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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 15

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← May 8May 15May 22 →

Receipts

3,898 head

▲ 1,098 vs last sale 2,800▲ 276 vs year ago 3,622 · +7.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 949 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 950 to 999 lbs mostly steady. Heifers not well compared this week. Good to very good demand for today's offering featuring several strings of backgrounded cattle as well as loads and packages of home raised cattle including quite a few weaned fall calves. Opportunities to buy something green for grass were limited today as most cattle were carrying some flesh, quite a few cattle in moderate plus flesh with some heavy flesh seen at times. Quality varied, but mostly average to attractive. An active market with buyers taking multiple loads when offered to fill pens. Despite the volatility the futures have exhibited the past few weeks, buyers are still optimistic for fall and are determined to have cattle on hand to market. Scattered rain showers across the area today but the last week has been dry and farmers have been busy getting the crop in, many cattle are on grass already. Pasture conditions look very good at this point. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 22.

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 $322.61/cwt on 244 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −165.60 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$322.61

244 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$413

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$64.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.82

vs SD average

+11.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	330.54	1,850	214
Large 1	540	266.00	1,436	30

One grade step is worth $64.54/cwt here — about $413 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 sale244 hd

322.61

—

SD average3 barns · 474 hd

335.43

−12.82

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

+11.84

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−165.60

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

35 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,588	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	355.70/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,714	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	350.91/cwt	349.00–352.00	1,807	27
Steers	500–550	Large 1	540	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,436	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	327.60/cwt	317.00–336.00	1,854	187
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	317.74/cwt	312.50–323.00	1,922	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	634	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,877	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,870	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,773	87
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	295.80/cwt	283.50–306.00	2,000	108
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	285.01/cwt	272.00–292.00	2,046	146
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	282.26/cwt	268.25–287.50	2,154	88
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	809	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,958	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	264.62/cwt	250.00–268.25	2,188	90
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	858	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,042	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	898	246.75/cwt	246.75–246.75	2,216	64
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	247.00/cwt	246.75–247.25	2,255	198
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	234.48/cwt	228.75–238.25	2,277	318
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,074	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,379	274
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,093	215.75/cwt	215.75–215.75	2,358	52
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1Fleshy	1,100	215.75/cwt	215.75–215.75	2,373	105
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,451	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,544	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	314.93/cwt	306.00–323.00	1,660	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	549	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,477	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	296.90/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,725	165
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	275.80/cwt	269.00–279.00	1,729	53
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	264.48/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,801	88
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	704	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,897	73
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	251.03/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,820	123
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	794	242.45/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,925	55
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	244.75/cwt	240.00–246.25	2,014	506
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	229.04/cwt	221.00–230.25	2,041	101
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	912	236.18/cwt	235.25–238.00	2,154	178
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	937	213.99/cwt	211.00–215.00	2,005	88

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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 3,898Last week 2,800Year ago 3,622

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	1050–1100	1,093	215.75	215.75
105	1100–1150	1,100	215.75	215.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	540	266.00	266.00
274	1050–1100	1,074	221.50	221.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	396	401.00	401.00
31	450–500	482	350.00–365.00	355.70
27	500–550	515	349.00–352.00	350.91
187	550–600	566	317.00–336.00	327.60
18	600–650	605	312.50–323.00	317.74
108	650–700	676	283.50–306.00	295.80
146	700–750	718	272.00–292.00	285.01
88	750–800	763	268.25–287.50	282.26
90	800–850	827	250.00–268.25	264.62
64	850–900	898	246.75	246.75
198	900–950	913	246.75–247.25	247.00
318	950–1000	971	228.75–238.25	234.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	636	294.00	294.00
87	650–700	658	269.50	269.50
12	800–850	809	242.00	242.00
13	850–900	858	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
28	600–650	634	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	441	329.00	329.00
32	450–500	478	323.00	323.00
44	500–550	527	306.00–323.00	314.93
165	550–600	581	287.00–300.00	296.90
53	600–650	627	269.00–279.00	275.80
88	650–700	681	255.00–272.50	264.48
123	700–750	725	250.00–261.00	251.03
55	750–800	794	240.00–245.00	242.45
506	800–850	823	240.00–246.25	244.75
101	850–900	891	221.00–230.25	229.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
73	700–750	704	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	549	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
178	900–950	912	235.25–238.00	236.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
88	900–950	937	211.00–215.00	213.99

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.