.45
803–840	833	28	282.50–294.00	$283.42	$2,361	+6.42
853–880	862	4	272.50–295.00	$283.81	$2,446	—
923 fancy	923	2	290.00	$290.00	$2,677	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	2	455.00	$455.00	$1,379	+65.00
350–395	373	2	400.00–422.50	$411.93	$1,536	—
473–493	481	8	350.00–365.00	$359.23	$1,728	—
563–585	574	6	334.00–360.00	$346.75	$1,990	+26.75
601–640	620	13	302.50–332.50	$323.42	$2,005	+8.42
650–693	675	7	285.00–317.50	$311.65	$2,104	+20.39
708	708	2	308.00	$308.00	$2,181	+33.00
788–789	789	8	289.00–294.00	$292.13	$2,305	+20.59
825	825	3	264.00	$264.00	$2,178	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391 unweaned	391	8	325.00	$325.00	$1,271	—
391	391	14	365.00	$365.00	$1,427	—
521	521	5	322.50	$322.50	$1,680	+24.24
580	580	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,812	+27.57
615	615	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,876	—
655–663	660	3	272.50–280.00	$274.98	$1,815	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	4	337.50	$337.50	$1,883	-7.50
710	710	4	310.00	$310.00	$2,201	—
780	780	3	281.00	$281.00	$2,192	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	5	375.00	$375.00	$1,868	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,528	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	2	850.00	$850.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
732	732	6	305.00	$305.00	$2,233	—
1065–1068	1068	7	252.50–255.00	$254.64	$2,720	+17.79
1120	1120	1	257.50	$257.50	$2,884	+16.31
1161	1161	8	248.00	$248.00	$2,879	+11.13
1210–1245	1222	3	201.00–227.50	$210.24	$2,569	-0.83
1240 fancy	1240	1	216.00	$216.00	$2,678	—
1277	1277	9	192.00	$192.00	$2,452	+7.00
1305–1345	1328	3	193.00–202.50	$198.55	$2,637	—
1340	1340	2	196.00	$196.00	$2,626	—
1355	1355	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,710	—
1455	1455	2	190.00	$190.00	$2,764	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085	1085	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,604	—
1105–1106	1106	8	236.00–240.00	$236.50	$2,616	—
1225	1225	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,450	+13.00
1260–1290	1275	3	182.50–188.00	$185.51	$2,365	—
1350–1380	1365	2	181.00–184.00	$182.48	$2,491	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–935	920	2	263.00–267.50	$265.21	$2,440	-1.79
965–999	988	8	262.00–271.00	$267.73	$2,645	-2.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	5	357.50	$357.50	$1,938	+2.50
618	618	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,978	+20.00
985	985	1	254.00	$254.00	$2,502	+17.36
1005	1005	1	252.50	$252.50	$2,538	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150–175	163	2	750.00–850.00	$796.15	-3.85

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1645	1380	80-85%	278	152.00–163.00	$158.68	$2,190	-4.04
1243–1720	1395	80-85%	611	162.50–170.00	$164.61	$2,296	—
1298–1608	1400	80-85%	45	130.00–150.00	$143.93	$2,015	+8.76
1350–1525	1416	80-85%	12	126.00–137.00	$131.81	$1,866	-24.65
1299–1578	1420	80-85%	11	138.00–157.00	$151.04	$2,145	-5.42
1300–1825	1479	80-85%	97	157.00–166.00	$163.57	$2,419	+18.22

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
828–980	918	85-90%	6	105.00–128.00	$112.29	$1,031	-20.15
1037–1050	1044	85-90%	2	102.50–107.50	$105.02	$1,096	+3.02
1035–1270	1109	85-90%	10	106.00–137.00	$120.50	$1,336	-18.38
845–1295	1152	85-90%	63	115.00–152.50	$141.51	$1,630	+2.37
1105–1300	1207	85-90%	8	134.00–146.00	$140.07	$1,691	-18.93
1045–1315	1208	85-90%	146	158.00–167.00	$161.09	$1,946	+2.09
870–1290	1212	85-90%	135	145.00–160.00	$155.65	$1,886	-3.35
1240	1240	85-90%	1	162.00	$162.00	$2,009	+0.98

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1503–1735	1589	75-80%	28	161.00–168.00	$164.29	$2,611	—
1518–1720	1627	75-80%	10	153.00–159.00	$156.39	$2,544	+7.46
1510–1905	1667	75-80%	18	158.00–168.00	$160.89	$2,682	+11.03
1575–1940	1708	75-80%	10	146.00–153.00	$152.20	$2,600	-8.34
1605–1855	1709	75-80%	35	150.00–160.00	$154.35	$2,638	-6.19
1645–1915	1737	75-80%	11	140.00–150.00	$144.44	$2,509	-16.10
2080	2080	75-80%	1	160.00	$160.00	$3,328	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1890	1890	1	156.00	$156.00	$2,948	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,634	—
1290–1695	1456	21	145.00–173.00	$163.54	$2,381	-0.55
1355–2010	1628	30	171.00–183.00	$178.27	$2,902	+0.30
1440–1930	1649	11	155.00–172.00	$166.12	$2,739	-11.85
1800	1800	1	171.00	$171.00	$3,078	-18.00
1635–2325	1896	62	172.00–190.00	$182.95	$3,469	—
1830–2085	1958	2	185.00–197.00	$191.39	$3,747	—
1535–2450	2031	75	185.00–213.00	$197.26	$4,006	-2.72
2125–2245	2185	2	206.00–209.00	$207.46	$4,533	—
2195	2195	1	194.00	$194.00	$4,258	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2090–2260	2202	3	191.00–201.00	$197.59	$4,351	—
1720–2505	2216	7	170.00–186.00	$182.35	$4,041	—
2595	2595	1	182.00	$182.00	$4,723	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
803–1410	1055	(<2 yrs)	Open	197	185.00–270.00	$227.08	$2,396
878–1495	1134	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	386	161.00–254.00	$198.79	$2,254
1025–1475	1284	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	161.00–202.50	$171.25	$2,199
1405–1483	1438	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	188.00–215.00	$201.12	$2,892
1500	1500	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,550

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1200	1002	(<2 yrs)	Open	19	180.00–242.50	$213.58	$2,140
870–1375	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	40	158.00–220.00	$183.37	$1,971

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
465–566	528	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,063.29

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–765	734	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	252.50–270.00	$260.30	$1,911
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,720

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885	885	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	232.50	$232.50	$2,058

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,350

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1130	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	18	2,700.00–2,825.00	$2,818.55
1025–1185	1132	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,700.00–2,900.00	$2,760.38
1085–1193	1187	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	2,400.00–3,225.00	$3,180.63
1085–1413	1209	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	2,900.00–3,100.00	$3,029.06
1275	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1318	1318	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,875.00	$2,875.00
1338–1648	1558	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	2,600.00–3,200.00	$2,990.68
1630–1645	1638	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,900.00	$2,900.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,801
1365–1435	1398	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	153.00–165.00	$160.90	$2,249
1405–1520	1437	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	160.00–168.00	$164.54	$2,364
1485	1485	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	192.50	$192.50	$2,859

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1430	1430	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1635	1635	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1041	1041	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1275	1275	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,700.00	$2,700.00

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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
1109–1189	1149	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	4,000.00–4,300.00	$4,155.22	—
1153–1251	1197	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	119	4,350.00–4,550.00	$4,483.06	—
1387–1517	1423	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	3,575.00–4,300.00	$4,085.32	—
1433	1433	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	4,350.00	$4,350.00	—
1538	1538	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
1455–1643	1595	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	66	3,100.00–3,750.00	$3,591.16	—
1414–1746	1615	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	64	3,150.00–4,050.00	$3,701.15	—
1625	1625	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1126	1126	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—
1278	1278	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,750.00	$3,750.00	—
1448–1658	1536	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	3,000.00–3,200.00	$3,098.36	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1390	1390	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940–1064	1022	(<2 yrs)	Open	44	3,850.00–4,250.00	$4,069.08	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1071	1071	(<2 yrs)	Open	27	4,450.00	$4,450.00	—
1101	1101	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	4,300.00	$4,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1119	1119	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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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.