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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2020-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Nov 24

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Nov 17Nov 24Dec 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,479 head

▼ 4,353 vs last sale 5,832▼ 862 vs year ago 2,341 · −36.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

675 head

▼ 989 vs last sale 1,664▲ 524 vs year ago 151 · +347.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

388 head

▲ 78 vs last sale 310▼ 400 vs year ago 788 · −50.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Unweaned steer calves under 450 lbs were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, lower undertones were noticed; 450-549 lbs steers sold steady to 5.00 lower; unweaned steers 550 lbs and heavier were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, lower undertones were noticed. Yearling heifers sold mostly 3.00-5.00 lower in a narrow comparison. Yearling heifer quality was average to attractive. Unweaned heifers under 450 lbs sold sharply lower, with most sales 10.00-20.00 lower; 450-549 lbs unweaned heifers sold 4.00-10.00 lower; heifers over 550 lbs were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, lower undertones were noticed. Demand was mostly light this week for light offerings. With this being a holiday week many buyers showed little interest in starting loads, especially with light supplies and the uncertainty of being able to fill out loads. Demand for heifers was especially light. Quality was mostly plain to average this week and much lower compared to last weeks attractive offering. Market activity was mostly slow. Weigh up cows sold on light to moderate demand for moderate to heavy offerings. Packer buyers showed lighter demand for all cows this week. Feeding cow buyers were slightly more active this week as many bid on thin cows or cows that could potentially be bred. With lighter demand seen from packers cow prices all slid lower. Slaughter cows and feeding cows both sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Demand did improve slightly as the sale progress and buyers all tried to fill loads. Slaughter bulls sold steady to firm as packers and feeding buyers both competed over offerings. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Demand for these offerings was mostly good with several buyers in the market this week looking for this class of cow. Quality was mostly average to attractive and better overall compared to last week.

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 $140.26/cwt on 754 head.

Average price

$140.26

754 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$53

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

$13.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.92

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	142.69	743	572
Medium and Large 1-2	425	140.14	595	35
Large 1	633	132.21	837	88
Medium 1-2	618	128.81	796	59

One grade step is worth $13.88/cwt here — about −$53 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 sale754 hd

140.26

—

MT average5 barns · 4,094 hd

141.19

−0.92

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	1,851	76.90	1,424	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,539	60.05	924	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,356	52.45	711	118
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,147	44.67	512	269

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	369	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	705	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	430	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	740	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	438	180.43/cwt	175.00–183.00	790	34
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	444	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	815	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	448	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	712	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	453	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	856	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	175.74/cwt	170.00–179.00	831	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	166.75/cwt	165.00–167.00	874	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	162.03/cwt	153.00–166.50	854	140
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	533	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	883	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	891	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	574	149.00/cwt	148.00–151.00	855	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	923	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	632	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	847	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	685	134.23/cwt	134.00–135.00	919	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,088	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	364	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	537	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	365	151.78/cwt	150.25–155.75	554	81
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	407	140.78/cwt	137.00–148.00	573	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	412	149.24/cwt	147.00–154.50	615	116
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	469	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	657	4
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	474	136.52/cwt	134.50–138.00	647	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	479	147.57/cwt	144.00–151.50	707	199
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	518	140.64/cwt	137.00–144.00	729	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	547	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	700	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	559	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	755	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	644	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	582	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	757	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	590	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	693	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	633	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	747	13
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	643	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	823	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	646	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	795	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	800	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	126.93/cwt	126.00–127.50	963	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	812	125.46/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,019	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	127.68/cwt	124.00–128.75	1,115	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	121.72/cwt	121.00–122.00	1,128	14
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,026	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	1,239	24
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,053	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,211	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	295	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	605	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	368	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	672	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	446	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	651	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	480	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	749	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	568	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	846	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,616	67.34/cwt	62.00–74.50	1,088	4
Bulls	—	—	1,875	78.33/cwt	77.00–81.00	1,469	4
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,907	80.82/cwt	75.50–83.50	1,541	11
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,970	71.61/cwt	68.50–74.50	1,411	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	860	35.43/cwt	31.00–42.00	305	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	934	42.47/cwt	41.00–43.00	397	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,055	39.50/cwt	39.50–39.50	417	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	518	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	37.22/cwt	31.00–41.50	415	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	43.17/cwt	38.00–46.00	486	95
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,181	50.16/cwt	47.50–55.00	592	67
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,184	44.43/cwt	40.00–47.00	526	74
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,314	46.86/cwt	45.00–48.50	616	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	653	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,361	46.21/cwt	40.00–47.50	629	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,366	54.40/cwt	50.00–59.00	743	88
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,510	62.79/cwt	62.00–64.00	948	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,557	58.40/cwt	56.00–59.00	909	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,132	1,135.00/cwt	1,135.00–1,135.00	12,848	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,227	666.40/cwt	660.00–675.00	8,177	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,229	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,754	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	895	94.06/cwt	65.00–102.50	842	142
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,104	65.42/cwt	55.00–89.00	722	65
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,127	51.73/cwt	50.00–54.00	583	14

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 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,479Last week 5,832Year ago 2,341

Slaughter CattleReceipts 675Last week 1,664Year ago 151

Replacement CattleReceipts 388Last week 310Year ago 788

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	364	147.50	147.50
5	—	547	128.00	128.00
4	—	469	140.00	140.00
4	—	560	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	873	124.00–128.75	127.68
31	—	812	125.00–126.00	125.46
5	—	646	123.00	123.00
14	—	927	121.00–122.00	121.72
21	—	759	126.00–127.50	126.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	633	118.00	118.00
35	—	518	137.00–144.00	140.64
116	—	412	147.00–154.50	149.24
81	—	365	150.25–155.75	151.78
199	—	479	144.00–151.50	147.57
8	—	656	122.00	122.00
17	—	559	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	590	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,026	120.75	120.75
3	—	1,053	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	407	137.00–148.00	140.78
46	—	474	134.50–138.00	136.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	582	130.00	130.00
35	—	643	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	473	170.00–179.00	175.74
17	—	685	134.00–135.00	134.23
51	—	574	148.00–151.00	149.00
17	—	369	191.00	191.00
3	—	632	134.00	134.00
140	—	527	153.00–166.50	162.03
34	—	438	175.00–183.00	180.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	615	150.00	150.00
40	—	453	189.00	189.00
15	—	524	165.00–167.00	166.75
7	—	564	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	533	165.75	165.75
19	—	444	183.50	183.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	850	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	448	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	430	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	295	205.00	205.00
3	—	568	149.00	149.00
7	—	480	156.00	156.00
2	—	368	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	446	146.00	146.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,616	62.00–74.50	67.34
4	—	1,875	77.00–81.00	78.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,907	75.50–83.50	80.82
2	—	1,970	68.50–74.50	71.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,314	45.00–48.50	46.86
88	—	1,366	50.00–59.00	54.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,361	40.00–47.50	46.21
1	—	1,360	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	934	41.00–43.00	42.47
3	—	860	31.00–42.00	35.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,125	38.00–46.00	43.17
1	—	1,090	47.50	47.50
21	—	1,115	31.00–41.50	37.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,510	62.00–64.00	62.79
5	—	1,557	56.00–59.00	58.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,184	40.00–47.00	44.43
3	—	1,055	39.50	39.50
67	—	1,181	47.50–55.00	50.16

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,132	1,135.00	1,135.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,229	875.00	875.00

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)	12	—	1,227	660.00–675.00	666.40

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	142	—	895	65.00–102.50	94.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	65	—	1,104	55.00–89.00	65.42

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	14	—	1,127	50.00–54.00	51.73

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.