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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Oct 4

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Sep 20Oct 4Oct 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,112 head

▲ 481 vs last sale 631▼ 1,178 vs year ago 2,290 · −51.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

231 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 218▼ 1,664 vs year ago 1,895 · −87.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

69 head

▲ 48 vs last sale 21▼ 732 vs year ago 801 · −91.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last reported sale(9-20-22): Feeder steers were too lightly tested either this week or last sale to develop an accurate market trend, however lower undertones were noticed. Yearling heifers under 800 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower, heifers over 800 lbs sold 3.00-5.00 lower in a narrow comparison. Spring born calves were not tested two weeks ago, no comparisons are available. Demand and offerings today were light to moderate. Quality today was mostly average to attractive. Several load lots of calves were seen today and these offerings were met with the best demand. Calves were in mostly light flesh as many are selling early out of dry country. A good crowd was on hand for todays sale. Market activity was mostly moderate to active. Weigh up cows sold on mostly light demand for light to moderate offerings. Packers showed lighter demand for slaughter cows this week and cow prices were mostly 3.00-5.00 lower than two weeks ago. Feeding cow demand was lighter as well as this class of cows sold mostly 5.00-6.00 lower. Cow quality was average to attractive this week. The cutter cow cutout was 211.41, 0.46 higher as of todays close. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 2.00-3.00 lower in a narrow comparison. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed were too lightly tested last sale to develop an accurate market trend, steady undertones were noticed.

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 $202.64/cwt on 671 head.

Average price

$202.64

671 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,140

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$25.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.17

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	204.47	1,148	607
Medium and Large 1-2	568	185.97	1,055	58
Medium 1	642	179.00	1,149	6thin

One grade step is worth $25.47/cwt here — about −$1 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 sale671 hd

202.64

—

MT average3 barns · 2,051 hd

190.47

+12.17

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	1,720	94.43	1,625	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,657	81.90	1,357	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,389	78.47	1,090	88
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,179	72.84	859	50

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	385	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	770	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	387	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	846	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	424	217.22/cwt	216.50–220.00	921	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	480	215.22/cwt	213.00–218.50	1,033	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	486	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	996	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	515	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	994	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	516	209.63/cwt	189.00–216.50	1,082	318
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	563	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,008	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	588	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,035	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	601	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,073	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,111	4
Steers	—	Medium 1	642	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,149	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,306	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	182.71/cwt	175.00–183.00	1,407	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,473	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	867	171.30/cwt	169.00–172.50	1,485	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	357	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	687	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	367	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	762	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	190.77/cwt	186.00–192.00	801	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	438	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	806	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	463	186.58/cwt	186.00–190.00	864	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	498	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	847	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	916	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	513	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,047	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	564	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	942	33
Heifers	—	Medium 1	671	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,027	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	163.18/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,199	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	748	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,298	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	169.71/cwt	166.50–171.50	1,312	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	161.92/cwt	161.00–164.50	1,266	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	167.76/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,392	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	164.32/cwt	159.00–169.00	1,441	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	938	157.62/cwt	157.00–158.50	1,478	12
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,009	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,554	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	410	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	759	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	853	132.50/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,130	4
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,050	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,239	1
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,128	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,275	2
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,255	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,381	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,363	97.72/cwt	91.50–102.00	1,332	3
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,510	89.80/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,356	3
Bulls	—	—	1,713	85.35/cwt	81.00–90.50	1,462	9
Bulls	—	—	1,732	95.45/cwt	91.50–98.50	1,653	15
Bulls	—	—	1,880	101.49/cwt	99.00–103.50	1,908	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	900	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	639	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,084	75.72/cwt	75.00–78.50	821	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	930	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	679	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,220	70.49/cwt	65.00–74.50	860	24
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,232	76.35/cwt	75.00–78.00	941	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,285	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	880	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,369	79.42/cwt	76.75–82.00	1,087	54
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,412	76.29/cwt	71.00–77.75	1,077	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,417	72.93/cwt	71.50–73.50	1,033	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,430	80.30/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,148	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,570	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,295	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,715	81.50/cwt	80.50–82.00	1,398	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	797	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	993	76.91/cwt	72.00–79.00	764	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,037	95.44/cwt	84.00–107.00	990	27
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,057	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	867	10
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,092	85.38/cwt	79.00–91.00	932	20

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 Oct 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,112Last week 631Year ago 2,290

Slaughter CattleReceipts 231Last week 218Year ago 1,895

Replacement CattleReceipts 69Last week 21Year ago 801

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	642	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	619	179.50	179.50
61	—	424	216.50–220.00	217.22
318	—	516	189.00–216.50	209.63
9	—	387	218.50	218.50
2	—	563	179.00	179.00
52	—	480	213.00–218.50	215.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	680	192.00	192.00
83	—	770	175.00–183.00	182.71
12	—	830	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	588	176.00	176.00
3	—	385	200.00	200.00
13	—	515	193.00	193.00
8	—	486	205.00	205.00
27	—	601	178.50	178.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	867	169.00–172.50	171.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	564	167.00	167.00
3	—	367	207.50	207.50
8	—	438	184.00	184.00
8	—	498	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	748	173.50	173.50
37	—	830	164.00–170.00	167.76
12	—	938	157.00–158.50	157.62
69	—	773	166.50–171.50	169.71
19	—	877	159.00–169.00	164.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	357	192.50	192.50
33	—	420	186.00–192.00	190.77
9	—	512	179.00	179.00
27	—	463	186.00–190.00	186.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	671	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,009	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	782	161.00–164.50	161.92
14	—	735	161.00–164.00	163.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	513	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	118.00	118.00
2	—	1,128	113.00	113.00
1	—	1,255	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	853	128.00–134.00	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,412	71.00–77.75	76.29
54	—	1,369	76.75–82.00	79.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,430	77.00–84.00	80.30
10	—	1,417	71.50–73.50	72.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,084	75.00–78.50	75.72
1	—	1,160	58.50	58.50
24	—	1,220	65.00–74.50	70.49
1	—	1,155	80.50	80.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,715	80.50–82.00	81.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	82.50	82.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	68.50	68.50
9	—	1,232	75.00–78.00	76.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,880	99.00–103.50	101.49
15	—	1,732	91.50–98.50	95.45
9	—	1,713	81.00–90.50	85.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,510	85.00–95.00	89.80
3	—	1,363	91.50–102.00	97.72

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	7	—	993	72.00–79.00	76.91

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,057	82.00	82.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,037	84.00–107.00	95.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,092	79.00–91.00	85.38

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	89.00	89.00

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.