Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2024-07-17

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 17
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,100 head
3,253 vs last sale 4,353 2,181 vs year ago 3,281 · 66.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A much lighter offering today than last week with too few comparable weight classes to develop an accurate price trend, lower undertones noted on steers over 900 lbs. Good to very good demand for a handful of packages and loads of both home raised and backgrounded cattle. Most cattle were in moderate to moderate plus flesh with some fill seen at times. Quality mostly average to attractive. A few less buyers than normal today but the market was still active. Most of the area is seeing nice weather this week without the excessive heat and humidity of last week, mostly dry conditions in the forecast. Quite a bit of hay is up and wheat is turning. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $334.00/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 162.64 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.
Average price
$334.00
13 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,864
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+38.59
vs SD average
+42.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558334.001,86413thin
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
538509481452median 496.6412/1702/0403/1804/2906/17
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 sale13 hd
334.00
SD average3 barns · 57 hd
295.41
+38.59
National average156 barns · 5,844 hd
291.09
+42.91
This barn, trailing median25 sales
496.64
−162.64
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

11 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,8615
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950921251.54/cwt248.50–253.002,317194
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000957248.50/cwt248.50–248.502,378183
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,86413
SteersLarge 11050–11001,067227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,422200
SteersLarge 11000–10501,026224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,29813
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000979229.80/cwt227.00–231.752,250129
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950905239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,163129
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750720268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,93011
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650619280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7338
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,005230.50/cwt230.50–230.502,31756

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.