Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle last week due to Thanksgiving, compared to two weeks ago: steers 450 to 499 lbs 2.00 higher, 500 to 599 7.00 to 12.00 higher, 700 to 749 lbs and 950 to 999 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers 450 to 549 lbs 20.00 higher. Good to very good demand for both yearlings and calves today. A few packages and a handful of loads of yearling cattle available. Quality varied quite a bit, from plain to attractive, but with fewer yearlings coming to town every week buyers are aggressive to fill orders before these cattle are all gone for the season. A large calf offering selling mostly in packages. A few weaned packages today but most of the calves off the cow and almost all were preconditioned. Varied quality and flesh condition. An active market with both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats eager to get calves after the holiday week. Next feeder cattle sale is Saturday, December 7, the special weaned and preconditioned calf sale, and regular feeder cattle sale Wednesday, December 11.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $334.51/cwt on 542 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −162.12 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$334.51

542 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$22.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.39

vs SD average

+9.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	336.54	1,884	494
Medium and Large 1-2	583	313.68	1,829	48

One grade step is worth $22.86/cwt here — about $55 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale542 hd

334.51

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SD average3 barns · 1,234 hd

334.13

+0.39

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+9.14

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−162.12

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

44 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 1Fleshy	400–450	443	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,444	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	392	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,431	14
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,091	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,487	8
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	229.53/cwt	228.00–231.50	2,371	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	306.05/cwt	291.00–322.00	1,628	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	251.71/cwt	249.00–255.00	1,868	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	341.99/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,778	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,852	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	434.10/cwt	417.50–442.50	1,441	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	380.79/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,611	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,435	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,701	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	288.31/cwt	280.00–294.00	1,773	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	313.68/cwt	313.00–314.00	1,829	48
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	252.74/cwt	247.25–258.50	2,591	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	408.70/cwt	402.50–422.50	1,508	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	359.45/cwt	345.00–371.00	1,733	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	299.79/cwt	284.00–308.00	2,018	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,302	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	255.82/cwt	250.50–258.25	2,487	246
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,343	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	227.50/cwt	227.00–229.00	1,770	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	280.99/cwt	269.50–291.00	2,023	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	312.52/cwt	305.00–324.00	1,947	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	548	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,786	12
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	247.25/cwt	247.25–247.25	2,604	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,158	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	245.56/cwt	244.50–255.50	1,918	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	334.34/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,936	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,401	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	235.72/cwt	234.75–240.50	2,136	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	314.05/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,441	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,052	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	296.20/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,715	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	946	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	268.55/cwt	268.00–269.00	1,649	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	332.24/cwt	323.00–341.00	1,581	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	287.53/cwt	284.00–294.00	1,806	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	244.21/cwt	240.00–246.25	2,127	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	385.44/cwt	377.50–397.50	1,430	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,287	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	267.18/cwt	258.00–271.00	1,761	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,138	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	349.89/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,445	54

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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