Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 600 to 649 lbs and 750 to 849 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher with instances up to 12.00 higher on 750 to 799 lbs, 650 to 749 lbs mostly steady, 850 to 949 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 12.00 higher. Heifers 600 to 699 lbs mostly steady, 701 to 799 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's large offering of loads, multiple loads, and packages. Similar to last week, demand for big cattle hinges on flesh condition. Lighter cattle suitable for summer grass and backgrounding programs continue to be very sought after as number of these decline each week. Some tag but many cattle were clean and open haired as lot conditions continue to improve. Quite a few colored cattle again this week, many of these reputation Red Angus which were well received. An active market with a full house of both buyers and sellers. The area continues to enjoy warmer temps than normally seen this time of year and forecasts for the next week are more of the same. Another large offering expected for next Wednesday, February 28.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $272.19/cwt on 4,154 head.

Average price

$272.19

4,154 head · 730 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,987

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$227

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$11.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.91

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	625	282.87	1,768	161
Medium and Large 1	734	271.76	1,995	3,993

One grade step is worth $11.11/cwt here — about −$227 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4,154 hd

272.19

—

SD average6 barns · 17,076 hd

275.10

−2.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

45 lots · USDA AMS · Hub City Livestock Auction - Aberdeen, SD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	712	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,876	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,418	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	333.47/cwt	324.00–344.00	1,777	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,315	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,859	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	350.83/cwt	337.00–358.00	1,491	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	322.78/cwt	316.00–330.00	1,840	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	248.85/cwt	242.50–252.75	2,038	793
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,647	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,263	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,310	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	305.31/cwt	301.00–306.00	1,667	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	298.91/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,770	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	269.79/cwt	263.00–280.00	1,961	629
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	242.68/cwt	230.00–250.50	2,109	450
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	237.54/cwt	221.00–240.75	2,190	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,573	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,208	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	291.64/cwt	281.00–303.50	1,549	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	280.44/cwt	277.00–284.50	1,627	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	533	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,450	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	717	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,692	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	223.99/cwt	222.50–224.25	1,962	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	930	213.21/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,983	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,544	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,023	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	251.21/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,944	653
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	265.42/cwt	254.00–270.00	1,662	450
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	257.53/cwt	249.00–268.00	1,738	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	253.69/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,819	508
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	349.12/cwt	337.50–351.00	1,644	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	282.63/cwt	273.50–295.50	1,928	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	309.28/cwt	298.50–318.00	1,921	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,944	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	303	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,136	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,321	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	842	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,991	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	662	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,675	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	611	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,717	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,298	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,417	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	324.57/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,318	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	314.65/cwt	297.50–320.00	1,498	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	238.05/cwt	229.25–246.00	1,833	330
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	230.33/cwt	223.50–236.00	1,909	138

How this sale compares

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