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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Mar 22

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

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Feeder Cattle receipts

773 head

▼ 719 vs last sale 1,492▲ 447 vs year ago 326 · +137.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

231 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 234▲ 92 vs year ago 139 · +66.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

249 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 219▲ 68 vs year ago 181 · +37.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were too lightly tested to establish an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were noticed. Heifers 600-699 lbs offered the best test this week and these offerings sold 4.00-8.00 higher. Good to very good demand was seen for load lot offerings, while light to moderate demand was seen for small head lots. Quality this week was average to very attractive. Demand for cattle suitable to run on grass was moderate to very good. Demand for calves under 550 lbs was mostly moderate, and many of these calves were purchased to run on grass, however buyers were not willing to give as much for these offerings as they would for 550-675 lbs offerings as they will be lighter coming off grass. Market activity this week was mostly active with a good crowd on hand actively bidding on offerings. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good to very good demand again this week. Packers showed a desire to own the majority of the cows in the offering, buying both slaughter and feeding cows this week. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm. Feeding cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher as private feeding buyers showed good demand for high quality cows and young cows. Weigh up conditions were mixed this week. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold on mostly good demand this week. Demand for these offerings strengthened as more buyers started loads. These offerings sold mostly 5.00 higher.

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 $170.31/cwt on 562 head.

Average price

$170.31

562 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$12.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.08

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	591	170.65	1,009	546
Medium and Large 1-2	614	158.55	974	16thin

One grade step is worth $12.10/cwt here — about $36 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 sale562 hd

170.31

—

MT average2 barns · 564 hd

170.23

+0.08

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	1,602	98.34	1,576	35
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,790	87.00	1,557	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,531	86.64	1,327	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,339	77.92	1,044	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,167	73.37	856	81

Every lot

54 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	882	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	207.09/cwt	205.50–210.00	1,002	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,054	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,026	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	200.56/cwt	200.50–201.00	1,131	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,073	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	182.62/cwt	178.00–186.50	1,123	6
Steers	—	Large 1	629	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,101	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,067	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	154.44/cwt	150.00–156.50	1,141	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,149	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	183.10/cwt	181.50–185.50	807	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	182.06/cwt	179.00–185.00	861	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	173.15/cwt	168.50–174.50	933	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	164.49/cwt	164.00–165.00	943	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	593	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,014	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	170.18/cwt	162.00–175.50	1,033	241
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	997	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	150.15/cwt	149.00–152.00	1,000	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	693	163.16/cwt	158.00–164.50	1,131	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,026	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	90	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	383	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	535	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	984	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	933	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,059	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,325	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,246	1
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,326	92.85/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,231	7
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,340	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,166	1
Bulls	—	—	1,631	89.48/cwt	81.00–94.00	1,459	8
Bulls	—	—Natural	1,666	109.52/cwt	104.00–112.50	1,825	8
Bulls	—	—Natural	1,699	99.01/cwt	93.00–102.00	1,682	4
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,770	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,717	1
Bulls	—	—	1,790	104.21/cwt	101.50–106.50	1,865	4
Bulls	—	—	2,035	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	2,218	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	930	65.76/cwt	65.50–66.00	612	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	946	57.73/cwt	51.00–59.00	546	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,062	67.26/cwt	62.00–68.00	714	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,184	78.35/cwt	74.50–82.50	928	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,218	81.43/cwt	79.00–83.00	992	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,221	71.57/cwt	53.00–76.50	874	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,293	84.25/cwt	83.50–85.00	1,089	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,329	76.34/cwt	74.00–84.00	1,015	37
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,351	82.33/cwt	78.50–85.00	1,112	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,386	71.05/cwt	70.00–72.00	985	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,408	85.23/cwt	83.50–87.00	1,200	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,525	85.39/cwt	82.50–88.00	1,302	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,533	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,334	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,790	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,557	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,148	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	14,924	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,218	1,068.76/cwt	1,000.00–1,150.00	13,017	59
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,292	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	16,150	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,445	1,247.44/cwt	1,210.00–1,285.00	18,026	43
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	664	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,024	115.96/cwt	103.50–123.00	1,187	72
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,052	92.98/cwt	81.00–106.00	978	31

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 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 773Last week 1,492Year ago 326

Slaughter CattleReceipts 231Last week 234Year ago 139

Replacement CattleReceipts 249Last week 219Year ago 181

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,148	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,292	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	—	1,445	1,210.00–1,285.00	1,247.44

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)	59	—	1,218	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,068.76

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	31	—	1,052	81.00–106.00	92.98
(<2 yrs)	Open	72	—	1,024	103.50–123.00	115.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	75.00	75.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	738	139.00	139.00
3	—	593	171.00	171.00
95	—	539	168.50–174.50	173.15
30	—	473	179.00–185.00	182.06
54	—	441	181.50–185.50	183.10
114	—	693	158.00–164.50	163.16
241	—	607	162.00–175.50	170.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	666	149.00–152.00	150.15
2	—	623	160.00	160.00
8	—	573	164.00–165.00	164.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	667	160.00	160.00
3	—	420	210.00	210.00
1	—	540	190.00	190.00
5	—	593	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	178.00–186.50	182.62
7	—	771	149.00	149.00
5	—	519	203.00	203.00
19	—	739	150.00–156.50	154.44
32	—	564	200.50–201.00	200.56
16	—	484	205.50–210.00	207.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	629	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
1	—	90	425.00	425.00
3	—	535	184.00	184.00
3	—	933	113.50	113.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,218	79.00–83.00	81.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,533	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,351	78.50–85.00	82.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	83.50–87.00	85.23
37	—	1,329	74.00–84.00	76.34
2	—	1,386	70.00–72.00	71.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,790	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,221	53.00–76.50	71.57
2	—	1,293	83.50–85.00	84.25
14	—	1,184	74.50–82.50	78.35
11	—	1,062	62.00–68.00	67.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	930	65.50–66.00	65.76
6	—	946	51.00–59.00	57.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	82.50–88.00	85.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,790	101.50–106.50	104.21
8	—	1,631	81.00–94.00	89.48
1	—	2,035	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,699	93.00–102.00	99.01
8	—	1,666	104.00–112.50	109.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	87.00	87.00
1	—	1,325	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,326	88.00–95.00	92.85
1	—	1,770	97.00	97.00

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.