Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 800 to 849 lbs mostly steady, 900 to 949 and 1000 to 1049 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher, 950 to 999 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Best test on yearling heifers 800 to 849 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Calves not well compared. Good to very good demand for yearlings this week. Several long strings as well as many loads and packages of yearlings to choose from, both off grass and out of yards. Grass cattle carried a bit more flesh overall than last week and had some fill at times. Just a few consignments of calves in today's offering which were met with moderate demand. Most of the calves sold in packages and most were off the cow, one consignment was weaned 45 days. Vaccinations varied and calves without a good shot record are a harder sell. Plain to average quality on the calves today. An active market on yearlings, moderate on calves. Weather remains mild and dry, conditions are very good for harvesting and that is what most producers are busy doing. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 23.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.77/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −188.87 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$307.77

128 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.48

vs SD average

+8.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	307.77	1,679	128

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 sale128 hd

307.77

—

SD average7 barns · 7,268 hd

318.25

−10.48

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+8.44

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−188.87

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

30 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,448	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,418	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	975	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,048	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	912	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,988	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	854	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,802	33
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	219.35/cwt	219.00–220.00	2,220	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	252.12/cwt	248.50–252.75	2,246	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	265.36/cwt	253.00–269.25	2,213	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,852	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,035	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	250.10/cwt	241.75–254.25	2,288	496
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	241.19/cwt	238.50–242.50	2,366	737
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,101	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	2,296	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	324.76/cwt	324.50–327.50	1,517	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	312.67/cwt	298.00–314.50	1,682	107
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	239.83/cwt	228.00–242.50	2,427	550
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,492	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	282.80/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,652	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	290.32/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,289	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	285.08/cwt	260.00–289.00	1,485	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,812	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,275	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	897	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,036	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	990	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,223	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	253.37/cwt	246.00–255.50	1,855	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	238.95/cwt	235.00–241.50	1,964	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	234.50/cwt	222.00–236.25	2,132	350
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,159	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	264.05/cwt	250.00–269.00	1,521	27
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,343	12

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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