Miles City Livestock Commission Auction Market Report

Miles City, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 28, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	843	1,180	1,222
Feeder cattle	45	62	214
Slaughter cattle	684	1,047	664
Replacement cattle	114	71	344

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 light to moderate for very light offerings. Quality was mostly plain to average. Several sets of fall calves were seen this week, demand for these offerings was light to moderate. Pasture and range continues to be in mostly good condition and most yearlings will not be marketed until late summer. Market activity this week was mostly slow to moderate. Weigh up cows comprised most of the offering today. Slaughter cows sold on good to very good demand. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 1.00 lower on boning and breaking cows. Lean cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Demand from western packers remains very good and continues to support slaughter cow prices here in Montana. Weigh up conditions were mostly average to below average this week and mostly poorer than last week. Cow quality was average this week and overall not as attractive as last week. Feeding cows sold mostly 1.00-3.00 lower, with both quality and weigh conditions impacting buying decisions. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Young age cows were too lightly tested last week to develop any market trend. Quality was mostly average this week. Demand remains mostly good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
632 unweaned	632	5	173.00	$173.00	$1,093	—
772	772	3	159.00	$159.00	$1,227	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
551 unweaned	551	9	171.00	$171.00	$942	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543 unweaned	543	4	160.00	$160.00	$869	—
623	623	5	157.00	$157.00	$978	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543 unweaned	543	2	179.00	$179.00	$972	—
849	849	4	137.00	$137.00	$1,163	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,238	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	80-85%	1	75.00	$75.00	$694	—
1256–1545	1309	80-85%	19	87.50–89.00	$88.45	$1,158	+5.54
1320–1420	1364	80-85%	45	88.00–91.50	$89.62	$1,222	+1.89
1327–1530	1371	80-85%	20	72.00–82.00	$80.32	$1,101	-7.41
1305–1429	1376	80-85%	124	84.00–86.50	$84.56	$1,164	-3.17
1322–1575	1396	80-85%	144	82.00–87.00	$83.94	$1,172	-3.79

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–975	939	85-90%	5	71.00–78.50	$74.95	$704	—
1065–1140	1121	85-90%	4	77.50–79.50	$79.03	$886	+6.90
925–1185	1132	85-90%	35	88.25–92.00	$88.59	$1,003	+16.46
1190	1190	85-90%	1	65.00	$65.00	$774	—
1055–1325	1215	85-90%	46	80.00–86.00	$83.31	$1,012	—
1065–1275	1215	85-90%	19	71.00–79.00	$77.49	$942	—
1207–1275	1225	85-90%	11	87.00	$87.00	$1,066	—
1255–1260	1258	85-90%	33	80.50–87.50	$87.05	$1,095	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355	1355	75-80%	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,165	—
1500–1650	1575	75-80%	2	89.50–90.50	$90.02	$1,418	—
1430–1770	1586	75-80%	25	84.50–88.75	$87.59	$1,389	—
1575–1750	1703	75-80%	7	78.50–82.00	$81.49	$1,388	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1155	1133	2	102.50–106.00	$104.22	$1,181	—
1035–1310	1173	2	81.00–88.00	$84.91	$996	-29.11
1180–1560	1370	2	95.00	$95.00	$1,302	—
1370	1370	1	97.50	$97.50	$1,336	—
1350–1835	1529	9	92.00–99.50	$95.91	$1,466	—
1385–2065	1790	39	101.00–112.00	$107.19	$1,919	—
1645–2405	2018	30	112.50–124.00	$118.37	$2,389	—
1843–2185	2058	9	104.00–111.00	$109.40	$2,251	—
1565–2430	2143	6	115.00–124.50	$120.44	$2,581	—
2500	2500	1	119.50	$119.50	$2,988	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1654–2253	1854	6	112.00–119.50	$115.04	$2,133	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1063	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	101.00	$101.00	$1,074
825–1270	1093	(<2 yrs)	Open	36	100.00–118.00	$110.49	$1,208
1048–1360	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	29	88.00–118.00	$96.63	$1,140

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1078	1039	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	90.00–108.00	$94.70	$984
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	87.50	$87.50	$936

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1158	1158	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	92.50	$92.50	$1,071

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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.