Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 850 to 949 lbs mostly steady, 950 to 999 and 1000 to 1049 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Different weight classes of heifers than last week to develop an accurate price trend, higher undertones noted on heifers. Good to very good demand for this large yearling offering featuring many strings, loads, and packages with the majority of the cattle straight off grass. Flesh mostly light to moderate plus today. Quality varied but slightly more attractive overall than last week. A couple consignments of spring calves offered and met with moderate demand. Calves were vaccinated and off the cow. Most of the interest in spring calves was by farmer feeders. An active market with buyers and farmer feeders in the seats, buyers taking multiple loads to fill pens quite often today. Bean harvest is just around the corner for this area, many producers are cutting corn silage or just finishing up. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.00/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −195.64 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$301.00

48 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.79

vs SD average

+34.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	301.00	1,631	48

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

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 sale48 hd

301.00

—

SD average4 barns · 85 hd

299.21

+1.79

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+34.36

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−195.64

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

24 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 1	1000–1050	1,016	219.67/cwt	214.00–224.50	2,232	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	239.22/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,852	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	234.49/cwt	227.50–238.25	1,942	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	229.71/cwt	222.00–232.00	2,237	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	235.32/cwt	226.00–239.75	2,156	518
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,262	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,631	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	262.06/cwt	256.00–263.50	2,180	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	246.08/cwt	244.00–247.50	2,158	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,013	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	246.11/cwt	244.00–247.00	1,902	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,790	7
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,134	221.73/cwt	220.25–223.25	2,514	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,514	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	264.86/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,912	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	266.34/cwt	264.50–268.00	2,093	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	240.64/cwt	238.00–245.25	2,363	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	245.54/cwt	233.50–247.00	2,301	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	231.63/cwt	229.00–236.00	1,999	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,409	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	244.10/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,762	74
Heifers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,011	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,921	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	231.85/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,686	27
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	237.36/cwt	235.00–238.00	2,435	410

How this sale compares

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