Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 13, 2026

3,620 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $408.94/cwt -4.82 vs last sale · ≈ $2,576/hd at 630 lb · 32 head

heavy 5-weight M 2 heifers $336.73/cwt ≈ $1,896/hd at 563 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,620	1,214	3,722
Feeder cattle	302	146	85
Slaughter cattle	390	807	461
Replacement cattle	187	261	105

Market comments — USDA reporter

One one sale was held this last week as sales have started their summer sale schedules. Please check out Billings Livestock commission for last weeks market commentary.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313 unweaned	313	6	650.00	$650.00	$2,034	—
413 unweaned	413	2	515.00	$515.00	$2,127	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
633	633	3	425.00	$425.00	$2,690	—
746	746	5	382.00	$382.00	$2,850	-5.97

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
553	553	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,244	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331 unweaned	331	4	462.50	$462.50	$1,531	—
423 unweaned	423	8	450.00	$450.00	$1,904	—
610–631	630	32	392.50–410.00	$408.94	$2,576	-4.82
713	713	5	360.00	$360.00	$2,567	-5.00
770	770	4	358.00	$358.00	$2,757	-4.76
922	922	6	314.50	$314.50	$2,900	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–580	563	20	332.50–337.50	$336.73	$1,896	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
656	656	5	367.50	$367.50	$2,411	—
715	715	2	350.00	$350.00	$2,502	—
774	774	5	345.00	$345.00	$2,670	+7.45

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	6	340.00	$340.00	$1,717	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410 unweaned	410	2	517.50	$517.50	$2,122	—
488 unweaned	488	4	445.00	$445.00	$2,172	—
895	895	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,819	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,486	—
1188	1188	2	230.00	$230.00	$2,732	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	3	240.00	$240.00	$2,784	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
608	608	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,824	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1278	1278	80-85%	2	146.00	$146.00	$1,866	—
1225–1620	1344	80-85%	7	153.00–166.00	$157.46	$2,116	—
1290–1628	1428	80-85%	33	180.00–186.00	$183.56	$2,621	+16.33
1305–1555	1434	80-85%	5	167.00–172.00	$168.56	$2,417	+1.33
1239–1610	1451	80-85%	133	186.00–191.00	$188.57	$2,736	+19.13
1305–1690	1499	80-85%	10	157.00–173.00	$167.42	$2,510	-18.98

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	85-90%	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,351	—
990	990	85-90%	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,525	—
1098–1180	1125	85-90%	3	117.50–135.00	$128.88	$1,450	—
1145	1145	85-90%	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,946	—
1035–1290	1147	85-90%	6	145.00–147.50	$145.79	$1,672	—
1015–1224	1205	85-90%	20	152.50–172.00	$165.43	$1,993	-20.14
1105–1410	1249	85-90%	10	170.00–181.00	$173.49	$2,167	+28.33

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1631	1566	75-80%	20	171.50–180.00	$175.33	$2,746	-2.36
1608–1633	1621	75-80%	4	183.00	$183.00	$2,966	+17.17
1626	1626	75-80%	5	169.00	$169.00	$2,748	-17.13
1550–1755	1653	75-80%	2	168.00–168.50	$168.27	$2,782	—
1633–1975	1754	75-80%	4	170.50–173.00	$171.83	$3,014	-12.17

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1275	1173	2	185.00–195.00	$189.56	$2,224	+4.56
1325–1680	1397	12	213.00–219.00	$217.64	$3,040	—
1300–1903	1462	15	190.00–209.00	$202.54	$2,961	+9.52
1390–1850	1629	16	187.00–209.00	$199.62	$3,252	—
1343–2328	1926	34	210.00–223.50	$216.52	$4,170	+6.20
1600–2078	1944	27	224.00–238.00	$225.62	$4,386	+15.30
2505	2505	1	226.00	$226.00	$5,661	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2090–2198	2162	3	214.00–215.00	$214.32	$4,634	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050–1160	1105	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	204.00–267.00	$233.93	$2,585
1055–1330	1209	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	192.50–245.00	$209.12	$2,528
1125–1385	1319	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	191.00–195.00	$194.65	$2,567
1438	1438	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	193.00	$193.00	$2,775

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1075	1075	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	197.00	$197.00	$2,118

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1317	1317	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	202.00	$202.00	$2,660

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820	820	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	245.00	$245.00	$2,009

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1065–1365	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	181.00–192.50	$186.04	$2,260

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1215–1355	1321	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	196.00–207.00	$202.58	$2,676
1437	1437	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	175.00	$175.00	$2,515
1342–1537	1472	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	171.00–186.00	$178.98	$2,635

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
163	163	3	147.50	$147.50	$240	—
205	205	3	117.50–122.50	$119.17	$244	—
215–245	229	28	99.00–117.00	$113.45	$260	—
250–278	267	7	97.00–114.00	$102.74	$274	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
75	75	1	140.00	$140.00	$105	—
85	85	2	190.00	$190.00	$162	—
105	105	1	175.00	$175.00	$184	—
125	125	1	192.50	$192.50	$241	—
170	170	2	162.50	$162.50	$276	—
190	190	2	202.00–206.00	$204.00	$388	—
200	200	1	191.00	$191.00	$382	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1548	1548	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,450.00	$3,450.00	-350.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1575	1575	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500	1500	85-90%	1	146.00	$146.00	$2,190	—
1570	1570	80-85%	1	157.00	$157.00	$2,465	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
656	656	8	147.00	$147.00	$964	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
106	106	5	86.00	$86.00	$91	—
135	135	16	142.50	$142.50	$192	—
128–140	139	32	104.00–110.00	$109.66	$152	—
142	142	51	85.00	$85.00	$121	—
158	158	5	142.50	$142.50	$225	—
150–178	161	147	101.00–112.00	$109.62	$176	—
153–172	163	23	85.00–97.00	$93.33	$152	—
158–178	166	60	113.00–118.00	$115.44	$192	—
184	184	7	121.00	$121.00	$223	—
178–195	185	13	102.00–112.00	$108.85	$201	—
180–188	186	4	116.00–120.00	$119.03	$221	—
195	195	6	94.00	$94.00	$183	—
210	210	1	95.00	$95.00	$200	—
215	215	4	110.00–112.00	$111.00	$239	—
215–248	227	17	96.00–102.00	$99.05	$225	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
78	78	20	267.50	$267.50	$209	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
127	127	3	145.00	$145.00	$184	—
139	139	4	88.00	$88.00	$122	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110	110	11	150.00	$150.00	$165	—
116–138	122	11	102.00–103.00	$102.69	$125	—
120–140	127	24	109.00–120.00	$116.01	$147	—
133–140	138	13	120.00–123.00	$122.33	$169	—
137–146	139	15	127.50–142.50	$131.69	$183	—
155	155	2	112.00	$112.00	$174	—

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Hair Lambs

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
58–59	59	71	300.00–320.00	$308.37	$182	—
69	69	7	315.00	$315.00	$217	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
38	38	4	270.00	$270.00	$103	—
52–59	54	31	272.50–290.00	$283.06	$153	—
62–65	62	15	270.00–280.00	$275.66	$171	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
72	72	39	261.00	$261.00	$188	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
49	49	9	230.00	$230.00	$113	—
63	63	5	210.00	$210.00	$132	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
23	23	3	125.00	$125.00	$29	—
29	29	13	195.00	$195.00	$57	—
31	31	11	65.00	$65.00	$20	—
30–34	33	10	337.50–345.00	$343.64	$113	—
35	35	3	302.50	$302.50	$106	—
38	38	3	195.00	$195.00	$74	—
41	41	11	205.00	$205.00	$84	—
40–48	46	41	320.00–352.50	$331.82	$153	—
42–49	47	49	275.00–312.50	$306.02	$144	—
50	50	15	250.00–285.00	$273.33	$137	—
51	51	7	275.00	$275.00	$140	—
53–59	54	63	305.00–325.00	$312.95	$169	—
55	55	2	230.00	$230.00	$126	—
50–58	56	20	329.00–330.00	$329.53	$185	—
61	61	4	215.00	$215.00	$131	—
60–65	62	13	260.00–305.00	$293.40	$182	—
63–64	63	29	310.00–317.50	$314.93	$198	—
68	68	3	275.00	$275.00	$187	—
73–75	73	18	305.00–331.00	$329.52	$241	—
73–75	74	3	270.00–290.00	$283.21	$210	—
75	75	1	280.00	$280.00	$210	—
81–85	82	8	305.00–315.00	$308.15	$253	—
82	82	3	185.00	$185.00	$152	—
83	83	2	290.00	$290.00	$241	—
88	88	7	285.00	$285.00	$251	—
90–95	93	12	295.00–317.50	$298.69	$278	—
93	93	3	270.00	$270.00	$251	—

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60–68	67	12	350.00–355.00	$350.75	$235	—
68	68	9	344.00	$344.00	$234	—
76–79	77	156	340.00–353.00	$348.45	$268	—
79	79	11	338.00	$338.00	$267	—
80	80	12	305.00	$305.00	$244	—
80–88	83	332	320.00–348.00	$343.56	$285	—
89	89	12	277.50	$277.50	$247	—
93	93	24	315.00	$315.00	$293	—
92–99	95	154	314.00–327.50	$318.27	$302	—
101–107	103	227	285.00–319.00	$308.34	$318	—
110	110	1	325.00	$325.00	$358	—
114	114	14	260.00	$260.00	$296	—
121–124	123	16	296.00–315.00	$301.42	$371	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
53–58	55	58	320.00–330.00	$324.69	$179	—
63–66	65	33	325.00–342.50	$340.42	$221	—
73–74	74	15	317.50–328.00	$321.67	$238	—
95–99	98	14	310.00	$310.00	$304	—
106	106	4	287.50	$287.50	$305	—
115	115	2	291.00	$291.00	$335	—
127	127	6	292.00	$292.00	$371	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
55	55	5	330.00	$330.00	$182	—
66–67	66	36	337.50–340.00	$337.71	$223	—
79	79	9	335.00	$335.00	$265	—
80	80	22	331.00	$331.00	$265	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
63	63	6	120.00	$120.00	$76	—
70	70	1	155.00	$155.00	$108	—
80	80	1	90.00	$90.00	$72	—
80–89	87	5	125.00–130.00	$129.08	$112	—
87	87	3	175.00	$175.00	$152	—
91–98	94	18	120.00–185.00	$173.57	$163	—
94–99	97	11	105.00–110.00	$106.76	$104	—
98	98	5	90.00	$90.00	$88	—
107	107	5	130.00	$130.00	$139	—
106–145	120	28	125.00–175.00	$153.93	$185	—
120	120	1	130.00	$130.00	$156	—
105–139	128	34	150.00–190.00	$164.87	$211	—
153–193	173	16	120.00–152.50	$139.88	$242	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
73–79	77	6	175.00–200.00	$192.10	$148	—
105–122	118	4	180.00–247.50	$232.45	$274	—
130–145	135	3	225.00–250.00	$241.98	$327	—
175	175	1	175.00	$175.00	$306	—
185	185	2	182.50–190.00	$186.25	$345	—
220–235	225	3	155.00–205.00	$173.74	$391	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
156–162	157	36	175.00–192.50	$188.50	$296	—

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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.