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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Sep 30

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Sep 23Sep 30Oct 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

820 head

▲ 269 vs last sale 551▲ 328 vs year ago 492 · +66.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

215 head

▲ 105 vs last sale 110▼ 135 vs year ago 350 · −38.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

101 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 51▲ 29 vs year ago 72 · +40.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers were too lightly tested develop any market trend. Yearling heifers sold generally steady in a narrow comparison. Calves were too lightly tested last week to develop any market comparison. Demand was mostly good to very good for light to moderate offerings. Many small packages of yearling heifers were seen this week. Quality was mostly average to attractive with most offerings coming off grass. CME positions traded with triple digit gains today which helped provide some market support. Market activity was mostly active. 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 plain to average this week and not as attractive as last weeks offering. Feeding cow demand remains very good with a large pool of feeding buyers actively bidding on offerings. Feeding cows sold generally steady on a lower quality lower yielding offering. 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.

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 $426.39/cwt on 131 head. That ranks 10 of 14 comparable sales and sits +12.47 against this barn's trailing median of $413.93.

Average price

$426.39

131 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,249

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$196

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$3.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.02

vs MT average

+57.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	426.45	2,246	129
Medium 1	578	422.50	2,442	2thin

One grade step is worth $3.95/cwt here — about −$196 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 sale131 hd

426.39

—

MT average3 barns · 259 hd

406.38

+20.02

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

+57.48

This barn, trailing median14 sales

413.93

+12.47

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	1,762	189.10	3,331	60
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,781	172.00	3,063	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	170.20	2,513	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,403	159.77	2,241	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,150	157.08	1,806	116
Dairy Bulls	—	Low	1,445	170.00	2,457	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	975	134.00	1,307	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 Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	757	$2,934	36

Every lot

72 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,650	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	316	657.50/cwt	657.50–657.50	2,078	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,310	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	481	495.32/cwt	485.00–497.00	2,382	89
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	537	446.40/cwt	446.00–446.50	2,397	84
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	572	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,202	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,351	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	606	390.52/cwt	390.00–394.00	2,367	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	3,003	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	3,103	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,118	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	891	348.74/cwt	347.50–350.00	3,107	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	979	332.19/cwt	331.00–334.00	3,252	5
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,068	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,407	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	399	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,045	28
Heifers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	405	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,752	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	423	487.22/cwt	442.50–497.50	2,061	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,086	2
Heifers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	489	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,687	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	514	441.50/cwt	430.00–444.00	2,269	93
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	537	392.32/cwt	385.00–396.00	2,107	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	567	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,189	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	578	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,442	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	609	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,442	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1-2	650	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,243	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,703	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,599	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	347.99/cwt	342.50–361.00	2,509	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	357.94/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,760	61
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,760	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	349.05/cwt	340.50–352.00	2,862	52
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,755	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	331.74/cwt	329.50–341.00	2,903	28
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	893	322.87/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,883	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	324.31/cwt	319.00–327.00	2,974	62
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,110	2
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,048	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,301	2
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,073	310.95/cwt	305.00–314.00	3,336	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Large 1Unweaned	339	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,949	5
Bulls	350–400	Large 1Unweaned	394	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,931	4
Bulls	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	479	430.02/cwt	390.00–445.00	2,060	15
Bulls	1100–1150	Large 1	1,125	274.93/cwt	270.00–280.00	3,093	2
Bulls	1150–1200	Large 1	1,190	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	3,213	1
Bulls	1250–1300	Large 1	1,290	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	3,128	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,703	180.42/cwt	172.00–184.00	3,073	6
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,711	190.80/cwt	186.00–197.00	3,265	36
Bulls	—	—	1,830	179.36/cwt	172.00–185.00	3,282	4
Bulls	—	—	1,897	191.24/cwt	187.00–196.00	3,628	14
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	775	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,124	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	958	119.90/cwt	113.00–125.00	1,149	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,080	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,912	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,104	157.96/cwt	139.00–161.00	1,744	59
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,192	144.01/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,717	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,214	127.02/cwt	113.00–138.00	1,542	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,225	166.12/cwt	166.00–171.00	2,035	40
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,923	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,328	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,793	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,382	149.03/cwt	140.00–165.00	2,060	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,385	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,465	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,446	169.27/cwt	168.00–170.00	2,448	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,448	170.08/cwt	166.00–174.00	2,463	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,568	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,713	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,781	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	3,063	8
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	975	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,307	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,445	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,457	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1	735	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	16
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	2,990.08/head	2,975.00–3,050.00	2,990	16
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	784	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,507	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,016	290.55/cwt	225.00–301.00	2,952	50
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,033	220.81/cwt	187.50–240.00	2,281	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,130	245.07/cwt	225.00–270.00	2,769	3

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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 820Last week 551Year ago 492

Slaughter CattleReceipts 215Last week 110Year ago 350

Replacement CattleReceipts 101Last week 51Year ago 72

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	399	512.50	512.50
16	400–450	423	442.50–497.50	487.22
2	450–500	473	441.00	441.00
9	500–550	537	385.00–396.00	392.32
27	550–600	567	386.00	386.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	721	342.50–361.00	347.99
2	750–800	793	348.00	348.00
2	800–850	820	336.00	336.00
7	850–900	893	320.00–325.00	322.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	693	390.00	390.00
9	700–750	710	366.00	366.00
61	750–800	771	350.00–362.00	357.94
52	800–850	820	340.50–352.00	349.05
28	850–900	875	329.50–341.00	331.74
62	900–950	917	319.00–327.00	324.31
2	950–1000	963	323.00	323.00
2	1000–1050	1,048	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
93	500–550	514	430.00–444.00	441.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	405	432.50	432.50
4	450–500	489	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,073	305.00–314.00	310.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	650	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	578	422.50	422.50
5	600–650	609	401.00	401.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	891	347.50–350.00	348.74
5	950–1000	979	331.00–334.00	332.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	660.00	660.00
4	300–350	316	657.50	657.50
8	400–450	420	550.00	550.00
89	450–500	481	485.00–497.00	495.32
84	500–550	537	446.00–446.50	446.40
33	550–600	582	404.00	404.00
8	600–650	606	390.00–394.00	390.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	382.50	382.50
2	800–850	823	377.00	377.00
4	850–900	866	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1050–1100	1,068	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	572	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1100–1150	1,125	270.00–280.00	274.93
1	1150–1200	1,190	270.00	270.00
1	1250–1300	1,290	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	575.00	575.00
4	350–400	394	490.00	490.00
15	450–500	479	390.00–445.00	430.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	177.00	177.00
59	—	1,104	139.00–161.00	157.96
40	—	1,225	166.00–171.00	166.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,446	168.00–170.00	169.27
2	—	1,568	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	145.00	145.00
3	—	958	113.00–125.00	119.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,214	113.00–138.00	127.02
3	—	1,192	143.00–145.00	144.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,781	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	152.00	152.00
2	—	1,328	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,448	166.00–174.00	170.08
5	—	1,382	140.00–165.00	149.03
1	—	1,385	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,830	172.00–185.00	179.36
14	—	1,897	187.00–196.00	191.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,703	172.00–184.00	180.42
36	—	1,711	186.00–197.00	190.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	170.00	170.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	735	2,900.00	2,900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	784	2,850.00	2,850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	772	2,975.00–3,050.00	2,990.08

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	—	1,033	187.50–240.00	220.81
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	262.50	262.50

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	50	—	1,016	225.00–301.00	290.55
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,130	225.00–270.00	245.07

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.