Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 949 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 950 to 999 lbs mostly steady. Heifers not well compared this week. Good to very good demand for today's offering featuring several strings of backgrounded cattle as well as loads and packages of home raised cattle including quite a few weaned fall calves. Opportunities to buy something green for grass were limited today as most cattle were carrying some flesh, quite a few cattle in moderate plus flesh with some heavy flesh seen at times. Quality varied, but mostly average to attractive. An active market with buyers taking multiple loads when offered to fill pens. Despite the volatility the futures have exhibited the past few weeks, buyers are still optimistic for fall and are determined to have cattle on hand to market. Scattered rain showers across the area today but the last week has been dry and farmers have been busy getting the crop in, many cattle are on grass already. Pasture conditions look very good at this point. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 22.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.61/cwt on 244 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −174.03 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$322.61

244 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$413

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$64.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.82

vs SD average

+11.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	330.54	1,850	214
Large 1	540	266.00	1,436	30

One grade step is worth $64.54/cwt here — about $413 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 sale244 hd

322.61

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SD average3 barns · 474 hd

335.43

−12.82

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

+11.84

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−174.03

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

35 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 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,093	215.75/cwt	215.75–215.75	2,358	52
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,100	215.75/cwt	215.75–215.75	2,373	105
Steers	Large 1	500–550	540	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,436	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	314.93/cwt	306.00–323.00	1,660	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	704	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,897	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	246.75/cwt	246.75–246.75	2,216	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	285.01/cwt	272.00–292.00	2,046	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	296.90/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,725	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	242.45/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,925	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,042	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,958	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,870	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,773	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,477	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	295.80/cwt	283.50–306.00	2,000	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,451	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,544	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	355.70/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,714	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	350.91/cwt	349.00–352.00	1,807	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	912	236.18/cwt	235.25–238.00	2,154	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	317.74/cwt	312.50–323.00	1,922	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	251.03/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,820	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	244.75/cwt	240.00–246.25	2,014	506
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	264.62/cwt	250.00–268.25	2,188	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	282.26/cwt	268.25–287.50	2,154	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	264.48/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,801	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	234.48/cwt	228.75–238.25	2,277	318
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,588	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	275.80/cwt	269.00–279.00	1,729	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	247.00/cwt	246.75–247.25	2,255	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	229.04/cwt	221.00–230.25	2,041	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	327.60/cwt	317.00–336.00	1,854	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	634	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,877	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	937	213.99/cwt	211.00–215.00	2,005	88
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,074	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,379	274

How this sale compares

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