Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 949 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifers 700 to 749 lbs 4.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for feeding type cattle today depending on flesh condition. Buyers are showing more discrimination on flesh than they had several weeks ago. A few backgrounding and grass types again this week which continue to see very good demand. Quality varied today but mostly average to attractive. Market activity mostly active and buyers continue to buy multiple loads of cattle quite a bit when offered. The feeder and live cattle futures experienced another day of losses. Some moisture at the beginning of the week for the area followed by warm and sunny conditions, cattle are still staying mostly clean hided. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 17.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $342.24/cwt on 207 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −154.40 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$342.24

207 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$25.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.06

vs SD average

+36.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	347.98	1,870	160
Medium and Large 1-2	574	322.70	1,852	47

One grade step is worth $25.28/cwt here — about $18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale207 hd

342.24

—

SD average5 barns · 448 hd

327.17

+15.06

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+36.77

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−154.40

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

40 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	1050–1100	1,053	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,274	38
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,081	9
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	222.94/cwt	220.00–224.00	2,243	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	664	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,912	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	262.86/cwt	256.50–266.00	1,795	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	288.41/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,667	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	287.94/cwt	282.00–294.00	1,754	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,009	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	224.76/cwt	221.00–230.25	1,915	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,536	13
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,077	201.32/cwt	191.50–204.00	2,168	253
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,031	197.26/cwt	197.00–197.50	2,034	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	338.16/cwt	337.50–339.00	1,894	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	348.56/cwt	336.00–355.00	1,868	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,667	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	234.21/cwt	226.00–239.00	1,810	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	311.86/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,971	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	286.57/cwt	278.00–296.00	2,106	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,020	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,926	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	257.03/cwt	247.75–264.50	2,120	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	247.13/cwt	235.00–251.50	1,784	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,013	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	249.43/cwt	247.00–252.50	2,190	649
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	244.03/cwt	230.50–247.50	2,228	527
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	322.70/cwt	321.00–323.00	1,852	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,557	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,110	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,674	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	226.15/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,621	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,373	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,526	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,796	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,100	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	965	208.59/cwt	208.00–210.00	2,013	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	729	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,881	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	229.69/cwt	224.50–233.00	2,212	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	304.52/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,544	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	230.34/cwt	226.50–233.00	1,882	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,537	11

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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