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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Aug 9

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

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Feeder Cattle receipts

391 head

▲ 288 vs last sale 103▼ 217 vs year ago 608 · −35.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

172 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 161▲ 25 vs year ago 147 · +17.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 52▼ 54 vs year ago 72 · −75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were too lightly tested last sale to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed on all offerings. Demand for feeder cattle was very good for light offerings. Quality was mixed from plain to attractive. Many sets of light weight fall calves that had been on grass were seen this week. The stands were full for todays sale as many buyers were on hand as well as on the internet actively bidding on offerings. Market activity this week was mostly active. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good to very good demand for light offerings. Slaughter cattle demand was good to very good and packer buyers opted to send all offerings to immediate harvest this week. The southern plains saw heavy rains over the last week or so with many locations receiving 4-7 inches. This has helped slow some of the heavy marketings that were being seen. Demand from western packers remains strong. An additional slaughter cow buyer was on hand this week. Breaking and lean cows were too lightly tested last sale to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Boning cows offered the best comparison this week as these offerings sold 8.00-9.00 higher. Feeding cows were not tested this week. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Demand was mostly good and stronger this week than last sale.

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 $175.76/cwt on 194 head.

Average price

$175.76

194 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,242

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$297

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

$12.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.07

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	381	185.00	705	4thin
Medium 1	584	182.51	1,065	39
Medium and Large 1	785	173.99	1,366	123
Medium 1-2	580	172.79	1,002	28

One grade step is worth $12.21/cwt here — about −$297 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 sale194 hd

175.76

—

MT average2 barns · 417 hd

169.69

+6.07

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	1,793	103.97	1,865	54
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,436	91.46	1,313	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,398	91.35	1,277	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,182	85.76	1,014	35

Every lot

38 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,134	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,228	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	215.61/cwt	211.00–218.50	1,339	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,384	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,408	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,505	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	787	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,377	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,534	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	381	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	705	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	453	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	770	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	556	175.44/cwt	175.00–176.00	975	16
Heifers	—	Medium 1	578	183.62/cwt	183.00–184.00	1,061	34
Heifers	—	Medium 1	621	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,087	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	665	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,124	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	184.49/cwt	182.00–185.50	1,251	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	181.40/cwt	181.00–183.00	1,324	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	170.38/cwt	168.00–173.50	1,320	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	168.89/cwt	168.00–169.00	1,395	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	989	152.78/cwt	150.50–161.50	1,511	28
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	376	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	724	5
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,040	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,269	1
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,140	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,300	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,550	95.64/cwt	92.00–99.50	1,482	9
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,695	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,661	1
Bulls	—	—	1,753	103.03/cwt	98.00–107.00	1,806	28
Bulls	—	—	2,007	110.68/cwt	107.00–117.50	2,221	16
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	770	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	424	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	815	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	579	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	925	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	712	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	745	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,089	80.81/cwt	75.00–84.50	880	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,252	89.53/cwt	86.50–91.00	1,121	24
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,255	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,167	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,390	91.87/cwt	87.50–93.50	1,277	41
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,436	91.46/cwt	87.50–93.00	1,313	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,478	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,271	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	967	120.21/cwt	118.00–130.00	1,162	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,101	94.23/cwt	86.00–98.50	1,037	6

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 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 391Last week 103Year ago 608

Slaughter CattleReceipts 172Last week 161Year ago 147

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 52Year ago 72

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	376	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	114.00	114.00
1	—	1,040	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	775	168.00–173.50	170.38
9	—	826	168.00–169.00	168.89
44	—	730	181.00–183.00	181.40
28	—	989	150.50–161.50	152.78
33	—	678	182.00–185.50	184.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	556	175.00–176.00	175.44
3	—	453	170.00	170.00
9	—	665	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	381	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	621	175.00	175.00
34	—	578	183.00–184.00	183.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	621	211.00–218.50	215.61
5	—	726	194.00	194.00
10	—	776	194.00	194.00
5	—	525	216.00	216.00
12	—	672	206.00	206.00
23	—	814	188.50	188.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	787	175.00	175.00

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	5	—	967	118.00–130.00	120.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,101	86.00–98.50	94.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,550	92.00–99.50	95.64
28	—	1,753	98.00–107.00	103.03
16	—	2,007	107.00–117.50	110.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,089	75.00–84.50	80.81
1	—	1,255	93.00	93.00
1	—	1,035	72.00	72.00
24	—	1,252	86.50–91.00	89.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,478	86.00	86.00
41	—	1,390	87.50–93.50	91.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,436	87.50–93.00	91.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	55.00	55.00
1	—	925	77.00	77.00
1	—	815	71.00	71.00

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.