Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 600 to 699 lbs 4.00 to 9.00 higher, 700 to 999 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 3.00 higher on 850 to 899 lbs. Heifers 600 to 649 lbs and 700 to 749 lbs mostly steady, 650 to 699 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Very good demand for another large offering. Many attractive cattle to choose from again this week, many home raised cattle and also quite a few back grounded cattle. More big, finishing type cattle featured this week and more flesh overall. This has been an easy feeding winter and the cattle are showing it. Guys are still trying to fill grass orders and competing hard for those type of cattle. An active market through the day today but more aggressive at the start of the sale. Several storms are looming on the horizon for the rest of the week and weekend into next week. Some areas could see over a foot of snow. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 27.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $338.87/cwt on 148 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −157.77 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$338.87

148 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,844

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$14.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.60

vs SD average

+20.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	340.59	1,867	130
Medium and Large 1-2	516	326.41	1,684	18thin

One grade step is worth $14.18/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale148 hd

338.87

—

SD average6 barns · 1,063 hd

340.47

−1.60

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+20.58

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−157.77

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

33 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
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	232.54/cwt	229.50–238.50	2,381	401
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	922	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,005	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	886	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,042	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	321.28/cwt	313.00–330.00	1,491	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	301.23/cwt	299.00–309.00	1,621	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	295.02/cwt	289.00–306.50	1,673	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	815	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,217	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	243.96/cwt	232.00–249.50	2,254	1,312
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	287.85/cwt	279.00–293.00	2,098	406
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	345.25/cwt	339.00–356.00	1,806	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	270.63/cwt	266.00–273.75	2,097	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	254.45/cwt	249.00–258.80	2,140	546
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	701	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,928	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	317.97/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,994	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	267.81/cwt	262.00–277.00	1,802	465
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,435	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	326.41/cwt	325.00–327.00	1,684	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	284.65/cwt	277.00–293.00	1,782	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	337.28/cwt	329.00–347.00	1,909	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	305.75/cwt	292.00–312.00	2,052	440
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	238.56/cwt	237.75–240.00	2,302	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	1,976	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,643	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	246.34/cwt	242.00–251.00	2,180	366
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	752	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	2,177	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	710	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,148	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	255.46/cwt	244.00–264.50	1,842	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	232.20/cwt	224.00–232.75	2,104	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	237.66/cwt	228.00–243.00	1,944	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	233.02/cwt	226.00–243.00	2,044	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	246.61/cwt	235.00–252.75	1,904	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,663	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,771	11

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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