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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 3

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Mar 20Apr 3Apr 10 →

Receipts

6,278 head

▼ 990 vs last sale 7,268▼ 1,506 vs year ago 7,784 · −19.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not reported last week due to light receipts, compared to two weeks ago: steers 600 to 949 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers 600 to 699 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 lower, 700 to799 lbs steady to 1.00 lower. Good demand for today's large offering of many loads and packages of home raised and backgrounded cattle with lighter backgrounding types seeing the best demand. Lots of attractive quality cattle to choose from again this week. More variation in flesh than two weeks ago, most cattle in moderate to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. Cattle are still staying clean, there hasn't been an abundance of moisture to get yards really muddy. Market activity mostly active even with the losses on the board this week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 10.

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 $333.57/cwt on 235 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −154.63 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$333.57

235 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$14.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.82

vs SD average

+22.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	334.30	1,912	223
Medium and Large 1-2	520	320.00	1,664	12thin

One grade step is worth $14.30/cwt here — about $248 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 sale235 hd

333.57

—

SD average5 barns · 763 hd

334.40

−0.82

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

+22.81

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−154.63

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

36 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	426	365.96/cwt	362.50–370.00	1,559	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,508	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,688	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,664	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	341.98/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,840	51
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	333.58/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,941	154
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	583	318.76/cwt	317.00–321.00	1,858	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	317.95/cwt	307.50–322.00	1,978	302
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	293.25/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,830	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	304.52/cwt	297.00–306.50	2,019	129
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	699	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,985	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,903	34
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	283.77/cwt	280.00–287.00	2,069	245
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	276.24/cwt	260.50–283.75	2,110	376
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	795	247.93/cwt	240.00–258.75	1,971	121
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	255.39/cwt	245.25–263.00	2,089	468
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	250.66/cwt	244.00–254.00	2,198	325
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	898	232.32/cwt	230.00–236.75	2,086	96
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	925	230.66/cwt	230.00–233.00	2,134	81
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	240.25/cwt	236.75–246.25	2,227	1,086
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	238.07/cwt	235.00–242.25	2,290	373
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,401	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	311.54/cwt	309.00–335.00	1,527	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	297.81/cwt	292.00–302.00	1,593	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	291.92/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,702	111
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	273.50/cwt	263.00–283.50	1,739	221
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,515	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,571	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	263.04/cwt	252.00–270.00	1,786	180
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	256.02/cwt	247.50–263.00	1,836	379
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	771	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,793	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	246.47/cwt	235.00–253.50	1,903	331
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	807	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,022	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	238.40/cwt	234.50–240.00	1,952	346
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	224.33/cwt	222.50–226.00	1,958	41
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	874	2,136.76/head	2,050.00–2,225.00	2,137	137

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 Apr 3, 2024

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

Receipts 6,278Last week 7,268Year ago 7,784

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	583	317.00–321.00	318.76
13	650–700	699	284.00	284.00
121	750–800	795	240.00–258.75	247.93
96	850–900	898	230.00–236.75	232.32
81	900–950	925	230.00–233.00	230.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	426	362.50–370.00	365.96
16	450–500	469	360.00	360.00
51	500–550	538	340.00–347.00	341.98
154	550–600	582	330.00–335.00	333.58
302	600–650	622	307.50–322.00	317.95
129	650–700	663	297.00–306.50	304.52
245	700–750	729	280.00–287.00	283.77
376	750–800	764	260.50–283.75	276.24
468	800–850	818	245.25–263.00	255.39
325	850–900	877	244.00–254.00	250.66
1,086	900–950	927	236.75–246.25	240.25
373	950–1000	962	235.00–242.25	238.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	453	333.00	333.00
12	500–550	520	320.00	320.00
46	600–650	624	285.00–299.00	293.25
34	700–750	706	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	750–800	771	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	412	340.00	340.00
49	450–500	490	309.00–335.00	311.54
44	500–550	535	292.00–302.00	297.81
111	550–600	583	280.00–299.00	291.92
221	600–650	636	263.00–283.50	273.50
180	650–700	679	252.00–270.00	263.04
379	700–750	717	247.50–263.00	256.02
331	750–800	772	235.00–253.50	246.47
346	800–850	819	234.50–240.00	238.40
41	850–900	873	222.50–226.00	224.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
15	800–850	807	250.50	250.50
137	850–900	874	2,050.00–2,225.00	2,136.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	642	236.00	236.00
11	650–700	652	241.00	241.00

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.