Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Different weight classes of yearling steers than last week, higher undertones noted on 850 to 999 lbs. Yearling heifers 800 to 849 lbs and 900 to 949 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Calves too lightly tested last week for good comparisons. Good to very good demand for yearlings selling in load lots, especially those still coming off grass. Moderate to good demand for packages as these varied quite a bit in quality today. Moderate to good demand for calves which sold mostly in packages with just a handful of load lots. Hide color and lack of good vaccinations made for larger price spreads. A couple weaned packages, weaned from 21 to 60 days, but the rest of the offering was off the cow in mostly light to moderate flesh. An active market on yearling cattle as the supply of these is getting tight, moderate to active on calves. Weaning conditions for calves remain very dry and dusty. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 6.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $309.64/cwt on 466 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −187.00 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$309.64

466 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,736

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$111

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

$1.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.91

vs SD average

+8.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	310.61	1,631	25
Medium and Large 1	563	309.58	1,742	441

One grade step is worth $1.03/cwt here — about −$111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale466 hd

309.64

—

SD average11 barns · 12,223 hd

319.54

−9.91

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+8.95

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−187.00

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

39 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 1-2	800–850	828	229.20/cwt	221.00–233.00	1,898	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	999	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,193	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,047	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,265	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	271.87/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,552	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,490	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,707	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,468	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	330.38/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,464	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	252.80/cwt	242.00–260.50	2,419	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	258.20/cwt	248.25–260.50	2,383	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	361.18/cwt	357.00–370.00	1,517	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	278.95/cwt	273.00–281.00	1,883	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	358.03/cwt	355.00–362.50	1,353	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	310.61/cwt	308.00–313.00	1,631	25
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	225.12/cwt	220.50–226.75	2,380	63
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,483	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,533	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	328.89/cwt	327.50–334.00	1,730	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	296.08/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,842	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,086	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,728	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,678	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	504	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,562	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,942	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	264.94/cwt	254.50–267.00	2,183	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	298.26/cwt	291.50–315.00	1,742	278
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	328.94/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,378	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	338.62/cwt	331.00–347.50	1,290	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	309.31/cwt	290.00–316.00	1,426	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	407.84/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,374	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	333.17/cwt	321.00–342.00	1,559	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	255.25/cwt	253.50–259.50	2,223	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	257.14/cwt	256.00–259.00	1,761	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	282.17/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,476	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	250.82/cwt	238.50–255.50	2,087	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	250.23/cwt	249.25–251.50	1,819	57
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,039	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,255	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	945	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,230	27

How this sale compares

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