Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 23, 2025

2,456 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $312.52/cwt +41.52 vs last sale · ≈ $2,375/hd at 760 lb · 51 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $279.81/cwt ≈ $2,269/hd at 811 lb · 18 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $312.59/cwt +18.38 vs last sale · ≈ $2,169/hd at 694 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,456	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333 unweaned	333	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,432	—
435	435	4	385.00	$385.00	$1,675	—
471	471	4	375.00	$375.00	$1,766	±0.00
583–595	589	4	357.50–360.00	$358.76	$2,113	-8.74
626–642	630	11	340.00–345.00	$341.39	$2,151	—
673	673	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,255	+17.50
738	738	2	316.00	$316.00	$2,332	—
753–770	755	10	302.00–316.50	$315.02	$2,378	+8.02
802–848	821	14	291.00–304.00	$298.07	$2,447	—
867	867	3	289.00	$289.00	$2,506	—
923	923	4	270.00	$270.00	$2,492	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	3	368.00	$368.00	$1,755	—
515–533	522	5	370.00	$370.00	$1,931	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
913–935	917	5	271.00–280.00	$272.83	$2,502	-0.17

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,621	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547 unweaned	547	8	335.00	$335.00	$1,832	—
557	557	5	337.50	$337.50	$1,880	—
570 unweaned	570	8	332.00	$332.00	$1,892	—
622	622	6	330.00	$330.00	$2,053	-6.00
660–695	678	4	319.00–320.00	$319.51	$2,166	-0.50
705–713	709	7	316.00–327.00	$323.28	$2,292	—
760–765	760	51	305.00–313.50	$312.52	$2,375	+41.52
801–826	811	18	278.00–283.00	$279.81	$2,269	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410 unweaned	410	2	337.50	$337.50	$1,384	—
404–435	418	10	330.00–367.50	$350.99	$1,467	—
493–498	496	5	330.00–332.50	$330.99	$1,642	-22.57
523–531	528	6	359.00–360.00	$359.67	$1,899	+16.65
566–570	567	6	320.00–330.00	$323.35	$1,833	+2.82
626	626	6	342.00	$342.00	$2,141	+25.34
692–695	694	17	311.00–314.00	$312.59	$2,169	+18.38
748	748	2	305.00	$305.00	$2,281	—
760	760	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,128	—
845	845	2	269.00	$269.00	$2,273	+12.00
850–855	854	4	262.00–262.50	$262.12	$2,239	+4.12

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	4	238.00	$238.00	$1,999	—
925	925	4	220.00	$220.00	$2,035	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
581	581	8	313.00	$313.00	$1,819	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,788	—
920	920	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,840	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	1	268.00	$268.00	$2,787	—
1050–1075	1072	8	240.00–246.00	$240.73	$2,581	+5.73
1107–1148	1130	20	239.00–246.00	$240.59	$2,719	—
1168–1175	1169	7	221.00–232.00	$230.14	$2,690	-2.36
1210–1220	1215	2	222.50–229.00	$225.74	$2,743	+6.58
1265	1265	4	207.50	$207.50	$2,625	-12.50
1400	1400	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,800	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345 unweaned	345	—	—	1	432.50	$432.50	$1,492	—
845 fancy	845	—	—	4	291.00	$291.00	$2,459	—
900	900	—	—	4	271.00	$271.00	$2,439	+1.37
1018–1025	1020	—	—	3	251.00–255.00	$252.34	$2,574	-4.66
1041 fancy	1041	—	—	10	266.00	$266.00	$2,769	—
1028–1333	1247	(<2 yrs)	N/A	10	208.00–268.00	$228.31	$2,847	—
1466–1830	1539	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	194.00–222.00	$215.34	$3,314	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
658	658	2	308.00	$308.00	$2,027	—
710	710	3	287.50	$287.50	$2,041	—
808	808	3	269.00	$269.00	$2,174	-2.98
865–880	871	5	247.50–278.00	$261.84	$2,281	—
950–993	980	5	248.00–273.00	$253.74	$2,487	+7.57
1035	1035	1	243.00	$243.00	$2,515	+9.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980–1505	1132	(<2 yrs)	N/A	11	2,500.00–2,950.00	$2,683.48	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115	115	—	—	2	500.00	$500.00	—
888–1270	964	(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	2,325.00–2,450.00	$2,383.87	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1185	1170	2	212.50–227.00	$219.84	$2,572	+0.84
1205	1205	1	189.00	$189.00	$2,277	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935	935	2	235.00	$235.00	$2,197	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,066	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1607	1384	80-85%	25	132.00–152.00	$147.12	$2,036	-16.94
1241–1698	1386	80-85%	495	162.00–171.00	$164.60	$2,281	+0.54
1293–1633	1404	80-85%	21	158.00–168.50	$164.57	$2,311	—
1115–1765	1414	80-85%	335	150.50–162.50	$159.41	$2,254	+14.82
1300–1650	1439	80-85%	8	124.00–146.00	$136.00	$1,957	-8.59
1280–1658	1520	80-85%	18	144.00–158.00	$150.30	$2,285	—
1525	1525	80-85%	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,937	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635–990	878	85-90%	7	113.00–130.00	$121.59	$1,068	—
880–975	932	85-90%	3	132.00–136.00	$134.34	$1,252	+24.55
990	990	85-90%	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,485	+6.00
1065	1065	85-90%	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,086	—
1045–1250	1119	85-90%	6	136.00–149.00	$140.98	$1,578	+50.98
925–1290	1128	85-90%	41	128.00–152.00	$142.88	$1,612	+13.33
1015–1450	1173	85-90%	16	106.00–132.00	$125.46	$1,472	-14.54
930–1292	1203	85-90%	65	150.00–165.00	$157.80	$1,898	-5.02
985–1305	1205	85-90%	93	161.00–167.00	$163.21	$1,967	+0.39
1065–1270	1212	85-90%	14	153.00–165.50	$162.66	$1,971	-0.16

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460	1460	75-80%	1	149.00	$149.00	$2,175	+2.54
1470–1650	1503	75-80%	26	160.00–165.00	$164.35	$2,470	—
1470–1603	1567	75-80%	12	149.00–162.00	$156.79	$2,457	-7.01
1595–1950	1741	75-80%	12	160.00–168.50	$164.81	$2,869	—
1575–1925	1746	75-80%	16	150.00–162.00	$157.27	$2,746	—
1640–1915	1813	75-80%	3	140.00–147.00	$143.07	$2,594	—
1870	1870	75-80%	1	131.00	$131.00	$2,450	-16.00
2030	2030	75-80%	1	156.00	$156.00	$3,167	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1455	1297	5	131.00–160.00	$149.72	$1,942	—
1265–1810	1461	18	158.00–177.00	$169.23	$2,472	—
1195–1945	1575	46	172.00–193.00	$180.44	$2,842	—
1565–2005	1685	10	151.00–176.00	$164.11	$2,765	—
1560–2295	1888	57	175.00–196.00	$184.83	$3,490	—
1733–2075	1907	6	189.00–198.00	$194.19	$3,703	+11.13
1763–2495	2037	92	190.00–213.00	$199.04	$4,054	-7.03
1955–2235	2096	9	201.00–226.00	$211.56	$4,434	—
2140	2140	1	195.00	$195.00	$4,173	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1600–1810	1705	2	182.00–184.00	$183.06	$3,121	—
1280–2570	2100	3	146.00–169.50	$162.98	$3,423	-3.02
1885–2440	2155	4	179.00–191.00	$186.46	$4,018	—
2585	2585	1	174.00	$174.00	$4,498	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1301	1020	(<2 yrs)	Open	108	187.00–280.00	$248.11	$2,531
845–1488	1157	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	238	166.00–245.00	$197.51	$2,285
1166–1313	1221	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	166.00–188.00	$177.73	$2,170

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
970–1270	1050	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	182.00–222.50	$210.51	$2,210
955–1175	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	160.00–166.00	$163.31	$1,739
870–1365	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	49	157.50–235.00	$185.02	$1,985

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1059–1099	1082	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	204.00–222.50	$211.93	$2,293
1172–1185	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	165.00–198.00	$189.68	$2,229

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
748–790	771	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	205.00–227.50	$219.15	$1,690
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,482

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1323	1323	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	170.00	$170.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925	925	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,989

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920	920	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,472

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	172.00	$172.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1080–1365	1222	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,350.00–2,500.00	$2,418.55
1292	1292	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	2,150.00	$2,150.00
1343	1343	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1362–1465	1394	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	2,800.00–2,950.00	$2,869.74
1443	1443	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1480	1480	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1353–1599	1492	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	3,000.00–3,400.00	$3,166.90
1535	1535	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1330	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1335	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1355	1355	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1190–1375	1283	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	197.00–235.00	$214.63	$2,754
1495	1495	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	178.00	$178.00	$2,661

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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
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—
1301–1663	1422	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	3,200.00–3,300.00	$3,261.01	—
1617–1630	1619	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	3,200.00–3,400.00	$3,366.44	—
1573–1925	1661	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	15	3,350.00–3,500.00	$3,444.91	—
1770–1990	1814	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	4,100.00	$4,100.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1485–1490	1487	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,200.00–3,500.00	$3,399.78	—
1529 thin fleshed	1529	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—
1549	1549	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—
1605–1660	1633	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,400.00–3,500.00	$3,449.16	—
1635	1635	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1645	1645	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
984	984	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1340	1340	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140	1140	85-90%	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,738	—
1260	1260	85-90%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,323	—
1598	1598	80-85%	3	139.00	$139.00	$2,221	—
2110	2110	75-80%	2	149.00	$149.00	$3,144	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1283	1283	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

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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.