Miles City Livestock Commission Auction Market Report

Miles City, Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 10, 2026

1,763 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $461.03/cwt +18.17 vs last sale · ≈ $2,941/hd at 638 lb · 161 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $481.87/cwt +2.12 vs last sale · ≈ $2,795/hd at 580 lb · 130 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $416.05/cwt +14.68 vs last sale · ≈ $2,564/hd at 616 lb · 100 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,763	1,200
Feeder cattle	961	—
Slaughter cattle	70	—
Replacement cattle	732	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

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.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376–393	378	32	620.00–621.00	$620.90	$2,347	+0.90
432	432	84	619.50	$619.50	$2,676	+30.63
454	454	19	566.00	$566.00	$2,570	-14.00
573–596	580	130	460.00–492.50	$481.87	$2,795	+2.12
635–648	638	161	447.50–465.00	$461.03	$2,941	+46.03
650–652	652	66	422.50–450.00	$448.34	$2,923	+20.84
727	727	9	405.00	$405.00	$2,944	+21.98
750	750	70	396.00	$396.00	$2,970	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	607.50	$607.50	$2,369	+2.50
480	480	5	535.00	$535.00	$2,568	+8.00
508–520	517	13	510.00	$510.00	$2,637	+15.00
603–606	605	8	441.00–448.50	$446.63	$2,702	+8.12

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
772	772	5	375.00	$375.00	$2,895	+16.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	2	527.50	$527.50	$1,704	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	4	532.50	$532.50	$1,944	-28.50
446	446	8	514.00	$514.00	$2,292	—
507–533	525	36	465.00–475.00	$469.04	$2,462	+8.90
558	558	28	452.50	$452.50	$2,525	+33.50
616	616	66	420.75	$420.75	$2,592	+19.38
603–634	617	34	398.00–410.00	$406.94	$2,511	+5.57
666	666	37	396.00	$396.00	$2,637	+7.71
668–679	674	34	375.00–389.00	$379.85	$2,560	-8.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–380	375	4	500.00–507.50	$503.70	$1,889	—
440	440	4	485.00	$485.00	$2,134	-31.17
480	480	4	475.00	$475.00	$2,280	—
510–538	527	5	435.00–450.00	$440.81	$2,323	—
575	575	3	420.00	$420.00	$2,415	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1220–1560	1335	(<2 yrs)	N/A	9	2,800.00–3,100.00	$2,922.58	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	1	205.00	$205.00	$2,593	—
1300	1300	1	206.00	$206.00	$2,678	—
1355	1355	1	191.00	$191.00	$2,588	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	2	357.50	$357.50	$2,342	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1360	1304	80-85%	7	138.00–152.00	$146.14	$1,906	—
1245–1440	1338	80-85%	5	111.00–122.00	$116.39	$1,557	-30.61
1390–1430	1410	80-85%	2	136.00–142.00	$139.04	$1,960	—
1415	1415	80-85%	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,472	—
1190–1535	1422	80-85%	12	162.00–171.50	$167.95	$2,388	—
1312–1620	1432	80-85%	7	174.00–175.50	$174.48	$2,499	—
1450–1485	1468	80-85%	2	150.50–151.00	$150.75	$2,213	+4.75

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	85-90%	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,110	-5.50
1030	1030	85-90%	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,576	—
1120–1175	1148	85-90%	2	131.00–132.00	$131.51	$1,510	-7.29
1103–1285	1190	85-90%	5	102.00–115.00	$108.66	$1,293	-20.48
1025–1325	1192	85-90%	7	67.50–95.00	$85.28	$1,017	-43.86
1210	1210	85-90%	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,839	-19.57

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460	1460	75-80%	1	170.50	$170.50	$2,489	—
1620	1620	75-80%	1	159.50	$159.50	$2,584	+12.49
1515–1935	1677	75-80%	3	145.00–154.00	$150.42	$2,523	-5.25

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,769	—
1485	1485	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,822	—
1935–2310	2097	6	180.50–186.50	$182.70	$3,831	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2540	2540	1	175.00	$175.00	$4,445	-3.00

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920	920	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,852
1128–1345	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	172.00–179.00	$174.61	$2,095
1213–1312	1279	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	197.00–237.50	$210.11	$2,687

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–950	830	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	272.50–310.00	$295.69	$2,454
755–1195	954	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	167.00–245.00	$207.51	$1,980

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960 thin fleshed	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	4,200.00	$4,200.00
1071	1071	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	4,100.00	$4,100.00
1072–1315	1134	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	3,700.00–4,400.00	$4,215.28
1215 fancy	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	57	5,060.00	$5,060.00
1255–1405	1293	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	3,150.00–3,200.00	$3,163.59
1309 fancy	1309	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	38	5,400.00	$5,400.00
1185–1368	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	3,900.00–4,200.00	$4,034.29
1328	1328	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	3,285.00	$3,285.00
1324–1465	1355	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	65	3,700.00–4,525.00	$4,182.88
1219–1635	1360	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	163	3,125.00–3,425.00	$3,289.29
1363	1363	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	3,725.00	$3,725.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
963–1033	1011	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	94	4,235.00–4,350.00	$4,278.40
987–1155	1032	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	76	4,000.00–4,300.00	$4,183.04

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	3,400.00	$3,400.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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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.