Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Wednesday: best test on yearling steers 950 to 999 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Yearling heifers not well compared. Calf offering compared to Saturday: steers 450 to 499 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher, 550 to 599 lbs mostly steady 600 to 649 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers 500 to 549 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 8.00 higher, 550 to 599 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher. A large offering of yearlings today which included a long string of 850 steers as well as many other loads and a few packages. Very good demand for yearlings. Less flesh overall on yearlings than last week, quality mostly average to attractive. Very good demand for calves. About half of today's calf offering was weaned, some long time weaned and some only a few weeks. Most calves had at least one full round of shots, calves without shots were discounted at times. Flesh varied, from light to some heavy at times. An active market with many buyers and farmer feeders interested in getting cattle bought before the end of the year which is coming up quickly. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, December 18, this will be the last feeder cattle sale of 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.48/cwt on 523 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −151.15 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$345.48

523 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,936

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$26.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.61

vs SD average

+21.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	348.62	1,951	461
Medium and Large 1-2	565	322.16	1,819	62

One grade step is worth $26.46/cwt here — about $132 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 sale523 hd

345.48

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SD average7 barns · 5,303 hd

340.87

+4.61

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+21.13

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−151.15

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

43 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	371.18/cwt	363.00–375.00	2,004	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	324.88/cwt	313.00–328.50	2,043	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	306.20/cwt	300.50–311.00	2,088	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,893	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	262.30/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,993	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	418.21/cwt	407.50–429.00	1,639	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,834	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	338.62/cwt	323.50–343.50	1,927	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,900	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,379	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	984	237.75/cwt	237.75–237.75	2,339	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	377.96/cwt	368.50–400.00	1,807	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	351.52/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,645	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,317	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	340.04/cwt	332.00–345.00	1,778	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	352.31/cwt	334.00–365.00	1,635	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,367	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	306.51/cwt	289.00–315.00	1,753	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	291.12/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,805	132
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,419	4
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	234.75/cwt	234.75–234.75	2,369	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	258.07/cwt	251.25–259.50	2,514	401
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	263.45/cwt	259.50–267.50	2,403	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	261.05/cwt	258.00–266.00	2,258	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	409.78/cwt	397.50–415.00	1,754	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	256.26/cwt	251.00–262.00	1,832	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	293.46/cwt	280.50–296.00	2,142	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	357.01/cwt	342.50–370.00	1,503	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	577	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,818	13
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	253.75/cwt	253.75–253.75	2,690	209
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	251.19/cwt	249.25–253.75	2,580	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	323.26/cwt	312.00–333.00	1,681	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,144	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	251.22/cwt	247.00–252.00	2,228	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,456	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	248.47/cwt	245.00–255.75	2,060	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	288.25/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,531	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	227.00/cwt	223.00–231.00	1,834	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	272.81/cwt	270.00–273.50	1,893	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	250.04/cwt	249.00–250.50	1,948	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	319.85/cwt	316.00–325.00	1,516	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	241.91/cwt	236.00–244.75	2,366	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	241.92/cwt	238.50–246.50	2,226	105

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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