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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2023-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Nov 21

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Nov 14Nov 21Nov 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,169 head

▼ 2,867 vs last sale 4,036▼ 1,141 vs year ago 2,310 · −49.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

778 head

▼ 604 vs last sale 1,382▼ 44 vs year ago 822 · −5.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

256 head

▼ 122 vs last sale 378▲ 66 vs year ago 190 · +34.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of feeder cattle sold weak on a light comparison. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. No comparison on replacement cattle due to light supply. Buyer demand was moderate, overall, on a moderate supply.

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 $264.70/cwt on 508 head.

Average price

$264.70

508 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,299

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$50.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.75

vs MT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	482	275.21	1,327	339
Medium and Large 1-2	488	251.86	1,228	118
Medium and Large 2	557	224.56	1,251	51

One grade step is worth $50.65/cwt here — about $76 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 sale508 hd

264.70

—

MT average4 barns · 2,879 hd

262.95

+1.75

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	—	Low	1,479	92.71	1,371	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,332	93.91	1,251	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	82.41	987	359
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,187	73.27	869	170

Every lot

66 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	330	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,114	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	340	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,241	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	317.60/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,159	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	369	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,303	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	295.72/cwt	292.50–299.00	1,094	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	403	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,282	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	408	296.73/cwt	293.00–304.00	1,211	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	280.62/cwt	271.00–284.00	1,187	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	458	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,557	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	282.62/cwt	279.00–284.00	1,331	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	297.97/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,454	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	275.30/cwt	271.00–279.00	1,429	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	290.71/cwt	282.00–291.00	1,555	119
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	557	167.79/cwt	155.00–205.00	935	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	563	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,599	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	254.78/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,490	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	589	243.67/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,435	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	248.90/cwt	246.00–250.25	1,538	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	641	207.85/cwt	207.50–210.00	1,332	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,424	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	223.36/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,501	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	691	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,479	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,563	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	956	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,788	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	288	282.30/cwt	275.00–290.00	813	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	323	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	727	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	294.33/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,098	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	259.81/cwt	251.00–278.00	992	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	897	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	239.43/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,006	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	266.76/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,128	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	252.85/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,085	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	457	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,321	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	270.91/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,276	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	474	241.26/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,144	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	253.88/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,224	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	254.83/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,338	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	262.37/cwt	261.00–272.00	1,380	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	536	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,297	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	539	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,536	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,371	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,544	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	667	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,434	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	779	196.09/cwt	183.00–197.50	1,528	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	330	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,122	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	523	267.59/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,399	16
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,153	80.32/cwt	75.00–84.00	926	4
Bulls	—	—	1,804	105.10/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,896	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,009	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	888	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,153	99.14/cwt	95.00–101.50	1,143	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,158	88.64/cwt	87.00–92.00	1,026	99
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,172	84.08/cwt	81.00–87.50	985	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,178	65.90/cwt	63.00–69.00	776	35
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,191	73.37/cwt	70.00–77.50	874	112
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,194	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	967	33
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	76.43/cwt	70.50–79.50	924	126
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	84.04/cwt	80.00–86.50	1,038	96
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,305	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,070	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,424	91.23/cwt	88.50–93.00	1,299	37
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	848	181.33/cwt	180.00–182.50	1,538	19
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	874	150.76/cwt	147.00–161.00	1,318	56
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	890	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,313	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	929	115.37/cwt	110.00–122.50	1,072	15
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	951	110.50/cwt	107.00–116.00	1,051	41
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	996	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,036	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,062	126.22/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,340	106

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 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,169Last week 4,036Year ago 2,310

Slaughter CattleReceipts 778Last week 1,382Year ago 822

Replacement CattleReceipts 256Last week 378Year ago 190

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	488	290.00–299.00	297.97
4	—	365	310.00–320.00	317.60
33	—	585	253.00–260.00	254.78
2	—	330	337.50	337.50
6	—	727	215.00	215.00
56	—	618	246.00–250.25	248.90
11	—	672	223.00–225.00	223.36
119	—	535	282.00–291.00	290.71
6	—	408	293.00–304.00	296.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	641	207.50–210.00	207.85
6	—	691	214.00	214.00
4	—	956	187.00	187.00
4	—	557	155.00–205.00	167.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	212.50	212.50
11	—	471	279.00–284.00	282.62
23	—	519	271.00–279.00	275.30
17	—	423	271.00–284.00	280.62
8	—	370	292.50–299.00	295.72
6	—	589	243.00–244.00	243.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	458	340.00	340.00
8	—	403	318.00	318.00
4	—	340	365.00	365.00
12	—	369	353.00	353.00
28	—	563	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	471	265.00–274.00	270.91
103	—	526	261.00–272.00	262.37
30	—	373	285.00–295.00	294.33
28	—	423	265.00–271.00	266.76
4	—	288	275.00–290.00	282.30
33	—	572	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	420	230.00–245.00	239.43
4	—	390	230.00	230.00
7	—	536	242.00	242.00
13	—	779	183.00–197.50	196.09
6	—	667	215.00	215.00
3	—	323	225.00	225.00
8	—	474	240.00–242.00	241.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	429	251.00–256.00	252.85
35	—	482	245.00–257.00	253.88
25	—	569	241.00	241.00
14	—	382	251.00–278.00	259.81
23	—	525	251.00–259.00	254.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	457	289.00	289.00
14	—	539	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	340.00	340.00
16	—	523	265.00–270.00	267.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,158	87.00–92.00	88.64
96	—	1,235	80.00–86.50	84.04
126	—	1,209	70.50–79.50	76.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,178	63.00–69.00	65.90
22	—	1,172	81.00–87.50	84.08
112	—	1,191	70.00–77.50	73.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,153	95.00–101.50	99.14
37	—	1,424	88.50–93.00	91.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,194	81.00	81.00
5	—	1,009	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,153	75.00–84.00	80.32
4	—	1,804	102.00–110.00	105.10

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	147.50	147.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	19	—	848	180.00–182.50	181.33

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	15	—	929	110.00–122.50	115.37
(<2 yrs)	Open	106	—	1,062	124.00–135.00	126.22

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	996	104.00	104.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	41	—	951	107.00–116.00	110.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	56	—	874	147.00–161.00	150.76

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.