Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. Good to very good demand for today's large offering of mostly backgrounded cattle selling in strings and loads including a string of 1800 black steers from one consignor. A few consignments of home raised cattle, mostly fall calves, on offer as well. Many attractive cattle to choose from in varied flesh condition, mostly light to moderate plus overall. An active market seen for this offering. Not many cattle moving last week due to the 4th of July holiday so buyers were ready to get cattle bought, taking multiple loads when offered to fill pens. The area has continued to see timely rains and grass and crop conditions look very good with the exception of some places which received hail. Most producers are busy making hay, the forecast for this week is sunny and hot.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $337.56/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −159.08 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$337.56

63 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$63

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$31.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs SD average

+34.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	341.00	1,794	56
Medium and Large 1-2	599	310.00	1,857	7thin

One grade step is worth $31.00/cwt here — about −$63 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 sale63 hd

337.56

—

SD average1 barns · 63 hd

337.56

+0.00

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

+34.65

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−159.08

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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	250.86/cwt	247.25–252.50	2,544	398
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,278	57
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,300	118
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,087	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,538	208
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,106	227.68/cwt	223.00–233.50	2,518	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	281.69/cwt	273.00–287.00	1,870	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,980	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	297.91/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,850	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,952	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,794	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	260.02/cwt	248.00–262.20	2,306	409
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	293.09/cwt	287.25–300.00	2,125	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	304.75/cwt	300.00–320.50	1,883	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	257.42/cwt	254.75–259.50	2,386	1,042
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	335.39/cwt	334.00–336.00	1,429	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,611	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,122	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,729	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,364	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,668	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	292.72/cwt	277.00–299.00	1,900	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	251.04/cwt	236.50–255.25	2,465	388
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	228.36/cwt	222.50–241.00	2,128	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	309.50/cwt	306.00–316.00	1,625	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	238.93/cwt	225.00–245.00	2,100	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	249.86/cwt	249.50–250.25	1,951	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,193	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	264.77/cwt	261.00–268.50	2,206	12

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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