Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 5, 2026

5,232 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $438.47/cwt +17.92 vs last sale · ≈ $2,766/hd at 631 lb · 262 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $460.69/cwt +43.24 vs last sale · ≈ $2,425/hd at 526 lb · 237 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $505.92/cwt +22.29 vs last sale · ≈ $2,668/hd at 527 lb · 208 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	5,232	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–289	288	13	720.00–736.00	$733.60	$2,113	+31.17
334–343	338	7	690.00–700.00	$694.35	$2,347	+76.14
350–391	383	31	635.00–680.00	$647.05	$2,478	+63.30
422–424 unweaned	423	10	595.00–620.00	$605.03	$2,559	—
405–439	427	78	580.00–635.00	$603.83	$2,578	+40.58
450–499	477	153	530.00–590.00	$556.67	$2,655	+16.21
485 unweaned	485	12	552.50	$552.50	$2,680	+42.50
502–548	527	194	470.00–540.00	$504.90	$2,661	+21.27
531 unweaned	531	14	520.00	$520.00	$2,761	—
555 unweaned	555	18	480.00	$480.00	$2,664	+10.00
550–598	580	157	445.00–485.00	$464.11	$2,692	+7.21
602–649	630	149	424.00–456.00	$438.79	$2,764	+18.24
625–636 unweaned	632	113	434.00–445.00	$438.04	$2,768	—
657–697	674	185	400.00–426.00	$414.31	$2,792	+39.31
710 unweaned	710	2	389.00	$389.00	$2,762	—
708–745	732	81	383.00–400.00	$390.74	$2,860	+37.74
755 fancy	755	61	400.00	$400.00	$3,020	—
753–781	776	38	368.00–380.00	$371.22	$2,881	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	710.00	$710.00	$1,846	—
303–345	333	7	570.00–665.00	$594.70	$1,980	+94.70
384	384	9	610.00	$610.00	$2,342	+62.09
400–428	420	14	510.00–590.00	$560.69	$2,355	+54.83
465–499	488	24	487.50–537.50	$514.34	$2,510	+36.34
511–549	532	38	440.00–487.50	$463.06	$2,463	+19.66
588–593	590	5	427.50–440.00	$434.97	$2,566	+18.56
613 unweaned	613	6	412.50	$412.50	$2,529	—
600–646	624	35	395.00–422.50	$413.71	$2,582	+33.38
656 unweaned	656	5	367.50	$367.50	$2,411	—
662–690	676	23	355.00–392.50	$377.04	$2,549	+28.73
710–735	718	16	375.00–377.00	$375.38	$2,695	—
765–782	779	6	352.00–361.00	$359.53	$2,801	+15.70
829–843	840	44	346.00–349.00	$348.33	$2,926	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	15	585.00	$585.00	$2,124	—
430	430	29	562.50	$562.50	$2,419	—
543	543	52	470.00	$470.00	$2,552	—
674	674	5	342.50	$342.50	$2,308	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	4	365.00	$365.00	$2,372	—
722	722	5	361.00	$361.00	$2,606	—
778	778	6	356.00	$356.00	$2,770	—
829	829	7	345.00	$345.00	$2,860	—
860	860	3	343.00	$343.00	$2,950	—
935	935	5	329.00	$329.00	$3,076	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	445.00	$445.00	$1,669	-15.00
579–580	579	8	387.50–402.00	$392.94	$2,275	—
610	610	3	345.00	$345.00	$2,104	—
723	723	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,567	+42.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–279	277	12	652.50–667.50	$653.67	$1,811	—
325–344	333	23	557.50–580.00	$564.00	$1,878	+46.50
353–390	382	39	505.00–550.00	$520.57	$1,989	+28.15
400–419 unweaned	417	24	500.00–530.00	$503.60	$2,100	—
408–435	417	70	500.00–530.00	$511.41	$2,133	+31.46
455–497	478	114	457.00–500.00	$478.59	$2,288	+17.91
475–498 unweaned	480	29	457.50–495.00	$484.04	$2,323	+48.08
500–546	524	176	422.50–479.00	$451.08	$2,364	+38.09
515–542 thin fleshed	533	61	485.00–490.00	$488.42	$2,603	—
551–599	583	121	397.00–436.00	$426.14	$2,484	+47.97
585	585	4	350.00	$350.00	$2,048	-28.17
604 unweaned	604	26	419.00	$419.00	$2,531	—
600–648	618	138	380.00–416.00	$398.95	$2,466	+44.33
608–647	623	33	388.00–423.00	$408.69	$2,546	+54.07
655–699	668	43	350.00–382.00	$373.36	$2,494	+21.52
650–696	694	122	368.50–390.00	$369.46	$2,564	+17.62
708	708	9	322.50	$322.50	$2,283	-17.50
702–744	728	20	345.00–361.00	$350.86	$2,554	+10.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
232	232	5	550.00	$550.00	$1,276	—
310–348	326	7	490.00–560.00	$522.18	$1,702	+52.12
358–396	390	20	470.00–525.00	$475.05	$1,853	+25.12
430–449	445	19	450.00–492.50	$478.91	$2,131	+41.95
455–491	470	58	420.00–470.00	$451.15	$2,120	+46.72
500–545	530	67	380.00–435.00	$418.82	$2,220	+40.19
541 unweaned	541	17	419.00	$419.00	$2,267	—
570–588	580	51	365.00–417.50	$403.67	$2,341	+50.85
613–635	628	70	322.50–396.00	$376.48	$2,364	+36.36
659–675	662	16	332.50–340.00	$333.93	$2,211	+7.91

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	3	520.00	$520.00	$1,446	—
314	314	5	590.00	$590.00	$1,853	—
391	391	33	525.00	$525.00	$2,053	+171.66
588	588	4	330.00	$330.00	$1,940	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	3	500.00	$500.00	$1,965	+130.00
455–470	464	7	420.00–430.00	$425.79	$1,976	+53.71
537	537	5	375.00	$375.00	$2,014	—
646	646	15	339.00	$339.00	$2,190	—
690	690	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,242	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	3	432.50	$432.50	$2,249	+80.00
757	757	3	315.00	$315.00	$2,385	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	2	610.00	$610.00	$2,275	—
447	447	3	480.00	$480.00	$2,146	-9.20
519–539	526	23	445.00–472.00	$457.73	$2,408	—
555–580	568	13	400.00–420.00	$410.58	$2,332	—
620	620	6	380.00	$380.00	$2,356	+37.00
668–683	674	5	370.00–375.00	$372.97	$2,514	—
955	955	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,889	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	2	535.00	$535.00	$2,129	—
415	415	1	510.00	$510.00	$2,116	—
541	541	8	410.00	$410.00	$2,218	+26.01
619	619	7	385.00	$385.00	$2,383	+60.00
745	745	7	335.00	$335.00	$2,496	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
848	848	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,629	—
1140	1140	7	250.00	$250.00	$2,850	—
1395	1395	2	200.00	$200.00	$2,790	+6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	7	340.00	$340.00	$1,829	-22.79

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345	1345	80-85%	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,224	-77.96
1201–1660	1348	80-85%	424	153.00–173.50	$163.92	$2,210	-5.04
1248–1630	1383	80-85%	34	107.50–125.00	$117.71	$1,628	-19.61
1208–1565	1386	80-85%	223	171.00–177.50	$175.08	$2,427	+37.76
1232–1595	1388	80-85%	42	121.00–152.50	$140.51	$1,950	+3.19
1225–1600	1407	80-85%	37	120.00–139.00	$132.15	$1,859	+43.03
1605	1605	80-85%	1	168.00	$168.00	$2,696	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–978	889	85-90%	7	65.00–90.00	$83.53	$743	—
820–980	901	85-90%	8	110.00–132.50	$121.75	$1,097	+62.23
875–990	955	85-90%	9	95.00–105.00	$100.54	$960	-42.46
893–1290	1133	85-90%	97	100.00–125.00	$114.57	$1,298	-18.64
1065–1300	1145	85-90%	31	122.50–139.00	$128.40	$1,470	+17.14
1040–1273	1146	85-90%	10	80.00–92.50	$87.69	$1,005	-23.57
990–1255	1155	85-90%	43	112.00–152.50	$139.33	$1,609	+0.78
1160	1160	85-90%	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,653	+3.95
1105–1283	1175	85-90%	13	165.00–174.00	$169.73	$1,994	+10.80
1005–1285	1197	85-90%	181	150.00–165.00	$160.76	$1,924	+1.83

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1487–1930	1522	75-80%	25	173.00–175.50	$175.00	$2,664	+4.24
1502–1770	1576	75-80%	10	130.00–154.00	$139.43	$2,197	-26.16
1540–1690	1587	75-80%	6	143.00–148.00	$144.53	$2,294	+6.53
1505–1870	1623	75-80%	46	149.00–173.00	$166.32	$2,699	+6.74
1535–1995	1719	75-80%	37	143.50–171.00	$157.27	$2,703	—
1700–1905	1757	75-80%	6	169.00–171.50	$170.75	$3,000	—
2258	2258	75-80%	1	156.00	$156.00	$3,522	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1744	1744	18	168.00	$168.00	$2,930	—
2125	2125	1	159.00	$159.00	$3,379	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245	1245	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,556	—
1255–1830	1637	38	120.00–172.00	$162.50	$2,660	—
1255–1885	1738	18	173.00–182.00	$176.40	$3,066	+22.62
1330–2195	1753	32	137.50–173.00	$161.75	$2,835	—
1768–2400	2041	23	175.00–184.00	$180.16	$3,677	—
1805–2355	2089	7	184.00–196.00	$188.28	$3,933	—
2615	2615	1	184.00	$184.00	$4,812	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
817–1380	1034	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	342	189.00–316.00	$259.54	$2,684
980–1440	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	175.00–242.50	$192.62	$2,259
1118–1540	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	176.00–202.50	$190.50	$2,476

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1165	964	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	51	170.00–287.50	$228.90	$2,207
1245–1285	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	158.00–166.00	$162.06	$2,050

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–795	759	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	217.50–285.00	$251.01	$1,905

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860	860	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,064
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,834

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–1055	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	185.00–195.00	$190.28	$1,903

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1173	1173	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1131–1370	1195	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	2,425.00–2,550.00	$2,458.37
1145–1240	1216	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	3,400.00–3,600.00	$3,498.44
1335	1335	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1360–1546	1461	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	2,400.00–2,450.00	$2,417.63
1517	1517	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,650.00	$2,650.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
872	872	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,500.00	$2,500.00
973	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,950.00	$2,950.00
1133–1465	1213	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,950.00–2,350.00	$2,084.80
1265	1265	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1413	1413	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1460–1555	1531	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,400.00–2,475.00	$2,457.12

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1109	1109	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	264.00	$264.00	$2,928
1174	1174	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	174.50	$174.50	$2,049

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	80-85%	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,568	—

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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.