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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2020-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Apr 28

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Apr 21Apr 28May 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,663 head

▲ 129 vs last sale 1,534▲ 1,413 vs year ago 250 · +565.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

128 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 110▲ 13 vs year ago 115 · +11.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

372 head

▲ 197 vs last sale 175▲ 207 vs year ago 165 · +125.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 550 lbs and heavier sold unevenly steady from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Steers under 550 lbs were not well compared. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Demand and offerings were mostly light to moderate. Quality this week was plain to average and lower overall than last week. Flesh conditions this week were mostly light to moderate, however some sets of backgrounded cattle showed moderate to moderate plus flesh this week. Replacement heifer demand was mostly moderate to good this week. Market activity was mostly moderate today. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for mostly light to moderate offerings. Packers showed light to moderate demand for slaughter cows this week. Slaughter cows sold mostly 1.00-2.00 lower on lean cows. Breaking and boning cows were too lightly tested to trend, as most of these offerings were purchased to feed. Packers purchased the majority of the cow offering to feed this week. Feeding cows sold mostly 2.00 lower in a narrow comparison. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 2.00 higher on a higher quality offering of bulls. Young age cows suitable to feed or re-breed sold on mostly moderate demand again this week. These offerings sold steady to 3.00 lower. Quality was average.

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 $129.86/cwt on 835 head.

Average price

$129.86

835 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$880

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$14.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.99

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	556	135.22	752	88
Medium and Large 1	693	129.28	896	743
Medium and Large 2	520	121.00	629	4thin

One grade step is worth $14.22/cwt here — about $123 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 sale835 hd

129.86

—

MT average2 barns · 1,226 hd

126.87

+2.99

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	1,844	80.70	1,488	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,398	52.50	734	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,176	49.52	582	46

Every lot

64 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	824	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	789	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	162.35/cwt	160.00–164.50	877	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	564	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	970	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	156.26/cwt	152.50–160.75	898	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	866	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	145.25/cwt	144.00–148.75	909	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	660	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	832	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	140.74/cwt	137.00–144.40	942	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	671	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	852	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	131.41/cwt	130.00–133.50	891	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	706	136.31/cwt	130.00–137.50	962	62
Steers	—	Large 1	726	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	846	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	897	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	789	126.11/cwt	124.00–128.50	995	60
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	824	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	906	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,033	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	857	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	921	26
Steers	—	Medium 2	920	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	814	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	965	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,023	35
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	985	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	990	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,020	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	811	13
Steers	—	Large 1	1,040	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	988	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	141.55/cwt	140.00–142.00	681	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	629	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	525	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	727	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	138.50/cwt	136.00–141.00	727	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	144.93/cwt	143.00–146.00	772	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	564	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	825	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	133.64/cwt	133.00–134.00	760	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	140.14/cwt	137.50–141.00	813	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	127.87/cwt	127.50–128.00	806	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	135.74/cwt	129.50–140.00	861	156
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	131.15/cwt	125.50–133.00	897	143
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	124.77/cwt	117.00–127.00	862	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	893	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	730	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	942	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	784	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	980	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	816	116.85/cwt	115.00–120.00	953	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	874	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	893	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	860	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	963	48
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	574	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	844	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,290	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	916	1
Bulls	—	—	1,559	70.28/cwt	63.00–75.00	1,096	11
Bulls	—	—	1,874	81.99/cwt	77.00–86.50	1,536	35
Bulls	—	—	2,023	88.40/cwt	86.00–92.50	1,788	10
Bulls	—	—Heavy Weight	2,665	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	2,212	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	900	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	473	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	937	43.35/cwt	43.00–44.00	406	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,170	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	468	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,181	48.61/cwt	44.50–52.00	574	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,233	54.12/cwt	52.50–56.50	667	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,363	55.83/cwt	54.50–56.50	761	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,435	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	725	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,465	44.50/cwt	44.50–44.50	652	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	969	87.47/cwt	70.50–98.00	848	99
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,024	53.81/cwt	52.50–55.00	551	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,052	50.01/cwt	46.50–52.00	526	8
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,108	66.34/cwt	56.00–85.00	735	86
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,345	56.62/cwt	51.50–59.00	762	55
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,376	54.84/cwt	49.00–58.50	755	25
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,224	1,379.84/cwt	1,360.00–1,385.00	16,889	21
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,045	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	13,585	4

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 Apr 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,663Last week 1,534Year ago 250

Slaughter CattleReceipts 128Last week 110Year ago 115

Replacement CattleReceipts 372Last week 175Year ago 165

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,363	54.50–56.50	55.83
1	—	1,465	44.50	44.50
1	—	1,435	50.50	50.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,170	40.00	40.00
16	—	1,233	52.50–56.50	54.12
22	—	1,181	44.50–52.00	48.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	937	43.00–44.00	43.35
1	—	900	52.50	52.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	2,023	86.00–92.50	88.40
11	—	1,559	63.00–75.00	70.28
35	—	1,874	77.00–86.50	81.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,665	83.00	83.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	630	127.50–128.00	127.87
9	—	691	117.00–127.00	124.77
21	—	481	140.00–142.00	141.55
23	—	569	133.00–134.00	133.64
24	—	525	136.00–141.00	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	817	107.00	107.00
14	—	533	143.00–146.00	144.93
30	—	850	105.00	105.00
61	—	580	137.50–141.00	140.14
117	—	720	124.00	124.00
143	—	684	125.50–133.00	131.15
156	—	634	129.50–140.00	135.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	730	129.00	129.00
32	—	816	115.00–120.00	116.85
48	—	860	112.00	112.00
76	—	784	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	564	146.25	146.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	525	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	574	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	783	114.50	114.50
2	—	593	146.00	146.00
5	—	678	130.00–133.50	131.41
16	—	514	153.50	153.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	789	124.00–128.50	126.11
62	—	706	130.00–137.50	136.31
81	—	626	144.00–148.75	145.25
56	—	575	152.50–160.75	156.26
10	—	458	180.00	180.00
11	—	540	160.00–164.50	162.35
17	—	830	124.50	124.50
35	—	965	106.00	106.00
51	—	669	137.00–144.40	140.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	564	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	671	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	660	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	985	100.50	100.50
39	—	824	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,020	79.50	79.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	726	116.50	116.50
7	—	1,040	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	920	88.50	88.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	857	107.50	107.50

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	99	—	969	70.50–98.00	87.47
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,376	49.00–58.50	54.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	55	—	1,345	51.50–59.00	56.62
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	86	—	1,108	56.00–85.00	66.34

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	8	—	1,052	46.50–52.00	50.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,024	52.50–55.00	53.81

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,224	1,360.00–1,385.00	1,379.84

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,045	1,300.00	1,300.00

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.