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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Apr 22

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

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Feeder Cattle receipts

701 head

▲ 472 vs last sale 229▲ 157 vs year ago 544 · +28.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

112 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 172▼ 51 vs year ago 163 · −31.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

131 head

▲ 27 vs last sale 104▼ 157 vs year ago 288 · −54.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last reported sale(4/8/25): Feeder steers and heifers were both too lightly tested either this week or last week to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed on all feeder offerings. Feeder quality this week was mostly average to attractive. Demand was mostly good to very good for light to moderate offerings. CME positions moved sharply higher today providing buyers some market support. Cattle were mostly in light flesh with some premiums seen for very thin fleshed cattle. Demand for cattle suitable to run on grass was very good with several ranchers and order buyers actively bidding on this class of cattle. Demand for heavier weight cattle was not as strong as it was for cattle suitable to run on grass but was still moderate to good. Market activity was mostly active today with a large crowd on hand for todays sale. Weigh up cows sold on good demand for light offerings. Demand for slaughter cows was mostly good. Small regional packers were in the market again this week buying cows for immediate harvest. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-5.00 higher in a narrow comparison on all classes. Feeding cows sold on mostly good demand this week. Feeding cows sold 5.00-8.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Slaughter bulls sold on good demand this week. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 3.00-7.00 higher a narrow comparison. Bull quality was average to attractive this week. Weigh up conditions were mostly average to above average this week. Several consignments of cows have been out on grass and were very empty as a result. Young cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold on good to very good demand. Most offerings sold steady to 5.00 higher on like quality offerings. Quality was mostly average to attractive today. Very good demand was seen for wet bagged offerings which had recently lost calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $355.37/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −58.56 against this barn's trailing median of $413.93.

Average price

$355.37

60 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$6.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.86

vs MT average

+25.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	355.93	2,003	55
Medium and Large 1-2	541	349.21	1,889	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.72/cwt here — about $113 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale60 hd

355.37

—

MT average2 barns · 651 hd

342.51

+12.86

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

+25.42

This barn, trailing median14 sales

413.93

−58.56

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

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $468.13, low $357.36, median $413.93 across 14 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	1,741	172.73	3,007	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,560	159.09	2,482	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,543	154.68	2,387	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,456	153.51	2,234	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,157	149.47	1,729	35
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	149.00	1,997	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,320	147.00	1,940	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,458	$2,325	2thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,766	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	1,787	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	428.12/cwt	428.00–431.00	2,029	98
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	480	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,016	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	373.75/cwt	372.50–375.00	2,007	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,968	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,998	2
Steers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	664	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	2,088	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,193	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	288	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,426	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,550	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	453.99/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,707	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	431.64/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,804	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	431	411.12/cwt	380.00–417.50	1,772	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	379.70/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,849	168
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	364.02/cwt	362.00–370.00	1,838	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	349.21/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,889	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	559	364.93/cwt	364.00–367.00	2,040	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	339.06/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,970	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	601	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,659	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,037	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	294.44/cwt	287.50–299.00	1,896	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	292.41/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,933	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	305.91/cwt	297.00–310.50	2,077	64
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	294.96/cwt	288.00–297.50	2,118	76
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	761	272.21/cwt	268.00–275.00	2,072	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	50–100	Medium and Large 1	95	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,856	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,312	6
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,328	1
Bulls	1050–1100	Large 1	1,067	230.72/cwt	230.00–231.00	2,462	7
Bulls	1100–1150	Large 1-2	1,140	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	2,138	1
Bulls	1150–1200	Large 1	1,170	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,516	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,435	171.46/cwt	168.00–180.00	2,460	6
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,574	162.49/cwt	159.00–165.00	2,558	4
Bulls	—	—	1,668	166.08/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,770	3
Bulls	—	—	1,870	175.70/cwt	166.00–182.00	3,286	11
Bulls	—	—	2,173	184.65/cwt	184.00–185.00	4,012	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	900	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,148	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	148.28/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,661	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,156	154.18/cwt	146.00–159.00	1,782	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,166	138.59/cwt	128.00–145.00	1,616	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,174	135.35/cwt	125.00–141.00	1,589	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,176	164.44/cwt	161.00–169.00	1,934	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,420	153.90/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,185	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,433	132.23/cwt	131.00–133.50	1,895	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,441	152.53/cwt	145.00–158.00	2,198	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,543	154.68/cwt	151.50–155.00	2,387	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,547	165.74/cwt	164.00–168.00	2,564	3
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,560	159.09/cwt	159.00–160.00	2,482	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,675	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,663	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,320	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,940	1
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,997	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	947	219.02/cwt	181.00–238.00	2,074	13
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,034	225.08/cwt	200.00–257.50	2,327	60
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,116	166.34/cwt	157.00–185.00	1,856	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,126	193.23/cwt	168.00–226.00	2,176	41
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,458	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	2

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 Apr 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 701Last week 229Year ago 544

Slaughter CattleReceipts 112Last week 172Year ago 163

Replacement CattleReceipts 131Last week 104Year ago 288

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	480.00	480.00
24	350–400	376	445.00–470.00	453.99
28	400–450	418	430.00–435.00	431.64
168	450–500	487	365.00–390.00	379.70
4	500–550	505	362.00–370.00	364.02
19	550–600	581	325.00–352.50	339.06
16	600–650	621	328.00	328.00
64	650–700	679	297.00–310.50	305.91
76	700–750	718	288.00–297.50	294.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	288	495.00	495.00
6	400–450	431	380.00–417.50	411.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	550–600	559	364.00–367.00	364.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	541	345.00–352.00	349.21
5	600–650	644	287.50–299.00	294.44
8	650–700	661	285.00–295.00	292.41
10	750–800	761	268.00–275.00	272.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	601	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	420.00	420.00
14	650–700	664	314.50	314.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	515.00	515.00
98	450–500	474	428.00–431.00	428.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	479.00	479.00
4	500–550	537	372.50–375.00	373.75
15	550–600	591	333.00	333.00
2	600–650	600	333.00	333.00
4	750–800	764	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	620	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	450	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
2	50–100	95	775.00	775.00
6	850–900	896	258.00	258.00
1	900–950	935	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1050–1100	1,067	230.00–231.00	230.72
2	1150–1200	1,170	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1100–1150	1,140	187.50	187.50

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	41	—	1,126	168.00–226.00	193.23
(<2 yrs)	Open	60	—	1,034	200.00–257.50	225.08

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	13	—	947	181.00–238.00	219.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,116	157.00–185.00	166.34

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,458	2,325.00	2,325.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,441	145.00–158.00	152.53
1	—	1,675	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,560	159.00–160.00	159.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,174	125.00–141.00	135.35
2	—	1,120	146.00–151.00	148.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,176	161.00–169.00	164.44
10	—	1,156	146.00–159.00	154.18
8	—	1,166	128.00–145.00	138.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,547	164.00–168.00	165.74
11	—	1,420	150.00–158.00	153.90
2	—	1,433	131.00–133.50	132.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,543	151.50–155.00	154.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,574	159.00–165.00	162.49
6	—	1,435	168.00–180.00	171.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,668	165.00–167.00	166.08
3	—	2,173	184.00–185.00	184.65
11	—	1,870	166.00–182.00	175.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	149.00	149.00

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.