Miles City Livestock Commission Auction Market Report

Miles City, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 14, 2022

1,124 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 bulls $149.46/cwt ≈ $1,087/hd at 727 lb · 29 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.47/cwt -11.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,008/hd at 628 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,124	1,309	921
Feeder cattle	78	134	107
Slaughter cattle	891	874	692
Replacement cattle	155	301	122

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: 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. Recent rains have slowed the volume of feeders being marketed as range and pasture conditions are in good to very good condition across the eastern portion of the state. Market activity this week was mostly slow to moderate. Weigh up cows comprised most of the offering today. Slaughter cows sold on very good demand. Slaughter cows sold mostly 1.00-3.00 higher on all classes. Demand from western packers is very good as cows in western states are running mostly 15.00-20.00 cwt higher than cows in Montana which has helped improve prices here as they push to gain market share. Feeding cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher as increased feeding demand helped push high quality feeding cow prices higher. Cow prices improved as the sale progressed. Weigh up conditions continue to be in buyers favor as cows are mostly slicked off and very empty. Weights have improved drastically over the past few weeks as cows are starting to flesh up and many are one grade higher than they were just 2-3 weeks ago. Cow quality this week was mostly very attractive with many long strings of cows off reputation ranches. Many of these large ranches continue to brand calves and gather cows which lost calves in spring snow storms and bring them to market. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-3.00 higher as packers and feeding buyers competed over bulls. Young age cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Quality was average to attractive this week. This class continues to improve as buyers are looking for young cows to turnout as many speculate on continued market improvement.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–820	810	2	148.00–149.00	$148.51	$1,203	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
617–640	628	13	156.50–164.00	$160.47	$1,008	-11.53
700	700	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,043	—
760–766	765	7	145.00–146.00	$145.86	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
496	496	5	173.50	$173.50	$861	—
558–595	570	8	159.00–168.00	$162.15	$924	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
663	663	2	154.50	$154.50	$1,024	—
722–741	727	29	148.00–151.00	$149.46	$1,087	—
884	884	5	132.50	$132.50	$1,171	—
935	935	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,066	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030	1030	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,143	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370	1370	80-85%	1	73.00	$73.00	$1,000	-10.26
1275–1595	1371	80-85%	21	75.00–82.50	$80.72	$1,107	-2.54
1300–1425	1379	80-85%	46	81.00–84.00	$82.79	$1,142	-0.47
1278–1620	1386	80-85%	194	83.00–89.50	$84.83	$1,176	+4.20
1252–1503	1395	80-85%	175	83.50–88.00	$85.15	$1,188	+4.52
1420	1420	80-85%	1	73.50	$73.50	$1,044	-10.27

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	85-90%	1	73.50	$73.50	$695	-4.50
1028–1220	1089	85-90%	14	71.00–73.50	$72.88	$794	—
1008–1267	1167	85-90%	70	74.50–82.50	$78.32	$914	+7.62
1085–1265	1215	85-90%	45	82.00–87.00	$84.15	$1,022	+0.92
1220–1340	1250	85-90%	17	82.00–85.50	$83.39	$1,042	+4.13
1238–1310	1290	85-90%	15	81.00–84.00	$82.46	$1,064	+3.20

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1341–1740	1520	75-80%	31	85.50–88.00	$86.27	$1,311	+4.77
1535–1690	1559	75-80%	24	81.50–85.00	$84.77	$1,322	-2.96
1565–1598	1593	75-80%	20	85.50–85.75	$85.54	$1,363	-2.19
1727	1727	75-80%	3	82.00	$82.00	$1,416	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1253	1253	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,378	—
1210–1990	1518	3	92.00–95.00	$93.33	$1,417	—
1260–1885	1559	13	100.00–108.00	$104.59	$1,631	+14.59
1425–2150	1598	30	99.50–108.50	$104.38	$1,668	+0.60
1700–2490	1967	19	108.50–119.00	$112.94	$2,222	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955–1197	1068	(<2 yrs)	Open	30	100.00–123.00	$109.49	$1,169
940–1240	1121	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	79	84.00–113.50	$99.85	$1,119

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.