Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale, a lighter run of cattle in all classes. Feeder Steers 500-700 lbs traded 30.00-45.00 higher with good demand on the larger groups. Feeder Heifers 500-700 lbs sold mostly 40.00 higher with some strong sets of F1 Baldy's setting the price. Slaughter Cows returning to feed were 1.00-2.00 higher with lean cows steady to weak.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $422.40/cwt on 169 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −63.83 against this barn's trailing median of $486.23.

Average price

$422.40

169 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$47.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.24

vs MT average

−6.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	423.28	2,368	163
Medium and Large 1-2	535	410.00	2,194	4thin
Medium and Large 2	595	376.00	2,237	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.28/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.23, low $440.01, median $486.23 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale169 hd

422.40

—

MT average2 barns · 183 hd

419.16

+3.24

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−6.75

This barn, trailing median13 sales

486.23

−63.83

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	1,726	164.05	2,832	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	159.00	2,465	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,355	156.67	2,122	161
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,151	123.01	1,416	48

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1	500–550	522	459.52/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,399	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,275	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,038	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	363	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,033	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,503	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	558	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,316	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	369.65/cwt	362.00–372.50	2,144	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	432.14/cwt	430.00–433.00	2,074	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	676	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,501	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	396.04/cwt	387.50–408.00	2,495	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	409.00/cwt	398.00–410.00	2,352	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	385.23/cwt	350.00–388.00	2,516	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	414.78/cwt	381.00–419.00	2,169	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	355.05/cwt	344.00–362.00	2,208	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,055	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,850	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,307	177.39/cwt	168.00–189.00	2,318	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,360	156.80/cwt	139.00–167.00	2,132	129
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,153	120.36/cwt	110.00–124.00	1,388	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,210	154.32/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,867	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,157	138.08/cwt	125.00–149.00	1,598	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	90.37/cwt	75.00–105.00	925	8
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,488	126.04/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,875	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,590	165.99/cwt	152.00–172.00	2,639	8
Bulls	—	—	1,944	169.71/cwt	164.00–172.00	3,299	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,196	108.69/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,300	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	113.49/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,320	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,550	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,465	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	865	256.63/cwt	250.00–265.00	2,220	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,029	249.40/cwt	222.50–277.50	2,566	42
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	283.58/cwt	270.00–302.50	2,459	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,346	133.08/cwt	126.00–138.00	1,791	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,404	121.27/cwt	112.50–127.00	1,703	5
Bulls	—	—	2,075	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	3,797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	345	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	300.04/cwt	275.00–310.00	2,118	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,125	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,103	210.63/cwt	192.50–220.00	2,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,079	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,774	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,457	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,237	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	480	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,973	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	370	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	409	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	2,382	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	484	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,405	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,194	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	643	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,186	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	411	422.93/cwt	414.00–435.00	1,738	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,832	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,107	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,020	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,314	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,288	4

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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