Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 949 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower except 800 to 899 lbs not well compared. Heifers 700 to 749 lbs mostly steady, 650 to 699 lbs and 750 to 849 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower, other weight classes not well compared. Another large offering this week with many packages, loads, and multiple loads of home raised and backgrounded cattle. Good to very good demand for backgrounding type cattle, especially those with the potential to be grass cattle. Mostly good demand for finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition. Varied flesh condition, from light to heavy, with some tag at times but many of the cattle were clean hided. A few cancellations due to weather yesterday with North Dakota seeing more snow and everyone getting the very windy conditions. Lots of attractive cattle on offer, including quite a few colored cattle again this week. An active market despite a lower board today. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 6.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $264.89/cwt on 3,518 head.

Average price

$264.89

3,518 head · 769 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,038

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$819

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

$52.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.22

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	543	284.02	1,542	44
Medium and Large 1	764	265.73	2,030	3,363
Large 1	1,019	231.69	2,361	111

One grade step is worth $52.33/cwt here — about −$819 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 sale3,518 hd

264.89

—

SD average9 barns · 19,913 hd

269.10

−4.22

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

37 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 1Fleshy	—	533	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,386	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	716	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,683	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	572	256.01/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,464	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	244.44/cwt	239.00–249.00	1,523	25
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,012	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,938	17
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,167	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	2,211	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	234.77/cwt	227.00–237.25	2,167	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	307.20/cwt	298.50–317.00	1,917	383
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	267.55/cwt	258.00–277.00	1,932	359
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	335.02/cwt	319.00–341.00	1,766	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	238.11/cwt	236.00–240.25	2,093	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	242.97/cwt	239.00–253.50	1,990	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	628	292.21/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,835	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,405	9
Steers	Large 1	—	1,019	231.69/cwt	231.00–232.50	2,361	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	276.90/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,562	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	280.07/cwt	268.00–288.50	1,896	405
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	236.75/cwt	235.50–237.50	2,287	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	756	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,928	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	253.94/cwt	247.50–260.50	1,978	853
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	281.76/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,595	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	235.49/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,797	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	713	285.75/cwt	285.75–285.75	2,037	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	972	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,134	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	275.22/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,742	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	313.28/cwt	297.00–325.00	1,830	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	249.18/cwt	238.50–257.00	1,819	329
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,751	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,546	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	287.64/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,358	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,427	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	996	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,992	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	231.16/cwt	227.00–233.75	1,900	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	222.34/cwt	218.50–223.50	1,934	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	253.19/cwt	244.50–263.50	1,694	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	275.05/cwt	265.00–286.00	1,485	64

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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