Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 900 to 1099 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 5.00 lower on 950 to 999 and 1050 to 1099 lbs. Heifers 800 to 899 lbs and 950 to 999 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Good to very good demand for another large offering of yearlings. Most cattle sold in loads and strings with a few packages, and most came off grass. Less flesh overall than last week with fewer lot cattle today. Quality mostly average to attractive this week. An active market with many opportunities to buy multiple loads of same weight cattle which buyers took advantage of. The futures complex had a pretty nice day today with feeder cattle up over 3.00. Very dry conditions in the area with plenty of wind, lots of red flag warnings this past week. Bean harvest is moving quickly. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 9.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb heifers averaged $252.64/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −116.11 against this barn's trailing median of $368.74.

Average price

$252.64

33 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,784

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$38.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.07

vs SD average

+17.42 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	708	263.00	1,862	24
Medium and Large 1-2	701	225.00	1,577	9thin

One grade step is worth $38.00/cwt here — about $285 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

31 sales

Heifers 700–800 lb: high $391.76, low $336.20, median $368.74 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale33 hd

252.64

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SD average6 barns · 960 hd

241.57

+11.07

National average147 barns · 6,697 hd

235.22

+17.42

This barn, trailing median31 sales

368.74

−116.11

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

19 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	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	234.77/cwt	222.00–238.50	2,261	249
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	945	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	2,046	60
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	866	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,901	17
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	2,282	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	237.32/cwt	229.50–240.25	2,065	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,862	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	245.29/cwt	238.00–253.00	2,308	459
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,118	222.98/cwt	222.50–224.25	2,493	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	251.56/cwt	247.00–254.00	2,189	106
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	235.84/cwt	232.50–240.00	2,429	756
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	253.84/cwt	253.00–256.00	2,071	32
Steers	Large 1	900–950	905	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,118	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	2,082	73
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,062	231.58/cwt	230.50–232.75	2,459	343
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	239.08/cwt	236.00–245.00	2,367	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,870	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,577	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	235.47/cwt	227.00–237.00	2,171	1,429
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	241.82/cwt	240.50–245.25	2,007	195

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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