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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-08

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 8

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← May 1May 8May 15 →

Receipts

2,800 head

▼ 592 vs last sale 3,392▼ 1,215 vs year ago 4,015 · −30.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 899 lbs 7.00 to 9.00 higher with instances up to 13.00 higher. 900 to 949 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Best test on heifers 750 to 799 lbs steady. A nice offering of mostly backgrounded cattle today with the feature consignment being around 1000 attractive steers from one operation. Good to very good demand for strings and loads, moderate to good demand for packages. Varied quality on packages, average to attractive on loads and strings. Some mud on the cattle again this week as the area has seen more moisture and not much sun to dry out yards. Flesh condition varied, mostly moderate plus overall. An active market with buyers taking more than one load of cattle most of the time and sometimes all loads offered. Live and feeder cattle futures down today. Mostly sunny conditions in the forecast for the rest of the week which should dry things out and help farmers get out to plant. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 15.

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 $339.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −149.21 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$339.00

9 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.20

vs SD average

+29.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	339.00	1,810	9thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

339.00

—

SD average3 barns · 335 hd

323.80

+15.20

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+29.29

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−149.21

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

26 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,810	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	308.06/cwt	307.00–313.00	1,895	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,637	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,933	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	285.47/cwt	282.00–293.00	2,090	38
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	2,099	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,943	37
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	789	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,028	26
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	829	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,969	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	258.19/cwt	255.75–261.75	2,228	322
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	898	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,119	60
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	918	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,070	38
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	236.73/cwt	232.50–244.00	2,213	694
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	234.89/cwt	230.00–240.25	2,246	307
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	969	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,200	18
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,023	223.73/cwt	223.00–225.75	2,289	299
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	443	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,373	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	546	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,529	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,640	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,497	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	274.99/cwt	267.00–278.50	1,754	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,727	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	245.50/cwt	239.00–258.00	1,773	64
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	245.22/cwt	237.00–247.50	1,876	123
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	230.10/cwt	227.50–237.00	2,002	169
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	892	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,936	18

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 May 8, 2024

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

Receipts 2,800Last week 3,392Year ago 4,015

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
299	1000–1050	1,023	223.00–225.75	223.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	750–800	789	257.00	257.00
15	800–850	829	237.50	237.50
38	900–950	918	225.50	225.50
18	950–1000	969	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	534	339.00	339.00
28	600–650	615	307.00–313.00	308.06
12	650–700	662	292.00	292.00
38	700–750	732	282.00–293.00	285.47
17	750–800	751	279.50	279.50
322	850–900	863	255.75–261.75	258.19
694	900–950	935	232.50–244.00	236.73
307	950–1000	956	230.00–240.25	234.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	637	257.00	257.00
37	750–800	768	253.00	253.00
60	850–900	898	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	850–900	892	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	556	295.00	295.00
32	600–650	638	267.00–278.50	274.99
12	650–700	654	264.00	264.00
64	700–750	722	239.00–258.00	245.50
123	750–800	765	237.00–247.50	245.22
169	850–900	870	227.50–237.00	230.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	443	310.00	310.00
25	500–550	546	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	587	255.00	255.00

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.