Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 450 to 549 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 550 to 599 lbs 8.00 to 12.00 higher, yearling steers 950 to 999 lbs and 1000 to 1049 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 5.00 lower on 950 to 999 lbs. Heifers 450 to 499 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 500 to 549 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower on a narrow comparison, other weight classes of heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for yearling cattle this week. The feature consignment was a string of 1000 steers, several other loads and a few packages completed the yearlings. A few cattle off grass but the rest have been in yards for awhile, flesh ranged from light to some heavy flesh at times. Very good demand for calves today. Quite a few loads and many packages of calves on offer, the majority off the cow. Lots of attractive calves to choose from in varied flesh, from light to moderate plus. Most of the calves had full preconditioning or at least one round of good fall shots. The weather has changed dramatically. Very strong winds, cold temperatures and snow across much of the area creating blizzard conditions in places. A wind advisory is in effect until later this evening. The change in weather did not deter buyers and the market was very active with many buyers and farmer feeders determined to get cattle bought. No feeder cattle next week due to Thanksgiving, next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, December 4 and a special weaned and preconditioned calf sale Saturday, December 7. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $328.77/cwt on 556 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −167.86 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$328.77

556 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,825

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$24.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.66

vs SD average

+19.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	331.00	1,829	506
Medium and Large 1-2	582	306.20	1,781	50

One grade step is worth $24.80/cwt here — about $48 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale556 hd

328.77

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SD average8 barns · 6,254 hd

324.11

+4.66

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+19.51

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−167.86

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

36 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	1050–1100	1,050	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,399	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	242.37/cwt	238.25–245.00	2,101	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	259.52/cwt	257.00–260.50	1,788	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	386.91/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,215	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	242.15/cwt	234.50–253.00	1,843	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	276.26/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,611	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,383	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	254.89/cwt	251.00–266.00	2,118	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,677	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,746	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	355.72/cwt	342.50–367.00	1,515	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,788	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	327.47/cwt	315.00–334.50	1,863	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	245.97/cwt	244.75–252.50	2,430	356
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	394.62/cwt	378.00–407.00	1,626	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	353.41/cwt	341.00–369.00	1,672	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	417.99/cwt	413.00–430.00	1,597	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,928	69
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,038	240.58/cwt	237.50–241.50	2,497	338
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,082	234.27/cwt	227.75–241.50	2,535	162
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,109	230.73/cwt	221.00–232.50	2,559	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	335.63/cwt	326.00–348.00	1,782	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	280.54/cwt	274.00–286.50	2,068	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	300.93/cwt	286.00–306.75	1,971	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	239.50/cwt	238.00–241.00	2,206	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	344.41/cwt	335.00–356.00	1,409	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	309.20/cwt	302.50–317.00	1,506	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	799	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,766	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	967	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,195	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	604	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,694	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	239.67/cwt	234.00–241.00	2,279	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	849	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,033	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,790	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,368	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	255.43/cwt	251.00–257.00	1,581	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	293.83/cwt	284.50–297.00	1,534	120

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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