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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2020-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-03

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

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Oct 27Nov 3Nov 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,712 head

▲ 458 vs last sale 3,254▲ 502 vs year ago 3,210 · +15.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

1,310 head

▲ 467 vs last sale 843▲ 1,160 vs year ago 150 · +773.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

468 head

▲ 348 vs last sale 120▼ 614 vs year ago 1,082 · −56.7%

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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. Unweaned steer calves under 400 lbs sold 6.00-7.00 lower; unweaned steer calves sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Unweaned heifer calves under 400 lbs sold steady to weak; heifers over 400 lbs sold unevenly steady from 5.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Quality this week was average to attractive. Demand was mostly moderate for heavy offerings. Lighter demand was seen for light weight calves suitable to develop into yearlings. Lightweight calves had fewer takers this week and heavier supplies as calves continue to come off the cow very light and thin. Lightweight calf quality has been mixed depending on how thin calves got while still on the cow. Market activity this week was moderate to active. Weigh up cows sold on mostly light to moderate demand. Packers opted to send a very large portion of the cow offering to feed this week. Many cows were sent to short term feed for slaughter during the upcoming holiday weeks. Packers opted to send more plain to average quality cows to feed (albeit short term feed) this week. Feeding cows sold steady to 3.00 lower while slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeding bulls sold generally steady. 2-3 year olds suitable to feed or re-breed sold steady to 3.00 higher. Quality was average to attractive this week and overall better than 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 $163.77/cwt on 1,922 head.

Average price

$163.77

1,922 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$6.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.57

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	495	164.56	814	1,695
Medium and Large 1-2	498	157.89	787	227

One grade step is worth $6.67/cwt here — about $28 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 sale1,922 hd

163.77

—

MT average5 barns · 5,147 hd

157.20

+6.57

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	1,738	74.73	1,299	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,553	64.66	1,004	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,355	56.63	767	166
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,165	48.84	569	380

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	299	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	568	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	326	198.00/cwt	190.00–199.00	645	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	326	181.12/cwt	172.00–185.00	590	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	373	177.09/cwt	175.00–180.00	661	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	383	183.55/cwt	177.00–197.00	703	177
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	424	178.27/cwt	171.00–184.00	756	204
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	433	168.56/cwt	150.00–173.00	730	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	454	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	822	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	480	168.01/cwt	160.00–174.25	806	362
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	481	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	750	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	158.17/cwt	153.50–165.00	837	424
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	534	152.31/cwt	150.00–154.00	813	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	564	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	795	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	571	149.09/cwt	141.00–156.00	851	338
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	143.63/cwt	135.00–148.00	878	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	624	129.95/cwt	124.00–134.00	811	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	683	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	888	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	741	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	934	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	977	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	843	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,096	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	289	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	462	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	323	156.65/cwt	155.00–160.00	506	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	332	146.31/cwt	140.00–155.00	486	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	370	145.10/cwt	140.00–150.00	537	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	383	154.63/cwt	150.50–157.50	592	128
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	396	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	535	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	436	147.80/cwt	143.00–154.50	644	286
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	437	140.64/cwt	140.00–142.00	615	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	470	138.60/cwt	135.00–143.00	651	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	145.84/cwt	140.00–150.00	693	289
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	505	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	755	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	141.04/cwt	136.50–147.00	743	195
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	564	133.52/cwt	127.00–136.00	753	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	569	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	711	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	772	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	673	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	794	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	794	127.11/cwt	125.50–128.00	1,009	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	890	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,024	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,050	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,218	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	408	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	698	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,670	77.66/cwt	76.00–79.50	1,297	3
Bulls	—	—	1,721	69.06/cwt	62.50–74.00	1,189	7
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,745	68.75/cwt	62.50–74.50	1,200	5
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,751	77.38/cwt	74.50–79.50	1,355	23
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	890	34.84/cwt	33.00–38.00	310	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	980	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	490	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	34.34/cwt	29.00–40.00	381	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,130	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	712	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,149	42.93/cwt	40.00–47.00	493	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,157	51.77/cwt	48.00–54.50	599	38
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,163	46.33/cwt	43.00–48.50	539	138
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,197	52.29/cwt	49.00–58.00	626	128
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,338	55.35/cwt	51.00–59.50	741	113
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,371	47.14/cwt	45.00–50.00	646	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,375	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	578	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,394	62.19/cwt	60.00–65.00	867	44
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,428	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	600	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,525	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	999	25
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,641	62.05/cwt	58.00–63.50	1,018	8
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	911	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	446	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	922	83.16/cwt	66.50–89.00	767	80
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	953	51.98/cwt	51.00–55.00	495	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,057	63.41/cwt	48.00–80.00	670	141
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,047	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	11,098	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,174	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	7,983	27
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,258	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	11,133	11

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 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,712Last week 3,254Year ago 3,210

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,310Last week 843Year ago 150

Replacement CattleReceipts 468Last week 120Year ago 1,082

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	433	150.00–173.00	168.56
11	—	624	124.00–134.00	129.95
10	—	564	141.00	141.00
61	—	534	150.00–154.00	152.31
7	—	481	156.00	156.00
30	—	326	172.00–185.00	181.12
27	—	373	175.00–180.00	177.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
362	—	480	160.00–174.25	168.01
6	—	683	130.00	130.00
204	—	424	171.00–184.00	178.27
13	—	299	190.00	190.00
338	—	571	141.00–156.00	149.09
177	—	383	177.00–197.00	183.55
41	—	326	190.00–199.00	198.00
424	—	529	153.50–165.00	158.17
83	—	611	135.00–148.00	143.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	454	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	843	130.00	130.00
8	—	763	128.00	128.00
19	—	741	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	470	135.00–143.00	138.60
8	—	569	125.00	125.00
30	—	437	140.00–142.00	140.64
36	—	332	140.00–155.00	146.31
73	—	370	140.00–150.00	145.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	323	155.00–160.00	156.65
3	—	673	118.00	118.00
2	—	610	126.50	126.50
128	—	383	150.50–157.50	154.63
8	—	289	160.00	160.00
289	—	475	140.00–150.00	145.84
286	—	436	143.00–154.50	147.80
195	—	527	136.50–147.00	141.04
85	—	564	127.00–136.00	133.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	505	149.50	149.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	794	125.50–128.00	127.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,050	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	396	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	890	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	408	171.00	171.00

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	80	—	922	66.50–89.00	83.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	911	49.00	49.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	141	—	1,057	48.00–80.00	63.41

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	953	51.00–55.00	51.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,258	885.00	885.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,047	1,060.00	1,060.00

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)	27	—	1,174	680.00	680.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	890	33.00–38.00	34.84
1	—	980	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	42.00	42.00
6	—	1,371	45.00–50.00	47.14
44	—	1,394	60.00–65.00	62.19
113	—	1,338	51.00–59.50	55.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,110	29.00–40.00	34.34
29	—	1,149	40.00–47.00	42.93
38	—	1,157	48.00–54.50	51.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	1,163	43.00–48.50	46.33
22	—	1,130	63.00	63.00
128	—	1,197	49.00–58.00	52.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	42.00	42.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,525	65.50	65.50
8	—	1,641	58.00–63.50	62.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,721	62.50–74.00	69.06
3	—	1,670	76.00–79.50	77.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,745	62.50–74.50	68.75
23	—	1,751	74.50–79.50	77.38

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.