Sale reports / Montana / Miles City Livestock Commission / 2023-04-25

Miles City Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Miles City, Montana · Tue, Apr 25
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1773
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,701 head
1,539 vs last sale 162 727 vs year ago 974 · +74.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
69 vs last sale 144 200 vs year ago 275 · 72.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
140 head
7 vs last sale 147 22 vs year ago 118 · +18.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was mostly good to very good. Higher CME feeder cattle contract prices continue to provided support to all feeder cattle prices. Market activity was mostly active this week. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand. Slaughter cows sold generally steady. Major packers and local packers continue to be very aggressive as they fight over limited offerings. Feeding cows sold generally steady. Slaughter bulls sold on good to very good demand this sale. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Feeding bull buyers continue to actively bid on lower quality or light weight bulls to feed. Cow and bull quality was mostly average; weigh up conditions were mixed. Young age cows sold mostly steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $246.90/cwt on 756 head.
Average price
$246.90
756 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,462
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$226
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.28
vs MT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1601250.231,505619
Medium and Large 1-2551231.871,279137
One grade step is worth $18.36/cwt here — about $226 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 sale756 hd
246.90
MT average2 barns · 924 hd
243.62
+3.28
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
BullsAverage1,480115.771,7135thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51895.261,4462thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,37894.051,29618
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12587.859885thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
BullsLarge 11,350125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6881
BullsLarge 11,400125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,7501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2621205.81/cwt200.00–219.001,27810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2895179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,6021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2825177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,4601
HeifersMedium and Large 1486281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,36624
BullsLarge 11,558120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,8702
HeifersMedium and Large 1425255.34/cwt254.00–256.001,0859
BullsLarge 11,300130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6901
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,026134.02/cwt99.00–154.001,3755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484238.68/cwt230.00–247.001,15512
BullsLarge 11,055140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4771
BullsMedium and Large 1-2483262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,2682
SteersMedium and Large 1868201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,74561
SteersMedium and Large 1744227.54/cwt222.00–228.001,69389
SteersMedium and Large 1791202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,60211
SteersMedium and Large 1630246.44/cwt235.50–252.501,55321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2972180.32/cwt178.00–182.001,7537
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0792
SteersMedium and Large 1-2739205.25/cwt199.00–225.001,5174
SteersMedium and Large 1816200.95/cwt200.00–202.001,64040
SteersMedium and Large 1584269.31/cwt269.00–271.001,57347
SteersMedium and Large 1-2815186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,5161
SteersMedium and Large 1672241.20/cwt230.50–247.501,621140
SteersMedium and Large 1424286.24/cwt285.00–290.001,2144
SteersMedium and Large 1515279.11/cwt272.50–283.001,43710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621224.38/cwt220.00–230.001,39311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2860184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,5821
SteersMedium and Large 1-2918183.99/cwt182.00–186.001,6896
HeifersMedium and Large 1722222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,60343
HeifersMedium and Large 1668234.10/cwt217.50–239.001,56456
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2563236.40/cwt218.00–242.001,33134
HeifersMedium and Large 1525264.50/cwt245.00–274.001,389101
HeifersMedium and Large 1577258.54/cwt236.00–265.001,492114
SteersMedium and Large 1496299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,48397
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2362261.00/cwt261.00–261.009453
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2772184.95/cwt181.00–187.001,4283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520241.74/cwt222.00–250.501,25757
HeifersMedium and Large 1623246.35/cwt222.00–260.501,535272
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428235.99/cwt227.50–247.501,0107
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2736186.82/cwt185.00–200.001,3759
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,34793.34/cwt91.00–95.001,2573
Bulls1,450112.21/cwt107.00–117.001,6274
Bulls1,600130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,0801
CowsBoner 80-85%1,470101.62/cwt101.00–102.001,4942
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36793.10/cwt88.00–95.001,27316
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51895.26/cwt94.50–96.001,4462
CowsLean 85-90%1,12587.85/cwt84.00–93.009885

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.