Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder cattle were scarcely tested this week, thus no trend can be established. Demand for feeder cattle was mostly moderate for very light offerings. Quality was mostly plain to average. Market activity this week was mostly slow to moderate. Weigh up cows comprised most of the offering today. Slaughter cows sold on moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to weak on all classes. Demand from western packers remains good and a portion of the offering continues to sell to west coast packers. Weigh up conditions were mostly average this week. Cow quality was average to very attractive. Most cows on offer have fleshed up significantly as pasture and range conditions remain in good condition. Very few lean cows were seen this sale. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 1.00-3.00 lower. Bull quality remains very attractive as range conditions have kept bulls in good body condition. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold on mostly good demand. This class of cows were too lightly tested to develop any market trend.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $104.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −95.90 against this barn's trailing median of $199.90.

Average price

$104.00

5 head · 1,085 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,129

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

per head · Large 1 over Large 1-2

$2.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.12

vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	1,110	105.51	1,171	2thin
Large 1-2	1,069	103.00	1,101	3thin

One grade step is worth $2.51/cwt here — about $70 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

27 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.49, low $160.10, median $199.90 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

104.00

—

MT average2 barns · 220 hd

108.12

−4.12

This barn, trailing median27 sales

199.90

−95.90

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	1,923	108.97	2,095	124
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,437	85.53	1,229	223
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,611	85.41	1,376	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,202	81.73	983	17

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,432	85.49/cwt	83.50–86.75	1,224	120
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,476	88.64/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,308	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,455	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,033	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	85.64/cwt	84.00–87.50	1,316	19
Bulls	Large 1	—	1,110	105.51/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,171	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,180	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,156	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,013	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	1,069	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,149	109.03/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,253	12
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,251	88.38/cwt	84.00–100.00	1,106	40
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,229	98.66/cwt	84.50–99.50	1,213	18
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,360	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,333	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,275	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	1,256	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,220	87.81/cwt	82.50–94.00	1,071	3
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,963	108.37/cwt	105.00–112.00	2,127	2
Bulls	—Natural	—	2,127	120.77/cwt	116.00–121.00	2,569	23
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,330	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,370	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,742	88.56/cwt	88.00–89.50	1,543	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,534	82.92/cwt	80.50–83.50	1,272	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,225	83.69/cwt	79.50–85.00	1,025	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,165	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	885	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	990	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	723	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,197	82.47/cwt	79.00–86.00	987	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,089	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	76.70/cwt	76.00–77.50	965	2
Bulls	—	—	1,840	104.83/cwt	100.00–110.50	1,929	49
Bulls	—	—	2,099	113.87/cwt	110.50–123.00	2,390	35
Bulls	—	—	1,592	92.49/cwt	80.00–102.50	1,472	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,439	85.69/cwt	83.00–86.75	1,233	91
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,474	81.50/cwt	81.50–81.50	1,201	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,648	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,409	42

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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