Miles City Livestock Commission Auction Market Report

Miles City, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 22, 2022

3,322 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $203.93/cwt +6.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,169/hd at 573 lb · 245 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $190.13/cwt -3.99 vs last sale · ≈ $990/hd at 521 lb · 229 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $201.79/cwt -9.79 vs last sale · ≈ $846/hd at 419 lb · 182 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,322	3,113	1,558
Feeder cattle	2,310	2,719	794
Slaughter cattle	822	317	459
Replacement cattle	190	77	305

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 450 lbs sold mostly 10.00-15.00 lower, 450-549 lbs sold generally steady, steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves under 450 lbs sold mostly 5.00-8.00 lower, 450-549 lbs sold generally steady, heifers over 550 lbs sold mostly 5.00 higher in a narrow compairson. Quality today was mixed from plain to attractive. Demand was mostly moderate to good for moderate offerings. Buyers were willing to buy calves up to 550 lbs for steers and 525 lbs for heifers to send to grass. larger consignments of calves sold on stronger demand than smaller packages this week. The crowd this week was a mix of order buyers and farmer feeders again this week. Farmer feeder demand remains good this week. Market activity was mostly moderate to active this week with lots of participation seen from both order buyers and farmer feeders. Weigh up cows sold on mostly light to moderate demand and heavy offerings. Packers showed mostly light demand for slaughter cows this week. Feeding cows were met with mostly light to moderate demand with better demand noticed from private feeders than from packers this week. Packers have been buying cows to put away for the upcoming holidays for the past three weeks and with the holiday week this week packers showed significantly lighter demand for all cows. Slaughter cows sold mostly 5.00 lower on breaking cows, and 3.00-6.00 lower on boning and lean cows. Feeding cows sold mostly 2.00-4.00 lower on high quality cows suitable to feed to premium white, while thin short term feeding cows sold mostly 4.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to weak as feeding bull buyers pushed packers to give near steady money on bulls. Cow quality this week was mixed from plain to attractive. Demand did improve slightly late in the sale as buyers pushed to fill loads and load lot offerings were offered. Weigh up conditions were mixed this week from below to above average. Weigh up conditions improved as the sale progressed. Young age sold on mostly light demand this week. Quality was mostly plain to average this week. Young age cows sold 10.00-12.00 lower on all offerings.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–392 unweaned	389	16	245.00–251.00	$248.38	$966	-12.00
421–443 unweaned	440	83	235.00–255.00	$238.61	$1,050	-4.46
451–493 unweaned	473	90	215.00–235.00	$228.38	$1,080	+2.24
505–540 unweaned	526	168	204.50–224.00	$210.65	$1,108	-3.61
552–596 unweaned	573	245	188.00–211.00	$203.93	$1,169	+6.05
600–638 unweaned	623	121	182.00–199.50	$194.71	$1,213	+0.21
653–696 unweaned	673	48	170.00–191.00	$183.13	$1,232	+5.22
716–740 unweaned	717	18	171.00–183.50	$182.78	$1,311	+19.18

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–390 unweaned	387	14	225.00–233.00	$231.33	$895	-22.28
409–410 unweaned	409	8	222.50–232.00	$223.69	$915	-1.56
431–445	436	52	192.00–206.00	$201.32	$878	—
490–498 unweaned	495	8	193.00–206.00	$201.17	$996	-10.83
510	510	4	199.00	$199.00	$1,015	—
503–528 unweaned	511	9	197.00–200.00	$198.97	$1,017	+9.10
612–626 unweaned	621	9	179.00–180.50	$179.49	$1,115	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401	401	16	213.00	$213.00	$854	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412 unweaned	412	3	220.00	$220.00	$906	—
497 unweaned	497	11	199.00	$199.00	$989	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394 unweaned	394	8	208.00	$208.00	$820	-8.97
405–441 unweaned	413	131	197.00–210.00	$204.43	$844	-7.74
435	435	51	195.00	$195.00	$848	-14.00
451–499 unweaned	489	180	187.00–199.00	$195.21	$955	-0.94
516	516	72	188.00	$188.00	$970	-9.00
505–546 unweaned	523	157	181.00–195.50	$191.10	$999	-2.02
563	563	10	177.00	$177.00	$997	-29.77
560–591 unweaned	585	56	171.00–194.00	$179.82	$1,052	+8.55
600–638 unweaned	637	50	166.50–170.50	$169.21	$1,078	+5.21
655–658 unweaned	656	21	165.50–170.50	$168.59	$1,106	+10.04
996	996	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,534	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–343 unweaned	334	15	200.00–210.50	$209.72	$700	-10.28
363 unweaned	363	3	187.50	$187.50	$681	-22.01
415–438 unweaned	431	21	185.00–194.00	$187.73	$809	+0.73
454–458 unweaned	456	9	179.00–183.00	$180.77	$824	—
498	498	60	179.50	$179.50	$894	—
500 unweaned	500	2	179.00	$179.00	$895	—
594	594	13	164.50	$164.50	$977	—
598 unweaned	598	3	163.00	$163.00	$975	—
600–625 unweaned	613	2	162.50–165.00	$163.78	$1,004	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	8	176.00	$176.00	$752	—
447 unweaned	447	33	189.50	$189.50	$847	-9.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–337 unweaned	312	13	190.00	$190.00	$593	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384 unweaned	384	13	215.00	$215.00	$826	—
421 unweaned	421	15	216.00	$216.00	$909	+8.00
472 unweaned	472	3	201.00	$201.00	$949	-14.00
521 unweaned	521	8	185.00	$185.00	$964	-0.25
574 unweaned	574	6	185.00	$185.00	$1,062	—
685 unweaned	685	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,062	+3.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295 unweaned	295	14	205.00	$205.00	$605	—
396 unweaned	396	5	185.00	$185.00	$733	—
646 unweaned	646	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,001	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870	870	85-90%	3	54.00	$54.00	$470	—
895–990	940	85-90%	3	41.00–45.00	$43.28	$407	—
1141	1141	85-90%	7	42.50	$42.50	$485	-21.50
845–1300	1160	85-90%	57	45.00–55.50	$53.48	$620	-6.06
1035–1400	1180	85-90%	41	44.00–54.50	$49.57	$585	-9.97
1080–1236	1194	85-90%	9	39.00–43.00	$40.63	$485	-18.91
1050–1338	1235	85-90%	136	55.00–65.00	$60.62	$749	+2.91
1193–1295	1241	85-90%	7	67.00–75.00	$69.01	$856	+11.30
1162–1330	1252	85-90%	19	56.00–60.00	$57.19	$716	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1309–1415	1332	80-85%	18	51.50–56.50	$54.60	$727	—
1310–1655	1396	80-85%	56	63.50–71.00	$68.47	$956	—
1323–1650	1422	80-85%	26	52.50–63.50	$58.18	$827	-11.89

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1495–1730	1613	75-80%	6	62.00–70.00	$65.50	$1,057	—
1530–1765	1648	75-80%	2	64.50–70.50	$67.29	$1,109	—
1547–1880	1677	75-80%	9	70.00–72.00	$70.89	$1,189	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	1	71.00	$71.00	$859	—
1550	1550	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,209	-16.15
1475–1905	1622	5	71.00–87.00	$78.23	$1,269	-2.54
1590–2000	1779	24	91.50–94.50	$93.39	$1,661	—
1565–2115	1811	11	89.00–96.50	$91.91	$1,664	+5.91

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895 thin fleshed	895	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	85.00	$85.00	$761
893–1345	1062	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	31	60.00–78.00	$68.34	$726
853–1380	1067	(<2 yrs)	Open	36	75.00–106.00	$89.05	$950

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1159	1159	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1216–1265	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	935.00–1,250.00	$947.12
1320	1320	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,135.00	$1,135.00

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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.