Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 500 to 549 lbs steady to 3.00 higher with an instance 16.00 higher, 550 to 649 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Yearling steers 900 to 999 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves 450 to 499 lbs and 550 to 599 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, yearling heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for yearlings with best demand for loads still coming off grass. Very good demand for a large calf offering today. Many packages and loads available, almost all off the cow. Most calves had at least one full round of shots, but buyers were less fussy about shots than last week. Calves were attractive in quality and in varied flesh but less flesh overall than seen last week. An active market which never weakened with many buyers and farmer feeders determined to own cattle. Weather remains pretty mild for this time of year but cold and snow are possible next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 20.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $319.88/cwt on 762 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −176.75 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$319.88

762 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.61

vs SD average

+14.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	319.88	1,759	762

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 sale762 hd

319.88

—

SD average8 barns · 7,001 hd

323.49

−3.61

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+14.44

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−176.75

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	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,066	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,239	11
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,073	221.53/cwt	220.00–223.50	2,377	41
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,310	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	307.93/cwt	290.00–313.00	1,472	325
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	281.96/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,602	407
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	349.55/cwt	333.00–354.00	1,328	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	359.61/cwt	347.00–366.00	1,705	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	305.33/cwt	294.00–310.00	1,908	805
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	398.31/cwt	387.50–412.00	1,466	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	367.94/cwt	351.00–375.00	1,582	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	279.22/cwt	272.00–283.25	2,044	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,178	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	262.75/cwt	248.00–264.25	2,428	417
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	275.71/cwt	271.00–284.00	1,900	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,411	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	531	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,646	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	569	296.23/cwt	296.00–297.00	1,686	34
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	240.97/cwt	233.50–242.50	2,446	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	252.96/cwt	242.50–257.25	2,476	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	338.95/cwt	332.50–341.00	1,468	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	418	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,639	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	313.39/cwt	312.00–315.50	1,363	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	249.93/cwt	248.00–256.00	1,590	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	541	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	1,750	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	365.19/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,355	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	328.77/cwt	320.00–346.00	1,723	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	314.36/cwt	305.50–320.00	1,801	371
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	300.06/cwt	289.00–307.00	1,557	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,222	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	227.25/cwt	225.50–228.50	2,191	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	329.18/cwt	321.00–339.00	1,567	111
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,098	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,531	54
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,101	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,538	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	378.33/cwt	376.00–385.00	1,218	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	241.94/cwt	235.00–243.50	2,069	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	266.20/cwt	265.50–267.50	1,539	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	336.78/cwt	328.00–339.00	1,435	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	552	311.10/cwt	299.00–314.50	1,717	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	471	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,540	5

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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