Livestock Loss Update

Livestock Loss Update
By angelamontana

Posted: September 4, 2024

The Montana Livestock Loss Board is here to help ranchers tackle the challenges of living alongside wolves, grizzly bears, and mountain lions. Established in 2007, the board provides financial reimbursements to livestock producers for losses caused by these predators: wolves, grizzly bears and mountain lions. But they don’t stop there—they also offer prevention tools and incentives to help reduce the chances of future losses. Their mission is all about keeping Montana’s livestock community economically strong while managing the balance between livestock and wildlife.

Here are the updated 2024 statistics that were updated on August 21st.

2024 Livestock Loss Statistics

This page contains information on livestock losses and claims made during 2024.

To view statistics for other years, click here.

Losses by County

MT LIV LLB Statistics 2024
Counties	Cattle	Sheep	Goats	Guard Dog	Totals	Payments
Big Horn	2L				2	$3,417.52
Beaverhead	4W				4	$6.775.47
Carbon
Cascade				2W	2	$1,000.00
Choteau	1G				1	$1,883.64
Custer
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Glacier	15G				15	$27,389.29
Granite			4L		4	$793.69
Jefferson
Lake		7G			7	$2,121.00
Lewis & Clark	6G 1W		2L		9	$13,346.72
Lincoln
Madison	1G 4W			1W	6	$10,649.46
Missoula	1G	1L			2	$2,263.12
Musselshell
Park
Phillips
Pondera	1G				1	$1,996.44
Powell	1G 2W				3	$5,585.03
Powder River		6L				$1,818.00
Richland
Sanders
Silver Bow
Stillwater	1L				1	$1,688.64
Sweet Grass
Teton	3G 4W				7	$13,067.97
Toole
Wheatland
Totals	47	14	6	3	70	$93,795.99

Summary

MT LIV LLB Statistics Totals 2024
	Cattle	Sheep	Goat	Guard Dog
Confirmed	35	7	5	3
Probable	12	7	1
Value	$85,284.30	$4,242.00	$1,769.69	$2,500
Owners	31	3	2	2

Last Updated – August 21, 2024