Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 7, 2025

1,635 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $305.26/cwt -18.02 vs last sale · ≈ $2,271/hd at 744 lb · 15 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $340.00/cwt +5.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,972/hd at 580 lb · 13 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 2 steers $302.13/cwt ≈ $2,348/hd at 777 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,635	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–493	478	8	412.50–435.00	$418.82	$2,002	+43.82
576	576	9	385.00	$385.00	$2,218	+26.24
608–620	612	3	335.00–337.50	$335.84	$2,055	-5.55
660–685	673	2	322.50–327.50	$324.95	$2,187	-10.05
803	803	2	294.00	$294.00	$2,361	-4.07
880	880	2	290.00	$290.00	$2,552	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	5	360.00	$360.00	$1,318	—
585	585	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,960	—
636	636	4	325.00	$325.00	$2,067	—
753–789	777	12	290.00–305.00	$302.13	$2,348	—
955	955	2	274.00	$274.00	$2,617	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	2	415.00	$415.00	$2,170	—
593 unweaned	593	5	351.00	$351.00	$2,081	—
725	725	9	335.00	$335.00	$2,429	—
835	835	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,630	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,828	—
580	580	13	340.00	$340.00	$1,972	+2.50
611–634	619	11	330.00–332.50	$331.57	$2,052	+1.57
735–745	744	15	305.00–309.00	$305.26	$2,271	-18.02
793	793	2	288.00	$288.00	$2,284	-24.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	7	335.00	$335.00	$1,528	—
510	510	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,734	-19.67
565–590	573	3	305.00–313.00	$307.74	$1,763	-15.61
621	621	11	319.00	$319.00	$1,981	-23.00
850	850	4	277.00	$277.00	$2,354	+14.88

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	2	800.00	$800.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603	603	2	292.50	$292.50	$1,764	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552 unweaned	552	10	388.00	$388.00	$2,142	—
802	802	3	271.00	$271.00	$2,173	+2.00
1005–1010	1008	6	237.50–247.50	$244.18	$2,461	+1.18

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905	905	1	266.00	$266.00	$2,407	—
960	960	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,448	—
1117–1135	1122	7	232.00–239.00	$236.98	$2,659	-3.61
1155	1155	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,656	-0.14
1213	1213	2	210.00	$210.00	$2,547	-15.74

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1048	1048	2	247.00	$247.00	$2,589	—
1098	1098	4	230.00–232.00	$231.00	$2,536	—
1105	1105	1	232.50	$232.50	$2,569	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	3	800.00	$800.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	1	252.50	$252.50	$2,626	+0.16

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1665	1369	80-85%	33	130.00–154.00	$149.46	$2,046	+2.34
1200–1565	1390	80-85%	18	135.00–145.00	$142.54	$1,981	-22.06
1125–1630	1391	80-85%	272	153.50–163.50	$159.40	$2,217	-5.20
1165–1645	1410	80-85%	182	163.00–170.00	$165.63	$2,335	+6.22
1350–1640	1427	80-85%	28	157.00–163.00	$160.86	$2,295	+24.86
1345–1770	1518	80-85%	33	147.00–157.00	$152.52	$2,315	+2.22

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1437–1655	1500	75-80%	63	160.00–170.00	$167.63	$2,514	+3.28
1507–1820	1583	75-80%	32	160.00–170.00	$165.17	$2,615	+8.38
1521–1775	1588	75-80%	29	155.00–164.00	$162.14	$2,575	+5.35
1510–1645	1626	75-80%	15	146.00–154.00	$152.82	$2,485	—
1405–1875	1738	75-80%	11	154.00–160.00	$157.07	$2,730	-7.74

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–940	845	85-90%	2	132.50–140.00	$135.83	$1,148	—
1110	1110	85-90%	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,743	+16.02
1115	1115	85-90%	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,182	-34.98
1030–1235	1164	85-90%	11	110.00–142.00	$129.79	$1,511	+4.33
885–1390	1169	85-90%	18	135.00–152.00	$146.21	$1,709	+20.75
960–1295	1172	85-90%	39	150.00–163.00	$157.43	$1,845	+31.97
1050–1240	1174	85-90%	6	143.00–149.00	$146.59	$1,721	+21.13
1093–1230	1177	85-90%	7	164.00–166.00	$164.89	$1,941	+39.43

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1553	1553	27	163.00	$163.00	$2,531	—
1659	1659	7	200.00	$200.00	$3,318	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250	1250	3	182.50	$182.50	$2,281	—
1155–1350	1268	4	149.00–167.50	$160.68	$2,037	+10.96
1179–1995	1403	47	161.00–179.00	$171.86	$2,411	—
1400–1441	1437	10	193.50–196.00	$193.74	$2,784	—
1350–1940	1613	14	162.00–176.00	$169.38	$2,732	—
1470–2085	1684	7	169.00–173.00	$169.77	$2,859	+5.66
1205–2055	1704	45	175.00–193.00	$182.80	$3,115	—
1695–1925	1832	5	190.00–208.00	$198.78	$3,642	—
1725–1890	1835	3	195.00–197.00	$195.63	$3,590	—
1480–2435	1886	46	177.00–199.00	$188.77	$3,560	+3.94
1230–2310	1954	57	193.50–218.00	$202.62	$3,959	—
1784–2408	2000	18	205.00–221.00	$212.75	$4,255	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1680–2245	1868	3	183.00–188.00	$185.00	$3,456	—
2025	2025	1	208.00	$208.00	$4,212	—
2262	2262	3	216.00	$216.00	$4,886	—
2360	2360	1	204.00	$204.00	$4,814	—
2625	2625	1	202.00	$202.00	$5,302	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
904–1450	1052	(<2 yrs)	Open	32	190.00–251.00	$227.85	$2,397
950–1520	1157	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	247	166.00–248.00	$207.03	$2,395
1075–1285	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	162.00–178.50	$172.75	$2,044

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
797–1175	895	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	190.00–252.50	$234.43	$2,098
848–1223	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	172.00–207.50	$186.74	$1,998

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985–1188	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	158.00–170.00	$161.52	$1,809
1195	1195	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,960

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,780
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,614

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	186.00	$186.00	$2,139

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1565	1565	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

Large 3-4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215	215	1	425.00	$425.00	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
238	238	2	650.00	$650.00	—

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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
1278	1278	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	3,950.00	$3,950.00	+250.00
1569–1642	1600	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	3,250.00–3,300.00	$3,278.01	-88.43
1635	1635	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	3,450.00	$3,450.00	+83.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1493	1493	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00	-399.78
1500	1500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,350.00	$3,350.00	—
1668	1668	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1140–1300	1220	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—

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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.