Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 26, 2026

2,867 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $454.91/cwt -4.77 vs last sale · ≈ $2,429/hd at 534 lb · 230 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $484.34/cwt -2.93 vs last sale · ≈ $2,301/hd at 475 lb · 205 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $517.65/cwt +1.70 vs last sale · ≈ $2,730/hd at 527 lb · 142 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,867	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–370	364	12	640.00–670.00	$643.77	$2,343	+46.50
400–428	417	19	580.00–610.00	$599.17	$2,499	+0.37
438 unweaned	438	28	605.00	$605.00	$2,650	—
453–490	458	74	545.00–595.00	$580.54	$2,659	+15.84
508–545	525	60	499.00–537.00	$520.64	$2,733	+4.56
522–530 unweaned	529	82	514.00–525.00	$515.46	$2,727	+17.96
550–595	580	127	450.00–500.00	$474.90	$2,754	+0.95
612–633 unweaned	620	38	427.00–441.00	$435.36	$2,699	-4.64
603–639	631	80	425.00–446.00	$433.60	$2,736	-4.24
652–678	660	132	414.00–425.00	$423.23	$2,793	+9.25
714	714	29	401.50	$401.50	$2,867	+8.43
741 unweaned	741	10	372.00	$372.00	$2,757	—
750 unweaned	750	4	352.50	$352.50	$2,644	—
813	813	3	322.00	$322.00	$2,618	-45.05
854	854	17	332.00	$332.00	$2,835	-13.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	4	510.00	$510.00	$2,244	-35.41
477	477	3	515.00	$515.00	$2,457	-12.20
523–543	528	8	460.00–485.00	$478.57	$2,527	-18.00
563–568	564	11	438.00–447.50	$440.61	$2,485	+10.21
620–649	632	21	400.00–421.00	$417.23	$2,637	+8.89
678	678	21	390.50	$390.50	$2,648	+0.10
730–743	734	6	372.00–379.00	$374.36	$2,748	-2.04
869	869	4	341.00	$341.00	$2,963	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	2	485.00	$485.00	$2,173	—
492	492	5	527.50	$527.50	$2,595	—
515–535	525	2	500.00–510.00	$505.10	$2,652	—
695	695	2	362.50	$362.50	$2,519	-26.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,713	—
550	550	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,815	-45.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	3	510.00	$510.00	$1,658	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340 unweaned	340	11	571.00	$571.00	$1,941	—
343	343	3	570.00	$570.00	$1,955	+27.93
374	374	7	540.00	$540.00	$2,020	-4.77
418 unweaned	418	22	555.00	$555.00	$2,320	—
422–448	430	30	481.00–552.50	$495.22	$2,129	-9.37
433	433	3	460.00	$460.00	$1,992	-44.59
453–495	475	205	467.50–530.00	$484.34	$2,301	-2.93
502–549	534	230	436.00–468.00	$454.91	$2,429	-2.81
569 unweaned	569	4	426.00	$426.00	$2,424	—
551–597	570	64	412.50–443.00	$427.91	$2,439	-0.82
603–648	627	102	381.00–418.00	$396.66	$2,487	-2.38
630	630	10	369.00	$369.00	$2,325	-30.04
655–693	667	84	359.50–395.00	$379.95	$2,534	-3.31
684	684	19	332.00	$332.00	$2,271	-51.26
707–749	718	50	361.00–365.50	$364.28	$2,616	-1.33
750–760	756	9	349.00–352.50	$351.33	$2,656	+3.11
817	817	34	317.00	$317.00	$2,590	-10.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–398	378	16	455.00–485.00	$479.12	$1,811	-25.88
405–443	437	19	450.00–500.00	$485.43	$2,121	-0.65
452–499	474	72	405.00–468.00	$453.05	$2,147	+1.04
525–538	533	49	412.50–435.00	$418.05	$2,228	-14.59
551–596	571	19	370.00–395.00	$385.76	$2,203	-19.70
635	635	2	337.50	$337.50	$2,143	-25.76
635	635	3	355.00	$355.00	$2,254	-8.26
683–693	685	119	347.00–356.00	$348.68	$2,388	-7.97
710–740	734	8	337.00–353.00	$346.47	$2,543	+36.47
762	762	15	336.00	$336.00	$2,560	+11.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	6	432.50	$432.50	$2,301	—
598	598	2	396.00	$396.00	$2,368	—
618	618	2	364.00	$364.00	$2,250	-9.47
714	714	11	342.00	$342.00	$2,442	+22.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–449	439	6	460.00–476.00	$470.90	$2,067	+20.90
473	473	5	425.00	$425.00	$2,010	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,762	+50.00
570	570	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,710	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,416	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–471	470	9	535.00–550.00	$545.57	$2,564	+35.57
523	523	2	495.00	$495.00	$2,589	+3.41
564–593	571	8	400.00–417.50	$404.54	$2,310	-42.07
617	617	3	392.50	$392.50	$2,422	-5.82
623 unweaned	623	2	397.50	$397.50	$2,476	—
703–707	706	14	362.50–367.00	$366.36	$2,587	—
770–784	779	6	327.50–337.50	$334.21	$2,603	—
970	970	3	287.50	$287.50	$2,789	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	2	485.00	$485.00	$2,570	+65.00
949	949	7	290.00	$290.00	$2,752	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	8	510.00	$510.00	$2,030	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1440	1345	80-85%	5	105.00–130.00	$121.12	$1,629	-41.53
1210–1570	1389	80-85%	10	125.00–159.00	$145.25	$2,018	-3.26
1225–1605	1395	80-85%	95	160.00–173.00	$168.30	$2,348	+19.79
1110–1650	1405	80-85%	10	133.00–145.00	$140.28	$1,971	+5.83
1428–1496	1470	80-85%	8	173.00–174.00	$173.38	$2,549	+23.25
1550	1550	80-85%	1	169.00	$169.00	$2,620	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430–1573	1515	75-80%	14	143.00–161.00	$153.72	$2,329	—
1265–1635	1574	75-80%	36	165.00–170.00	$167.70	$2,640	+15.91
1415–1853	1653	75-80%	14	142.00–162.00	$156.08	$2,580	-5.78
1448–1983	1703	75-80%	30	157.50–174.00	$167.31	$2,849	—
2090	2090	75-80%	1	164.00	$164.00	$3,428	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
891–943	906	85-90%	9	95.00–121.00	$113.18	$1,025	—
910–960	935	85-90%	2	85.00	$85.00	$795	—
1005–1130	1058	85-90%	5	75.00–102.50	$92.36	$977	-7.30
863–1295	1083	85-90%	14	135.00–163.00	$147.79	$1,601	-21.09
1025–1255	1129	85-90%	13	105.00–130.00	$118.39	$1,337	-23.39
1005–1325	1132	85-90%	3	127.50–148.00	$136.98	$1,551	-4.80
985–1295	1152	85-90%	15	155.00–169.00	$162.30	$1,870	+33.80
1105–1198	1177	85-90%	6	167.50–172.00	$170.79	$2,010	+12.96

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,996	—
1235	1235	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,852	—
1350	1350	1	182.00	$182.00	$2,457	—
1365–1980	1646	12	165.00–184.00	$180.41	$2,970	—
1405–1975	1666	5	152.50–182.50	$171.52	$2,858	+9.47
1485–2000	1690	14	134.00–179.00	$164.33	$2,777	+2.28
1653–1900	1830	20	186.00–197.00	$195.27	$3,573	—
1881	1881	8	198.50	$198.50	$3,734	+23.50
1460–2305	1885	23	178.00–192.00	$183.35	$3,456	+8.35
2475	2475	1	193.50	$193.50	$4,789	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2375	2375	1	193.00	$193.00	$4,584	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
803–980	882	(<2 yrs)	Open	82	257.50–322.00	$298.60	$2,634
825–1330	1064	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	108	184.00–310.00	$244.00	$2,596
1180–1385	1252	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	171.00–190.00	$177.16	$2,218
1175–1425	1313	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	175.00–182.50	$178.60	$2,345

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
896–1030	926	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	244.00–255.00	$246.01	$2,278
935 thin fleshed	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,730
842–1280	989	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	180.00–280.00	$231.12	$2,286

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760	760	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	292.50	$292.50	$2,223
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,358

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,850

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1140–1385	1226	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	2,650.00–2,800.00	$2,742.05
1361	1361	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1345–1765	1555	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,850.00–2,950.00	$2,893.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1225	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,375.00	$2,375.00
1190–1275 thin fleshed	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1495	1495	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1446	1446	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	165.00	$165.00	$2,386

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
897	897	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	2,700.00	$2,700.00
955	955	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	3,025.00	$3,025.00

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
723	723	8	335.00	$335.00	$2,422	—
846	846	37	311.00	$311.00	$2,631	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
891	891	24	326.00	$326.00	$2,905	—
1005	1005	6	282.50	$282.50	$2,839	—

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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.