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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Nov 2

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Oct 26Nov 2Nov 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,239 head

▼ 106 vs last sale 2,345▼ 1,473 vs year ago 3,712 · −39.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

1,882 head

▼ 146 vs last sale 2,028▲ 572 vs year ago 1,310 · +43.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

604 head

▼ 200 vs last sale 804▲ 136 vs year ago 468 · +29.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers were too lightly tested to develop an market trend. Yearling heifers were very lightly tested, higher undertones were noticed. Demand for yearlings was moderate to good. Steer calves under 450 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 lower, steers over 450 lbs sold mostly 4.00-8.00 higher. Heifer calves under 500 lbs sold 2.00-4.00 lower, heifers over 500 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Quality this week was average to attractive. Demand for calves was mostly moderate this week. Demand for light weight calves was lighter this week as California buyers were mostly out of the market due to last weeks heavy rains and tight trucks. Transportation remains tight as cows continue to move in the country along with summer video sale calves. Vaccinations were vital to selling calves again this week. Calves with two rounds of preconditioning shots sold with the best demand and offered 10.00-12.00 premiums in most instances. Conditions in the corn belt remain wet and muddy after last weeks rain. Some buyers in this portion of the country were not in the market this week. Calf supplies have started to dwindle as heavy marketing's have been seen since early to mid September. Market activity this week was mostly moderate. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for heavy offerings. Feeding cow buyers continue to drive the market as many buyers were actively bidding on this type of cow. Feeding cows sold unevenly steady with prices lower early in the sale and higher as the sale progressed. Most feeding cows sold 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Cows continue to be very thin. Many buyers purchased very thin cows to turn out on corn stalks or feed for a short period of time until the market improves. Many sets of cows have lots of compensatory gain. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower on lean cows, boning and breaking cows were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Quality this week was mostly average. Most sets of young cows were thin again this 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 $152.33/cwt on 958 head.

Average price

$152.33

958 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$4.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.04

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	152.70	789	885
Medium 1	441	148.00	653	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	477	147.80	706	68

One grade step is worth $4.90/cwt here — about $84 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 sale958 hd

152.33

—

MT average5 barns · 4,011 hd

149.29

+3.04

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	1,693	69.39	1,175	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,788	67.50	1,207	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,386	57.33	794	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,124	45.96	517	882

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	284	218.83/cwt	212.50–225.00	621	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	317	199.37/cwt	197.50–200.00	632	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	335	180.11/cwt	175.00–182.50	603	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	363	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	635	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	380	192.67/cwt	182.00–195.00	732	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	725	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	754	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	427	185.69/cwt	179.00–194.50	793	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	431	173.50/cwt	161.00–178.00	748	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	469	190.28/cwt	175.50–195.00	892	186
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	481	168.45/cwt	152.00–172.50	810	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	180.50/cwt	170.00–188.00	930	130
Steers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	542	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	656	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	175.29/cwt	175.00–176.00	987	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	170.58/cwt	159.00–179.00	976	194
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	585	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	907	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	164.56/cwt	159.00–168.00	1,027	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,021	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	321	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	498	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	336	161.49/cwt	160.00–162.00	543	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	590	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	379	156.64/cwt	155.00–161.00	594	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	385	156.24/cwt	150.00–159.00	602	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	428	154.68/cwt	150.00–164.00	662	105
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	438	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	622	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1Unweaned	441	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	653	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	459	139.54/cwt	134.00–145.00	640	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	151.29/cwt	147.50–160.00	719	188
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	506	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	805	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	516	155.40/cwt	145.50–158.00	802	287
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	543	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	771	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	560	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	756	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	561	147.75/cwt	144.50–148.00	829	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	136.19/cwt	131.00–138.50	832	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	141.17/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,093	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	144.60/cwt	143.00–145.50	1,206	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	142.27/cwt	140.00–142.50	1,241	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	903	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,228	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	328	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	623	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	589	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	409	185.43/cwt	171.00–187.00	758	74
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	481	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	697	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,670	62.69/cwt	61.00–65.00	1,047	2
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,708	73.86/cwt	73.00–74.50	1,262	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	864	38.02/cwt	35.00–41.00	328	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	912	33.32/cwt	25.00–36.00	304	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,050	39.07/cwt	33.50–44.50	410	101
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	34.28/cwt	27.00–37.00	381	32
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,122	44.54/cwt	41.00–47.50	500	243
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,136	42.53/cwt	38.00–46.50	483	126
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,152	51.33/cwt	47.00–56.50	591	334
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,166	50.44/cwt	47.50–54.00	588	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,197	57.57/cwt	57.00–62.00	689	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,354	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	9,952	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,370	52.43/cwt	47.00–54.00	718	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,391	60.06/cwt	54.00–64.00	835	50
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,433	45.51/cwt	45.00–46.00	652	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,680	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	1,117	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,895	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	1,298	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	880	99.15/cwt	71.00–113.00	873	173
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	895	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	425	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	986	74.37/cwt	52.00–85.50	733	229
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,014	51.03/cwt	45.00–52.00	517	27
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,123	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	612	6
Stock Cows	—	Large 1	1,235	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	741	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,240	946.60/cwt	925.00–1,000.00	11,738	28
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,126	941.09/cwt	850.00–960.00	10,597	11

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 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,239Last week 2,345Year ago 3,712

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,882Last week 2,028Year ago 1,310

Replacement CattleReceipts 604Last week 804Year ago 468

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	428	150.00–164.00	154.68
56	—	561	144.50–148.00	147.75
287	—	516	145.50–158.00	155.40
27	—	379	155.00–161.00	156.64
188	—	475	147.50–160.00	151.29
11	—	336	160.00–162.00	161.49
40	—	611	131.00–138.50	136.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	135.00	135.00
5	—	438	142.00	142.00
25	—	385	150.00–159.00	156.24
6	—	543	142.00	142.00
12	—	459	134.00–145.00	139.54
7	—	321	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	774	139.00–142.00	141.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	903	136.00	136.00
69	—	834	143.00–145.50	144.60
66	—	364	162.00	162.00
13	—	872	140.00–142.50	142.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	441	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	506	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	409	171.00–187.00	185.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	481	145.00	145.00
2	—	328	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	332	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	284	212.50–225.00	218.83
22	—	380	182.00–195.00	192.67
130	—	515	170.00–188.00	180.50
186	—	469	175.50–195.00	190.28
74	—	427	179.00–194.50	185.69
35	—	624	159.00–168.00	164.56
194	—	572	159.00–179.00	170.58
21	—	650	157.00	157.00
4	—	317	197.50–200.00	199.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	542	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	481	152.00–172.50	168.45
31	—	431	161.00–178.00	173.50
15	—	585	155.00	155.00
2	—	363	175.00	175.00
19	—	335	175.00–182.50	180.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	563	175.00–176.00	175.29
9	—	421	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	405	179.00	179.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,110	27.00–37.00	34.28
126	—	1,136	38.00–46.50	42.53
12	—	1,166	47.50–54.00	50.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,197	57.00–62.00	57.57
101	—	1,050	33.50–44.50	39.07
334	—	1,152	47.00–56.50	51.33
243	—	1,122	41.00–47.50	44.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,895	68.50	68.50
1	—	1,680	66.50	66.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,433	45.00–46.00	45.51
13	—	1,354	735.00	735.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	864	35.00–41.00	38.02
13	—	912	25.00–36.00	33.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,391	54.00–64.00	60.06
23	—	1,370	47.00–54.00	52.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,670	61.00–65.00	62.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,708	73.00–74.50	73.86

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	173	—	880	71.00–113.00	99.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,123	54.50	54.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,240	925.00–1,000.00	946.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	229	—	986	52.00–85.50	74.37

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	47.50	47.50

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	27	—	1,014	45.00–52.00	51.03

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	60.00	60.00

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)	11	—	1,126	850.00–960.00	941.09

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.