Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 650 to 699 lbs and 800 to 899 lbs mostly steady, 900 to 949 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 950 to 999 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers not well compared today. Good demand for today's offering featuring a couple strings of backgrounded cattle as well as many loads and packages of home raised cattle. Light cattle continue to see very good demand as grass time is only a few weeks away and some still have pastures to fill. Less flesh overall than last week with most cattle in moderate to moderate plus flesh. Quality varied more this week with more plain cattle on offer, especially in packages. An active market seen for this offering, buyers took advantage of multiple loads when offered to fill pens. Buyers still have quite a bit of optimism for fall despite the uncertainty the board has been displaying the last couple weeks. The area received a very nice slow rain yesterday which will get grass and small grains already planted off to a good start. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 24.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.83/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −178.81 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$317.83

88 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$37.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.61

vs SD average

+13.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	330.90	1,798	51
Medium and Large 1-2	557	303.50	1,689	24
Large 1	560	293.00	1,641	13thin

One grade step is worth $37.90/cwt here — about $157 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 sale88 hd

317.83

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SD average6 barns · 573 hd

318.44

−0.61

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+13.44

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−178.81

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

42 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 1	800–850	832	257.78/cwt	249.00–266.00	2,145	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	287.68/cwt	281.00–290.50	2,054	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	275.20/cwt	262.00–278.00	1,739	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	264.99/cwt	263.00–268.00	1,770	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	236.86/cwt	235.75–241.50	1,876	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	247.95/cwt	241.00–250.50	1,805	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	274.57/cwt	269.00–281.00	2,161	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	301.51/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,884	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,918	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	304.57/cwt	295.00–308.50	1,599	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	226.53/cwt	222.75–229.00	1,842	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	350.69/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,529	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,740	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,684	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	841	2,140.00/head	2,140.00–2,140.00	2,140	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	843	213.57/cwt	211.50–216.00	1,800	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	800	275.25/cwt	275.25–275.25	2,202	78
Steers	Large 1	650–700	691	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,804	12
Steers	Large 1	550–600	560	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,641	13
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	227.18/cwt	224.00–229.25	2,333	170
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,359	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,627	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,668	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	288.46/cwt	288.00–289.00	1,679	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,354	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	780	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,005	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	663	247.83/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,643	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,681	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	284.96/cwt	282.00–292.50	1,345	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,521	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	946	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,024	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,942	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,740	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,041	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,347	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	251.01/cwt	249.50–251.50	1,970	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	250.68/cwt	238.00–254.00	2,171	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	326.71/cwt	326.00–331.00	1,843	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	821	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,011	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	242.20/cwt	237.25–243.25	2,262	387
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	296.12/cwt	287.00–305.50	2,011	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	232.83/cwt	227.50–235.00	2,249	516

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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