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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2019-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Sep 24

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Sep 17Sep 24Oct 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,555 head

▲ 605 vs last sale 950▲ 1,555 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

173 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 177▲ 173 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

210 head

▲ 167 vs last sale 43▲ 210 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The best test for feeder steers was for 800-899 lbs yearlings which sold mostly 2.00-3.00 higher. All other weights of yearling steers were too lightly tested to trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Yearling heifers 800-1,049 lbs sold mostly 6.00-10.00 higher. Demand was mostly good with very good demand seen at times. Offerings were mostly moderate. Quality was mostly attractive this week and some of the highest seen this summer. Very good demand was seen for load lots of yearlings, while packages were met with mostly good demand. All cattle were in light flesh and coming straight off grass. All yearlings offered buyers fair weigh up conditions. Market activity was active. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate to good demand for light to moderate offerings. Packers showed stronger demand for cows to send to immediate harvest this week. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00-3.00 higher on lean and boning cows. Breaking cows were too lightly tested to trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Feeding buyers were back in the market this week and they showed strong demand for cows of all ages. Fleshy cows sold with the best demand again this week as both packers and feeding buyers bid aggressively over offerings. Feeding cows were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Cow quality this week was average to attractive and higher than last week. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 2.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Bulls were mixed for quality. Young age cows suitable to re-breed were too lightly tested to develop any market trend.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.93/cwt on 736 head.

Average price

$135.93

736 head · 852 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,158

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$320

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$21.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.81

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	668	145.98	976	66
Medium and Large 1	844	136.86	1,155	556
Medium and Large 1-2	846	130.15	1,102	27
Large 1	1,044	124.18	1,296	87

One grade step is worth $21.80/cwt here — about −$320 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale736 hd

135.93

—

MT average3 barns · 1,430 hd

135.12

+0.81

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,814	76.04	1,379	62
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,759	70.08	1,233	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,417	61.13	866	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,213	56.54	686	46

Every lot

54 lots · USDA AMS · Miles City Livestock Commission Auction - Miles City, MT

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	284	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	486	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	443	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	702	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	797	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	147.78/cwt	147.50–150.50	1,083	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,117	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,113	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	770	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,024	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,120	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	845	145.32/cwt	141.00–145.85	1,228	255
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,184	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	884	138.67/cwt	136.00–139.50	1,226	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	921	140.64/cwt	138.50–141.25	1,295	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	136.15/cwt	134.50–138.50	1,259	151
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,314	25
Steers	—	Large 1	1,007	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,309	3
Steers	—	Large 1Full	1,176	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,211	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	377	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	566	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	605	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	651	8
Heifers	—	Medium 1	643	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	945	31
Heifers	—	Medium 1	691	145.07/cwt	142.50–146.00	1,002	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,004	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	148.06/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,136	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	139.35/cwt	139.35–139.35	1,129	226
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	834	131.83/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,099	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	134.04/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,176	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,144	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	132.78/cwt	129.75–134.50	1,224	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	958	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,274	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	969	129.15/cwt	128.25–130.00	1,251	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,183	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	986	124.42/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,227	7
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,026	127.09/cwt	124.00–127.50	1,304	51
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,069	120.06/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,283	36
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,135	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	766	1
Bulls	—	—	1,771	72.63/cwt	63.00–77.00	1,286	26
Bulls	—	—	1,816	78.15/cwt	74.50–81.50	1,419	27
Bulls	—	—Canadian Origin	1,913	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,492	2
Bulls	—	—	1,987	84.00/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,669	5
Bulls	—	—Heavy Weight	2,505	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	1,816	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	915	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	494	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	60.62/cwt	59.00–64.50	708	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,228	55.49/cwt	49.50–59.00	681	37
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,280	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	890	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	68.95/cwt	68.00–70.00	896	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,426	57.27/cwt	55.50–58.50	817	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,430	63.22/cwt	61.00–66.00	904	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,754	69.56/cwt	69.50–70.00	1,220	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,766	70.77/cwt	70.25–73.50	1,250	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	989	84.08/cwt	68.00–85.50	832	31
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,150	72.50/cwt	64.00–78.00	834	17
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,165	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	583	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,422	63.28/cwt	57.00–69.50	900	66
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,425	65.40/cwt	60.00–68.50	932	57

This sale against other markets

Montana weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Montana auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Montana feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Miles City Livestock Commission Auction - Miles City, MT

Tue Sep 24, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Billings, MT (LS-BL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,555Last week 950Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 173Last week 177Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 210Last week 43Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	922	129.75–134.50	132.78
44	—	969	128.25–130.00	129.15
42	—	767	141.00–149.00	148.06
226	—	810	139.35	139.35
117	—	877	132.00–136.00	134.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	970	122.00	122.00
17	—	834	131.00–132.00	131.83
4	—	755	133.00	133.00
3	—	915	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	986	124.00–125.00	124.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	958	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	691	142.50–146.00	145.07
31	—	643	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,026	124.00–127.50	127.09
36	—	1,069	118.00–121.00	120.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	472	138.00	138.00
7	—	377	150.00	150.00
4	—	420	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	925	134.50–138.50	136.15
39	—	884	136.00–139.50	138.67
25	—	970	135.50	135.50
11	—	740	151.00	151.00
3	—	760	146.50	146.50
255	—	845	141.00–145.85	145.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,007	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,176	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	733	147.50–150.50	147.78
6	—	880	134.50	134.50
5	—	778	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	770	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	533	149.50	149.50
6	—	443	158.50	158.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	921	138.50–141.25	140.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	284	171.00	171.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	54.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,228	49.50–59.00	55.49
7	—	1,168	59.00–64.50	60.62
1	—	1,280	69.50	69.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,754	69.50–70.00	69.56
6	—	1,766	70.25–73.50	70.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,430	61.00–66.00	63.22
10	—	1,426	55.50–58.50	57.27
2	—	1,300	68.00–70.00	68.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	67.50	67.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,505	72.50	72.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,816	74.50–81.50	78.15
26	—	1,771	63.00–77.00	72.63
5	—	1,987	83.00–85.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Canadian Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,913	78.00	78.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	50.00	50.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,150	64.00–78.00	72.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	31	—	989	68.00–85.50	84.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	57	—	1,425	60.00–68.50	65.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	66	—	1,422	57.00–69.50	63.28

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.