Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2019-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were all scarcely tested again this week thus no trend is available. Rain has finally slowed and allowed ranchers to brand. Demand for feeders was light on very light offerings. Quality this week was plain. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand today as packers and feeding buyers both showed good demand for cows. Packers opted to send most of the cow offering to feed this week. Many cows were short term feeding cows that packers are stashing away for the week of July 4th. Cow quality this week was attractive to very attractive. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher on lean and boning cows, breaking cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeding buyers purchased most of the fleshy cows to send to feed. Feeding cows sold mostly 1.00-3.00 higher as many buyers were in the market bidding on offerings. Slaughter bulls sold unevenly steady. Packers wanted to buy bulls lower this week and they started out the sale lower, however demand for bulls remains good and by the end of the sale bulls were higher than last week. Bulls sold 1.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Young age cows sold higher as re-breed demand continues to help push these offerings higher. Quality was average to attractive this week. Offerings were mostly light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.42/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$133.42

62 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$887

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$7.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.48

vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	684	134.49	920	53
Medium and Large 1-2	550	127.11	699	9thin

One grade step is worth $7.38/cwt here — about $222 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale62 hd

133.42

—

MT average3 barns · 758 hd

137.90

−4.48

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,863	88.31	1,645	55
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,644	71.33	1,173	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,476	67.75	1,000	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,190	61.30	730	72

Every lot, as filed

34 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	933	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,026	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	865	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,021	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	966	9
Bulls	—	—	1,798	85.99/cwt	83.00–89.50	1,546	23
Bulls	—	—	1,539	77.46/cwt	74.50–80.00	1,192	7
Bulls	—	—	2,022	92.56/cwt	89.00–96.00	1,872	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,017	97.02/cwt	75.50–113.00	987	76
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,142	80.67/cwt	70.00–106.00	921	76
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,372	70.40/cwt	68.00–74.50	966	85
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,064	59.44/cwt	55.50–61.50	632	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	793	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	731	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	151.00/cwt	146.50–152.50	1,028	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	820	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,428	1,875.00/cwt	1,875.00–1,875.00	26,775	12
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,243	66.34/cwt	61.50–71.00	825	185
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,366	69.45/cwt	64.00–72.00	949	270
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,587	67.85/cwt	67.50–68.50	1,077	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	72.64/cwt	70.50–73.00	1,209	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	50.90/cwt	49.00–53.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	959	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	135.83/cwt	133.00–136.50	914	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	659	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,372	64.22/cwt	63.50–65.50	881	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,435	69.81/cwt	69.00–70.00	1,002	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,283	67.94/cwt	67.50–68.50	872	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,227	65.28/cwt	63.00–67.00	801	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	58.45/cwt	54.00–62.50	684	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,511	67.42/cwt	65.50–69.00	1,019	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	870	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	435	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	990	56.00/cwt	54.00–58.00	554	2
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,960	91.23/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,788	4
Bulls	—Natural	—	2,028	98.27/cwt	94.50–102.50	1,993	5

How this sale compares

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.

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