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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Mar 16

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

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Feeder Cattle receipts

2,671 head

▲ 889 vs last sale 1,782▲ 1,760 vs year ago 911 · +193.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

165 head

▼ 163 vs last sale 328▲ 135 vs year ago 30 · +450.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

115 head

▼ 612 vs last sale 727▲ 36 vs year ago 79 · +45.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers all sold steady to 3.00 higher, with the exception on 500-549 lbs which sold mostly 5.00-8.00 lower in a narrow comparison. Heifers under 450 lbs were too lightly tested either this week or last to develop an accurate market trend, however sharply higher undertones were noticed. 450-599 lbs heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower, heifers 600-699 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher, heifers over 700 lbs were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, higher undertones were noticed on a much more attractive offering . Demand was mostly moderate this week with moderate to good demand seen at times. Quality was average to very attractive. Todays sale was the annual trailhead replacement heifer show and sale. A good crowd was on hand for todays sale. Several very attractive sets of heifers sold as replacements this week. Order buyers searching for fancy heifers suitable to run on grass competed with replacement buyers over offerings. Market activity was mostly active this week. Weigh up cows sold on light to moderate demand for light offerings. Feeding demand was moderate this week despite fewer feeding buyers were present. Feeing and slaughter cows both sold sold generally steady in a narrow comparison. Cow and bull quality was mostly average this week. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 1.00-2.00 lower. 2 year old to young age cows sold mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Moderate demand was seen this week for these offerings. Heavier supplies are starting to be seen around the area as ranchers are selling off any cows that lose calves due to high feed cost.

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 $151.51/cwt on 1,933 head.

Average price

$151.51

1,933 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$26.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.02

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	487	156.22	761	92
Medium and Large 1	592	151.33	895	1,836
Medium 2	441	130.00	573	5thin

One grade step is worth $26.22/cwt here — about $187 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 sale1,933 hd

151.51

—

MT average3 barns · 3,227 hd

150.48

+1.02

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	1,735	80.87	1,403	51
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,692	59.39	1,005	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,425	59.38	846	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,173	51.65	606	50

Every lot

67 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	155	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	620	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	202.42/cwt	200.00–222.50	743	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	198.52/cwt	192.50–212.50	842	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	186.67/cwt	183.00–188.50	883	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	165.01/cwt	161.00–171.00	853	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	173.86/cwt	172.00–177.00	918	51
Steers	—	Medium 1	537	167.91/cwt	165.00–173.00	902	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	167.24/cwt	165.00–174.00	965	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	163.56/cwt	157.00–164.50	993	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	949	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	652	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,045	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	153.43/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,046	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	145.43/cwt	140.00–150.50	1,046	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	979	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	791	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,052	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	192.28/cwt	185.00–194.00	625	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	389	184.27/cwt	183.00–188.00	717	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	178.13/cwt	172.00–185.00	755	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	164.41/cwt	159.00–167.00	705	34
Heifers	—	Medium 2	441	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	573	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	166.54/cwt	160.00–173.00	771	180
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	154.81/cwt	154.00–155.50	751	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	492	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	866	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	513	171.78/cwt	169.00–172.00	881	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	159.31/cwt	155.00–166.25	835	294
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	151.17/cwt	145.50–153.00	797	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	546	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	824	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	152.25/cwt	145.00–158.00	868	401
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	145.20/cwt	141.00–148.00	848	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	142.32/cwt	137.00–145.50	890	190
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	638	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	963	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	657	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	953	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	139.82/cwt	137.00–142.50	937	174
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	704	139.93/cwt	138.50–142.50	985	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	138.14/cwt	136.00–139.50	989	134
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	956	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	130.24/cwt	129.00–130.50	994	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	786	131.82/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,036	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	968	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	888	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,048	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	580	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	841	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	698	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	939	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	2
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,020	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,030	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,120	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	924	1
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,210	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,047	1
Bulls	—	—	1,667	77.30/cwt	74.00–79.50	1,289	25
Bulls	—	—	1,799	82.87/cwt	80.50–86.50	1,491	20
Bulls	—	—	2,126	91.43/cwt	89.00–95.50	1,944	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	870	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	365	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,118	45.24/cwt	41.00–48.50	506	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,149	59.14/cwt	58.00–60.50	680	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,187	51.91/cwt	49.00–56.50	616	38
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,317	56.81/cwt	55.00–58.00	748	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,355	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	813	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,401	57.22/cwt	54.00–58.00	802	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,439	61.91/cwt	58.50–64.75	891	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,533	61.02/cwt	58.00–63.50	935	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,605	61.75/cwt	60.50–63.00	991	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,778	57.04/cwt	56.00–58.00	1,014	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	1,245	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	8,217	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,291	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,360	5
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	900	98.36/cwt	85.00–105.00	885	17
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	796	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	934	82.80/cwt	82.00–85.00	773	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	994	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	567	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,059	72.94/cwt	58.00–87.00	772	28

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 Mar 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,671Last week 1,782Year ago 911

Slaughter CattleReceipts 165Last week 328Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 115Last week 727Year ago 79

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	325	185.00–194.00	192.28
24	—	763	129.00–130.50	130.24
4	—	820	118.00	118.00
8	—	389	183.00–188.00	184.27
294	—	524	155.00–166.25	159.31
2	—	888	118.00	118.00
190	—	625	137.00–145.50	142.32
180	—	463	160.00–173.00	166.54
401	—	570	145.00–158.00	152.25
134	—	716	136.00–139.50	138.14
174	—	670	137.00–142.50	139.82
34	—	424	172.00–185.00	178.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	786	131.00–133.00	131.82
29	—	638	151.00	151.00
110	—	657	145.00	145.00
126	—	704	138.50–142.50	139.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	492	176.00	176.00
80	—	513	169.00–172.00	171.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	546	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	441	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	429	159.00–167.00	164.41
10	—	584	141.00–148.00	145.20
14	—	527	145.50–153.00	151.17
32	—	485	154.00–155.50	154.81
2	—	735	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	607	157.00–164.50	163.56
77	—	577	165.00–174.00	167.24
51	—	528	172.00–177.00	173.86
10	—	791	133.00	133.00
47	—	473	183.00–188.50	186.67
37	—	682	151.00–156.00	153.43
26	—	424	192.50–212.50	198.52
10	—	367	200.00–222.50	202.42
1	—	155	400.00	400.00
11	—	719	140.00–150.50	145.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	652	160.25	160.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	537	165.00–173.00	167.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	616	154.00	154.00
15	—	517	161.00–171.00	165.01
2	—	720	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	698	134.50	134.50
2	—	720	120.00	120.00
4	—	580	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,020	101.00	101.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,245	660.00	660.00

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)	5	—	1,291	725.00	725.00

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	4	—	994	57.00	57.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	934	82.00–85.00	82.80

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	900	85.00–105.00	98.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,059	58.00–87.00	72.94

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	87.00	87.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,439	58.50–64.75	61.91
3	—	1,317	55.00–58.00	56.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,605	60.50–63.00	61.75
2	—	1,778	56.00–58.00	57.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,533	58.00–63.50	61.02
10	—	1,401	54.00–58.00	57.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,149	58.00–60.50	59.14
38	—	1,187	49.00–56.50	51.91
6	—	1,118	41.00–48.50	45.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	42.00	42.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	82.50	82.50
1	—	1,210	86.50	86.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,799	80.50–86.50	82.87
25	—	1,667	74.00–79.50	77.30
4	—	2,126	89.00–95.50	91.43

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.