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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2019-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Nov 19

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

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Feeder Cattle receipts

3,161 head

▼ 317 vs last sale 3,478▲ 3,161 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

160 head

▼ 70 vs last sale 230▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

1,361 head

▲ 157 vs last sale 1,204▲ 1,361 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling heifers were too lightly tested to trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Demand for yearlings was mostly moderate to good on light offerings; calves sold on moderate demand for heavy offerings. Steer calves weighing less than 450 lbs sold mostly 3.00-6.00 lower, 450-649 lbs sold unevenly steady from 3.00 lower to 1.00 higher, all other weights of steer calves were too lightly tested to trend, however steady undertones were noticed. Heifer calves weighing less than 600 lbs sold unevenly steady from 5.00 lower to 4.00 higher, All other weights of heifers were too lightly tested to trend, however lower undertones were noticed. Quality this week was mostly average with a limited offering of attractive calves. Overall, quality was lower compared to last week. Many producers have started to market weaned calves. Buyers showed good demand for healthy appearing, weaned calves which were given two rounds of shots and weaned over 45 days. Buyers offered these type offerings strong premiums ranging from 8.00-10.00 cwt. Calves with two rounds of vaccinations continue to sale at a premium to calves with only one round. Market activity was mostly moderate to active. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for heavy offerings. Packers opted to feed the majority of the offering this week. Slaughter cows sold generally steady with mostly blemished cows destined for harvest. Packer buyers did show good demand for high yielding cows this week as they bid aggressively against feeding buyers throughout the sale. Feeding cows sold steady to 2.00 higher on high quality feeding cows suitable to feed to premium white. Thin feeding cows sold mostly 2.00 higher despite fewer takers seen for these offerings. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. 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 $160.35/cwt on 1,602 head.

Average price

$160.35

1,602 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$906

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2

$21.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.51

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	161.04	913	1,476
Medium and Large 1-2	546	153.21	837	117
Medium 1-2	477	140.00	668	9thin

One grade step is worth $21.04/cwt here — about $245 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 sale1,602 hd

160.35

—

MT average5 barns · 5,013 hd

156.83

+3.51

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	—	Average	1,747	68.67	1,199	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,589	68.37	1,086	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,478	54.45	805	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,200	43.78	525	49

Every lot

70 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	255	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	542	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	265	224.95/cwt	222.50–227.50	596	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	377	176.93/cwt	174.00–178.00	667	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	382	191.49/cwt	186.50–196.00	731	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	185.24/cwt	181.50–191.00	802	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	439	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	773	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	471	175.77/cwt	165.00–187.00	828	172
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	477	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	668	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	498	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	735	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	506	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	880	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	522	153.33/cwt	150.00–157.00	800	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	535	162.38/cwt	159.50–166.50	869	283
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	161.51/cwt	161.00–161.75	916	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	584	154.30/cwt	149.00–159.00	901	198
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	588	142.72/cwt	140.00–148.00	839	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	892	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	890	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	616	151.35/cwt	144.00–156.50	932	293
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	151.52/cwt	150.50–156.00	961	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	645	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	932	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	982	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	671	136.52/cwt	135.00–141.00	916	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	697	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,079	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	701	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	960	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	710	145.00/cwt	142.00–147.50	1,030	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	771	139.02/cwt	137.50–143.00	1,072	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	376	153.00/cwt	152.50–154.00	575	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	388	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	611	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	417	157.22/cwt	152.00–159.50	656	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	432	150.31/cwt	145.00–153.00	649	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	467	143.19/cwt	141.00–144.50	669	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	489	152.09/cwt	145.00–159.50	744	141
Heifers	—	Medium 1	511	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	690	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	144.33/cwt	138.50–154.00	762	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	540	133.65/cwt	127.00–137.50	722	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	566	138.93/cwt	133.00–144.25	786	268
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	572	126.28/cwt	124.00–131.00	722	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	127.67/cwt	124.00–130.00	788	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	679	123.66/cwt	121.00–125.00	840	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	706	123.75/cwt	123.50–124.00	874	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,098	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	807	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,122	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	862	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,095	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	885	138.60/cwt	135.00–139.50	1,227	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,131	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	977	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,304	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	785	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	558	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	787	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,601	66.46/cwt	64.00–67.50	1,064	4
Bulls	—	—	2,330	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	1,806	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,181	36.57/cwt	31.00–39.50	432	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,202	44.79/cwt	40.00–49.00	538	35
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,233	52.99/cwt	50.00–55.00	653	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,456	45.26/cwt	41.50–47.50	659	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,494	66.18/cwt	65.00–66.50	989	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,520	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	813	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,574	69.98/cwt	69.00–71.00	1,101	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,615	65.54/cwt	63.00–68.50	1,058	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,216	56.16/cwt	55.00–60.00	683	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,306	767.51/cwt	760.00–775.00	10,024	27
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows10 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	965	82.74/cwt	71.00–93.00	798	71
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,056	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	581	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	714	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,086	71.59/cwt	60.50–84.00	777	29
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,193	48.42/cwt	42.00–52.50	578	120
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,200	52.73/cwt	44.50–54.50	633	35
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,259	60.69/cwt	54.50–66.00	764	40
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,261	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	662	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,330	56.91/cwt	53.00–62.75	757	85
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,408	60.58/cwt	54.50–70.00	853	105

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 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,161Last week 3,478Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 230Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,361Last week 1,204Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	706	123.50–124.00	123.75
15	—	388	157.50	157.50
16	—	617	124.00–130.00	127.67
43	—	679	121.00–125.00	123.66
74	—	417	152.00–159.50	157.22
114	—	528	138.50–154.00	144.33
141	—	489	145.00–159.50	152.09
268	—	566	133.00–144.25	138.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	572	124.00–131.00	126.28
12	—	467	141.00–144.50	143.19
16	—	432	145.00–153.00	150.31
19	—	540	127.00–137.50	133.65
20	—	376	152.50–154.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	862	127.00	127.00
6	—	905	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	511	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	977	133.50	133.50
8	—	776	141.50	141.50
11	—	807	139.00	139.00
19	—	885	135.00–139.50	138.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	588	140.00–148.00	142.72
1	—	645	144.50	144.50
2	—	255	212.50	212.50
8	—	671	135.00–141.00	136.52
8	—	701	137.00	137.00
10	—	439	176.00	176.00
11	—	522	150.00–157.00	153.33
14	—	498	147.50	147.50
15	—	377	174.00–178.00	176.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
283	—	535	159.50–166.50	162.38
293	—	616	144.00–156.50	151.35
26	—	382	186.50–196.00	191.49
26	—	669	146.75	146.75
45	—	710	142.00–147.50	145.00
103	—	433	181.50–191.00	185.24
172	—	471	165.00–187.00	175.77
198	—	584	149.00–159.00	154.30
2	—	265	222.50–227.50	224.95
15	—	771	137.50–143.00	139.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	593	150.50	150.50
29	—	614	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	634	150.50–156.00	151.52
90	—	697	154.75	154.75
97	—	567	161.00–161.75	161.51
44	—	506	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	558	141.00	141.00
14	—	538	146.00	146.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,306	760.00–775.00	767.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,216	55.00–60.00	56.16

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	85	—	1,330	53.00–62.75	56.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	105	—	1,408	54.50–70.00	60.58
(<2 yrs)	Open	71	—	965	71.00–93.00	82.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,086	60.50–84.00	71.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,259	54.50–66.00	60.69

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,200	44.50–54.50	52.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,056	55.00	55.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,261	52.50	52.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	120	—	1,193	42.00–52.50	48.42

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	—	1,065	67.00	67.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,330	77.50	77.50
4	—	1,601	64.00–67.50	66.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	53.50	53.50
4	—	1,494	65.00–66.50	66.18
5	—	1,456	41.50–47.50	45.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,615	63.00–68.50	65.54
7	—	1,574	69.00–71.00	69.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	50.00–55.00	52.99
10	—	1,181	31.00–39.50	36.57
35	—	1,202	40.00–49.00	44.79

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.