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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-13

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 13

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Mar 6Mar 13Mar 20 →

Receipts

7,289 head

▲ 561 vs last sale 6,728▼ 402 vs year ago 7,691 · −5.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 599 lbs and 700 to 799 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 600 to 649 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 650 to 699 lbs and 800 to 849 lbs mostly steady, 850 to 899 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower, 900 to 949 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers 550 to 649 and 700 to 749 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher, 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's large offering featuring many loads, multiple loads, and packages of mostly home raised cattle. Cattle suitable to background or grass continue to see excellent demand as supplies dwindle, especially those load lots of black hided cattle. Flesh varied quite a bit today, cattle carrying some meat see less discrimination than they would have seen a month ago. Lots of attractive quality cattle to choose from and the market was very active as buyers are determined to own cattle to market this fall, either as grass yearlings or fat cattle. The weather continues to be warm and dry and the cattle are staying clean. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 20.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $328.01/cwt on 624 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −160.20 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$328.01

624 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,860

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$25.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.58

vs SD average

+11.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	328.69	1,864	607
Medium and Large 1-2	564	303.50	1,712	17thin

One grade step is worth $25.19/cwt here — about $152 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale624 hd

328.01

—

SD average7 barns · 1,584 hd

329.58

−1.58

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

+11.94

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−160.20

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $523.56, low $435.00, median $488.21 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

38 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,431	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,661	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	351.56/cwt	339.00–356.00	1,666	58
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,587	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	335.57/cwt	329.00–344.00	1,748	89
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	303.50/cwt	297.00–311.00	1,712	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	327.51/cwt	320.00–338.00	1,883	518
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	306.16/cwt	296.00–311.00	1,898	283
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,861	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	294.69/cwt	283.50–308.00	2,016	604
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	687	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,924	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	286.48/cwt	280.00–294.25	2,068	557
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	744	270.73/cwt	269.50–273.00	2,014	40
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	266.04/cwt	254.00–273.00	2,041	233
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	793	248.20/cwt	244.50–251.00	1,968	49
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	257.78/cwt	247.00–263.50	2,080	172
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	840	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,041	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	245.31/cwt	236.00–248.75	2,151	569
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	241.21/cwt	233.00–248.50	2,226	401
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	927	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,053	26
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	961	239.13/cwt	236.50–242.00	2,298	164
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	318.75/cwt	312.50–337.50	1,371	38
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	443	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,298	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	313.13/cwt	311.00–317.00	1,537	128
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	510	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,647	87
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	307.00/cwt	299.00–311.00	1,596	209
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	291.30/cwt	281.00–294.00	1,701	266
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	283.87/cwt	270.00–290.50	1,774	526
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	638	266.90/cwt	265.50–268.50	1,703	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	265.84/cwt	260.00–274.50	1,792	415
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	697	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,746	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	257.48/cwt	249.00–264.50	1,846	556
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	734	1,965.91/head	1,950.00–1,975.00	1,966	110
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	762	253.75/cwt	253.75–253.75	1,934	74
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	239.97/cwt	237.00–243.00	1,877	112
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	239.50/cwt	229.50–242.00	1,957	81
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	853	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,842	17
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	226.75/cwt	224.00–228.00	2,007	162

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Hub City Livestock Auction - Aberdeen, SD

Wed Mar 13, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 7,289Last week 6,728Year ago 7,691

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	443	293.00	293.00
28	600–650	638	265.50–268.50	266.90
24	650–700	697	250.50	250.50
17	850–900	853	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	430	312.50–337.50	318.75
128	450–500	491	311.00–317.00	313.13
209	500–550	520	299.00–311.00	307.00
266	550–600	584	281.00–294.00	291.30
526	600–650	625	270.00–290.50	283.87
415	650–700	674	260.00–274.50	265.84
556	700–750	717	249.00–264.50	257.48
112	750–800	782	237.00–243.00	239.97
81	800–850	817	229.50–242.00	239.50
162	850–900	885	224.00–228.00	226.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
110	700–750	734	1,950.00–1,975.00	1,965.91
74	750–800	762	253.75	253.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
87	500–550	510	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	687	280.00	280.00
40	700–750	744	269.50–273.00	270.73
49	750–800	793	244.50–251.00	248.20
11	800–850	840	243.00	243.00
26	900–950	927	221.50	221.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	443	375.00	375.00
58	450–500	474	339.00–356.00	351.56
89	500–550	521	329.00–344.00	335.57
518	550–600	575	320.00–338.00	327.51
283	600–650	620	296.00–311.00	306.16
604	650–700	684	283.50–308.00	294.69
557	700–750	722	280.00–294.25	286.48
233	750–800	767	254.00–273.00	266.04
172	800–850	807	247.00–263.50	257.78
569	850–900	877	236.00–248.75	245.31
401	900–950	923	233.00–248.50	241.21
164	950–1000	961	236.50–242.00	239.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	431	332.00	332.00
5	450–500	492	322.50	322.50
17	550–600	564	297.00–311.00	303.50
30	650–700	672	277.00	277.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.