Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 29, 2025

3,817 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $464.99/cwt +13.72 vs last sale · ≈ $2,469/hd at 531 lb · 265 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $353.95/cwt -3.29 vs last sale · ≈ $2,757/hd at 779 lb · 154 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $428.22/cwt +14.51 vs last sale · ≈ $2,229/hd at 520 lb · 150 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,817	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 unweaned	250	1	660.00	$660.00	$1,650	-26.83
316 unweaned	316	4	657.50	$657.50	$2,078	+40.85
350–375 unweaned	365	68	565.00–640.00	$585.62	$2,138	+19.36
402–445 unweaned	429	76	510.00–550.00	$536.58	$2,302	+24.16
451–488 unweaned	475	138	480.00–520.00	$496.58	$2,359	+6.48
500–548 unweaned	531	265	446.00–485.00	$464.99	$2,469	+13.72
555	555	5	422.50	$422.50	$2,345	—
550–599 unweaned	577	84	395.00–455.00	$425.55	$2,455	-2.73
600–648 unweaned	627	150	390.00–439.50	$417.28	$2,616	+10.48
653–696 unweaned	676	92	365.00–429.00	$416.26	$2,814	+48.67
689	689	34	397.50	$397.50	$2,739	-18.44
700–720 unweaned	706	16	381.00–415.00	$404.06	$2,853	—
753 unweaned	753	10	409.00	$409.00	$3,080	—
785	785	1	382.50	$382.50	$3,003	-2.56
817–823	819	7	365.00–377.00	$368.45	$3,018	+8.45
855–866	860	11	354.00–360.00	$357.82	$3,077	-2.18
1000	1000	3	318.00	$318.00	$3,180	—
1010	1010	3	306.00	$306.00	$3,091	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248 unweaned	248	3	640.00	$640.00	$1,587	—
275–292 unweaned	285	13	600.00–635.00	$629.81	$1,795	—
301–335 unweaned	317	16	555.00–605.00	$577.09	$1,829	+2.09
359–385 unweaned	361	13	505.00–525.00	$523.36	$1,889	-16.64
407–449 unweaned	429	16	480.00–525.00	$502.45	$2,156	+9.88
475–491 unweaned	480	12	460.00–465.00	$461.70	$2,216	+28.38
507–534 unweaned	519	23	425.00–455.00	$442.95	$2,299	+30.99
561–591 unweaned	577	27	410.00–417.00	$411.96	$2,377	+2.05
645 unweaned	645	10	365.00–398.00	$381.50	$2,461	—
883–898	891	4	347.50–350.00	$348.74	$3,107	-3.02
968–987	979	5	331.00–334.00	$332.19	$3,252	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463 unweaned	463	14	482.00	$482.00	$2,232	+54.50
572 unweaned	572	5	385.00	$385.00	$2,202	—
631	631	7	370.00	$370.00	$2,335	-32.50
1068	1068	2	319.00	$319.00	$3,407	+4.44

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456 unweaned	456	7	405.00	$405.00	$1,847	—
763	763	4	358.00	$358.00	$2,732	-2.64
811	811	7	339.00	$339.00	$2,749	+19.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–327 unweaned	317	27	535.00–548.00	$542.46	$1,720	-29.36
358–399 unweaned	381	64	505.00–540.00	$521.59	$1,987	+5.50
406–431 unweaned	413	67	442.50–502.50	$496.53	$2,051	+15.60
450–499 unweaned	472	100	423.00–470.00	$438.30	$2,069	+16.24
502–517	514	93	430.00–444.00	$441.50	$2,269	—
513–547 unweaned	531	57	385.00–435.00	$406.54	$2,159	-7.17
550–595 unweaned	567	105	340.00–410.00	$388.06	$2,200	+25.54
603–635 unweaned	621	67	360.00–390.00	$386.64	$2,401	—
665–693	668	25	375.00–390.00	$376.87	$2,517	+1.87
705–710	708	18	365.00–366.00	$365.50	$2,588	-9.85
755–798	776	131	348.50–362.00	$356.28	$2,765	-0.96
767–799	795	23	335.00–341.50	$340.68	$2,708	—
812–846	826	110	332.00–352.00	$343.25	$2,835	+14.25
850–892	873	84	321.50–341.00	$329.26	$2,874	-6.08
901–948	920	103	313.00–327.00	$320.90	$2,952	-8.14
922	922	22	312.00	$312.00	$2,877	-17.04
960–965	963	2	323.00	$323.00	$3,110	+7.61
982	982	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,946	-4.92
1005–1048	1022	5	311.00–315.00	$312.64	$3,195	+1.74

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275 unweaned	275	2	480.00	$480.00	$1,320	—
301–333 unweaned	307	28	465.00–520.00	$495.86	$1,522	—
375–381 unweaned	380	12	465.00–497.50	$489.47	$1,860	+34.04
423–424 unweaned	424	12	440.00–445.00	$444.17	$1,883	+0.40
454–490 unweaned	459	8	385.00–410.00	$406.66	$1,867	+4.16
510 unweaned	510	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,040	+35.54
558–560 unweaned	558	8	330.00–393.00	$385.10	$2,149	+25.10
648 unweaned	648	4	369.00	$369.00	$2,391	—
709–738	721	15	342.50–361.00	$347.99	$2,509	-10.78
773–793	784	10	334.00–349.00	$342.75	$2,687	+5.43
820–839	833	6	318.50–336.00	$324.24	$2,701	+4.52
881–896	893	27	311.00–325.00	$319.54	$2,853	-1.86
907–922	915	6	297.00–310.00	$303.55	$2,777	-7.78
955–993	970	5	295.00–299.00	$296.64	$2,877	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405 unweaned	405	4	432.50	$432.50	$1,752	—
489 unweaned	489	4	345.00	$345.00	$1,687	-54.00
1052–1090	1062	19	292.00–314.00	$301.28	$3,200	+1.16

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
659–687	675	9	317.50–340.00	$330.23	$2,229	—
709–715	711	17	330.00–335.00	$333.23	$2,369	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	3	350.00	$350.00	$2,048	-2.50
650–698	678	10	340.00–350.00	$346.59	$2,350	+9.09

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	2	422.50	$422.50	$2,442	+32.50
609	609	5	401.00	$401.00	$2,442	+20.28

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348 unweaned	348	2	600.00	$600.00	$2,088	+51.46
353 unweaned	353	2	585.00	$585.00	$2,065	—
400–434 unweaned	412	12	500.00–535.00	$516.62	$2,128	—
490 unweaned	490	20	462.50	$462.50	$2,266	+1.20
548 unweaned	548	9	422.50	$422.50	$2,315	—
580 unweaned	580	6	410.00	$410.00	$2,378	+8.00
627 unweaned	627	5	385.00	$385.00	$2,414	-12.00
733 unweaned	733	2	332.50	$332.50	$2,437	—
895	895	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,998	—
987–988	987	23	315.00–318.00	$317.74	$3,136	+3.74
1030	1030	2	290.00–294.00	$292.00	$3,008	-20.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339 unweaned	339	5	575.00	$575.00	$1,949	—
394 unweaned	394	4	490.00	$490.00	$1,931	—
475–489 unweaned	479	15	390.00–445.00	$430.02	$2,060	—
1103–1140	1108	9	260.00–280.00	$263.37	$2,918	-8.12
1160–1190	1175	2	265.00–270.00	$267.53	$3,143	+17.53
1245	1245	1	234.00	$234.00	$2,913	—
1290	1290	1	242.50	$242.50	$3,128	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–430 unweaned	421	8	410.00–465.00	$434.83	$1,831	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571 unweaned	571	4	368.00	$368.00	$2,101	-17.00
628 unweaned	628	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,229	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095	1095	1	263.00	$263.00	$2,880	—
1205	1205	1	228.00	$228.00	$2,747	—
1250	1250	1	217.50	$217.50	$2,719	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1625	1412	80-85%	17	145.00–152.00	$147.71	$2,086	-28.21
1330–1535	1424	80-85%	56	171.00–181.00	$176.48	$2,513	+21.35
1310–1590	1431	80-85%	21	131.00–144.00	$136.97	$1,960	-18.16
1300–1895	1441	80-85%	32	140.00–165.00	$150.98	$2,176	-4.15
1253–1585	1445	80-85%	171	158.00–178.50	$168.53	$2,435	+13.40
1430–1671	1620	80-85%	10	153.00–165.00	$161.60	$2,618	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	85-90%	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,124	—
840–985	929	85-90%	4	113.00–126.00	$121.28	$1,127	+13.28
975	975	85-90%	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,112	—
1090	1090	85-90%	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,210	—
880–1308	1129	85-90%	71	132.00–161.00	$156.22	$1,764	—
1060–1225	1158	85-90%	17	137.00–149.00	$141.49	$1,638	+15.10
1185	1185	85-90%	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,807	-18.28
1040–1290	1212	85-90%	28	172.50–184.00	$174.98	$2,121	-1.08
1050–1390	1215	85-90%	32	113.00–138.00	$124.71	$1,515	-51.35
990–1313	1227	85-90%	86	157.50–173.00	$166.92	$2,048	-9.14

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1504–1645	1518	75-80%	37	173.00–179.50	$178.18	$2,705	—
1375–1696	1571	75-80%	47	162.00–173.00	$168.67	$2,650	+3.23
1555–1690	1628	75-80%	7	154.00–158.00	$155.41	$2,530	—
1530–1805	1715	75-80%	13	149.00–158.50	$155.23	$2,662	—
1553–2168	1732	75-80%	19	162.00–165.00	$163.65	$2,834	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1759–1935	1781	8	172.00	$172.00	$3,063	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430	1430	2	181.00	$181.00	$2,588	—
1420–1895	1641	9	172.00–185.00	$181.64	$2,981	—
1243–2145	1705	61	186.00–204.00	$193.09	$3,292	-6.91
1625–2160	1857	14	169.00–185.00	$179.86	$3,340	—
1440–2240	1974	42	186.00–204.00	$194.85	$3,846	+1.91
1905–2060	1983	2	206.00–207.00	$206.48	$4,094	+13.54

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1245	1038	(<2 yrs)	Open	50	225.00–307.00	$278.50	$2,891
890–1550	1102	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	154	180.50–315.00	$249.93	$2,754
1200–1470	1311	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	168.00–189.50	$185.57	$2,433
1358	1358	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	187.50	$187.50	$2,546
1385	1385	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,770
1295–1438	1390	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	185.00–194.00	$191.21	$2,658

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–1265	955	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	200.00–262.50	$242.81	$2,319
910–1333	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	175.00–240.00	$207.55	$2,258
1150–1200	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	167.50–178.00	$172.86	$2,031

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1078	1078	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	195.00	$195.00	$2,102

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1365	1227	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	3,200.00–3,300.00	$3,246.84
1237–1295	1252	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	3,100.00–3,200.00	$3,125.87
1190–1370	1277	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	3,100.00–3,400.00	$3,280.01
1250–1379	1307	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	3,100.00–3,250.00	$3,179.68
1370	1370	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1390–1500	1436	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	2,650.00–2,850.00	$2,769.05
1456	1456	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	2,950.00	$2,950.00
1675	1675	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1270	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,950.00–3,000.00	$2,972.15
1152	1152	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1123–1470	1251	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	2,500.00–2,700.00	$2,555.55
1315	1315	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00
1285–1580	1380	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	2,400.00–2,700.00	$2,533.79
1360–1505	1433	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,500.00–3,000.00	$2,737.35

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	2,900.00	$2,900.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
759–828	772	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	2,975.00–3,050.00	$2,990.08

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
784	784	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,850.00	$2,850.00

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,832	—

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Dairy Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445	1445	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,456	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975	975	85-90%	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,306	—

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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.