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Miles City Livestock Commission

Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2026-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Aug 18

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773

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Feeder Cattle receipts

224 head

▲ 105 vs last sale 119▼ 394 vs year ago 618 · −63.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

150 head

▲ 60 vs last sale 90▼ 22 vs year ago 172 · −12.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 56 vs last sale 76▼ 170 vs year ago 190 · −89.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale (8-04-26): Feeder cattle were all too lightly tested last sale to develop any market trend. A few yearlings are beginning to come off grass. Quality this week was mostly average to attractive. Demand for feeders was mostly moderate, but suffered again this sale as buyers struggled to build loads. Many sets of yearlings coming off grass were pushing moderate amounts on all feeders on offer. A few sets of spring calves were seen this week. Several were out of drought areas. Calves were in mostly light flesh. Demand for calves was light as hot weather and light offerings limited demand. CME positions traded much of the morning in positive territory but traded mixed before the end of the sale, which concluded before the board closed. CME positions are lower than the last sale on August 8th. Market activity was slow to moderate this week. Weigh up cows sold on light to moderate demand for light offerings. Feeding cows were too lightly tested last sale to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to lower undertones were noticed on a poorer quality offering. Slaughter cows were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 3.00-5.00 lower on a lower yielding offering. A large offering of bulls was seen this sale as many are marketing bulls coming out of breeding pastures. Many bulls were in thin condition and lower yielding as a result. Weigh up conditions were mixed today with both full and empty cows and bulls noticed. Quality this week was mostly plain to average. Young age cows were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend. Many young cows were pushing moderate to moderate plus flesh as pasture conditions in eastern Montana have been mostly good. Quality this week was mostly plain to average this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $363.33/cwt on 15 head, down $21.41 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 15 comparable sales and sits −21.41 against this barn's trailing median of $384.74.

Average price

$363.33

▼ 21.41 vs prior sale

15 head · 644 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,339

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.23

vs MT average

+27.50 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	644	363.33	2,339	15thin

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale15 hd

363.33

—

MT average2 barns · 28 hd

349.11

+14.23

National average147 barns · 4,354 hd

335.83

+27.50

This barn, trailing median15 sales

384.74

−21.41

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 600–700 lb

15 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $403.45, low $332.58, median $384.74 across 15 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	1,819	191.48	3,484	80
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,620	166.27	2,693	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,457	165.62	2,412	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,106	123.79	1,369	7thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	348	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,844	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	367	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,899	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	424	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,099	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	453	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,676	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	498	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,206	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	575	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,286	4
Steers	650–700	Medium 1Thin Fleshed	655	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,571	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	387	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,771	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	423	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,734	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	441	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,841	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	456	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,915	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1Thin Fleshed	625	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,288	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1Thin Fleshed	695	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,474	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,445	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,654	12
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	942	297.07/cwt	296.50–299.00	2,798	27
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	299.23/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,906	13
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,030	290.75/cwt	288.50–294.00	2,995	18
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,060	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	3,037	2
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1Full	1,088	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	3,057	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	510	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,027	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,426	179.46/cwt	174.00–184.00	2,559	5
Bulls	—	—	1,724	185.45/cwt	171.00–193.00	3,197	44
Bulls	—	—Natural	1,817	191.69/cwt	191.00–195.00	3,483	6
Bulls	—	—	1,987	201.15/cwt	194.00–213.00	3,997	19
Bulls	—	—	2,271	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	5,019	5
Bulls	—	—Heavy Weight	2,555	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	4,701	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	865	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	908	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,055	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,794	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,164	118.31/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,377	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,037	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,439	167.81/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,415	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,590	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,500	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,280	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,525	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,562	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,600	159.51/cwt	153.00–164.00	2,552	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,644	165.77/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,725	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,675	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,680	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,130	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,401	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	183.88/cwt	175.00–193.00	2,096	2
Stock Cows	—	Large 1	1,150	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,415	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,201	214.00/cwt	191.00–232.50	2,570	10

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 Aug 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 224Last week 119Year ago 618

Slaughter CattleReceipts 150Last week 90Year ago 172

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 76Year ago 190

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,500	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,439	165.00–174.00	167.81
3	—	1,600	153.00–164.00	159.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,644	165.00–167.00	165.77
1	—	1,675	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,525	168.00	168.00
1	—	1,480	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,164	115.00–125.00	118.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,987	194.00–213.00	201.15
44	—	1,724	171.00–193.00	185.45
5	—	2,271	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,817	191.00–195.00	191.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,426	174.00–184.00	179.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,555	184.00	184.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	510	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	717	341.00	341.00
12	750–800	790	336.00	336.00
27	900–950	942	296.50–299.00	297.07
13	950–1000	971	295.00–300.00	299.23
18	1000–1050	1,030	288.50–294.00	290.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	457.50	457.50
4	400–450	441	417.50	417.50
9	450–500	456	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	735	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1050–1100	1,088	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1050–1100	1,060	286.50	286.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	625	366.00	366.00
4	650–700	695	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	530.00	530.00
5	350–400	367	517.50	517.50
11	400–450	424	495.00	495.00
18	450–500	498	443.00	443.00
4	550–600	575	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	453	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	655	392.50	392.50

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	10	—	1,201	191.00–232.50	214.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	212.50	212.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,140	175.00–193.00	183.88

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	210.00	210.00

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.