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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 17

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Apr 10Apr 17Apr 24 →

Receipts

3,427 head

▼ 1,079 vs last sale 4,506▼ 4,103 vs year ago 7,530 · −54.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 650 to 699 lbs and 800 to 899 lbs mostly steady, 900 to 949 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 950 to 999 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers not well compared today. Good demand for today's offering featuring a couple strings of backgrounded cattle as well as many loads and packages of home raised cattle. Light cattle continue to see very good demand as grass time is only a few weeks away and some still have pastures to fill. Less flesh overall than last week with most cattle in moderate to moderate plus flesh. Quality varied more this week with more plain cattle on offer, especially in packages. An active market seen for this offering, buyers took advantage of multiple loads when offered to fill pens. Buyers still have quite a bit of optimism for fall despite the uncertainty the board has been displaying the last couple weeks. The area received a very nice slow rain yesterday which will get grass and small grains already planted off to a good start. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 24.

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 $317.83/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −170.38 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$317.83

88 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$37.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.61

vs SD average

+13.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	330.90	1,798	51
Medium and Large 1-2	557	303.50	1,689	24
Large 1	560	293.00	1,641	13thin

One grade step is worth $37.90/cwt here — about $157 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 sale88 hd

317.83

—

SD average6 barns · 573 hd

318.44

−0.61

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+13.44

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−170.38

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

42 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	401	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,347	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,684	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,627	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,740	23
Steers	550–600	Large 1	560	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,641	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	326.71/cwt	326.00–331.00	1,843	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,740	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	602	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,668	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	301.51/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,884	89
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	296.12/cwt	287.00–305.50	2,011	258
Steers	650–700	Large 1	691	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,804	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	287.68/cwt	281.00–290.50	2,054	212
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,942	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	780	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,005	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	251.01/cwt	249.50–251.50	1,970	49
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	274.57/cwt	269.00–281.00	2,161	132
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800	275.25/cwt	275.25–275.25	2,202	78
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	257.78/cwt	249.00–266.00	2,145	227
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,041	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	250.68/cwt	238.00–254.00	2,171	78
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	242.20/cwt	237.25–243.25	2,262	387
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	946	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,024	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	232.83/cwt	227.50–235.00	2,249	516
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,027	227.18/cwt	224.00–229.25	2,333	170
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,053	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,359	57
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,354	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	350.69/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,529	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	284.96/cwt	282.00–292.50	1,345	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	304.57/cwt	295.00–308.50	1,599	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	288.46/cwt	288.00–289.00	1,679	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,521	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	275.20/cwt	262.00–278.00	1,739	94
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	663	247.83/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,643	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	264.99/cwt	263.00–268.00	1,770	66
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,681	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	247.95/cwt	241.00–250.50	1,805	50
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	236.86/cwt	235.75–241.50	1,876	51
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	226.53/cwt	222.75–229.00	1,842	33
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	821	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,011	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	841	2,140.00/head	2,140.00–2,140.00	2,140	40
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	843	213.57/cwt	211.50–216.00	1,800	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,918	43

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 3,427Last week 4,506Year ago 7,530

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	460	366.00	366.00
23	500–550	518	336.00	336.00
28	550–600	564	326.00–331.00	326.71
89	600–650	625	300.00–311.00	301.51
258	650–700	679	287.00–305.50	296.12
212	700–750	714	281.00–290.50	287.68
132	750–800	787	269.00–281.00	274.57
227	800–850	832	249.00–266.00	257.78
78	850–900	866	238.00–254.00	250.68
387	900–950	934	237.25–243.25	242.20
516	950–1000	966	227.50–235.00	232.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	800–850	800	275.25	275.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	560	293.00	293.00
12	650–700	691	261.00	261.00
170	1000–1050	1,027	224.00–229.25	227.18
57	1050–1100	1,053	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	401	336.00	336.00
12	500–550	515	316.00	316.00
12	550–600	598	291.00	291.00
10	600–650	602	277.00	277.00
23	700–750	714	272.00	272.00
49	750–800	785	249.50–251.50	251.01
9	800–850	833	245.00	245.00
4	900–950	946	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	750–800	780	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	375.00	375.00
18	400–450	436	350.00–352.50	350.69
42	500–550	525	295.00–308.50	304.57
13	550–600	582	288.00–289.00	288.46
94	600–650	632	262.00–278.00	275.20
66	650–700	668	263.00–268.00	264.99
50	700–750	728	241.00–250.50	247.95
51	750–800	792	235.75–241.50	236.86
33	800–850	813	222.75–229.00	226.53
43	850–900	872	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
40	800–850	841	2,140.00	2,140.00
11	800–850	821	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	663	247.00–248.00	247.83
13	800–850	843	211.50–216.00	213.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	472	282.00–292.50	284.96
9	550–600	599	254.00	254.00
15	650–700	686	245.00	245.00

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.