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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Feb 1

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Jan 25Feb 1Feb 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,641 head

▲ 742 vs last sale 899▲ 1,641 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

225 head

▲ 76 vs last sale 149▲ 225 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

191 head

▲ 125 vs last sale 66▲ 191 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, steers over 800 lbs were not well compared. Heifer calves under 500 lbs sold sharply higher, heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Quality this week was average to attractive and significantly higher than last week. Many sets of one iron home raised calves were on offer this week. The best demand was for cattle suitable to run on grass this summer. Demand overall was moderate to good, with very good demand seen at times. Some sets of weaned backgrounded cattle were showing some flesh this week, however these offerings sold on good demand as quality was very attractive. A large buyer pool was on hand for todays sale and market activity was mostly active as several buyers were active in bidding on offerings. Weigh up cows sold on good to very good demand for light to moderate offerings. Packer buyers showed very good demand for all cows on offer. Packers dipped all the way into the young cow offering looking for cows to fill slaughter needs. Slaughter cows sold mostly 4.00-8.00 higher compared to last weeks light test. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 5.00-6.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed were too lightly tested to trend last week, however steady undertones were noticed. Quality this week was mostly average.

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 $187.76/cwt on 754 head.

Average price

$187.76

754 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,113

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$135

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$31.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.56

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	371	212.90	790	12thin
Medium and Large 1	598	187.41	1,121	725
Medium and Large 1-2	542	186.67	1,011	12thin
Large 1	511	181.00	925	5thin

One grade step is worth $31.90/cwt here — about −$135 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 sale754 hd

187.76

—

MT average3 barns · 1,946 hd

185.20

+2.56

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	1,742	95.86	1,670	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,353	72.50	981	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,385	69.46	962	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,114	62.64	698	142

Every lot

57 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 1	371	212.90/cwt	200.00–222.50	790	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	373	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	830	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	806	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	928	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	212.80/cwt	208.00–214.50	1,024	59
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	511	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	925	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	199.63/cwt	193.50–208.00	1,032	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	189.21/cwt	187.00–191.50	984	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,067	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	193.40/cwt	185.00–197.00	1,089	179
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	184.14/cwt	182.50–185.00	1,037	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	177.04/cwt	174.00–184.50	1,124	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	175.60/cwt	174.25–176.00	1,162	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,209	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	165.07/cwt	161.00–166.50	1,253	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	805	145.91/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,175	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2Unweaned	330	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	479	6
Heifers	—	Medium 1	352	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	634	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	190.36/cwt	186.50–192.00	735	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	401	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	676	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	403	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	729	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	786	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	754	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	180.01/cwt	165.00–184.00	824	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	193.30/cwt	191.50–196.00	903	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	167.89/cwt	155.00–174.50	809	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	517	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	900	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	811	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	528	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	850	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	174.21/cwt	170.00–177.00	929	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	871	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	166.76/cwt	165.60–170.00	937	210
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	950	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	145.30/cwt	145.00–148.00	955	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	144.80/cwt	142.50–145.00	1,037	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	750	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,035	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,305	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,083	1
Bulls	—	—	1,560	84.62/cwt	77.00–86.50	1,320	14
Bulls	—	—Natural	1,738	102.10/cwt	95.00–104.50	1,774	21
Bulls	—	—	1,807	89.72/cwt	87.50–93.50	1,621	7
Bulls	—	—Natural	1,885	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,687	1
Bulls	—	—Natural	1,889	105.54/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,994	10
Bulls	—	—	2,245	91.83/cwt	90.00–93.50	2,062	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	963	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	515	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,049	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	572	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	64.44/cwt	63.00–69.00	719	83
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,124	60.77/cwt	59.00–62.25	683	53
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,353	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	981	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,354	69.99/cwt	67.00–74.00	948	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,463	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	922	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,625	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	1,227	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,133	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,781	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,245	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,205	44
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	968	89.88/cwt	68.50–97.00	870	79
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	998	65.89/cwt	64.50–87.00	658	33
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	965	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,685	10
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,004	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,036	8

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 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,641Last week 899Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 225Last week 149Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 191Last week 66Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	7	—	1,133	775.00	775.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	—	1,245	900.00	900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	79	—	968	68.50–97.00	89.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	—	998	64.50–87.00	65.89

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,004	900.00	900.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	965	900.00	900.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	482	155.00–174.50	167.89
2	—	555	157.00	157.00
10	—	520	156.00	156.00
7	—	419	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	716	142.50–145.00	144.80
210	—	562	165.60–170.00	166.76
47	—	386	186.50–192.00	190.36
48	—	418	188.00	188.00
47	—	533	170.00–177.00	174.21
5	—	633	150.00	150.00
113	—	467	191.50–196.00	193.30
10	—	657	145.00–148.00	145.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	181.00	181.00
41	—	458	165.00–184.00	180.01
15	—	517	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	161.00	161.00
12	—	401	168.50	168.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	330	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	352	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	759	161.00–166.50	165.07
179	—	563	185.00–197.00	193.40
110	—	662	174.25–176.00	175.60
4	—	711	170.00	170.00
94	—	635	174.00–184.50	177.04
10	—	384	210.00	210.00
59	—	481	208.00–214.50	212.80
11	—	805	145.00–146.00	145.91
67	—	517	193.50–208.00	199.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	563	182.50–185.00	184.14
6	—	520	187.00–191.50	189.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	445	208.50	208.50
6	—	373	222.50	222.50
40	—	527	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	511	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	371	200.00–222.50	212.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	750	138.00	138.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	53.50	53.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,049	54.50	54.50
53	—	1,124	59.00–62.25	60.77
83	—	1,115	63.00–69.00	64.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,354	67.00–74.00	69.99
2	—	1,463	63.00	63.00
1	—	1,625	75.50	75.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	72.50	72.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,807	87.50–93.50	89.72
14	—	1,560	77.00–86.50	84.62
2	—	2,245	90.00–93.50	91.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,885	89.50	89.50
21	—	1,738	95.00–104.50	102.10
10	—	1,889	105.00–106.00	105.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	83.00	83.00

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.