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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2026-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Mar 31

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

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Feeder Cattle receipts

937 head

▲ 819 vs last sale 118▲ 328 vs year ago 609 · +53.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

265 head

▲ 53 vs last sale 212▲ 121 vs year ago 144 · +84.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

110 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 82▼ 13 vs year ago 123 · −10.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week (3-24-26): All feeder cattle were to lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Demand for feeder cattle was mostly good to very good. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive and significantly higher than last weeks offering. Feeders were mostly offered in moderate size packages this week, with a few load lots on offer as well. CME positions moved higher all last week and continued to push higher today with all contracts posting strong gains. A larger crowd was on hand for todays sale as quality and the volume of feeders drew a larger crowd. Several ranchers were present today bidding on both replacement heifers and steers suitable to go to grass. Market activity was active this week, with stronger demand and more buyers. Rapid bidding was seen as a result. Weigh up cows sold on good demand for light to moderate offerings. A large offering of fed cows was seen this week. Demand for fed cows was good as packers bid against each other on several sets of very attractive fed cows. Premium white cows sold fully steady on a slightly lower yielding offering noticed this week. Feeding cow buyers showed good demand for all cows which would feed. Feeding cows sold fully steady. Slaughter cows sold on good demand. Slaughter cows sold with steady undertones in a narrow comparison. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed on a higher yielding offering. Feeding type bulls were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were noticed on a lower quality offering. Young age cows were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to higher undertones were noticed. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive.

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 $438.80/cwt on 110 head, down $9.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 14 comparable sales and sits +24.88 against this barn's trailing median of $413.93.

Average price

$438.80

▼ 9.44 vs prior sale

110 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,510

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$2.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.92

vs MT average

+15.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	439.24	2,522	88
Medium and Large 1-2	563	437.05	2,460	22

One grade step is worth $2.20/cwt here — about $62 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 sale110 hd

438.80

—

MT average2 barns · 161 hd

430.88

+7.92

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

+15.61

This barn, trailing median14 sales

413.93

+24.88

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	1,772	197.61	3,501	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,466	174.70	2,561	26
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,870	172.38	3,223	146
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,484	168.99	2,508	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,193	146.08	1,743	12

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,066	$4,050	12

Every lot

60 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,286	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	504.97/cwt	502.50–507.50	2,580	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	542.00/cwt	542.00–542.00	2,851	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,562	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	495.45/cwt	487.50–512.50	2,799	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	440.55/cwt	427.50–445.00	2,665	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	471.60/cwt	459.00–490.00	2,952	55
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	456.55/cwt	432.50–459.00	3,027	63
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,864	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	409.41/cwt	401.50–424.00	3,001	64
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	817	357.92/cwt	357.50–360.00	2,924	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	375.46/cwt	370.00–380.00	3,090	123
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	339.04/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,984	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,301	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	504	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,306	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	477.50/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,559	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,491	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	417.38/cwt	417.00–440.00	2,488	56
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	410.38/cwt	404.00–417.00	2,594	89
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	661	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,561	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,377	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,639	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	742	372.18/cwt	371.00–380.00	2,762	104
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	344.98/cwt	343.00–350.00	2,656	45
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	833	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	3,024	74
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,523	177.05/cwt	164.00–185.00	2,696	3
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,528	182.91/cwt	164.00–192.50	2,795	6
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,740	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,463	1
Bulls	—	—	1,806	202.62/cwt	199.00–209.00	3,659	9
Bulls	—	—	2,094	214.84/cwt	210.00–218.00	4,499	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows23 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,110	145.07/cwt	137.00–155.00	1,610	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,143	171.92/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,965	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,210	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,392	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,225	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,236	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,237	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,299	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,295	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,968	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,343	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,176	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,348	186.15/cwt	182.00–186.50	2,509	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,373	155.19/cwt	150.00–164.00	2,131	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,427	152.16/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,171	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,443	113.71/cwt	112.50–115.00	1,641	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,505	176.13/cwt	174.00–181.00	2,651	41
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,518	139.21/cwt	135.00–144.00	2,113	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,219	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,532	172.75/cwt	172.00–175.00	2,647	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,571	167.08/cwt	164.00–170.50	2,625	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,635	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	2,706	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,640	154.30/cwt	149.00–161.00	2,531	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,750	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,853	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,881	173.65/cwt	171.00–174.00	3,266	105
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%Heavy Weight	2,025	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	3,321	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%Heavy Weight	2,096	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	3,626	19
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%Heavy Weight	2,205	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	3,109	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1	747	338.31/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,527	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	753	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,259	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	874	289.53/cwt	277.00–312.50	2,530	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,085	279.88/cwt	207.50–337.50	3,037	30
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,089	279.42/cwt	240.00–342.50	3,043	49
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,222	217.49/cwt	195.00–312.50	2,658	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,066	4,050.00/head	4,050.00–4,050.00	4,050	12

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 Mar 31, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 937Last week 118Year ago 609

Slaughter CattleReceipts 265Last week 212Year ago 144

Replacement CattleReceipts 110Last week 82Year ago 123

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	536	475.00–480.00	477.50
56	550–600	596	417.00–440.00	417.38
89	600–650	632	404.00–417.00	410.38
14	700–750	728	362.50	362.50
45	750–800	770	343.00–350.00	344.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	458	502.50	502.50
4	500–550	504	457.50	457.50
18	550–600	576	432.50	432.50
4	650–700	681	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	650–700	661	387.50	387.50
104	700–750	742	371.00–380.00	372.18
74	800–850	833	363.00	363.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	502.50	502.50
6	500–550	511	502.50–507.50	504.97
7	550–600	554	462.50	462.50
4	600–650	605	427.50–445.00	440.55
6	650–700	686	417.50	417.50
6	800–850	817	357.50–360.00	357.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	526	542.00	542.00
14	550–600	565	487.50–512.50	495.45
55	600–650	626	459.00–490.00	471.60
63	650–700	663	432.50–459.00	456.55
64	700–750	733	401.50–424.00	409.41
123	800–850	823	370.00–380.00	375.46
24	850–900	880	337.50–350.00	339.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,143	170.00–174.00	171.92
2	—	1,110	137.00–155.00	145.07
2	—	1,225	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,237	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,295	152.00	152.00
1	—	1,210	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	165.50	165.50
14	—	1,348	182.00–186.50	186.15
4	—	1,532	172.00–175.00	172.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,640	149.00–161.00	154.30
1	—	1,750	163.00	163.00
1	—	1,530	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	135.00–144.00	139.21
2	—	1,343	162.00	162.00
4	—	1,427	145.00–155.00	152.16
2	—	1,443	112.50–115.00	113.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	2,096	173.00	173.00
1	—	2,205	141.00	141.00
1	—	2,025	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,881	171.00–174.00	173.65
20	—	1,571	164.00–170.50	167.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,373	150.00–164.00	155.19
41	—	1,505	174.00–181.00	176.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,806	199.00–209.00	202.62
3	—	1,523	164.00–185.00	177.05
6	—	2,094	210.00–218.00	214.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	199.00	199.00
6	—	1,528	164.00–192.50	182.91

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	747	320.00–342.50	338.31

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	753	300.00	300.00

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	4	—	1,222	195.00–312.50	217.49
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	874	277.00–312.50	289.53

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	30	—	1,085	207.50–337.50	279.88
(<2 yrs)	Open	49	—	1,089	240.00–342.50	279.42

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,066	4,050.00	4,050.00

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.