Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 650 to 749 lbs 8.00 to 12.00 higher, 750 to 999 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers lightly tested last week with best comparison on heifers 600 to 649 lbs 10.00 to 14.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's large offering featuring strings and loads of backgrounded cattle as well as packages and loads of home raised cattle. Cattle suitable for grass continue to see excellent demand as the opportunity to get these type of cattle bought to fill pastures dwindles each week. Many attractive quality cattle to choose from today and quite a few opportunities for buyers to purchase multiple loads to fill pens which buyers took advantage of some of the time. Flesh varied, but mostly moderate to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times, buyers were not overly discriminatory on flesh condition. An active market today despite a down futures board. Cattle feeders remain optimistic for the fall marketing season and are determined to own cattle to sell at this time. Field work has started in the area with small grains and some corn being planted, rain is in the forecasted for the weekend. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 1.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.26/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −166.38 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$330.26

99 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.61

vs SD average

+20.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	330.26	1,839	99

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale99 hd

330.26

—

SD average5 barns · 527 hd

331.87

−1.61

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

+20.71

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−166.38

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	Large 1	1100–1150	1,123	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	2,285	19
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	234.25/cwt	234.25–234.25	2,368	57
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,169	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	791	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,800	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	832	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,988	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	996	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,141	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	305.66/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,599	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,384	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	303.90/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,416	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	294.95/cwt	287.00–299.00	1,690	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	287.74/cwt	283.50–293.00	1,798	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	331.86/cwt	327.00–338.00	1,878	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	247.63/cwt	241.00–257.00	2,179	343
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	214.81/cwt	211.50–223.00	2,004	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	226.14/cwt	225.00–227.50	2,006	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	280.27/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,875	328
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	239.74/cwt	237.50–246.00	1,973	366
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	243.90/cwt	231.00–248.75	1,885	650
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,721	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	346.38/cwt	340.00–353.00	1,770	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	268.12/cwt	256.50–271.00	1,890	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	326.72/cwt	318.00–335.00	2,062	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	295.11/cwt	279.50–299.25	2,107	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	313.26/cwt	296.00–320.00	2,086	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	235.32/cwt	231.50–242.00	2,299	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	264.16/cwt	251.00–273.50	2,177	644
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	243.96/cwt	236.25–249.00	2,225	652
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	275.19/cwt	264.00–283.50	2,149	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	378.18/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,509	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	799	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,017	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	808	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,040	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,758	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,478	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,936	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,021	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,950	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	644	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,987	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	679	265.57/cwt	261.50–268.00	1,803	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,250	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	287.67/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,971	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,598	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	222.13/cwt	221.50–224.00	1,819	104

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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