Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers not well compared. Best test on heifers 850 to 899 lbs steady to 4.00 lower with other weight classes of heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for today's offering featuring a couple strings and quite a few loads and packages. More backgrounding or grass type cattle this week as well as quite a few big, finishing type cattle. Flesh varied more than last week, mostly moderate to heavy. Quality also varied, from plain to attractive. An active market with buyers determined to own cattle again this week, both live and feeder cattle futures down today which did not seem to deter buyers in the least. Rain has been very timely again this week and grass conditions look very good. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, June 5.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $299.15/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −144.41 against this barn's trailing median of $443.56.

Average price

$299.15

26 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.79

vs SD average

+31.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	299.15	1,633	26

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 sale26 hd

299.15

—

SD average3 barns · 414 hd

312.95

−13.79

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

+31.53

This barn, trailing median27 sales

443.56

−144.41

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

23 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	1000–1050	1,013	231.30/cwt	224.00–235.00	2,343	179
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,143	215.75/cwt	215.75–215.75	2,466	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,080	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	272.87/cwt	264.00–280.50	1,853	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,586	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	289.84/cwt	288.00–290.25	2,182	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	299.61/cwt	284.00–305.50	2,151	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	2,270	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,903	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	258.12/cwt	251.00–262.50	2,150	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	260.25/cwt	260.25–260.25	2,225	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,987	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,677	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	260.76/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,883	51
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,156	215.75/cwt	215.75–215.75	2,494	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	238.09/cwt	229.00–245.00	2,326	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	247.12/cwt	239.00–261.00	1,937	325
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	232.76/cwt	226.00–237.00	2,053	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	241.10/cwt	240.00–246.00	2,032	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,193	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	276.42/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,775	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,735	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	743	272.15/cwt	270.00–278.00	2,022	26

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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