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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2019-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Nov 12

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Nov 5Nov 12Nov 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,478 head

▲ 268 vs last sale 3,210▲ 3,478 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

230 head

▲ 80 vs last sale 150▲ 230 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

1,204 head

▲ 122 vs last sale 1,082▲ 1,204 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers were too lightly tested to develop any market trend, however good demand was seen for all yearlings on offer. Steer calves 400-499 lbs sold mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher; 500-599 lbs sold mostly 1.00 -3.00 higher; 600-649 lbs steers sold mostly 2.00-5.00 higher; other weights were too lightly tested to trend. Heifer calves all sold unevenly steady from 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Quality this week was average to attractive and was higher overall compared to last week. Many calves on offer had two rounds of vaccinations this week allowing buyers to put together loads of fully preconditioned calves. Calves with two rounds of vaccinations continue to sell with a strong 8.00-10.00 premium over non vaccinated or calves with only one round of preconditioning shots. Calves weaned over 45 days sold with good demand this week and offered slight premiums compared to calves at the same weight. Demand this week was mostly good for heavy offerings. Market activity was mostly active. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for heavy offerings. Packers opted to feed the majority of the offering this week. Most cows destined for slaughter were blemished and lower yielding this week compared to last. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Feeding cows sold on mostly good demand this week. Packers along with farmer feeders were very active in purchasing thin cows to feed for the holiday lull, to turn out on fields, or to feed silage. All classes of slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested to trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Young age cows on sold mostly good demand again this week. All offerings sold steady to firm compared to last week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.02/cwt on 2,014 head.

Average price

$164.02

2,014 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$580

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$38.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.02

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	460	172.08	792	25
Medium and Large 1	546	164.94	900	1,837
Medium and Large 1-2	564	152.03	858	148
Large 1	1,024	134.00	1,372	4thin

One grade step is worth $38.08/cwt here — about −$580 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 sale2,014 hd

164.02

—

MT average5 barns · 6,439 hd

159.00

+5.02

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	1,780	69.33	1,234	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,730	68.10	1,178	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,448	64.16	929	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,137	42.75	486	54

Every lot

68 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	270	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	614	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	320	206.90/cwt	206.00–212.50	662	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	330	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	677	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	379	195.33/cwt	194.00–199.00	740	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	385	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	724	3
Steers	—	Medium 1Unweaned	423	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	783	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	191.54/cwt	184.00–196.50	829	185
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	446	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	776	4
Steers	—	Medium 1Unweaned	472	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	793	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	175.49/cwt	168.00–181.00	839	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	480	163.68/cwt	156.00–166.00	786	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	496	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	843	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	165.62/cwt	158.50–169.00	878	488
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	914	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	155.80/cwt	150.50–160.50	902	409
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	585	148.30/cwt	144.00–152.00	868	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	153.01/cwt	146.50–156.00	947	328
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	632	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	932	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	674	145.11/cwt	143.50–148.00	978	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	720	146.34/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,054	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	906	146.10/cwt	141.00–148.25	1,324	17
Steers	—	Large 1	1,024	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,372	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	341	172.81/cwt	165.00–174.00	589	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	645	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	375	166.15/cwt	161.00–170.00	623	43
Heifers	—	Medium 1Unweaned	392	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	643	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	706	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	431	157.71/cwt	155.50–160.00	680	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	152.54/cwt	147.00–158.00	726	148
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	484	158.00/cwt	157.75–159.50	765	116
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	484	146.13/cwt	145.00–151.00	707	23
Heifers	—	Medium 1Unweaned	503	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	714	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	515	136.95/cwt	135.00–142.00	705	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	147.12/cwt	143.50–150.50	780	176
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	138.39/cwt	135.00–142.25	797	246
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	582	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	762	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	609	133.88/cwt	133.00–134.00	815	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	662	133.75/cwt	130.50–135.00	885	21
Heifers	—	Medium 1	702	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	962	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	813	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,098	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	135.19/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,176	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	889	128.86/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,146	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	921	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	1,227	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,045	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,264	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	727	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	733	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	924	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,680	66.94/cwt	61.00–72.00	1,125	17
Bulls	—	—	1,949	73.38/cwt	72.50–76.50	1,430	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	968	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	339	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	971	42.27/cwt	41.00–46.00	410	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	39.17/cwt	36.00–40.00	442	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,166	43.77/cwt	40.00–47.00	510	34
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,183	50.17/cwt	50.00–50.50	594	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,436	64.59/cwt	64.50–65.00	928	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,510	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	936	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,637	66.47/cwt	65.00–67.50	1,088	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,870	70.55/cwt	70.00–71.00	1,319	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,317	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	10,207	21
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows10 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	977	82.83/cwt	74.50–92.00	809	106
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,022	54.57/cwt	53.00–58.00	558	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	851	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,096	49.98/cwt	46.00–55.50	548	13
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,116	66.86/cwt	63.50–77.00	746	20
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,173	49.18/cwt	44.50–54.00	577	88
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,212	52.46/cwt	48.00–53.50	636	32
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,238	61.21/cwt	54.50–67.00	758	58
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,299	56.03/cwt	49.00–68.00	728	180
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,306	59.23/cwt	54.00–69.00	774	127

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 Nov 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,478Last week 3,210Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 230Last week 150Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,204Last week 1,082Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	480	156.00–166.00	163.68
117	—	585	144.00–152.00	148.30
1	—	330	205.00	205.00
3	—	385	188.00	188.00
4	—	446	174.00	174.00
5	—	632	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
488	—	530	158.50–169.00	165.62
185	—	433	184.00–196.50	191.54
328	—	619	146.50–156.00	153.01
409	—	579	150.50–160.50	155.80
1	—	270	227.50	227.50
19	—	720	143.00–150.00	146.34
40	—	674	143.50–148.00	145.11
58	—	379	194.00–199.00	195.33
180	—	478	168.00–181.00	175.49
7	—	320	206.00–212.50	206.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,024	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	423	185.00	185.00
19	—	472	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	906	141.00–148.25	146.10
29	—	496	170.00	170.00
76	—	568	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	733	126.00	126.00
8	—	420	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,045	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	662	130.50–135.00	133.75
246	—	576	135.00–142.25	138.39
176	—	530	143.50–150.50	147.12
148	—	476	147.00–158.00	152.54
60	—	431	155.50–160.00	157.71
43	—	375	161.00–170.00	166.15
41	—	609	133.00–134.00	133.88
40	—	341	165.00–174.00	172.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	423	167.00	167.00
22	—	373	173.00	173.00
10	—	870	134.00–136.00	135.19
5	—	921	133.25	133.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	484	145.00–151.00	146.13
7	—	582	131.00	131.00
38	—	515	135.00–142.00	136.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	889	128.00–131.00	128.86
2	—	813	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	484	157.75–159.50	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	503	142.00	142.00
9	—	392	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	702	137.00	137.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,317	775.00	775.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	180	—	1,299	49.00–68.00	56.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	58	—	1,238	54.50–67.00	61.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	127	—	1,306	54.00–69.00	59.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,116	63.50–77.00	66.86
(<2 yrs)	Open	106	—	977	74.50–92.00	82.83

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	88	—	1,173	44.50–54.00	49.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,212	48.00–53.50	52.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,022	53.00–58.00	54.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,096	46.00–55.50	49.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	81.00	81.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,637	65.00–67.50	66.47
2	—	1,870	70.00–71.00	70.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,436	64.50–65.00	64.59
1	—	1,510	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	35.00	35.00
4	—	971	41.00–46.00	42.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,166	40.00–47.00	43.77
11	—	1,128	36.00–40.00	39.17
3	—	1,183	50.00–50.50	50.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,680	61.00–72.00	66.94
10	—	1,949	72.50–76.50	73.38

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.