USDA Miles City, MT Wtd Avg 10/29 01:00
10/29/2025 | 1:00 am CDT USDA Miles City, MT Wtd Avg 10/29 01:00
AMS_1773 MARS
Miles City Livestock Commission Auction - Miles City, MT
Miles City Livestock Commission-Miles City,MT
Livestock Weighted Average Report for 10/28/2025 - Final
Auction This Week Last Reported Last Year
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Total Receipts:
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FEEDER CATTLE 4752 4198 3498
REPLACEMENT CATTLE 268 198 303
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 949 724 790
Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers were too lightly tested
develop any market trend. Steer calves under 550 lbs sold sharply lower with
most sales 50.00-70.00 lower, steer calves over 550 lbs sold sharply lower with
most sales 30.00-45.00 lower. Heifer calves under 550 lbs sold sharply lower
with most sales 50.00-70.00 lower, heifers over 550 sold 25.00-35.00 lower.
Demand was mostly moderate for heavy offerings. A few load lots of calves were
seen this sale and demand was moderate to good for these offerings. Packages of
calves sold on mostly light to moderate demand. Quality this week was average
to attractive. Most calves were un-weaned with a few packages of weaned calves
seen. CME feeder cattle positions have weakened considerably over the past week
with several days of limit lower and expanded limit lower movement seen. The
October contract from last Tuesdays close through yesterday lost 27.425, not
including todays lower contract movement. Buyers all showed moderate to good
demand for calves, however at sharply lower prices. Calves with 2 rounds of
vaccinations sold with the best demand. This caused some price overlap as
calves with both spring and fall preconditioning shots sold with strong
8.00-10.00 premiums this week. Demand for calves strengthened as the sale
progressed. This was especially the case for light weight calves which sold
some of the highest price offerings of the day from 5pm to 8pm or later.
Quality today was mostly attractive to very attractive. This weeks buyer pool
was large and similar to last week. Market activity was mostly moderate to
active this week. Weigh up cows sold on good to very good demand. Feeding cow
demand was very good this week with a very large feeding cow buyer pool
noticed. Feeding cows sold generally steady on high quality cows suitable to
feed to premium white. Buyers showed very good demand for lean cows as buyers
seek cows with lots of quick compensatory gain. Lean feeding cows sold
1.00-2.00 higher with packers looking for short term feeding cows and private
feeders also looking for cows to feed or turn out on stubble. Too few slaughter
cows sold this week to develop an accurate market trend, however steady
undertones were noticed. Slaughter bulls sold generally in a very narrow
comparison. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold on very good
demand. These offerings sold generally steady in a narrow comparison.
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FEEDER CATTLE
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BULLS - Medium and Large 1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
4 316-316 316 570-570 570 Unweaned
10 351-351 351 497.5-497.5 497.5 Unweaned
11 455-455 455 437.5-437.5 437.5 Unweaned
1 610-610 610 377.5-377.5 377.5 Unweaned
BULLS - Medium and Large 1-2 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
3 392-392 392 475-475 475 Unweaned
27 517-517 517 370-370 370 Unweaned
HEIFERS - Large 1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 340-340 340 487.5-487.5 487.5 Unweaned
9 389-389 389 462.5-462.5 462.5 Unweaned
7 582-582 582 346-346 346 Unweaned
2 600-600 600 357-357 357 Unweaned
HEIFERS - Medium and Large 1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
32 307-310 309 510-550 540.07 Unweaned
123 350-397 382 465-510 493.89 Unweaned
161 403-446 420 425-470 444.03 Unweaned
36 468-468 468 397.5-397.5 397.5
466 455-498 481 395-428 408 Unweaned
141 502-502 502 416-416 416 Fancy
404 500-549 525 370-404 388.52 Unweaned
18 566-566 566 385-385 385 Replacement
160 558-573 567 370-374 371.24 Unweaned
12 590-590 590 335-335 335 Full
27 600-600 600 356-356 356 Unweaned
26 612-612 612 371-371 371 Replacement
HEIFERS - Medium and Large 1-2 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
9 267-267 267 480-480 480 Unweaned
39 300-349 337 440-497.5 476.67 Unweaned
75 365-391 382 377.5-450 423.46 Unweaned
9 398-398 398 450-450 450
43 412-435 430 395-420 411.21 Unweaned
4 464-464 464 385-385 385 Unweaned
22 523-533 532 337.5-350 348.88 Unweaned
8 567-583 577 340-351 346.95 Unweaned
13 600-634 617 335-352.5 342.7 Unweaned
10 762-762 762 315-315 315
6 915-915 915 282.5-282.5 282.5
HEIFERS - Medium and Large 2 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 459-459 459 315-315 315 Unweaned
STEERS - Large 1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 382-382 382 490-490 490 Unweaned
25 553-596 585 382-400 388.22 Unweaned
4 614-614 614 380-380 380 Unweaned
7 699-699 699 357.5-357.5 357.5 Unweaned
STEERS - Medium 1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
4 376-376 376 502.5-502.5 502.5 Unweaned
STEERS - Medium and Large 1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
34 303-346 322 575-630 610.36 Unweaned
80 355-397 373 515-560 529.89 Unweaned
8 403-403 403 500-500 500
113 405-448 430 487.5-522.5 500.08 Unweaned
307 450-497 478 446-496 472.62 Unweaned
37 504-504 504 432.5-432.5 432.5
279 500-543 527 423-457 438.09 Unweaned
467 560-598 576 400-436 412.18 Unweaned
363 600-649 619 387.5-410 395.44 Unweaned
210 650-676 657 370-393 384.73 Unweaned
STEERS - Medium and Large 1-2 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
4 296-296 296 480-480 480 Unweaned
4 339-339 339 557.5-557.5 557.5 Unweaned
20 358-394 381 477.5-505 494.5 Unweaned
28 410-436 426 462.5-475 467.37 Unweaned
13 489-491 490 431-442.5 437.18 Unweaned
66 519-543 530 409-423 421.76 Unweaned
43 550-585 565 365-398 384.75 Unweaned
2 628-628 628 378-378 378 Unweaned
5 667-667 667 355-355 355 Unweaned
22 718-718 718 352.5-352.5 352.5
STEERS - Medium and Large 2 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
3 265-265 265 420-420 420 Unweaned
3 373-373 373 390-390 390 Unweaned
28 405-440 431 410-410 410 Unweaned
14 519-519 519 397.5-397.5 397.5 Unweaned
5 802-802 802 315-315 315
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REPLACEMENT CATTLE
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BRED COWS - Medium and Large 1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 1223-1223 1223 217.5-217.5 217.5 Broken Mouth T1
BRED COWS - Medium and Large 1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
10 1343-1385 1351 3300-3400 3379.5
8 1507-1507 1507 2875-2875 2875 Broken Mouth
BRED COWS - Medium and Large 1-2 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
14 1208-1323 1232 2600-2650 2635.02 Broken Mouth
STOCK COWS - Medium 1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
3 785-785 785 285-285 285 O
STOCK COWS - Medium and Large 1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
62 890-1275 1024 192.5-297.5 270.39 O
1 1195-1195 1195 225-225 225 Fleshy O
159 798-1155 948 256-347.5 311.46 O
STOCK COWS - Medium and Large 1-2 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
3 710-910 792 255-322.5 292.66 O
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SLAUGHTER CATTLE
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BULLS - 1-2 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Dressing
8 1225-1650 1549 161-183 177.65 Low Return to Feed
13 1360-1935 1637 181-191 187.68 Average Return to Feed
2 1520-1945 1733 175-176 175.44 Low
2 1845-2045 1945 182-194 187.69 Average
COWS - Boner 80-85% (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Dressing
1 1305-1305 1305 137-137 137 Average
2 1300-1350 1325 122.5-131 126.83 Low
54 1260-1490 1369 179-184 181.17 High Return to Feed
93 1272-1650 1378 165-179 173.32 Average Return to Feed
8 1323-1515 1420 152-165 158.14 Low Return to Feed
COWS - Breaker 75-80% (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Dressing
1 1320-1320 1320 170-170 170 Average Return to Feed
1 1380-1380 1380 166-166 166 Low
COWS - Lean 85-90% (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Dressing
1 1060-1060 1060 85-85 85 Very Low
59 885-1290 1134 164-179 172.71 Average Return to Feed
41 975-1385 1173 125-164 150.26 Low Return to Feed
27 1000-1320 1179 102.5-129 117.4 Low
61 890-1271 1235 179.5-185.5 181.79 High Return to Feed
2 850-920 885 60-72.5 66 Very Low Light Weight
3 755-995 900 105-122.5 113.91 Low Light Weight
COWS - Premium White 65-75% (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Dressing
66 1680-1686 1683 174-174 174 Average
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