Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale(8/26/25): Feeder steers were too lightly tested today to develop any market trend. Yearling heifers under 850 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, heifers over 850 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 lower. Demand for all feeder offerings was moderate to good. Quality this week was mostly average to very attractive with many sets of replacement quality, tested open heifers coming off grass. Most yearlings were offered in a small to moderate size packages. Demand was mostly moderate to good as buyers pieced together loads. A large crowd was on hand for todays sale with many order buyers in the stands actively bidding on offerings. CME positions sold off sharply today with limit lower movement noted on all contracts through August 2026. Despite this, demand for feeder cattle remained moderate to good as buyers continue to show need to fill pen space. Market activity was mostly moderate to active. Weigh up cows sold on good to very good demand. Slaughter cows were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Cow quality was very poor this week with many very blemished cows in the offering. Additionally most offerings were pushing heavy amounts of fill. While cows look lower on paper, yielding conditions were lower this week making cows many cows steady on a dressed basis. Feeding cow demand remains very good with a large pool of feeding buyers actively bidding on offerings. Feeding cows sold generally steady in a narrow comparison. Again, quality and fill both weighed on the market. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady. Demand for feeding bulls was very good as packers opted to send most of the bulls to feed to regain some of the yield lost during breeding season. Demand for replacement cows was very good this week. Several packages of middle age to aged cows sold as exposed with no guarantee that they were bred. Demand for all replacement cows was very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $385.00/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 5 of 18 comparable sales and sits −10.02 against this barn's trailing median of $395.02.

Average price

$385.00

13 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,383

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+25.66

vs MT average

+32.26 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	619	385.00	2,383	13thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

18 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $404.52, low $363.33, median $395.02 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

385.00

—

MT average2 barns · 107 hd

359.34

+25.66

National average181 barns · 9,734 hd

352.74

+32.26

This barn, trailing median18 sales

395.02

−10.02

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	1,688	191.60	3,235	122
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,706	166.21	2,836	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,430	166.11	2,376	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,197	139.49	1,670	39

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	949	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,923	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	346.60/cwt	337.50–347.50	2,749	32
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,288	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,177	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,143	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	347.49/cwt	347.00–353.00	3,030	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	302.37/cwt	295.00–305.50	3,099	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,035	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	2,838	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	968	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,146	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	316.49/cwt	311.00–320.00	2,896	238
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,983	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	900–950	946	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,895	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,947	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	324.02/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,706	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,788	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	311.02/cwt	305.00–317.00	3,011	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	362.29/cwt	360.00–362.50	2,656	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	988	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,994	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	345.37/cwt	337.00–350.00	2,884	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	364.67/cwt	350.00–367.00	2,764	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,803	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,975	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,225	135.93/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,665	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,424	166.88/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,376	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,456	145.93/cwt	136.00–156.00	2,125	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	955	129.49/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,237	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	135.18/cwt	122.00–144.00	1,615	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,295	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,917	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,476	178.72/cwt	164.00–186.00	2,638	9
Bulls	—	—	2,008	208.57/cwt	205.00–212.50	4,188	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,175	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,045	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,237	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,004	7
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,686	192.75/cwt	187.00–200.00	3,250	65
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	171.02/cwt	170.00–172.00	2,856	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,585	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,520	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,425	176.22/cwt	173.00–177.00	2,511	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,227	114.41/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,404	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,152	174.43/cwt	165.00–178.00	2,009	6
Bulls	—	—	1,876	193.35/cwt	187.00–201.00	3,627	17
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	749	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,629	7
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	823	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,605	2
Stock Cows	Large 1	—	1,110	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,054	1
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,960	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	4,332	2
Bulls	—	—	1,659	180.21/cwt	165.00–187.00	2,990	10
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,750	202.94/cwt	195.00–206.00	3,551	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	909	267.52/cwt	237.50–285.00	2,432	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,126	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	178.89/cwt	177.00–194.00	2,013	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,340	185.30/cwt	174.00–190.00	2,483	36
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	619	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,383	13
Heifers	Medium 1	850–900	855	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,629	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	323.35/cwt	317.00–331.00	2,839	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,172	16

How this sale compares

Montana weighted averages

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