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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Feb 23

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Feb 16Feb 23Mar 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,202 head

▲ 1,102 vs last sale 1,100▲ 1,695 vs year ago 507 · +334.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

288 head

▲ 221 vs last sale 67▲ 148 vs year ago 140 · +105.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

420 head

▲ 350 vs last sale 70▲ 276 vs year ago 144 · +191.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The best test for steers was for 600-649 lbs which sold mostly 1.00-3.00 higher. All other steer weights sold unevenly steady. Heifers 500-699 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher; all other heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand was mostly moderate for moderate to heavy offerings. Quality this week was average to attractive. Several load lots of high quality backgrounded feeders were seen today and these offerings sold on mostly moderate to good demand. Packages of calves sold on light to moderate demand and led to wide prices at times. Market activity was mostly moderate to active. Weigh up cows sold on moderate demand for light to moderate offerings. Packers showed lighter demand for slaughter cows this week. Warmer weather allowed for more cattle to be marketed this week and packers backed up bids as a result. Several sets of fed cows were seen this week. Many of these sets of cows needed to be fed a few more weeks to reach premium white. Feeding buyers purchased most of these cows away from packers to return to the country to feed. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-4.00 lower. Feeding cows were too lightly tested last week to develop any market trend. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested last week to develop any market trend. Slaughter bulls sold on mostly moderate demand. 2 year old to young age cows were too lightly tested last week to develop any market trend. Moderate demand was seen this week for these offerings.

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 $155.46/cwt on 999 head.

Average price

$155.46

999 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$830

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$11.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.90

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	155.84	843	927
Medium and Large 1-2	431	151.97	654	48
Medium and Large 2	399	150.00	599	8thin
Medium 1	480	148.00	710	11thin
Large 1	513	144.00	739	5thin

One grade step is worth $11.84/cwt here — about $105 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 sale999 hd

155.46

—

MT average3 barns · 1,435 hd

152.56

+2.90

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	1,704	86.86	1,480	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,499	62.96	944	119
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,736	62.66	1,088	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,370	60.88	834	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,195	56.57	676	50

Every lot

63 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	412	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	779	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	800	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	825	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	188.22/cwt	181.50–194.00	879	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	479	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	867	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	177.03/cwt	158.00–182.00	852	42
Steers	—	Medium 1	505	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	884	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	183.73/cwt	180.00–187.00	946	203
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	165.98/cwt	162.00–170.00	866	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	570	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	952	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	169.63/cwt	164.75–177.00	974	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	150.82/cwt	148.50–162.00	897	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	163.42/cwt	155.25–165.50	1,030	281
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	148.62/cwt	147.50–150.00	1,006	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	142.14/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,052	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,099	144
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	337	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	581	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	599	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	157.58/cwt	157.00–158.00	593	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	399	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	599	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	154.45/cwt	154.00–155.00	638	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	698	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	466	161.38/cwt	155.50–164.50	752	39
Heifers	—	Medium 1	480	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	710	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	164.14/cwt	157.00–167.50	798	302
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	720	13
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	513	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	739	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	159.65/cwt	156.50–165.00	835	134
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	548	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	858	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	154.73/cwt	150.00–159.00	876	180
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	574	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	878	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	143.32/cwt	136.00–146.00	891	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	656	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	894	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	136.76/cwt	133.00–137.00	904	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	897	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	549	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	763	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,290	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,097	1
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,290	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	1,077	1
Bulls	—	—	1,560	82.56/cwt	82.00–83.00	1,288	2
Bulls	—	—	1,779	87.78/cwt	85.00–90.50	1,562	15
Slaughter Cattle · Cows16 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	910	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	537	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	947	50.43/cwt	47.00–55.00	478	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	960	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	413	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,145	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	550	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,148	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	718	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,263	61.64/cwt	61.00–64.00	779	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,268	57.28/cwt	51.00–60.00	726	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,333	62.09/cwt	60.50–63.50	828	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,387	59.49/cwt	56.00–60.00	825	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,438	65.01/cwt	64.50–65.50	935	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,440	64.39/cwt	61.50–65.75	927	41
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	60.11/cwt	57.50–61.00	902	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,536	63.00/cwt	61.50–66.00	968	57
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,716	62.99/cwt	61.50–63.75	1,081	35
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,825	59.25/cwt	59.25–59.25	1,081	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%Heavy Weight	2,450	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	1,250	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1	921	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	11,282	5
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,063	1,447.35/cwt	1,300.00–1,510.00	15,385	248
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,181	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	8,976	33
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,381	905.51/cwt	875.00–925.00	12,505	48
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,502	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	18,775	15
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	821	109.13/cwt	107.00–110.00	896	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,030	73.25/cwt	61.00–88.00	754	57

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 Feb 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,202Last week 1,100Year ago 507

Slaughter CattleReceipts 288Last week 67Year ago 140

Replacement CattleReceipts 420Last week 70Year ago 144

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	466	155.50–164.50	161.38
48	—	548	156.50	156.50
11	—	337	172.50	172.50
8	—	574	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	566	150.00–159.00	154.73
7	—	365	164.00	164.00
302	—	486	157.00–167.50	164.14
111	—	622	136.00–146.00	143.32
50	—	661	133.00–137.00	136.76
134	—	523	156.50–165.00	159.65
10	—	780	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	376	157.00–158.00	157.58
16	—	413	154.00–155.00	154.45
13	—	509	141.50	141.50
4	—	450	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	399	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	656	136.25	136.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	480	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	513	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	522	162.00–170.00	165.98
7	—	421	190.00	190.00
42	—	481	158.00–182.00	177.03
23	—	595	148.50–162.00	150.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	479	181.00	181.00
12	—	412	189.00	189.00
41	—	570	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	574	164.75–177.00	169.63
203	—	515	180.00–187.00	183.73
61	—	677	147.50–150.00	148.62
45	—	467	181.50–194.00	188.22
3	—	425	194.00	194.00
14	—	740	142.00–143.00	142.14
281	—	630	155.25–165.50	163.42
144	—	777	141.50	141.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	505	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	549	139.00	139.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,779	85.00–90.50	87.78
2	—	1,560	82.00–83.00	82.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	83.50	83.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,268	51.00–60.00	57.28
7	—	1,263	61.00–64.00	61.64
1	—	1,145	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,387	56.00–60.00	59.49
4	—	1,438	64.50–65.50	65.01
22	—	1,333	60.50–63.50	62.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,148	62.50	62.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,500	57.50–61.00	60.11
57	—	1,536	61.50–66.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,450	51.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	59.00	59.00
1	—	960	43.00	43.00
8	—	947	47.00–55.00	50.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	59.25	59.25
41	—	1,440	61.50–65.75	64.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,716	61.50–63.75	62.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	921	1,225.00	1,225.00

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)	248	—	1,063	1,300.00–1,510.00	1,447.35

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	48	—	1,381	875.00–925.00	905.51

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,502	1,250.00	1,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	—	1,181	760.00	760.00

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	57	—	1,030	61.00–88.00	73.25
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	821	107.00–110.00	109.13

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.