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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Jan 12

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Jan 5Jan 12Jan 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,286 head

▲ 1,077 vs last sale 1,209▲ 1,082 vs year ago 1,204 · +89.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

507 head

▼ 41 vs last sale 548▲ 412 vs year ago 95 · +433.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

299 head

▲ 130 vs last sale 169▼ 91 vs year ago 390 · −23.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs sold mostly 10.00 lower, 500-599 lbs steers sold steady to 3.00 higher; steers over 600 lbs sold fully steady. Yearling heifers were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however lower undertones were noticed. Heifers under 450 lbs were too lightly tested to develop a full market trend, however lower undertones were noticed. 450-550 lbs heifers sold 5.00-8.00 higher, Heifers over 550 lbs sold fully steady. Feeder cattle quality was mostly attractive today with many long strings of high quality weaned calves on offer. Lightweight calves sold on mostly light demand this sale with very few takers for this weight of cattle this week. CME positions traded off sharply most of the day as feed commodities traded mostly higher on a bullish WASDE report which was released at 11 AM. Market activity was mostly moderate to active this week. Weigh up cows sold on light to moderate demand for mostly moderate offerings. Both packer and feeding cow buyers showed lighter demand for cows this week. This allowed all cow prices to slide lower. Feeding cows sold mostly 2.00-3.00 lower. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive, however overall the cow offering was not as attractive as the prior week. Slaughter cows mostly 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00-2.00 lower in a narrow comparison. Young age cows suitable to rebreed sold mostly 5.00-8.00 lower. Quality was mostly average to attractive. Most of these offerings sold as feeding cows this week and were reported as slaughter cows returning to feed. Demand was mostly light to moderate.

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 $160.69/cwt on 1,408 head.

Average price

$160.69

1,408 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$26

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

$36.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.93

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	494	164.58	813	59
Medium and Large 1	566	160.79	910	1,331
Medium 1	493	157.00	774	8thin
Large 1	656	128.00	840	10thin

One grade step is worth $36.58/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 sale1,408 hd

160.69

—

MT average3 barns · 4,003 hd

162.62

−1.93

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	1,798	77.11	1,387	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,322	55.75	737	62
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,617	53.94	873	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,159	48.15	558	233

Every lot

69 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	343	186.23/cwt	184.00–195.00	639	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	396	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	733	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	183.04/cwt	181.00–185.00	776	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	764	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	178.14/cwt	172.00–184.75	837	123
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	169.12/cwt	164.00–172.50	797	10
Steers	—	Medium 1	493	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	774	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	498	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	792	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	172.26/cwt	164.00–179.00	908	285
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	162.95/cwt	161.50–165.00	859	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	150.12/cwt	149.50–155.00	853	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	158.18/cwt	150.50–164.50	914	254
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	150.24/cwt	145.75–154.00	927	304
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	634	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	894	10
Steers	—	Large 1	656	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	840	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	143.50/cwt	141.75–146.00	954	158
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	134.09/cwt	134.00–135.00	975	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	748	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	976	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	327	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	523	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	339	157.82/cwt	157.00–160.00	535	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	161.21/cwt	160.00–164.00	624	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	403	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	625	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	163.34/cwt	158.00–166.50	679	65
Heifers	—	Large 1	473	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	714	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	700	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	158.74/cwt	155.00–168.00	768	41
Heifers	—	Large 1	516	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	730	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	155.63/cwt	153.00–159.50	808	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	522	164.12/cwt	162.00–165.50	857	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	140.63/cwt	135.00–143.00	755	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	141.90/cwt	137.00–143.50	796	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	132.72/cwt	127.00–135.00	772	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	602	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	710	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	131.85/cwt	128.00–135.00	807	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	648	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	823	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	651	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	840	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	705	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	874	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1	764	111.27/cwt	110.00–112.50	850	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	795	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	914	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	113.60/cwt	113.00–114.00	979	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,051	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,050	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	498	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	747	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	685	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	863	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,393	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,045	2
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,645	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	1,160	1
Bulls	—	—	1,718	72.31/cwt	71.00–73.50	1,242	2
Bulls	—	—	1,838	78.33/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,440	10
Bulls	—	—	1,920	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,613	1
Bulls	—	—	2,000	77.55/cwt	76.00–78.50	1,551	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	795	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	254	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	955	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	458	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	976	40.13/cwt	36.00–41.50	392	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,143	46.68/cwt	43.00–48.50	534	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,163	44.81/cwt	43.00–48.50	521	113
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,164	53.54/cwt	48.00–57.00	623	55
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,164	37.84/cwt	36.00–40.00	440	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,172	49.66/cwt	48.00–53.00	582	26
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,180	58.45/cwt	57.50–59.25	690	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	48.50/cwt	48.50–48.50	626	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,320	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	825	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,322	56.40/cwt	52.00–57.50	746	51
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,326	52.15/cwt	49.50–54.00	692	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,523	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	815	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,948	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	1,081	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,174	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	10,096	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,182	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,161	5
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	809	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	526	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	895	75.65/cwt	48.50–80.25	677	150

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 Jan 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,286Last week 1,209Year ago 1,204

Slaughter CattleReceipts 507Last week 548Year ago 95

Replacement CattleReceipts 299Last week 169Year ago 390

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	522	162.00–165.50	164.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	651	129.00	129.00
3	—	705	124.00	124.00
71	—	519	153.00–159.50	155.63
16	—	387	160.00–164.00	161.21
14	—	339	157.00–160.00	157.82
41	—	484	155.00–168.00	158.74
30	—	862	113.00–114.00	113.60
3	—	922	114.00	114.00
65	—	416	158.00–166.50	163.34
80	—	612	128.00–135.00	131.85
7	—	795	115.00	115.00
59	—	561	137.00–143.50	141.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	602	118.00	118.00
3	—	327	160.00	160.00
1	—	950	110.50	110.50
12	—	403	155.00	155.00
7	—	476	147.00	147.00
19	—	537	135.00–143.00	140.63
14	—	582	127.00–135.00	132.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	648	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	516	141.50	141.50
8	—	473	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	764	110.00–112.50	111.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	568	149.50–155.00	150.12
7	—	527	161.50–165.00	162.95
10	—	471	164.00–172.50	169.12
24	—	439	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	727	134.00–135.00	134.09
99	—	424	181.00–185.00	183.04
123	—	470	172.00–184.75	178.14
285	—	527	164.00–179.00	172.26
254	—	578	150.50–164.50	158.18
304	—	617	145.75–154.00	150.24
17	—	343	184.00–195.00	186.23
10	—	396	185.00	185.00
158	—	665	141.75–146.00	143.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	634	141.00	141.00
10	—	748	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	656	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	493	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	498	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	498	150.00	150.00
4	—	685	126.00	126.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	62.50	62.50
51	—	1,322	52.00–57.50	56.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,164	36.00–40.00	37.84
113	—	1,163	43.00–48.50	44.81
26	—	1,172	48.00–53.00	49.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	32.00	32.00
1	—	955	48.00	48.00
4	—	976	36.00–41.50	40.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,143	43.00–48.50	46.68
55	—	1,164	48.00–57.00	53.54
17	—	1,180	57.50–59.25	58.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,523	53.50	53.50
2	—	1,948	55.50	55.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	48.50	48.50
9	—	1,326	49.50–54.00	52.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,000	76.00–78.50	77.55
1	—	1,920	84.00	84.00
10	—	1,838	75.00–81.00	78.33
2	—	1,718	71.00–73.50	72.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	70.50	70.50
2	—	1,393	75.00	75.00

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,174	860.00	860.00

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)	5	—	1,182	775.00	775.00

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	6	—	809	65.00	65.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	150	—	895	48.50–80.25	75.65

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.