Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2019-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 450 lbs were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed, 450-599 lbs sold mostly 4.00-6.00 lower. Yearling steers were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Heifer calves weighing under 400 lbs were too lightly tested to trend, however higher undertones were noticed; heifer calves 400-499 lbs sold mostly 5.00-8.00 higher; heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower; Yearling heifers were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Demand this week was mostly moderate for heavy offerings. The best demand was seen for steers weighing less than 475 lbs and heifers weighing less than 525 lbs suitable to run on grass. Demand for feedlot ready calves was light to moderate as many locations in the corn belt are still wet. Additionally, many farmers are still tied up with harvest as late plantings have led to a later than usual harvest. Quality this week was average to attractive on all calves on offer. Many buyers showed little to no interest for calves with only one round of preconditioning shots. The biggest price gaps between preconditioned and non preconditioned calves existed in grass cattle as very few takers could be found for calves with only one round or no shots. Market activity this week was mostly moderate to active. Weigh up cows sold on very light to moderate demand for heavy offerings. Packers opted to send the majority of offerings to feed this week. Slaughter cows sold on very light demand as seasonably heavy cow volumes have severely diminished demand for cows for immediate harvest. Slaughter cows sold sharply lower with most sales 10.00-15.00 lower on boning and lean cows. Breaking cows sold weak. Feeding cows sold mostly 6.00-10.00 lower. The best demand for cows was for large frame or fleshy cows which packers or feeders could feed to premium white. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 lower. Re-breed cows sold with higher undertones.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.05/cwt on 1,920 head.

Average price

$149.05

1,920 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$832

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$27.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.34

vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	150.49	836	1,640
Medium 1	565	147.35	833	34
Medium and Large 1-2	572	145.82	834	135
Medium 1-2	706	137.00	967	8thin
Large 1-2	550	134.47	739	31
Large 1	685	132.69	909	32
Medium 2	496	131.29	651	31
Medium and Large 2	506	123.00	622	9thin

One grade step is worth $27.49/cwt here — about $214 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 sale1,920 hd

149.05

—

MT average5 barns · 6,474 hd

153.39

−4.34

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	—	High	1,758	65.31	1,148	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,631	67.56	1,102	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,383	50.13	693	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,215	40.76	495	71

Every lot, as filed

82 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	586	140.95/cwt	139.00–142.50	826	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	542	141.76/cwt	134.00–144.00	768	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	607	141.02/cwt	131.00–141.50	856	46
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	706	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	967	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	265	195.47/cwt	192.50–200.00	518	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,035	54.87/cwt	46.00–56.50	568	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	621	151.87/cwt	150.25–152.75	943	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	1,087	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	364	184.01/cwt	183.00–185.00	670	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	137.52/cwt	135.00–139.50	931	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	164.54/cwt	151.00–175.00	712	90
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,270	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	537	127.77/cwt	125.00–130.00	686	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	580	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	754	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	427	139.42/cwt	137.00–142.00	595	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	157.30/cwt	152.50–166.00	739	268
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	73.75/cwt	73.75–73.75	774	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,318	56.46/cwt	49.00–64.00	744	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	822	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,081	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,263	5
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	579	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	761	23
Steers	Medium 1	—	642	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	912	21
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	441	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	688	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	136.46/cwt	135.25–137.25	1,133	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	669	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	896	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	366	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	637	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,382	57.76/cwt	50.50–63.50	798	67
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	939	88.21/cwt	75.00–113.00	828	61
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,184	63.04/cwt	57.00–68.50	746	20
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,058	62.22/cwt	57.50–63.00	658	29
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,180	44.52/cwt	41.25–49.00	525	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	336	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	512	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	394	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	583	8
Bulls	—	—	1,755	74.86/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,314	2
Bulls	—	—	1,720	62.08/cwt	54.50–65.00	1,068	13
Bulls	—	—	1,791	66.84/cwt	58.50–71.00	1,197	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,355	47.18/cwt	46.50–48.00	639	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,540	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	893	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	667	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	56.11/cwt	54.50–58.00	798	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,224	42.74/cwt	37.00–47.50	523	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	953	38.36/cwt	34.50–42.00	366	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	71.37/cwt	69.50–72.00	1,213	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,181	34.82/cwt	31.00–38.00	411	20
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	412	137.26/cwt	133.00–139.00	566	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	488	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	749	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	472	151.78/cwt	151.50–152.00	716	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	436	152.67/cwt	152.50–153.00	666	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	645	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	334	160.40/cwt	160.00–160.50	536	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	386	150.20/cwt	150.00–150.25	580	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	129.37/cwt	126.00–132.00	741	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	149.49/cwt	146.00–151.50	628	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	471	141.72/cwt	138.00–149.00	668	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	517	135.37/cwt	130.50–139.00	700	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,095	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,060	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,325	2
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	601	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	859	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	143.58/cwt	133.50–147.75	889	312
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	150.43/cwt	146.00–153.00	794	362
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	146.95/cwt	142.50–151.00	846	414
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,179	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,242	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	475	138.17/cwt	136.00–140.50	656	16
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,058	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,248	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,016	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,306	11
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	609	124.88/cwt	122.50–125.50	761	30
Heifers	Medium 1	—	791	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,072	6
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	392	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	576	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	506	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	622	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,168	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	130.21/cwt	127.00–131.50	1,204	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	1,045	34
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	513	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	667	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	535	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	647	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	480	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	650	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	343	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	568	134.48/cwt	131.50–135.50	764	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	520	141.55/cwt	140.00–143.50	736	110
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	685	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	884	21
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	466	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	666	8

How this sale compares

Montana weighted averages

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