Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too light an offering last week for good comparisons and an accurate price trend, higher undertones noted on steers over 900 lbs. Good to very good demand for a large offering of yearlings today. A few packages in this sale but the majority of the cattle sold in strings and loads with the feature consignment being 1275 black heifers off grass from one family operation. Flesh condition mostly light to moderate with almost all of the cattle coming off grass. Mostly attractive quality throughout the sale. An active market with the usual crowd of buyers and then some. Buyers are still interested in procuring multiple loads of cattle to fill pens quite often despite the recent uncertainty in the futures board. Crop and grass conditions in the area look very good, silage harvest will start soon. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 11.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.00/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −186.56 against this barn's trailing median of $443.56.

Average price

$257.00

15 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,483

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.08

vs SD average

+16.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	577	257.00	1,483	15thin

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 sale15 hd

257.00

—

SD average3 barns · 46 hd

245.92

+11.08

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

+16.31

This barn, trailing median27 sales

443.56

−186.56

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

20 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
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,080	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,257	12
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,063	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	2,301	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	224.46/cwt	220.50–226.00	2,269	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	237.97/cwt	230.00–242.25	1,932	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	224.27/cwt	214.50–225.00	2,216	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,483	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,247	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	271.65/cwt	270.00–277.50	2,016	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	697	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,791	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	246.32/cwt	245.25–248.50	1,953	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,919	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,889	28
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	236.28/cwt	224.50–241.00	2,410	342
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,590	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	931	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,109	15
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	233.76/cwt	232.75–234.00	2,473	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	257.47/cwt	251.25–261.00	2,127	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	247.18/cwt	246.00–247.75	2,304	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	231.64/cwt	217.00–232.75	2,143	572
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	232.63/cwt	227.00–233.00	2,040	738

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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