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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Sep 23

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

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Feeder Cattle receipts

551 head

▼ 318 vs last sale 869▼ 514 vs year ago 1,065 · −48.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

110 head

▼ 96 vs last sale 206▼ 335 vs year ago 445 · −75.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

51 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 78▼ 59 vs year ago 110 · −53.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers were too lightly tested develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Yearling heifers all sold unevenly steady from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Offerings were smaller this week making it difficult for some buyers to start loads. Many small packages of yearling heifers were seen this week. A single load lot of steers was seen this week, and it was met with very good demand. Quality was mostly average to attractive, however quality overall was not as attractive as last weeks sale. CME positions continue to rebound with additional triple digit gains seen today following yesterdays limit higher movement. Market activity was mostly active with rapid bidding seen. Weigh up cows sold on good to very good demand. Slaughter cows were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Cow quality was mostly average this week. Feeding cow demand remains very good with a large pool of feeding buyers actively bidding on offerings. Feeding cows were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed on all offerings. Slaughter bulls and feeding bulls both sold generally steady. Demand for feeding bulls was very good as packers opted to send most of the bulls to feed to regain some of the yield lost during breeding season. Demand for all replacement cows was very good. Buyers showed good demand for all ages of cows to return to the country to pregnancy test, or put in a rebreeding program. Several sets of cows sold exposed and buyers showed strong premiums for these offerings.

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 $390.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −23.93 against this barn's trailing median of $413.93.

Average price

$390.00

8 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.20

vs MT average

+24.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	550	390.00	2,145	8thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

390.00

—

MT average2 barns · 40 hd

381.80

+8.20

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

+24.15

This barn, trailing median14 sales

413.93

−23.93

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	—	Average	1,710	186.55	3,189	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,425	169.77	2,418	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,150	157.73	1,814	52

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,153	$3,150	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,045	$2,850	1thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	534	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,366	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,503	3
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	647	419.10/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,712	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	414.42/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,743	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	406.77/cwt	405.00–409.00	3,006	36
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,811	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	377.46/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,978	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,078	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	858	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,003	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	354.48/cwt	354.00–354.50	3,272	83
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,291	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	550	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,145	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,570	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,588	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,760	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	352.52/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,732	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	844	352.82/cwt	350.00–353.00	2,978	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	339.48/cwt	331.00–350.00	2,940	31
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	894	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,928	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	897	325.23/cwt	322.50–328.00	2,917	13
Heifers	900–950	Large 1	903	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,926	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	924	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,957	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	323.55/cwt	321.00–327.00	3,012	25
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	316.46/cwt	311.00–319.00	3,073	92
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,008	313.08/cwt	307.00–314.00	3,156	23
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,081	295.04/cwt	288.00–310.00	3,189	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,060	235.75/cwt	227.50–240.00	2,499	3
Bulls	1200–1250	Large 1-2	1,245	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,801	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,622	182.94/cwt	177.00–187.00	2,967	9
Bulls	—	—	1,703	192.54/cwt	192.00–193.00	3,279	2
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,714	190.27/cwt	187.00–195.00	3,261	24
Bulls	—	—	1,810	176.70/cwt	170.00–184.00	3,198	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	900	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	999	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,045	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,557	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,072	123.32/cwt	120.00–133.00	1,322	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,075	145.64/cwt	130.00–159.00	1,566	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,175	171.72/cwt	161.00–175.00	2,018	23
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,276	177.49/cwt	176.50–178.00	2,265	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,459	171.66/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,505	11
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1	790	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,133	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium 2	828	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,718	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	984	227.00/cwt	190.00–232.50	2,234	17
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	991	195.08/cwt	182.00–230.00	1,933	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,022	261.84/cwt	222.50–290.00	2,676	14
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,165	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,155	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,295	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,124	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,045	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,153	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	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 Sep 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 551Last week 869Year ago 1,065

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 206Year ago 445

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 78Year ago 110

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,703	192.00–193.00	192.54
7	—	1,810	170.00–184.00	176.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,622	177.00–187.00	182.94
24	—	1,714	187.00–195.00	190.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	149.00	149.00
11	—	1,459	165.00–175.00	171.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,072	120.00–133.00	123.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,276	176.50–178.00	177.49
23	—	1,175	161.00–175.00	171.72
9	—	1,075	130.00–159.00	145.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	111.00	111.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	618	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	770	365.00	365.00
3	850–900	858	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	662	410.00–415.00	414.42
36	700–750	739	405.00–409.00	406.77
15	750–800	789	375.00–390.00	377.46
2	850–900	855	360.00	360.00
83	900–950	923	354.00–354.50	354.48
3	950–1000	965	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	534	443.00	443.00
22	600–650	647	415.00–420.00	419.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	719	357.50	357.50
4	750–800	775	350.00–357.50	352.52
13	850–900	897	322.50–328.00	325.23
4	900–950	924	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	721	359.00	359.00
5	750–800	771	358.00	358.00
16	800–850	844	350.00–353.00	352.82
31	850–900	866	331.00–350.00	339.48
25	900–950	931	321.00–327.00	323.55
92	950–1000	971	311.00–319.00	316.46
23	1000–1050	1,008	307.00–314.00	313.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	850–900	894	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	903	324.00	324.00
15	1050–1100	1,081	288.00–310.00	295.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	550	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,060	227.50–240.00	235.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1200–1250	1,245	225.00	225.00

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 (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	984	190.00–232.50	227.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,022	222.50–290.00	261.84

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,165	185.00	185.00

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	6	—	991	182.00–230.00	195.08

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,295	164.00	164.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	828	207.50	207.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	270.00	270.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,153	3,150.00	3,150.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	2,850.00	2,850.00

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.