Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 450 to 499 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower, 500 to 549 lbs not well compared, 550 to 599 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher, 600 to 649 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower, 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifer calves 500 to 599 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 5.00 higher on 550 to 599 lbs. Yearling cattle not well tested today for comparison. Good to very good demand for both yearlings and calves. A much lighter yearling offering this week with just a handful of loads, mostly heifers, and some packages. Varied quality on packages but mostly attractive on loads. A large calf offering featuring many packages and quite a few loads. Only about a quarter of the calves today were off the cow with the majority being weaned, most of them for over 30 days. Most had several rounds of shots, a few with no shots or just one round. Flesh ranged from light to moderate plus. Weather has been fairly mild and long time weaned calves have had lots of good days to put on weight, calves competing with cows for feed are staying greener. An active market with most of the usual crowd of order buyers but a few less farmer feeders in the seats. This is the last feeder cattle sale of 2024, next feeder cattle sale will be a special Saturday sale on Saturday, January 4, 2025, and regular sale on Wednesday, January 8. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $342.59/cwt on 555 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −154.04 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$342.59

555 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$404

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$57.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.14

vs SD average

+15.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	347.12	1,903	479
Medium and Large 1-2	559	321.49	1,797	58
Large 1	517	290.00	1,499	18thin

One grade step is worth $57.12/cwt here — about $404 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 sale555 hd

342.59

—

SD average7 barns · 3,960 hd

341.45

+1.14

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+15.96

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−154.04

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

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,480	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,702	37
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	429	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,257	7
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	32
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	573	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,547	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	254.25/cwt	254.25–254.25	1,983	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	310.56/cwt	304.00–313.00	1,835	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,505	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	276.49/cwt	276.00–278.00	2,146	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,492	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	350.12/cwt	339.00–366.00	1,856	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	330.37/cwt	329.00–332.00	1,761	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	396.57/cwt	382.50–407.50	1,634	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	260.75/cwt	260.75–260.75	2,362	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	349.36/cwt	342.00–356.00	1,680	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	385.99/cwt	367.50–402.50	1,486	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	343.71/cwt	333.00–355.00	1,956	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	287.44/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,104	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,243	9
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	2,452	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,582	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	304.09/cwt	291.50–310.50	2,080	357
Steers	Large 1	500–550	517	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,499	18
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,657	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	309.36/cwt	294.00–321.00	1,745	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	323.47/cwt	308.00–335.00	1,689	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	309.83/cwt	298.50–317.00	1,958	377
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	373.42/cwt	362.00–381.00	1,748	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	370.92/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,391	31
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,094	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,483	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	348.17/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,438	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	283.08/cwt	277.00–296.00	1,749	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	282.36/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,434	13
Steers	Large 1	450–500	451	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,502	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	333.62/cwt	321.00–343.00	1,558	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,342	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	316.73/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,384	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	309.77/cwt	308.00–313.00	1,444	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	279.21/cwt	271.00–286.00	1,890	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,255	134

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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