DEC 13, 2022
Hello Central Montana & Beyond! Our last sale of the year brought 1,546 head of cattle to town, including just over 850 head of bred cows and heifers. The Pete McKay dispersion was one of the feature consignments of the day, with about 100 head of young cows which found excellent demand! They topped at $1,800 on the 3-6 year-olds. McKay’s solid mouth cows brought $1,550-1,560. Bred heifers were a little tougher sell this week, as Jack Frost spreads heavy snow on eastern Montana and the Dakotas. Lots of those heifers were bought in the $1500-1625 range – certainly an indicator of weather concerns and lack of feed available. Just a light test of feeder cattle this week, but still excellent demand on those lighter go-to-grassers. Cows and bulls pretty steady with the last few weeks with slaughter and feeding cows mostly in the $50-60/cwt. ballpark.
NO SALES on December 20 and 27. We’ll be back with our New Year’s Feeder Special on January 3rd. Thanks for bringing your business our way over the past two years. From all of us at LLA, we wish you blessings and a Merry Christmas. - Kyle Shobe
Receipts: 1565 Last Week: 1151 Year Ago: 1957
REPRESENTATIVE SALES:
| Name | Qty | Desc | AvgWT | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEAL OR JANICE WOLDSTAD , VALIER | 23 | BLK-BHFR | 1088 | $1,625.00 |
| RAM HORN LLC , LEWISTOWN | 16 | BLK-BHFR | 1170 | $1,610.00 |
| GYPSY BASIN CATTLE , DUPUYER | 5 | BLK-BHFR | 995 | $1,600.00 |
| NEAL OR JANICE WOLDSTAD , VALIER | 29 | BLK-BHFR | 1083 | $1,600.00 |
| RAM HORN LLC , LEWISTOWN | 22 | BLK-BHFR | 1061 | $1,585.00 |
| RAM HORN LLC , LEWISTOWN | 105 | BLK-BHFR | 1142 | $1,550.00 |
| PETE MCKAY , RAYNESFORD | 41 | BLK-BCOW 3-6 | 1309 | $1,800.00 |
| PETE MCKAY , RAYNESFORD | 36 | BLK-BCOW 3-6 | 1181 | $1,775.00 |
| PETE MCKAY , RAYNESFORD | 26 | BLK-BCOW SOLID | 1350 | $1,560.00 |
| PETE MCKAY , RAYNESFORD | 15 | BLK-BCOW SOLID | 1261 | $1,550.00 |
| ROAT FAMILY LIMITED , GRASS RANGE | 17 | MXD-BCOW 3-6 | 1256 | $1,525.00 |
| ROAT FAMILY LIMITED , GRASS RANGE | 15 | MXD-BCOW 3-6 | 1056 | $1,525.00 |
| NEAL OR JANICE WOLDSTAD , VALIER | 10 | BLK-BCOW 3-6 | 1216 | $1,500.00 |
| NEAL OR JANICE WOLDSTAD , VALIER | 7 | BLK-BCOW 3-6 | 1078 | $1,500.00 |
| ROAT FAMILY LIMITED , GRASS RANGE | 5 | BLK-BCOW SOLID | 1371 | $1,400.00 |
| PETE MCKAY , RAYNESFORD | 5 | BLK-BCOW OLD | 1381 | $1,000.00 |
| BILL SOLF , WINNETT | 10 | BLK-STCF | 337 | $218.00 |
| WYLIE E GALT , MARTINSDALE | 6 | BLK-STCF | 348 | $218.00 |
| WYLIE E GALT , MARTINSDALE | 8 | BLK-STCF | 388 | $210.00 |
| VIC THOMSON , DENTON | 6 | BLK-STCF | 402 | $205.00 |
| WILLIAM OR WILLA SOLF , WINNETT | 14 | BLK-STCF | 396 | $202.00 |
| WYLIE E GALT , MARTINSDALE | 9 | BLK-HFRCF | 323 | $221.00 |
| WILLIAM OR WILLA SOLF , WINNETT | 23 | BLK-HFRCF | 354 | $195.00 |
| WYLIE E GALT , MARTINSDALE | 23 | BLK-HFRCF | 406 | $191.00 |
| ROBERT E. OR KENNY LEE , JUDITH GAP | 11 | MXD-HFRCF | 517 | $170.00 |
| WYLIE E GALT , MARTINSDALE | 32 | BLK-BULLCF | 503 | $203.00 |
| NEAL OR JANICE WOLDSTAD , VALIER | 1 | BLK-HFRTT | 985 | $129.00 |
| DENA GOODMAN , BELT | 2 | MXD-HFRTT | 1015 | $121.00 |
| O'HARA LAND AND CATTLE , FT BENTON | 1 | BLK-HFRTT | 895 | $121.00 |
| DAN BRISTOL , LEWISTOWN | 1 | CHAR-COW | 1515 | $60.00 |
| MIKE OR LEDA MCREYNOLDS , HILGER | 1 | BLK-COW | 1255 | $60.00 |
| GERALD WALSH , DODSON | 4 | RED-COW | 1430 | $59.50 |
| KEN OR DEBRA WILLMORE , LEWISTOWN | 1 | BLK-COW | 1435 | $58.00 |
| MARGARET CUMMINGS , LEWISTOWN | 1 | RED-BULL | 1840 | $85.00 |
| DAVID D. SHIPMAN , LEWISTOWN | 1 | BLK-BULL | 2105 | $85.00 |
