Sale reports / Montana / Miles City Livestock Commission / 2021-05-25

Miles City Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, May 25
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773
Feeder Cattle receipts
327 head
2 vs last sale 329 327 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
534 head
163 vs last sale 371 534 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
280 head
2 vs last sale 282 280 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers were all too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady undertones were noticed on like quality offerings. Quality this week was mostly plain to average. Demand was mostly moderate for light offerings. Market activity this week was slow to moderate. Weigh up cows comprised the majority of the offering this week. Packers continue to be aggressive as they purchase cows. Packers opted to put the majority of the cow offering on feed this week. Many cows were purchased to put on a holding ration until shackle space becomes available. Packers also purchased high quality cows suitable to feed to premium white. Quality this week was attractive to very attractive. Heavy supplies of cows continue to be offered up as ranchers cull cows which aren't raising calves or have yet to calve. Weigh up conditions were mostly in buyers favor this week as most cows coming off grass were slicked off and very empty. Both slaughter and feeding cows sold fully steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to weak. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold steady to firm. Quality this week was average to attractive. Demand for cow-calf pairs was mostly light as ranchers continue to show concern over both drought conditions and higher feed prices.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.90/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$134.90
85 head · 779 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,051
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$176
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$38.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.61
vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2627150.009415thin
Medium and Large 1743138.801,03266
Large 11,004111.141,11614thin
One grade step is worth $38.86/cwt here — about −$176 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 sale85 hd
134.90
MT average3 barns · 222 hd
144.51
−9.61
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,88193.421,75862
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,41266.02933171
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,59665.571,04618
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,20462.56753233

Every lot, as filed

49 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-293063.00/cwt63.00–63.005861
SteersLarge 11,067107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,1478
SteersLarge 1921116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0686
BullsMedium and Large 2465137.00/cwt137.00–137.006373
Stock CowsLarge 193065.50/cwt65.50–65.506091
SteersMedium and Large 1-2552160.00/cwt160.00–160.008833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2740135.00/cwt135.00–135.009992
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-289473.27/cwt71.00–76.506554
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,01488.29/cwt70.00–104.5089582
SteersMedium and Large 1761137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,04330
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4711,403.58/cwt1,350.00–1,425.0020,64713
HeifersMedium and Large 1658135.88/cwt134.00–138.0089431
HeifersMedium and Large 1829114.78/cwt114.00–115.5095211
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 11,0371,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0014,7775
HeifersMedium and Large 1638140.00/cwt140.00–140.0089313
SteersMedium and Large 1714141.96/cwt140.50–143.001,01432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2676123.17/cwt121.00–124.008337
SteersMedium and Large 1844127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0724
BullsNatural2,046101.95/cwt98.00–106.002,08623
BullsHeavy Weight2,56593.50/cwt93.50–93.502,3981
Bulls1,68987.19/cwt84.00–91.001,47315
Bulls1,42082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,1641
BullsReturn to Feed1,38780.01/cwt73.00–84.001,1103
Bulls2,05594.14/cwt92.50–96.001,93512
BullsReturn to Feed1,60086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3761
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,20059.49/cwt54.00–62.0071442
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47264.97/cwt63.00–66.5095615
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37060.47/cwt59.00–61.008289
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61562.91/cwt61.50–65.001,0163
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight97544.00/cwt44.00–44.004291
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,47060.06/cwt58.00–61.008833
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,24465.77/cwt62.00–68.5081892
BullsNatural1,90894.52/cwt94.00–95.001,8032
BullsNatural1,54783.58/cwt81.50–85.001,2933
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,70066.50/cwt66.50–66.501,1311
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91855.26/cwt52.00–58.005076
BullsLight Weight1,38568.50/cwt68.50–68.509491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59867.17/cwt66.50–67.501,0733
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,36568.27/cwt68.25–68.5093213
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,41266.44/cwt62.00–67.75938131
BullsLarge 11,22085.67/cwt85.00–87.001,0453
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71669.00/cwt69.00–69.001,1844
CowsLean 85-90%1,23762.81/cwt61.00–64.5077761
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,20870.96/cwt70.00–72.008572
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90259.91/cwt55.00–65.005403
CowsLean 85-90%1,09757.65/cwt52.00–60.5063226
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,10776.51/cwt63.50–88.5084770
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,50363.92/cwt62.50–65.009617
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2841,499.21/cwt1,485.00–1,500.0019,25055

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.