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Billings, MT Fri Dec 19, 2008 USDA Market News
Montana Weekly Auction Summary
Receipts: 6,360 Last Week: 17,324 Year Ago: 6,802
Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold unevenly steady to 2.00
higher with higher money mostly on offerings over 600 lbs. Yearling cattle not
well tested. Feeder cattle trend comprised using limited comparable sales due
to a lighter head count this week. Feeding cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.
Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher with the higher money
occurring toward the end of the reporting period. Demand good for all classes.
Cold temperature coupled with undesirable road conditions put a damper on some
livestock movement throughout Montana this week. Slaughter cows and bulls and
feeding cows made up 49 percent of the run; 51 percent feeder cattle.
Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1: 330-400 lbs 100.00-114.00; 400-500 lbs
101.00-116.25; 500-600 lbs 88.00-105.75, fancy 96.25-105.50; 600-700 lb calves
80.00-94.00; 700-800 lb calves 82.25-88.00; 700-770 lbs 83.00-85.25; 820 lbs
88.75; pkg 990 lbs 84.50; 1000-1080 lbs 77.25-83.00.
Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large 1: 300-400 lbs 83.00-90.50; 400-500 lbs
81.00-92.50, fancy 96.50; 500-600 lbs 78.00-91.00, fancy 96.50; 600-700 lb
calves 76.50-85.50; 700-800 lb calves 76.75-81.25; 840-880 lbs 83.25-84.25.
Feeding Cows: Heifers and Heiferettes 650-1120 lbs 71.00-83.75; Three year
olds 815-1100 lbs 55.50-62.00; young 750-1200 lbs 46.00-54.00, thin 42.00-46.00;
middle aged 700-1300 lbs 41.00-48.25, thin 39.00-42.00; aged 900-1400 lbs 35.00-
42.75, thin 33.50-38.25.
Slaughter Cows:
Percent Lean Avg Dressing High Dressing Low Dressing
Breakers 75-80 1250-1800 lbs 36.00-41.00 41.00-44.50 - -
Boners 80-85 1000-1500 lbs 36.50-43.00 41.50-47.75 34.00-35.75
Lean 85-90 1000-1450 lbs 33.75-41.50 - - 27.75-36.50
780-1000 lbs 34.00-36.00 - - 24.00-32.50
Slaughter Bulls:
Avg Dress High Dress Low Dress
Yield Grade 1-2 1400-2190 lbs 47.00-52.75 53.00 41.00-45.50
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
8 332 332 100.00 100.00
45 374-398 391 100.00-114.00 109.88
85 403-443 427 101.00-112.00 106.44
100 455-499 463 101.00-116.25 111.92
275 506-549 531 89.50-105.75 97.30
154 505-534 525 100.50-105.50 101.93 Fancy
261 551-598 584 88.00-96.50 92.72
22 554-570 558 96.25-97.00 96.79 Fancy
217 604-647 631 84.50-94.00 89.30 Calves
152 651-693 672 80.00-90.25 87.28 Calves
25 718-722 720 85.25 85.25
95 700-743 714 84.00-88.00 86.56 Calves
9 770 770 83.00 83.00
33 750-793 770 82.25-87.50 85.55 Calves
41 820 820 88.75 88.75
6 989 989 84.50 84.50
28 1007 1007 83.00 83.00
Feeder Steers Medium 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
11 480 480 84.00 84.00
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
8 399 399 105.00 105.00
15 456-487 478 96.25-108.25 101.46
81 504-528 515 85.00-90.50 89.35
51 563-598 590 85.00-88.00 86.18
10 656-694 675 78.00-80.00 79.03 Calves
Feeder Steers Small and Medium 2-3
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
11 451 451 52.00 52.00
10 588 588 61.00 61.00
Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
12 462-484 475 91.00-96.00 93.29
9 497 497 88.00 88.00 Full
22 610-626 622 75.00-79.00 76.07 Calves
15 685 685 77.75 77.75 Calves
12 917 917 67.00 67.00
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
10 307-346 334 84.00-89.75 88.17
35 365-399 382 83.00-90.50 87.72
105 436-449 444 85.00-92.50 89.19
166 455-495 475 81.00-91.75 87.92
12 476 476 96.50 96.50 Fancy
201 500-548 525 83.50-91.00 86.71
5 523 523 96.50 96.50 Fancy
417 551-598 568 78.00-88.00 85.07
271 601-649 622 79.00-85.50 83.01 Calves
126 651-677 668 76.50-83.00 82.03 Calves
60 705-727 711 76.75-81.25 80.07 Calves
9 797 797 78.00 78.00 Calves
7 841 841 83.50 83.50
64 875-882 881 83.25-84.25 83.80
Feeder Heifers Medium 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 629 629 66.00 66.00 Full
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
21 327 327 82.00 82.00
12 384-398 390 85.50-86.50 85.93
35 413-442 435 82.00-84.50 84.00
69 491-493 492 79.00-86.75 81.58
51 530-548 538 74.00-84.50 82.76
32 558-564 562 72.00-77.50 74.63
17 619-643 631 74.00-78.50 76.08 Calves
13 652-684 664 73.00-75.00 73.79 Calves
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
15 438 438 80.00 80.00
Source: USDA Market News Billings, MT
James M. Ward 406-657-6285
www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews
24 hr price information 406-657-6400
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