NOV 14, 2025 - Arntzen
Hello Central Montana & Beyond! Fifty years of breeding Angus cattle was on full display Friday at the Arntzen Angus Signature Commercial Female Sale — and IT WAS A CATTLE SHOW! Far and away this was the most uniform set of cattle that have come to this sale over the past five years, and the market reflected the trust that has been built in this customer base! Sale averages and full sale report are posted below. Congrats to all consignors involved, and a big thank you to the Arntzen family for all of their hard work on behalf of their customers and ours! Also, a big shout out to our LLA crew for turning this yard around in short order and making this a first-class event.
There will be a lot of bred heifers on the market in Montana in the coming weeks - this sale certainly gave us all a good glimpse of what the interest level is on bred stock. Takeaways: 1) Quality cattle command attention and solid money! 2) Offering tight calving windows is helping buyers obtain cattle that fit their current operation - and it’s adding value to the bred stock on the market. 3) 75% of the cattle sold stayed in state. 25% went to Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Wyoming and Idaho. 4) There are takers for early bred and later bred cattle. The synched, AI’d heifers all surfaced to the top of the sale report, but there was solid demand for the mid-March and April calvers as well. All in all, this shaped up to be a very consistent market throughout the day. That’s a testament to the quality of cattle from top to bottom.
Our Heart of the Herd I & II is November 21st and 25th, and we’re expecting north of 3,500 head between those two sales. We’ll have our consignment page updated daily.
Thanks for bringing your business our way! - Kyle Shobe
AVERAGES:
28 Bred Young Cows: $4,800
286 AI Bred Heifers: $4,336
374 Bull Bred Heifers: $4,061
660 TOTAL BRED HFRS: $4,180
DETAILED SALE REPORT
| Name | Qty | Lot | Desc | AvgWT | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI BRED HEIFERS | |||||
| HEARTLAND CATTLE CO. LLC , MOORE | 5 | 107A | BLK-BHFR | 1100 | $5,100 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 10 | 101A | BLK-BHFR | 1082 | $5,000 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 15 | 101A | BLK-BHFR | 1105 | $4,850 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 11 | 101A | BLK-BHFR | 1136 | $4,600 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 12 | 101A | BLK-BHFR | 1090 | $4,500 |
| TOM DELANEY , GRASS RANGE | 43 | 109A | BLK-BHFR | 1154 | $4,500 |
| HEARTLAND CATTLE CO. LLC , MOORE | 10 | 107A | BLK-BHFR | 1046 | $4,450 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 8 | 104A | BLK-BHFR | 1121 | $4,400 |
| HEARTLAND CATTLE CO. LLC , MOORE | 5 | 107A | BLK-BHFR | 1693 | $4,400 |
| SWANZ RANCH , JUDITH GAP | 5 | 110A | BLK-BHFR | 1008 | $4,375 |
| HEARTLAND CATTLE CO. LLC , MOORE | 15 | 107B | BLK-BHFR | 1078 | $4,300 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 32 | 104A | BLK-BHFR | 1121 | $4,200 |
| HEARTLAND CATTLE CO. LLC , MOORE | 10 | 107A | BLK-BHFR | 1058 | $4,200 |
| HEARTLAND CATTLE CO. LLC , MOORE | 8 | 107B | BLK-BHFR | 1078 | $4,175 |
| HEARTLAND CATTLE CO. LLC , MOORE | 10 | 107B | BLK-BHFR | 1078 | $4,150 |
| POWELL BECKER , STANFORD | 37 | 108 | BLK-BHFR | 1104 | $4,150 |
| SWANZ RANCH , JUDITH GAP | 3 | 110A | BLK-BHFR | 1005 | $4,075 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 13 | 103 | BLK-BHFR | 1093 | $4,050 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 24 | 102A | BLK-BHFR | 1101 | $4,000 |
| SWANZ RANCH , JUDITH GAP | 10 | 110A | BLK-BHFR | 1001 | $4,000 |
| BULL BRED HEIFERS | |||||
| SWANZ RANCH , JUDITH GAP | 12 | 110B | BLK-BHFR | 956 | $4,300 |
| SWANZ RANCH , JUDITH GAP | 5 | 110C | BLK-BHFR | 1008 | $4,300 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 30 | 101D | BLK-BHFR | 1126 | $4,275 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 14 | 101B | BLK-BHFR | 1093 | $4,250 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 14 | 104C | BLK-BHFR | 1083 | $4,250 |
| HEARTLAND CATTLE CO. LLC , MOORE | 26 | 107C | BLK-BHFR | 1064 | $4,200 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 14 | 104B | BLK-BHFR | 1081 | $4,200 |
| SWANZ RANCH , JUDITH GAP | 4 | 110D | BLK-BHFR | 1006 | $4,200 |
| BAR LC RANCH , HILGER | 5 | 111A | BLK-BHFR | 1074 | $4,150 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 14 | 104B | BLK-BHFR | 1100 | $4,100 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 16 | 102B | BLK-BHFR | 1119 | $4,100 |
| BAR LC RANCH , HILGER | 42 | 111A | BLK-BHFR | 1064 | $4,050 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 10 | 101C | BLK-BHFR | 1044 | $4,050 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 12 | 101C | BLK-BHFR | 1040 | $4,050 |
| JENNI RANCH , LEWISTOWN | 16 | 112B | BLK-BHFR | 1158 | $4,050 |
| JENNI RANCH , LEWISTOWN | 1 | 112B | BWF-BHFR | 1205 | $4,050 |
| THAD JENNI , LEWISTOWN | 15 | 112A | BLK-BHFR | 1169 | $3,950 |
| TOM DELANEY , GRASS RANGE | 3 | 109B | BLK-BHFR | 1220 | $3,950 |
| TOM DELANEY , GRASS RANGE | 6 | 109C | BLK-BHFR | 1130 | $3,950 |
| B & L FARM & RANCH LLP , MALTA | 50 | 113 | BLK-BHFR | 1054 | $3,950 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 5 | 101C | BLK-BHFR | 1040 | $3,925 |
| BAR LC RANCH , HILGER | 10 | 111B | BLK-BHFR | 1072 | $3,900 |
| BAR LC RANCH , HILGER | 5 | 111B | BLK-BHFR | 1075 | $3,900 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 9 | 102C | BLK-BHFR | 1072 | $3,900 |
| GARY OR KATHRYN JENNI , LEWISTOWN | 9 | 114 | BLK-BHFR | 1211 | $3,900 |
| TOM DELANEY , GRASS RANGE | 7 | 109B | BLK-BHFR | 1125 | $3,900 |
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 4 | 101C | BLK-BHFR | 1014 | $3,875 |
| B & L FARM & RANCH LLP , MALTA | 9 | 113 | BLK-BHFR | 1069 | $3,750 |
| GARY OR KATHRYN JENNI , LEWISTOWN | 1 | 114 | BWF-BHFR-SRT EARS | 1170 | $3,675 |
| BAR LC RANCH , HILGER | 2 | 111B | BLK-BHFR | 1074 | $3,600 |
| THAD JENNI , LEWISTOWN | 1 | 112A | BWF-BHFR-SRT EARS | 1250 | $3,500 |
| BAR LC RANCH , HILGER | 2 | 111C | BLK-BHFR | 1103 | $3,450 |
| BULL BRED COWS | |||||
| ARNTZEN ANGUS , HILGER | 23 | 106 | BLK-BCOW 3-4 APR | 1283 | $4,800 |
