Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not reported last week due to light receipts, compared to two weeks ago: steers 600 to 949 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers 600 to 699 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 lower, 700 to799 lbs steady to 1.00 lower. Good demand for today's large offering of many loads and packages of home raised and backgrounded cattle with lighter backgrounding types seeing the best demand. Lots of attractive quality cattle to choose from again this week. More variation in flesh than two weeks ago, most cattle in moderate to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. Cattle are still staying clean, there hasn't been an abundance of moisture to get yards really muddy. Market activity mostly active even with the losses on the board this week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 10.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $333.57/cwt on 235 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −163.06 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$333.57

235 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$14.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.82

vs SD average

+22.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	334.30	1,912	223
Medium and Large 1-2	520	320.00	1,664	12thin

One grade step is worth $14.30/cwt here — about $248 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 sale235 hd

333.57

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SD average5 barns · 763 hd

334.40

−0.82

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

+22.81

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−163.06

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

36 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	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	898	232.32/cwt	230.00–236.75	2,086	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	795	247.93/cwt	240.00–258.75	1,971	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	771	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,793	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	699	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,985	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	583	318.76/cwt	317.00–321.00	1,858	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	925	230.66/cwt	230.00–233.00	2,134	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	297.81/cwt	292.00–302.00	1,593	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	311.54/cwt	309.00–335.00	1,527	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	291.92/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,702	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	263.04/cwt	252.00–270.00	1,786	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	273.50/cwt	263.00–283.50	1,739	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	874	2,136.76/head	2,050.00–2,225.00	2,137	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	341.98/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,840	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	304.52/cwt	297.00–306.50	2,019	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	246.47/cwt	235.00–253.50	1,903	331
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	238.40/cwt	234.50–240.00	1,952	346
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	256.02/cwt	247.50–263.00	1,836	379
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	224.33/cwt	222.50–226.00	1,958	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	250.66/cwt	244.00–254.00	2,198	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	238.07/cwt	235.00–242.25	2,290	373
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	276.24/cwt	260.50–283.75	2,110	376
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	365.96/cwt	362.50–370.00	1,559	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,688	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,401	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	255.39/cwt	245.25–263.00	2,089	468
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	240.25/cwt	236.75–246.25	2,227	1,086
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	807	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,022	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	333.58/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,941	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	283.77/cwt	280.00–287.00	2,069	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	317.95/cwt	307.50–322.00	1,978	302
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,664	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,508	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,571	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,515	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,903	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	293.25/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,830	46

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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