Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 599 lbs and 700 to 799 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 600 to 649 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 650 to 699 lbs and 800 to 849 lbs mostly steady, 850 to 899 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower, 900 to 949 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers 550 to 649 and 700 to 749 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher, 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's large offering featuring many loads, multiple loads, and packages of mostly home raised cattle. Cattle suitable to background or grass continue to see excellent demand as supplies dwindle, especially those load lots of black hided cattle. Flesh varied quite a bit today, cattle carrying some meat see less discrimination than they would have seen a month ago. Lots of attractive quality cattle to choose from and the market was very active as buyers are determined to own cattle to market this fall, either as grass yearlings or fat cattle. The weather continues to be warm and dry and the cattle are staying clean. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 20.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $328.01/cwt on 624 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −168.63 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$328.01

624 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,860

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$25.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.58

vs SD average

+11.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	328.69	1,864	607
Medium and Large 1-2	564	303.50	1,712	17thin

One grade step is worth $25.19/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $523.56, low $466.41, median $496.64 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale624 hd

328.01

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SD average7 barns · 1,584 hd

329.58

−1.58

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

+11.94

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−168.63

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

38 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	400–450	443	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,298	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	853	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,842	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	697	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,746	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	266.90/cwt	265.50–268.50	1,703	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	744	270.73/cwt	269.50–273.00	2,014	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	793	248.20/cwt	244.50–251.00	1,968	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	318.75/cwt	312.50–337.50	1,371	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	257.48/cwt	249.00–264.50	1,846	556
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	239.13/cwt	236.50–242.00	2,298	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	226.75/cwt	224.00–228.00	2,007	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	239.50/cwt	229.50–242.00	1,957	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	291.30/cwt	281.00–294.00	1,701	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	307.00/cwt	299.00–311.00	1,596	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	239.97/cwt	237.00–243.00	1,877	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	687	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,924	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	283.87/cwt	270.00–290.50	1,774	526
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	927	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,053	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	734	1,965.91/head	1,950.00–1,975.00	1,966	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	286.48/cwt	280.00–294.25	2,068	557
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,661	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	351.56/cwt	339.00–356.00	1,666	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	762	253.75/cwt	253.75–253.75	1,934	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	840	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,041	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	265.84/cwt	260.00–274.50	1,792	415
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	306.16/cwt	296.00–311.00	1,898	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	335.57/cwt	329.00–344.00	1,748	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	266.04/cwt	254.00–273.00	2,041	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	313.13/cwt	311.00–317.00	1,537	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	241.21/cwt	233.00–248.50	2,226	401
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	327.51/cwt	320.00–338.00	1,883	518
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,431	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,861	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	294.69/cwt	283.50–308.00	2,016	604
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	257.78/cwt	247.00–263.50	2,080	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	510	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,647	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	245.31/cwt	236.00–248.75	2,151	569
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,587	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	303.50/cwt	297.00–311.00	1,712	17

How this sale compares

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