Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 949 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Best test on heifers 900 to 949 lbs mostly steady. Other weight classes of steers and heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for loads and strings today, moderate to good demand for packages, many of these were home raised fall calves, most of which were weaned. Flesh varied, less flesh overall than seen last week. Quite a few big cattle again this week with many of them coming as producers sort cattle too big to go to grass. Quality similar to last week, mostly average to attractive. An active market seen for this offering. Scattered rain this past week but much of the corn is planted and cattle are out on grass. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 29.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $311.24/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −132.32 against this barn's trailing median of $443.56.

Average price

$311.24

42 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,711

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.06

vs SD average

+34.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	311.24	1,711	42

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $459.70, low $406.00, median $443.56 across 27 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 sale42 hd

311.24

—

SD average4 barns · 411 hd

305.19

+6.06

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

+34.78

This barn, trailing median27 sales

443.56

−132.32

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

29 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	700–750	720	282.93/cwt	274.50–284.50	2,037	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,773	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,950	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,586	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	240.78/cwt	239.00–241.75	2,210	286
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	264.79/cwt	260.00–276.50	1,785	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	246.66/cwt	242.50–251.00	1,909	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	2,012	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,699	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,790	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	248.26/cwt	243.00–257.50	1,589	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	236.27/cwt	226.00–239.50	1,947	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	794	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	336.17/cwt	335.00–337.00	1,879	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	316.30/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,692	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,206	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	335.27/cwt	330.00–341.00	1,764	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	270.45/cwt	268.00–275.50	2,072	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	295.03/cwt	292.00–298.00	1,803	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	309.45/cwt	307.00–311.00	1,717	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	286.03/cwt	276.00–289.00	1,948	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	250.08/cwt	243.50–255.00	2,193	365
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	240.61/cwt	226.50–242.50	2,064	497
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	231.99/cwt	224.00–237.25	2,160	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	677	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,760	9
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	225.17/cwt	221.00–228.00	2,285	215
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	217.98/cwt	217.00–219.00	2,208	118
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,099	217.25/cwt	217.25–217.25	2,388	57

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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