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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-24

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

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

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Feeder Cattle receipts

2,099 head

▲ 1,457 vs last sale 642▲ 1,657 vs year ago 442 · +374.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

286 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 293▲ 121 vs year ago 165 · +73.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

102 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 82▼ 11 vs year ago 113 · −9.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers were all too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Steer calves under 450 lbs sold mostly 15.00-20.00 higher. All other steer calves were too lightly tested last week to develop any market trend. Yearling heifers sold unevenly steady in a narrow comparison. The best test for heifer calves was for calves under 400 lbs which sold mostly 10.00-15.00 higher. All other heifer calves were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Calf quality this week was mostly attractive with many long strings of freshly weaned calves on offer. Yearlings were of average to attractive quality with most offerings in light flesh. Outside of one load lot of steers, yearlings were mostly offered in small packages. Demand for both calves and yearlings was good to very good. Market activity was mostly active this week. Weigh up cows sold on moderate demand for light offerings. Cows sold three different ways as buyers purchased them to feed, slaughter, and return to the country to test for breds. Packers showed mostly light to moderate demand for slaughter cows. Slaughter cows sold generally steady to firm on boning and lean cows. Breaking cows were too lightly tested last week to develop any market trend. Feeding cows sold steady to firm. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 1.00-2.00 lower on a lower quality offering. Both cow and bulls were of plain to average quality this week. Most were fresh off range and have been out breeding or have had a calf on them all summer. Cow and bull yields are starting to see seasonal lows. Demand for replacement cows was mostly good as buyers purchased cows to both rebreed or in hopes that they are bred for spring calves. This class of cows were too lightly tested both this week and last to develop any market trend.

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 $176.73/cwt on 1,048 head.

Average price

$176.73

1,048 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$293

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$33.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.33

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	481	180.19	866	898
Medium and Large 1-2	515	166.70	858	55
Medium 1	672	152.31	1,023	54
Large 1	791	146.43	1,159	41

One grade step is worth $33.77/cwt here — about −$293 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 sale1,048 hd

176.73

—

MT average2 barns · 1,818 hd

168.40

+8.33

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	—	High	1,766	80.31	1,418	102
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,740	66.51	1,157	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,430	64.89	928	90
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,160	53.82	624	56

Every lot

62 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 1-2Unweaned	267	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	603	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	279	232.49/cwt	232.00–235.00	649	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	327	223.59/cwt	222.00–227.00	731	113
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	357	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	721	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	373	221.33/cwt	213.00–223.00	826	90
Steers	—	Large 1	381	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	789	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	421	217.08/cwt	206.00–222.00	914	296
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	428	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	841	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	907	6
Steers	—	Medium 1	625	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,091	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,147	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	164.81/cwt	163.50–167.00	1,136	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	174.94/cwt	172.00–175.50	1,267	104
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,238	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,325	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	265	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	537	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	327	198.99/cwt	187.50–203.00	651	292
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	388	184.65/cwt	184.50–185.00	716	145
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	730	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	423	183.11/cwt	180.50–183.50	775	188
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	480	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	821	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1	606	150.75/cwt	150.50–151.00	914	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,022	13
Heifers	—	Medium 1	664	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,026	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	156.36/cwt	156.00–157.00	1,065	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	145.02/cwt	144.00–151.50	1,034	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	155.14/cwt	152.75–157.00	1,109	32
Heifers	—	Medium 1	717	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,083	21
Heifers	—	Large 1	744	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,112	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	152.10/cwt	149.75–155.00	1,182	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	807	147.95/cwt	147.00–148.00	1,194	19
Heifers	—	Large 1	853	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,211	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	143.74/cwt	141.00–147.50	1,266	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	139.87/cwt	139.00–140.50	1,306	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	935	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,258	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	961	138.11/cwt	135.50–140.50	1,327	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	998	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,238	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,028	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,362	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	913	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,155	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	907	1
Bulls	—	—	1,728	77.70/cwt	66.00–81.50	1,343	59
Bulls	—	—	1,810	84.11/cwt	82.00–87.50	1,522	34
Bulls	—	—	1,880	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,654	1
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,914	83.08/cwt	83.00–83.50	1,590	6
Bulls	—	—Canadian Origin	2,125	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,764	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	923	46.92/cwt	44.00–47.50	433	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	965	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	396	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,140	43.54/cwt	42.00–45.50	496	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,165	53.94/cwt	50.50–56.50	628	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,219	56.14/cwt	52.00–61.00	684	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,245	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	772	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,248	60.26/cwt	60.00–60.50	752	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,379	57.85/cwt	55.00–61.50	798	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,419	64.45/cwt	62.00–68.00	915	49
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,435	62.19/cwt	61.50–63.50	892	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,471	69.92/cwt	69.50–70.00	1,029	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,682	67.26/cwt	67.00–67.50	1,131	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,818	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	1,191	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	929	80.95/cwt	70.00–91.00	752	24
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,172	70.08/cwt	63.00–83.00	821	35
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,349	64.46/cwt	60.50–65.50	870	22
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,187	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	730	7

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 Aug 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,099Last week 642Year ago 442

Slaughter CattleReceipts 286Last week 293Year ago 165

Replacement CattleReceipts 102Last week 82Year ago 113

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	818	162.00	162.00
4	—	755	164.00	164.00
22	—	659	174.00	174.00
104	—	724	172.00–175.50	174.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	625	174.50	174.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	381	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	357	202.00	202.00
46	—	428	196.50	196.50
6	—	267	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
296	—	421	206.00–222.00	217.08
6	—	490	185.00	185.00
74	—	279	232.00–235.00	232.49
90	—	373	213.00–223.00	221.33
113	—	327	222.00–227.00	223.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	689	163.50–167.00	164.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	124.00	124.00
38	—	411	177.50	177.50
15	—	713	144.00–151.50	145.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	934	139.00–140.50	139.87
12	—	881	141.00–147.50	143.74
19	—	681	156.00–157.00	156.36
19	—	807	147.00–148.00	147.95
97	—	777	149.75–155.00	152.10
32	—	715	152.75–157.00	155.14
13	—	643	159.00	159.00
29	—	961	135.50–140.50	138.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	853	142.00	142.00
28	—	744	149.50	149.50
3	—	1,028	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	664	154.50	154.50
12	—	606	150.50–151.00	150.75
21	—	717	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	935	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
292	—	327	187.50–203.00	198.99
29	—	265	202.50	202.50
188	—	423	180.50–183.50	183.11
145	—	388	184.50–185.00	184.65
5	—	480	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	878	104.00	104.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,248	60.00–60.50	60.26
22	—	1,165	50.50–56.50	53.94
2	—	1,140	42.00–45.50	43.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,219	52.00–61.00	56.14
1	—	1,245	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,818	65.50	65.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,419	62.00–68.00	64.45
7	—	1,379	55.00–61.50	57.85
21	—	1,471	69.50–70.00	69.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	41.00	41.00
6	—	923	44.00–47.50	46.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,435	61.50–63.50	62.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,682	67.00–67.50	67.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	88.00	88.00
34	—	1,810	82.00–87.50	84.11
59	—	1,728	66.00–81.50	77.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	78.50	78.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,914	83.00–83.50	83.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Canadian Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,125	83.00	83.00

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	24	—	929	70.00–91.00	80.95
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,349	60.50–65.50	64.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,172	63.00–83.00	70.08

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,187	61.50	61.50

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.