Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Wednesday: 450 to 499 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 500 to 549 lbs not well compared, 550 to 649 lbs and 700 to 749 lbs mostly, steady, 650 to 699 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Best test on heifers 500 to 599 lbs mostly steady. A special Saturday sale today featuring many packages and a dozen or so loads, all long time weaned and fully preconditioned. Flesh condition varied quite a bit, form light to some heavy flesh at times, depending on what feedstuffs are available to the producer. Quality mostly average to attractive today. Calves were met with very good demand and sold on an active market. A few less of the regular buyers attending but still plenty of buyers and farmer feeders in the seats and determined to own cattle. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, December 11.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $335.69/cwt on 551 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −160.95 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$335.69

551 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$19.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.73

vs SD average

+10.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	338.35	1,902	476
Medium and Large 1-2	590	318.77	1,880	75

One grade step is worth $19.58/cwt here — about $22 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 sale551 hd

335.69

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SD average8 barns · 5,369 hd

339.42

−3.73

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+10.32

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−160.95

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

35 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	550–600	578	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,653	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,710	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	749	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,876	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	298.02/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,723	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	371.20/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,411	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	342.13/cwt	336.00–365.00	1,519	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	265.21/cwt	258.50–267.50	2,180	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	373.86/cwt	361.00–383.00	1,772	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,451	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	708	257.26/cwt	254.00–258.00	1,821	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	349.53/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,821	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	309.52/cwt	299.00–317.00	2,068	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	273.12/cwt	267.50–279.00	2,089	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	283.65/cwt	270.50–293.50	2,065	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,285	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	311.26/cwt	301.00–319.00	1,983	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	428.58/cwt	417.50–434.00	1,556	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,297	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	318.58/cwt	318.00–319.00	1,892	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	337.97/cwt	326.00–351.50	1,916	373
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,911	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,733	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	657	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,142	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	601	339.25/cwt	339.25–339.25	2,039	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	676	289.86/cwt	289.50–290.00	1,959	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	583	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,883	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	316.04/cwt	301.00–325.00	1,647	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	391.58/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,668	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	276.51/cwt	265.00–286.50	1,850	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	246.85/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,928	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	330.90/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,575	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	286.72/cwt	275.00–299.50	1,781	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,330	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	701	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,005	75

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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