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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-07

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Sat, Dec 7

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Dec 4Dec 7Dec 11 →

Receipts

3,985 head

▲ 195 vs last sale 3,790▼ 385 vs year ago 4,370 · −8.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Wednesday: 450 to 499 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 500 to 549 lbs not well compared, 550 to 649 lbs and 700 to 749 lbs mostly, steady, 650 to 699 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Best test on heifers 500 to 599 lbs mostly steady. A special Saturday sale today featuring many packages and a dozen or so loads, all long time weaned and fully preconditioned. Flesh condition varied quite a bit, form light to some heavy flesh at times, depending on what feedstuffs are available to the producer. Quality mostly average to attractive today. Calves were met with very good demand and sold on an active market. A few less of the regular buyers attending but still plenty of buyers and farmer feeders in the seats and determined to own cattle. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, December 11.

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 $335.69/cwt on 551 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −152.52 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$335.69

551 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$19.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.73

vs SD average

+10.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	338.35	1,902	476
Medium and Large 1-2	590	318.77	1,880	75

One grade step is worth $19.58/cwt here — about $22 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale551 hd

335.69

—

SD average8 barns · 5,369 hd

339.42

−3.73

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+10.32

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−152.52

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	363	428.58/cwt	417.50–434.00	1,556	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,451	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	391.58/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,668	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	373.86/cwt	361.00–383.00	1,772	177
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,738	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	349.53/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,821	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,733	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	337.97/cwt	326.00–351.50	1,916	373
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	583	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,883	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	318.58/cwt	318.00–319.00	1,892	69
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	601	339.25/cwt	339.25–339.25	2,039	91
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	311.26/cwt	301.00–319.00	1,983	372
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	657	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,142	78
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	309.52/cwt	299.00–317.00	2,068	400
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	676	289.86/cwt	289.50–290.00	1,959	49
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	708	257.26/cwt	254.00–258.00	1,821	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	283.65/cwt	270.50–293.50	2,065	220
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	273.12/cwt	267.50–279.00	2,089	283
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	265.21/cwt	258.50–267.50	2,180	169
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,297	40
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,285	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	371.20/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,411	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	403	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,330	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	342.13/cwt	336.00–365.00	1,519	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	330.90/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,575	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	316.04/cwt	301.00–325.00	1,647	109
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	298.02/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,723	247
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	578	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,653	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	286.72/cwt	275.00–299.50	1,781	220
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	638	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,710	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	276.51/cwt	265.00–286.50	1,850	179
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	701	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,005	75
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,911	56
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	749	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,876	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	246.85/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,928	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

Sat Dec 7, 2024

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

Receipts 3,985Last week 3,790Year ago 4,370

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	578	286.00	286.00
13	600–650	638	268.00	268.00
21	700–750	749	250.50	250.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	380	367.50–375.00	371.20
28	400–450	444	336.00–365.00	342.13
56	450–500	476	327.00–340.00	330.90
109	500–550	521	301.00–325.00	316.04
247	550–600	578	290.00–307.00	298.02
220	600–650	621	275.00–299.50	286.72
179	650–700	669	265.00–286.50	276.51
56	700–750	705	271.00	271.00
145	750–800	781	244.00–250.00	246.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	403	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
75	700–750	701	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	363	417.50–434.00	428.58
15	400–450	426	390.00–395.00	391.58
177	450–500	474	361.00–383.00	373.86
65	500–550	521	340.00–355.00	349.53
373	550–600	567	326.00–351.50	337.97
372	600–650	637	301.00–319.00	311.26
400	650–700	668	299.00–317.00	309.52
220	700–750	728	270.50–293.50	283.65
283	750–800	765	267.50–279.00	273.12
169	800–850	822	258.50–267.50	265.21
40	850–900	880	261.00	261.00
11	900–950	914	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	387	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	493	352.50	352.50
6	500–550	540	321.00	321.00
69	550–600	594	318.00–319.00	318.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	550–600	583	323.00	323.00
49	650–700	676	289.50–290.00	289.86
28	700–750	708	254.00–258.00	257.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	600–650	601	339.25	339.25
78	650–700	657	326.00	326.00

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.