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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Nov 8

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Nov 1Nov 8Nov 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,297 head

▼ 2,006 vs last sale 3,303▼ 424 vs year ago 1,721 · −24.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

762 head

▼ 127 vs last sale 889▼ 167 vs year ago 929 · −18.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

266 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 301▼ 128 vs year ago 394 · −32.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 400 lbs were too lightly tested either this week or last week to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed, steers over 400 lbs sold generally steady to weak. Heifer calves all sold steady to 5.00 lower. Quality today was mixed from plain to attractive. High quality feeders of both sexes sold fully steady today while average or smaller packages sold lower. Demand for cattle to develop into yearlings or for heifers to develop into replacements remains very good. A good crowd of ranchers was on hand again this week searching for both of these offerings. Market activity today was mostly moderate. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for heavy offerings. Packers continue to opt to send most cow offerings to feed, either for the upcoming holiday or to feed to premium white. Feeding cow demand remains very good with both packers and private feeders actively buying cows to feed. Feeding cows sold steady to firm on all cows returning to feed. Slaughter cows sold generally steady on boning and lean cows, breaking cows were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, lower undertones were noticed. Weigh up conditions were average to below average this week with more full offerings noticed than last week. Cow quality was mostly plain to average this week and noticeable lower than last week. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady in a very narrow comparison. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold mostly 5.00 lower. Young age cows were of mostly plain to average quality this week and not as attractive as last week.

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 $210.37/cwt on 688 head.

Average price

$210.37

688 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$32.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.03

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	467	213.23	996	115
Medium and Large 1	530	212.89	1,129	500
Large 1	577	189.67	1,095	64
Large 1-2	529	181.00	957	9thin

One grade step is worth $32.23/cwt here — about $39 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 sale688 hd

210.37

—

MT average5 barns · 3,571 hd

203.34

+7.03

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	1,682	93.54	1,574	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,615	70.21	1,134	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,385	68.93	955	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,188	60.38	717	363

Every lot

68 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	339	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	873	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	342	292.35/cwt	285.00–296.00	1,000	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	370	271.77/cwt	263.00–293.00	1,006	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	373	248.92/cwt	235.00–262.50	928	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	436	246.40/cwt	239.00–277.00	1,074	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	443	231.34/cwt	228.00–237.00	1,025	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	462	208.95/cwt	196.00–210.00	965	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	467	222.86/cwt	213.00–235.00	1,041	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,071	31
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	486	209.40/cwt	207.00–219.00	1,018	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	205.79/cwt	196.00–209.00	1,087	91
Steers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	529	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	957	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,138	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	551	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,130	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	205.30/cwt	190.00–210.50	1,168	154
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	571	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,105	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	574	183.89/cwt	182.50–186.00	1,056	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	601	192.24/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,155	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	626	175.61/cwt	165.00–183.00	1,099	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,201	15
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	637	168.39/cwt	165.00–177.00	1,073	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	652	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,043	3
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	656	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,174	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	661	170.42/cwt	167.00–175.00	1,126	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	329	202.35/cwt	194.00–208.00	666	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	334	214.89/cwt	212.50–225.00	718	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	370	194.57/cwt	190.00–202.00	720	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	418	207.86/cwt	206.00–214.00	869	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	422	185.06/cwt	184.00–194.00	781	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	874	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	476	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	876	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	477	191.53/cwt	186.00–197.00	914	18
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	490	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	926	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	503	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	734	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	519	201.45/cwt	189.00–205.50	1,046	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	191.45/cwt	182.50–194.00	997	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	566	175.33/cwt	172.00–182.50	992	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	569	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,047	26
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	575	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	943	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	606	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,091	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,039	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,263	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	831	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,288	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,374	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	355	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	852	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,657	95.43/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,581	17
Bulls	—	—	1,665	74.57/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,242	4
Bulls	—	—Natural	1,680	99.81/cwt	99.00–100.50	1,677	4
Bulls	—	—	1,705	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	1,679	1
Bulls	—	—	1,764	95.83/cwt	91.50–98.00	1,690	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	950	51.65/cwt	47.00–56.00	491	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	965	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	598	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	979	44.65/cwt	44.00–47.00	437	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,147	57.98/cwt	53.00–62.00	665	101
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,158	60.75/cwt	60.00–61.50	703	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,174	55.60/cwt	48.00–59.50	653	79
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,243	65.34/cwt	61.50–72.00	812	164
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,376	73.10/cwt	69.00–75.50	1,006	47
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,392	65.23/cwt	60.50–69.50	908	37
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,404	59.25/cwt	53.00–65.50	832	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,445	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	975	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,596	70.70/cwt	67.50–71.50	1,128	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,710	67.75/cwt	67.00–68.50	1,159	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	907	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	771	10
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	950	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	523	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	974	104.96/cwt	75.00–115.50	1,022	93
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,065	79.06/cwt	65.00–110.00	842	93
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	71.57/cwt	70.00–72.00	816	4

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 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,297Last week 3,303Year ago 1,721

Slaughter CattleReceipts 762Last week 889Year ago 929

Replacement CattleReceipts 266Last week 301Year ago 394

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	519	189.00–205.50	201.45
26	—	569	184.00	184.00
8	—	606	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	521	182.50–194.00	191.45
21	—	334	212.50–225.00	214.89
1	—	615	169.00	169.00
18	—	477	186.00–197.00	191.53
29	—	418	206.00–214.00	207.86
17	—	566	172.00–182.50	175.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	422	184.00–194.00	185.06
15	—	329	194.00–208.00	202.35
5	—	370	190.00–202.00	194.57
9	—	476	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	575	164.00	164.00
2	—	490	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	770	164.00	164.00
18	—	833	165.00	165.00
8	—	439	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	503	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	831	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	528	196.00–209.00	205.79
154	—	569	190.00–210.50	205.30
44	—	467	213.00–235.00	222.86
9	—	661	167.00–175.00	170.42
33	—	436	239.00–277.00	246.40
29	—	601	185.00–195.00	192.24
3	—	342	285.00–296.00	292.35
20	—	370	263.00–293.00	271.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	571	193.50	193.50
14	—	486	207.00–219.00	209.40
14	—	637	165.00–177.00	168.39
8	—	656	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	529	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	538	211.50	211.50
15	—	551	205.00	205.00
15	—	632	190.00	190.00
31	—	476	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	626	165.00–183.00	175.61
5	—	339	257.50	257.50
15	—	574	182.50–186.00	183.89
3	—	652	160.00	160.00
8	—	443	228.00–237.00	231.34
19	—	373	235.00–262.50	248.92
60	—	462	196.00–210.00	208.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,376	69.00–75.50	73.10
37	—	1,392	60.50–69.50	65.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,147	53.00–62.00	57.98
164	—	1,243	61.50–72.00	65.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	60.00–61.50	60.75
8	—	979	44.00–47.00	44.65
79	—	1,174	48.00–59.50	55.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	67.00–68.50	67.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	950	47.00–56.00	51.65
1	—	965	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	67.50	67.50
6	—	1,404	53.00–65.50	59.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,596	67.50–71.50	70.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	98.50	98.50
6	—	1,764	91.50–98.00	95.83
4	—	1,665	70.00–80.00	74.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,680	99.00–100.50	99.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,657	92.00–98.00	95.43

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	1	—	950	55.00	55.00

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	4	—	1,140	70.00–72.00	71.57
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	907	85.00	85.00

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	93	—	1,065	65.00–110.00	79.06
(<2 yrs)	Open	93	—	974	75.00–115.50	104.96

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.