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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 20

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Mar 13Mar 20Apr 3 →

Receipts

7,268 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 7,289▲ 2,026 vs year ago 5,242 · +38.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 600 to 699 lbs 4.00 to 9.00 higher, 700 to 999 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 3.00 higher on 850 to 899 lbs. Heifers 600 to 649 lbs and 700 to 749 lbs mostly steady, 650 to 699 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Very good demand for another large offering. Many attractive cattle to choose from again this week, many home raised cattle and also quite a few back grounded cattle. More big, finishing type cattle featured this week and more flesh overall. This has been an easy feeding winter and the cattle are showing it. Guys are still trying to fill grass orders and competing hard for those type of cattle. An active market through the day today but more aggressive at the start of the sale. Several storms are looming on the horizon for the rest of the week and weekend into next week. Some areas could see over a foot of snow. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 27.

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 $338.87/cwt on 148 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −149.34 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$338.87

148 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,844

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$14.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.60

vs SD average

+20.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	340.59	1,867	130
Medium and Large 1-2	516	326.41	1,684	18thin

One grade step is worth $14.18/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale148 hd

338.87

—

SD average6 barns · 1,063 hd

340.47

−1.60

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+20.58

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−149.34

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

33 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,435	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,663	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	326.41/cwt	325.00–327.00	1,684	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	345.25/cwt	339.00–356.00	1,806	54
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	337.28/cwt	329.00–347.00	1,909	76
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	317.97/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,994	268
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	1,976	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	305.75/cwt	292.00–312.00	2,052	440
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	710	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,148	60
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	287.85/cwt	279.00–293.00	2,098	406
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	752	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	2,177	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	270.63/cwt	266.00–273.75	2,097	280
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	815	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,217	67
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	254.45/cwt	249.00–258.80	2,140	546
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	246.34/cwt	242.00–251.00	2,180	366
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	886	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,042	24
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	922	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,005	15
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	243.96/cwt	232.00–249.50	2,254	1,312
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	238.56/cwt	237.75–240.00	2,302	243
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,024	232.54/cwt	229.50–238.50	2,381	401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	321.28/cwt	313.00–330.00	1,491	65
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	301.23/cwt	299.00–309.00	1,621	81
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	295.02/cwt	289.00–306.50	1,673	135
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	284.65/cwt	277.00–293.00	1,782	237
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,643	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	267.81/cwt	262.00–277.00	1,802	465
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	701	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,928	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	255.46/cwt	244.00–264.50	1,842	215
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,771	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	246.61/cwt	235.00–252.75	1,904	272
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	237.66/cwt	228.00–243.00	1,944	186
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	233.02/cwt	226.00–243.00	2,044	208
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	232.20/cwt	224.00–232.75	2,104	145

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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 7,268Last week 7,289Year ago 5,242

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
401	1000–1050	1,024	229.50–238.50	232.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	850–900	886	230.50	230.50
15	900–950	922	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	700–750	710	302.50	302.50
35	750–800	752	289.50	289.50
67	800–850	815	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	471	353.00	353.00
54	500–550	523	339.00–356.00	345.25
76	550–600	566	329.00–347.00	337.28
268	600–650	627	310.00–329.00	317.97
440	650–700	671	292.00–312.00	305.75
406	700–750	729	279.00–293.00	287.85
280	750–800	775	266.00–273.75	270.63
546	800–850	841	249.00–258.80	254.45
366	850–900	885	242.00–251.00	246.34
1,312	900–950	924	232.00–249.50	243.96
243	950–1000	965	237.75–240.00	238.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	422	340.00	340.00
18	500–550	516	325.00–327.00	326.41
17	600–650	649	304.50	304.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	450–500	464	313.00–330.00	321.28
81	500–550	538	299.00–309.00	301.23
135	550–600	567	289.00–306.50	295.02
237	600–650	626	277.00–293.00	284.65
465	650–700	673	262.00–277.00	267.81
215	700–750	721	244.00–264.50	255.46
272	750–800	772	235.00–252.75	246.61
186	800–850	818	228.00–243.00	237.66
208	850–900	877	226.00–243.00	233.02
145	900–950	906	224.00–232.75	232.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	701	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	657	250.00	250.00
11	700–750	741	239.00	239.00

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.