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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2026-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Jan 27

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

← Jan 20Jan 27Feb 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

619 head

▼ 762 vs last sale 1,381▼ 972 vs year ago 1,591 · −61.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

55 head

▼ 195 vs last sale 250▼ 56 vs year ago 111 · −50.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

33 head

▼ 668 vs last sale 701▼ 79 vs year ago 112 · −70.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week (1-20-26): Feeder cattle were all too lightly tested either this week or last week to develop a full market trend, however steady to firm undertones were noticed on both sexes. Demand for all feeders was good to very good on light to moderate offerings. Demand for light weight cattle suitable to develop into yearlings was mostly very good this week. Quality this week was overall more attractive than last weeks sale. Most cattle were offered in smaller groups this week with no full load lots on offer. Quality this sale was mostly average to attractive. Market activity was mostly active this week with a slightly large buyer pool noticed compared to last week. Weigh up cows sold on moderate to good demand for light to moderate offerings. Feeding demand continues to remain strong. Feeding cows sold steady to 5.00 higher with additional feeding buyers noticed this week. The largest price increases on feeding cows was from lower yielding and slightly blemished cows as some feeding buyers were willing to take blemished cows to feed this week. Slaughter cows were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed on all offerings. Packers and feeding buyers bid aggressively on slightly blemished cows this week as packers showed need for cows for immediate harvest due to a Midwest snow storm and lighter available offerings. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to higher undertones were noticed. Young age cows sold generally steady in a narrow comparison. Quality was mostly average this week.

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 $502.30/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 11 of 11 comparable sales and sits +50.72 against this barn's trailing median of $451.58.

Average price

$502.30

98 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$70.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.04

vs MT average

+18.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	508.01	2,704	90
Medium and Large 1-2	563	438.00	2,466	8thin

One grade step is worth $70.01/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale98 hd

502.30

—

MT average3 barns · 532 hd

492.25

+10.04

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+18.20

This barn, trailing median11 sales

451.58

+50.72

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	1,771	167.55	2,967	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,525	160.49	2,448	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,368	159.62	2,184	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	994	124.74	1,240	18

Every lot

62 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium 1-2	325	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,658	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	642.50/cwt	642.50–642.50	2,294	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,419	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	438	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,650	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	583.80/cwt	578.00–588.00	2,662	55
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	511.72/cwt	510.00–517.50	2,656	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,724	71
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	462.16/cwt	460.00–471.00	2,593	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,466	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	612	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,699	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	435.05/cwt	432.00–438.50	2,736	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	424.11/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,791	103
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	2,648	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	741	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,757	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,644	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	813	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,618	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	340	571.00/cwt	571.00–571.00	1,941	11
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,955	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	484.77/cwt	482.50–485.00	1,842	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	418	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,320	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,332	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	433	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,992	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	503.80/cwt	480.00–530.00	2,323	46
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,384	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,287	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	420.82/cwt	412.50–425.00	2,365	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,424	4
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	714	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,442	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1-2	398	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,030	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,589	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,256	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,522	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,235	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,853	1
Bulls	—	—	1,701	151.84/cwt	134.00–170.00	2,583	5
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,888	174.48/cwt	174.00–175.00	3,294	2
Bulls	—	—	1,898	185.00/cwt	184.00–186.00	3,511	3
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,905	182.52/cwt	182.00–183.00	3,477	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows18 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	895	118.65/cwt	105.00–121.00	1,062	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	960	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	816	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,005	139.64/cwt	137.50–142.50	1,403	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,332	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	880	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,073	156.86/cwt	155.00–159.00	1,683	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,105	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,851	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,110	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,582	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,183	106.06/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,255	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,295	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,360	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,308	147.30/cwt	125.00–159.00	1,927	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,374	168.56/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,316	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,403	165.95/cwt	165.50–166.50	2,328	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,415	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	2,087	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,430	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,302	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,444	173.26/cwt	173.00–174.00	2,502	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,550	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,620	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,750	161.28/cwt	157.50–165.00	2,822	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1	760	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,223	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	853	297.06/cwt	284.00–314.00	2,534	15
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1	890	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,359	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,000	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,850	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,043	244.64/cwt	200.00–290.00	2,552	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,180	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,183	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,296	185.42/cwt	175.00–190.00	2,403	4

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 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 619Last week 1,381Year ago 1,591

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 250Year ago 111

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 701Year ago 112

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	563	438.00	438.00
21	650–700	678	390.50	390.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	438	605.00	605.00
71	500–550	530	514.00	514.00
23	600–650	612	441.00	441.00
10	700–750	741	372.00	372.00
4	750–800	750	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	357	642.50	642.50
8	400–450	410	590.00	590.00
55	450–500	456	578.00–588.00	583.80
9	500–550	519	510.00–517.50	511.72
10	550–600	561	460.00–471.00	462.16
23	600–650	629	432.00–438.50	435.05
103	650–700	658	415.00–425.00	424.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	510.00	510.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	813	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	570.00	570.00
3	400–450	422	552.50	552.50
46	450–500	461	480.00–530.00	503.80
28	500–550	524	455.00	455.00
23	550–600	562	412.50–425.00	420.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	380	482.50–485.00	484.77
2	500–550	538	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	340	571.00	571.00
22	400–450	418	555.00	555.00
4	550–600	569	426.00	426.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	714	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	495.00	495.00
6	550–600	564	400.00	400.00
2	750–800	770	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	398	510.00	510.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	155.00–159.00	156.86
3	—	1,005	137.50–142.50	139.64
1	—	1,105	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	85.00	85.00
7	—	895	105.00–121.00	118.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,750	157.50–165.00	161.28
1	—	1,415	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,005	132.50	132.50
2	—	1,183	105.00–107.00	106.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,374	160.00–172.00	168.56
3	—	1,308	125.00–159.00	147.30
4	—	1,444	173.00–174.00	173.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	169.00	169.00
1	—	1,295	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,110	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	161.00	161.00
2	—	1,403	165.50–166.50	165.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,888	174.00–175.00	174.48
2	—	1,905	182.00–183.00	182.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,701	134.00–170.00	151.84
3	—	1,898	184.00–186.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	150.00	150.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	1	—	1,180	185.00	185.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	265.00	265.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	292.50	292.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	185.00	185.00

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	9	—	1,043	200.00–290.00	244.64
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	853	284.00–314.00	297.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,296	175.00–190.00	185.42

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.