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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Jan 14

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Jan 7Jan 14Jan 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,117 head

▲ 549 vs last sale 568▲ 1,117 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

310 head

▲ 156 vs last sale 154▲ 310 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

101 head

▲ 76 vs last sale 25▲ 101 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 450-599 lbs offered the best test this week, these offerings sold sharply higher with most sales 20.00-30.00 higher than last week. All other steers were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers 450-549 lbs sold mostly 12.00-15.00 higher. Heifers over 550 lbs were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were noticed. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive and overall more attractive than last week. Demand was very good on all offerings. Demand for light weight cattle suitable to go to grass remains very good with many buyers sending cattle south to wheat pastures. Most offerings were weaned from 60-90 days. Market activity was mostly active today with rapid bidding seen on all offerings. Weigh up cows sold on good demand for light offerings. Demand for slaughter cows improved slightly this sale as packers showed moderate to good demand for cattle for immediate harvest. Packers were forced to become more aggressive later in the sale as they tried to fill slaughter loads. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher on boning and lean cows, breaking cows were too lightly tested last week to develop any market trend. Feeding cow demand continues to be good. Both private feeders and packers both showed good demand for cows to feed. One set of fed cows which had been on feed since early fall were purchased to put back on feed. Private buyers continue to buy slightly lame or slightly blemished cows to but away on feed. Feeding cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher on all cows suitable to feed. Cow quality this week was average to attractive. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested develop an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were noticed. Weigh up conditions were mostly average to below average this week for cows and bulls. Most cows and bulls were pushing some fill today and weigh conditions deteriorated as the sale progressed. Young cows suitable to feed or rebreed were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Young age cows sold on mostly moderate to good demand for light offerings. Quality was mostly plain to average today and most young offerings were purchased to feed.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.86/cwt on 345 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −93.72 against this barn's trailing median of $451.58.

Average price

$357.86

345 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,997

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$25.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.87

vs MT average

+15.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	360.76	2,007	306
Medium and Large 1-2	571	335.12	1,913	39

One grade step is worth $25.64/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale345 hd

357.86

—

MT average3 barns · 699 hd

356.99

+0.87

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+15.41

This barn, trailing median11 sales

451.58

−93.72

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.23, low $384.50, median $451.58 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,606	137.38	2,207	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,563	123.09	1,924	90
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,430	122.00	1,744	100
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,172	112.01	1,312	80

Every lot

56 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	466.88/cwt	458.00–495.00	1,751	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	440.04/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,703	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	441.76/cwt	424.00–453.00	1,855	21
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	445	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,704	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,750	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	407.56/cwt	395.00–417.50	1,944	53
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,670	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	509	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,817	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	379.87/cwt	370.00–389.00	1,983	136
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	345.47/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,018	170
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	327.58/cwt	317.50–337.00	1,939	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	319.58/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,985	43
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,118	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,018	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,101	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	344	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,300	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,429	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	382	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,356	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1-2	412	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,298	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	369.84/cwt	359.00–382.00	1,601	66
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,465	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	348.72/cwt	342.00–358.00	1,629	106
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	313.01/cwt	305.00–319.00	1,615	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	330.37/cwt	320.00–344.00	1,721	205
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	299.58/cwt	292.00–320.00	1,720	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	288.02/cwt	287.00–291.00	1,748	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,764	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	948	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,180	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,028	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,159	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,901	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,562	143.71/cwt	142.00–147.00	2,245	4
Bulls	—	—	1,603	134.22/cwt	116.00–140.00	2,152	19
Bulls	—	—	1,626	142.97/cwt	140.00–146.00	2,325	7
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,640	135.89/cwt	131.00–140.00	2,229	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows16 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,084	82.40/cwt	71.00–88.00	893	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	124.00/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,397	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,146	108.91/cwt	93.00–117.50	1,248	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,167	119.38/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,393	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,202	111.42/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,339	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,229	97.50/cwt	92.00–103.00	1,198	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,235	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,618	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,248	130.18/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,625	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,387	115.57/cwt	108.00–125.00	1,603	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,413	111.41/cwt	102.00–115.00	1,574	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,414	102.49/cwt	95.00–108.00	1,449	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,431	125.25/cwt	117.00–128.00	1,792	61
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,459	132.21/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,929	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,468	119.28/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,751	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,585	106.16/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,683	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,609	125.45/cwt	118.00–129.00	2,018	60
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	148.93/cwt	127.50–170.00	1,281	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	965	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,086	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	977	175.87/cwt	134.00–212.00	1,718	33
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	984	197.25/cwt	178.00–211.00	1,941	52
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	985	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,487	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,471	1

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 Jan 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,117Last week 568Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 310Last week 154Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 101Last week 25Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	458.00–495.00	466.88
21	400–450	420	424.00–453.00	441.76
53	450–500	477	395.00–417.50	407.56
136	500–550	522	370.00–389.00	379.87
170	550–600	584	330.00–355.00	345.47
43	600–650	621	305.00–335.00	319.58
24	700–750	706	300.00	300.00
3	800–850	808	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	387	430.00–450.00	440.04
2	450–500	473	370.00	370.00
10	500–550	509	357.00	357.00
29	550–600	592	317.50–337.00	327.58
9	750–800	779	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	445	383.00	383.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	375.00	375.00
66	400–450	433	359.00–382.00	369.84
106	450–500	467	342.00–358.00	348.72
205	500–550	521	320.00–344.00	330.37
14	550–600	574	292.00–320.00	299.58
20	600–650	607	287.00–291.00	288.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	344	378.00	378.00
13	450–500	465	315.00	315.00
26	500–550	516	305.00–319.00	313.01
3	700–750	723	244.00	244.00
6	900–950	948	230.00	230.00
6	1000–1050	1,028	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	355.00	355.00
3	400–450	412	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	528	360.00	360.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	112.50	112.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	—	977	134.00–212.00	175.87
(<2 yrs)	Open	52	—	984	178.00–211.00	197.25

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	—	1,070	137.50	137.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	860	127.50–170.00	148.93

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	985	151.00	151.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,468	117.00–126.00	119.28
3	—	1,585	105.00–108.00	106.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,609	118.00–129.00	125.45
1	—	1,235	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,413	102.00–115.00	111.41
14	—	1,459	130.00–133.00	132.21
61	—	1,431	117.00–128.00	125.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,084	71.00–88.00	82.40
5	—	1,229	92.00–103.00	97.50
3	—	1,127	123.00–125.00	124.00
9	—	1,202	108.00–114.00	111.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,248	129.00–134.00	130.18
14	—	1,167	118.00–126.00	119.38
29	—	1,146	93.00–117.50	108.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,414	95.00–108.00	102.49
3	—	1,387	108.00–125.00	115.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,603	116.00–140.00	134.22
7	—	1,626	140.00–146.00	142.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,562	142.00–147.00	143.71
3	—	1,640	131.00–140.00	135.89

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.