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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2019-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Dec 3

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Nov 26Dec 3Dec 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,413 head

▼ 928 vs last sale 2,341▲ 1,413 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

88 head

▼ 63 vs last sale 151▲ 88 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

938 head

▲ 150 vs last sale 788▲ 938 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. Demand for yearlings was mostly moderate to good on light offerings. Steer calves all sold steady to 5.00 higher, while heifers sold unevenly steady from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Quality this sale was mixed from plain to attractive, however most offerings were of plain to average quality. Several sets of weaned calves were seen this week. Buyers were very responsive to quality this week as they purchased high quality unweaned calves, with two rounds of preconditioning shots, with just as good of demand as weaned calves. This led to uneven prices throughout the sale. Market activity this week was mostly slow to moderate. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Packer buyers were more aggressive this week as they purchased cows for immediate harvest. A holiday week coupled with a major snowstorm which slowed supplies being delivered to the plant as well as availability at sales across the upper plains had packers searching for offerings this sale. After packers filled immediate plant needs they turned to purchasing more cows to feed. Feeding buyers purchased cows on good demand this week as well as a good number of buyers were all on hand actively bidding on offerings. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00-4.00 higher on boning and lean cows. Feeding cows sold mostly 2.00-5.00 higher with the largest gains seen this week in thin cows suitable for short term feeding; these offerings sold mostly 4.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to firm on a lower yielding offering than was seen last week. Young age cows sold on mostly good demand this sale. Cows suitable to re-breed sold mostly steady to firm. Offerings were average to attractive.

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 $156.42/cwt on 572 head.

Average price

$156.42

572 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$847

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$19.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.40

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	449	163.72	734	111
Medium and Large 1	566	154.87	876	451
Medium and Large 2	494	147.50	729	4thin
Medium 1	492	144.00	708	6thin

One grade step is worth $19.72/cwt here — about $26 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 sale572 hd

156.42

—

MT average2 barns · 661 hd

155.02

+1.40

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	—	High	1,617	73.61	1,190	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,420	58.21	827	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,083	40.26	436	20

Every lot

66 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 1	318	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	642	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	348	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	616	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	371	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	679	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	714	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	168.24/cwt	160.00–171.50	777	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	160.04/cwt	151.00–163.50	752	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	156.41/cwt	155.00–159.00	735	9
Steers	—	Medium 1	492	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	708	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	494	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	729	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	506	152.76/cwt	152.00–157.00	773	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	158.36/cwt	155.00–164.00	812	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	158.97/cwt	158.00–161.50	822	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	581	156.62/cwt	154.00–159.50	910	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	159.56/cwt	159.50–160.00	929	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	613	148.68/cwt	143.00–150.00	911	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	970	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	662	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	874	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	145.22/cwt	144.50–151.00	969	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	142.23/cwt	137.00–143.00	956	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	678	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	915	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	723	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	904	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	789	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,081	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	355	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	483	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	385	140.49/cwt	140.00–145.00	541	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	146.24/cwt	140.00–148.00	630	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	437	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	623	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	453	137.93/cwt	137.50–138.50	625	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	144.82/cwt	144.00–146.00	679	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	145.03/cwt	139.75–148.00	682	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	516	142.14/cwt	140.00–145.50	733	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	137.32/cwt	135.00–141.00	710	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	136.90/cwt	130.00–138.00	737	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	132.10/cwt	130.00–138.00	770	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	768	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	609	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	773	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	668	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	832	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	718	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	862	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,026	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1	746	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,048	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,162	1
Heifers	—	Large 1Fancy	1,004	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,393	14
Heifers	—	Large 1Fancy	1,054	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,449	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,171	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,540	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	325	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	634	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	475	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	677	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	525	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	662	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	743	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	877	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,523	67.59/cwt	59.00–71.00	1,029	5
Bulls	—	—	1,646	75.91/cwt	73.50–79.00	1,249	9
Bulls	—	—	1,830	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,519	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	945	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	425	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	550	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,056	35.08/cwt	31.00–39.50	370	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,142	44.37/cwt	41.50–49.00	507	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,388	63.92/cwt	63.00–64.50	887	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	717	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,452	54.05/cwt	52.00–55.50	785	5
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows9 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	795	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	620	10
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	863	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	630	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	900	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	378	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,066	88.17/cwt	70.00–99.50	940	68
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,079	77.90/cwt	57.00–87.00	841	50
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,161	49.19/cwt	41.00–52.50	571	139
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,212	51.56/cwt	49.50–53.50	625	23
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,304	58.62/cwt	54.00–69.00	764	132
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,305	58.27/cwt	50.50–69.25	760	197

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 Dec 3, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,413Last week 2,341Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 151Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 938Last week 788Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	743	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	195.00	195.00
19	—	475	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	371	183.00	183.00
106	—	581	154.00–159.50	156.62
48	—	513	155.00–164.00	158.36
55	—	470	151.00–163.50	160.04
27	—	613	143.00–150.00	148.68
32	—	672	137.00–143.00	142.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	494	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	678	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	492	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	723	125.00	125.00
15	—	662	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	202.00	202.00
2	—	630	154.00	154.00
8	—	789	137.00	137.00
26	—	667	144.50–151.00	145.22
38	—	582	159.50–160.00	159.56
54	—	517	158.00–161.50	158.97
21	—	462	160.00–171.50	168.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	470	155.00–159.00	156.41
20	—	348	177.00	177.00
33	—	408	175.00	175.00
47	—	506	152.00–157.00	152.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,054	137.50	137.50
14	—	1,004	138.75	138.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	516	140.00–145.50	142.14
20	—	385	140.00–145.00	140.49
65	—	470	139.75–148.00	145.03
2	—	718	120.00	120.00
17	—	609	127.00	127.00
5	—	668	124.50	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	127.00	127.00
3	—	738	139.00	139.00
9	—	591	130.00	130.00
22	—	538	130.00–138.00	136.90
85	—	431	140.00–148.00	146.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	355	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	583	130.00–138.00	132.10
64	—	517	135.00–141.00	137.32
54	—	469	144.00–146.00	144.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,171	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	746	140.50	140.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	453	137.50–138.50	137.93
14	—	437	142.50	142.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	197	—	1,305	50.50–69.25	58.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	132	—	1,304	54.00–69.00	58.62
(<2 yrs)	Open	68	—	1,066	70.00–99.50	88.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	50	—	1,079	57.00–87.00	77.90

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	23	—	1,212	49.50–53.50	51.56
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	795	78.00	78.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	42.00	42.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	139	—	1,161	41.00–52.50	49.19

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	2	—	863	73.00	73.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,830	83.00	83.00
5	—	1,523	59.00–71.00	67.59
9	—	1,646	73.50–79.00	75.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,388	63.00–64.50	63.92
5	—	1,452	52.00–55.50	54.05
1	—	1,420	50.50	50.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	54.50	54.50
8	—	1,142	41.50–49.00	44.37
10	—	1,056	31.00–39.50	35.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	45.00	45.00

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.