Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 849 lbs and 900 to 999 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Best test on heifers 700 to 749 lbs and 800 to 849 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower with instances up to 7.00 lower on 800 to 849 lbs, 750 to 799 lbs mostly steady. Moderate to good demand for today's offering featuring several strings of backgrounded cattle and loads and packages of home raised cattle. More flesh overall this week and less grass or backgrounding type cattle than last week with buyers paying more attention to flesh condition. Quality varied, but mostly average to attractive. A few consignments of replacement type heifers offered, quite a few of these are going out to feed and not breed. Cattle had some mud on them today as it has rained several days in the last week and yards are muddy. A moderate to active market with buyers exhibiting more caution this week as the last couple days on the board have been rough. Also, road and lot conditions are less than ideal this week for moving and adding cattle. More rain in the forecast for tomorrow. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 8.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $331.82/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −164.82 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$331.82

62 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.04

vs SD average

+23.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	331.82	1,816	62

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 sale62 hd

331.82

—

SD average6 barns · 529 hd

328.78

+3.04

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

+23.21

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−164.82

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

31 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	800–850	835	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,971	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	791	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,930	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	727	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,818	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	900–950	944	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,992	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,325	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	287.63/cwt	286.00–291.00	1,513	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	219.64/cwt	218.50–220.25	2,047	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	278.84/cwt	272.00–286.50	1,726	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,396	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	261.26/cwt	253.50–265.00	1,818	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,918	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	795	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	239.80/cwt	234.00–248.00	2,132	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	281.37/cwt	281.00–283.00	2,079	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	242.24/cwt	239.50–247.50	1,856	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	335.24/cwt	324.00–345.00	1,743	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,671	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	804	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	230.58/cwt	227.00–233.75	2,237	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	257.55/cwt	245.50–261.75	2,112	311
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	262.32/cwt	260.00–263.50	2,033	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,371	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	311.15/cwt	305.00–326.00	1,938	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,910	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	235.15/cwt	232.25–240.50	2,161	679
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	327.08/cwt	325.00–328.00	1,913	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	233.51/cwt	230.00–236.25	1,936	365
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,261	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,623	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	290.14/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,694	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	261.75/cwt	253.00–268.00	1,885	134

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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