Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers were too lightly tested to develop any market trend, however firm undertones noted for heifers. Demand for yearlings was moderate to good for light offerings of plain to average cattle. Feeder steers under 400lbs sold weak on a light test; 400-499 lbs steers sold steady to 5.00 lower; 500-599 lbs steers sold steady to 7.00 lower, calves over 600 were not well tested last week. Heifer calves under 500 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower; heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers over 900lbs sold with a firm undertone compared to a light test last week. Quality this week was average to attractive. Most calves were offered in mostly small to medium size packages. Very few packages over 50 head were seen this week. Trucks remain tight but have started to loosen up some according to buyers. Demand for grass calves was mostly very good this week as supplies have started to tighten. Market activity this week was mostly moderate, some buyers were absent from todays sale which softened demand. Weigh up cows sold on light to moderate demand for moderate to heavy offerings. This sale offered the lightest cow offerings seen in weeks. Feeding cows comprised the majority of the sale this week. Fewer feeding buyers were on hand this week and prices slid on lighter demand. Packers showed light demand for slaughter cows as they purchased only very lame or severely blemished cows to send to imitate harvest. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher for boning cows. Breaking cows were too lightly tested to trend, however firm undertones were noticed. Lean cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested last week to develop any market trend, but firm undertones were notices on an average to attractive quality of bulls in todays sale. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold mostly 3.00-5.00 lower. Fewer buyers were seen this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.21/cwt on 1,161 head.

Average price

$182.21

1,161 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$23.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.79

vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	484	185.94	899	976
Large 1	450	165.68	746	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	506	162.16	820	166

One grade step is worth $23.78/cwt here — about $79 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 sale1,161 hd

182.21

—

MT average4 barns · 5,833 hd

172.42

+9.79

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	—	Low	1,602	83.76	1,342	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,625	60.33	981	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,355	57.28	776	86
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,147	41.54	477	384

Every lot, as filed

87 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 1Unweaned	—	331	215.58/cwt	205.00–220.00	714	32
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	478	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	774	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	982	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	192.31/cwt	188.00–196.00	798	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	369	203.35/cwt	195.00–213.00	750	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	367	166.32/cwt	161.00–186.00	610	15
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	381	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	724	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	720	139.56/cwt	138.00–144.00	1,005	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	135.34/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,190	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	134.87/cwt	134.50–136.00	1,269	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	561	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	763	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	138.22/cwt	136.00–140.00	717	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	482	149.09/cwt	145.00–154.00	719	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,023	31.29/cwt	28.00–34.00	320	14
Bulls	—	—	1,778	75.18/cwt	71.00–78.00	1,337	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,480	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	829	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	29.77/cwt	27.00–35.00	319	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	37.44/cwt	34.50–45.00	432	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,283	44.11/cwt	41.00–50.00	566	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	47.04/cwt	45.00–50.00	508	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,586	65.49/cwt	64.50–66.50	1,039	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,335	55.90/cwt	51.00–59.00	746	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	822	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,667	59.34/cwt	55.00–63.50	989	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,156	41.24/cwt	35.00–45.00	477	156
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,470	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	720	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	964	35.22/cwt	33.00–39.00	340	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	971	25.01/cwt	24.00–26.00	243	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,389	61.51/cwt	60.50–63.50	854	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,202	48.58/cwt	44.00–54.00	584	120
Bulls	—	—	1,632	87.71/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,431	22
Bulls	—	—	1,733	84.49/cwt	82.50–86.00	1,464	13
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,129	69.97/cwt	62.00–72.50	790	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,486	84.56/cwt	78.00–87.50	1,257	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	492	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,026	65.16/cwt	57.00–81.00	669	115
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	79.60/cwt	71.00–85.00	748	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	932	85.63/cwt	72.00–95.00	798	123
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,054	45.89/cwt	45.00–47.00	484	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	732	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	136.29/cwt	132.50–138.00	1,315	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	396	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	499	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	691	42
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	473	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	643	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	156.81/cwt	148.00–157.50	729	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	132.42/cwt	132.00–132.50	1,333	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	613	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	325	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	538	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	732	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	699	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	881	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	156.19/cwt	145.00–163.00	676	61
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	404	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	549	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	445	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	150.24/cwt	147.00–153.50	712	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	383	161.22/cwt	159.00–163.00	617	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	333	159.72/cwt	157.00–165.00	532	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	144.22/cwt	134.00–153.00	828	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	804	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	575	135.19/cwt	135.00–136.00	777	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	154.08/cwt	148.00–159.00	867	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	919	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,237	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	433	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	966	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	533	141.32/cwt	138.00–149.50	753	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	293	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	475	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	192.44/cwt	185.00–195.00	801	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	184.07/cwt	183.50–185.00	865	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	229.36/cwt	224.00–230.00	748	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	913	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,054	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,318	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	593	149.99/cwt	149.00–151.00	889	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	529	169.79/cwt	165.00–178.00	898	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	182.87/cwt	180.50–194.50	874	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	556	163.83/cwt	159.75–168.50	911	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	521	158.09/cwt	155.00–161.00	824	15
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	500	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	770	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	283	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	658	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	477	172.26/cwt	157.00–176.00	822	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	225.75/cwt	221.00–227.00	874	142
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	408	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,385	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	439	174.91/cwt	165.00–183.00	768	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	327	177.88/cwt	170.00–185.00	582	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	146.06/cwt	144.00–148.50	914	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	934	2

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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