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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Dec 2

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Nov 25Dec 2Dec 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,070 head

▲ 146 vs last sale 924▼ 1,069 vs year ago 2,139 · −50.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

227 head

▼ 205 vs last sale 432▼ 278 vs year ago 505 · −55.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

87 head

▼ 109 vs last sale 196▼ 138 vs year ago 225 · −61.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale, a lighter run of cattle in all classes. Feeder Steers 500-700 lbs traded 30.00-45.00 higher with good demand on the larger groups. Feeder Heifers 500-700 lbs sold mostly 40.00 higher with some strong sets of F1 Baldy's setting the price. Slaughter Cows returning to feed were 1.00-2.00 higher with lean cows steady to weak.

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 $422.40/cwt on 169 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −29.17 against this barn's trailing median of $451.58.

Average price

$422.40

169 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$47.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.24

vs MT average

−6.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	423.28	2,368	163
Medium and Large 1-2	535	410.00	2,194	4thin
Medium and Large 2	595	376.00	2,237	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.28/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale169 hd

422.40

—

MT average2 barns · 183 hd

419.16

+3.24

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−6.75

This barn, trailing median11 sales

451.58

−29.17

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	1,726	164.05	2,832	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	159.00	2,465	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,355	156.67	2,122	161
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,151	123.01	1,416	48

Every lot

58 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	345	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,984	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	363	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,033	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	409	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	2,382	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,088	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,288	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,275	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,314	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	484	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,405	97
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	459.52/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,399	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,194	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	558	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,316	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	409.00/cwt	398.00–410.00	2,352	109
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,237	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	396.04/cwt	387.50–408.00	2,495	198
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	385.23/cwt	350.00–388.00	2,516	90
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	676	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,501	62
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,503	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,451	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,457	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	370	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,591	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,850	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	411	422.93/cwt	414.00–435.00	1,738	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	426	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,832	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,055	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	432.14/cwt	430.00–433.00	2,074	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	480	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,973	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,774	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	414.78/cwt	381.00–419.00	2,169	71
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,020	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,079	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	568	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,107	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	369.65/cwt	362.00–372.50	2,144	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	355.05/cwt	344.00–362.00	2,208	121
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	643	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,186	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	647	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,038	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,018	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,125	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	300.04/cwt	275.00–310.00	2,118	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,488	126.04/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,875	2
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,590	165.99/cwt	152.00–172.00	2,639	8
Bulls	—	—	1,944	169.71/cwt	164.00–172.00	3,299	4
Bulls	—	—	2,075	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	3,797	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,024	90.37/cwt	75.00–105.00	925	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,153	120.36/cwt	110.00–124.00	1,388	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,157	138.08/cwt	125.00–149.00	1,598	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,163	113.49/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,320	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,196	108.69/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,300	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,210	154.32/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,867	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,307	177.39/cwt	168.00–189.00	2,318	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,346	133.08/cwt	126.00–138.00	1,791	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,360	156.80/cwt	139.00–167.00	2,132	129
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,404	121.27/cwt	112.50–127.00	1,703	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,550	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,465	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	865	256.63/cwt	250.00–265.00	2,220	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	867	283.58/cwt	270.00–302.50	2,459	28
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,029	249.40/cwt	222.50–277.50	2,566	42
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,103	210.63/cwt	192.50–220.00	2,323	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 Dec 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,070Last week 924Year ago 2,139

Slaughter CattleReceipts 227Last week 432Year ago 505

Replacement CattleReceipts 87Last week 196Year ago 225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	474	480.00	480.00
45	500–550	522	440.00–480.00	459.52
109	550–600	575	398.00–410.00	409.00
198	600–650	630	387.50–408.00	396.04
90	650–700	653	350.00–388.00	385.23
10	700–750	715	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	560.00	560.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	558	415.00	415.00
62	650–700	676	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	520.00	520.00
2	450–500	481	481.00	481.00
4	500–550	535	410.00	410.00
2	750–800	760	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	575.00	575.00
12	400–450	409	582.50	582.50
97	450–500	484	497.00	497.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	480.00	480.00
2	550–600	595	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	490	362.00	362.00
4	500–550	543	372.00	372.00
5	550–600	559	372.00	372.00
7	600–650	647	315.00	315.00
2	700–750	718	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	400	462.50	462.50
24	450–500	480	430.00–433.00	432.14
71	500–550	523	381.00–419.00	414.78
77	550–600	580	362.00–372.50	369.65
121	600–650	622	344.00–362.00	355.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	426	430.00	430.00
7	450–500	478	430.00	430.00
2	550–600	568	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	435.00	435.00
2	500–550	520	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	411.00	411.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	430.00	430.00
7	400–450	411	414.00–435.00	422.93
17	600–650	643	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	528	402.50	402.50
7	700–750	706	275.00–310.00	300.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,307	168.00–189.00	177.39
129	—	1,360	139.00–167.00	156.80
9	—	1,346	126.00–138.00	133.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,153	110.00–124.00	120.36
10	—	1,210	151.00–156.00	154.32
9	—	1,157	125.00–149.00	138.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,024	75.00–105.00	90.37
6	—	1,196	106.00–111.00	108.69
9	—	1,163	110.00–120.00	113.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,404	112.50–127.00	121.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	123.00–130.00	126.04
8	—	1,590	152.00–172.00	165.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,944	164.00–172.00	169.71
2	—	2,075	183.00	183.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	865	250.00–265.00	256.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,103	192.50–220.00	210.63

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	42	—	1,029	222.50–277.50	249.40
(<2 yrs)	Open	28	—	867	270.00–302.50	283.58

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.