Name: Miles City Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2026-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week (2-03-26): 550-699 lbs steers offered the best test this week selling mostly 5.00-10.00 higher in a narrow comparison. All other weights of steers were to lightly tested to develop a full market trend, however steady to higher undertones were noticed. 500-649 lbs heifers offered the best test this week selling mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Demand for all feeders was good to very good on light to moderate offerings. Demand for light weight cattle suitable to develop into yearlings was mostly very good again this week. Buyers were willing to take steers up to 700 lbs to grass this week as flesh conditions were mostly light. Quality this week was average to attractive. Most cattle were offered in moderate to large size groups this week with a few load lots noticed. Heifer demand was very good as feeders and ranchers looking for replacements showed very good demand for heifers 600 lbs and heavier. CME positions moved higher to start the day before slipping lower. However, demand for feeder cattle remains very good as buyers continue to show need for all weights of cattle. Order buyers buying for packers pushed heavy weight cattle higher as they competed with private feeders over attractive offerings. Market activity was mostly active this week with a larger buyer pool noticed compared to last week. Weigh up cows sold on moderate to good demand for light offerings. Feeding demand continues to drive the cow market as buyers all showed good to very good demand for high quality cows to feed. Feeding cows sold mostly steady in a very narrow comparison. Cow quality this week was average and overall not as attractive as last weeks offering. Slaughter cows were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however lower undertones were noticed on all offerings. Feeding buyers showed little to no interest in blemished cows this week which allowed packers to buy slaughter cows lower. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to weak undertones were noticed. Very few bulls feeding type bulls were seen this week. Young age cows were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to higher undertones were noticed. Quality this week was mostly average. A large offering of bred cows were seen this week. Demand for bred cows was very good. Quality was average to very attractive with a few large consignments off dispersions. The stands were filled with ranchers and they showed very good demand for all bred cow offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.43/cwt on 143 head, down $15.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −1.81 against this barn's trailing median of $486.23.

Average price

$484.43

▼ 15.57 vs prior sale

143 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$158

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

$28.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.07

vs MT average

+6.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	517	510.00	2,637	13thin
Medium and Large 1	580	481.87	2,795	130

One grade step is worth $28.13/cwt here — about −$158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale143 hd

484.43

—

MT average2 barns · 345 hd

479.36

+5.07

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+6.04

This barn, trailing median13 sales

486.23

−1.81

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	—	Average	1,994	177.08	3,530	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,622	156.25	2,535	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,391	153.48	2,135	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,163	107.40	1,249	17

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,309	$5,188	45
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,166	$4,743	91
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,355	$4,183	65
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,071	$4,100	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,363	$3,725	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,360	$3,289	163
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,328	$3,285	44
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,293	$3,164	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,032	$4,183	76
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	980	$4,095	115
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,335	$2,923	9

Every lot, as filed

72 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	400–450	440	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,134	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	503.70/cwt	500.00–507.50	1,889	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	448.34/cwt	422.50–450.00	2,923	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	461.03/cwt	447.50–465.00	2,941	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	481.87/cwt	460.00–492.50	2,795	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	446.63/cwt	441.00–448.50	2,702	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	619.50/cwt	619.50–619.50	2,676	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,970	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,292	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	616	420.75/cwt	420.75–420.75	2,592	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	666	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,637	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,944	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	406.94/cwt	398.00–410.00	2,511	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,944	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,525	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	469.04/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,462	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	379.85/cwt	375.00–389.00	2,560	34
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,134	4,215.28/head	3,700.00–4,400.00	4,215	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,215	5,060.00/head	5,060.00–5,060.00	5,060	57
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	960	4,200.00/head	4,200.00–4,200.00	4,200	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	954	207.51/cwt	167.00–245.00	1,980	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	295.69/cwt	272.50–310.00	2,454	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,360	3,289.29/head	3,125.00–3,425.00	3,289	163
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,293	3,163.59/head	3,150.00–3,200.00	3,164	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,328	3,285.00/head	3,285.00–3,285.00	3,285	44
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,071	4,100.00/head	4,100.00–4,100.00	4,100	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,032	4,183.04/head	4,000.00–4,300.00	4,183	76
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	920	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,852	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,355	4,182.88/head	3,700.00–4,525.00	4,183	65
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,363	3,725.00/head	3,725.00–3,725.00	3,725	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	139.04/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,960	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,472	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	108.66/cwt	102.00–115.00	1,293	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,304	146.14/cwt	138.00–152.00	1,906	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,432	174.48/cwt	174.00–175.50	2,499	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,030	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,576	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,210	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,839	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	2,584	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	131.51/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,510	2
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,540	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	4,445	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,422	167.95/cwt	162.00–171.50	2,388	12
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,335	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,769	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,192	85.28/cwt	67.50–95.00	1,017	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	116.39/cwt	111.00–122.00	1,557	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	150.75/cwt	150.50–151.00	2,213	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,677	150.42/cwt	145.00–154.00	2,523	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,460	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	2,489	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,485	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,822	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	1300–1350	1,300	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,678	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	1250–1300	1,265	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,593	1
Steers	Large 1	750–800	772	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,895	5
Bulls	Large 1	650–700	655	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,342	2
Bulls	—	—	2,097	182.70/cwt	180.50–186.50	3,831	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	945	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,110	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	4,034.29/head	3,900.00–4,200.00	4,034	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,309	5,400.00/head	5,400.00–5,400.00	5,400	38
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,279	210.11/cwt	197.00–237.50	2,687	23
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	720	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	860	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	18
Bulls	Large 1-2	1350–1400	1,355	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,637	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,415	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,568	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	174.61/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,095	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,335	2,922.58/head	2,800.00–3,100.00	2,923	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	4,278.40/head	4,235.00–4,350.00	4,278	94
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	2,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	440.81/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,323	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	620.90/cwt	620.00–621.00	2,347	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	566.00/cwt	566.00–566.00	2,570	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,280	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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