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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Dec 18

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Dec 11Dec 18Jan 4 →

Receipts

3,537 head

▼ 1,111 vs last sale 4,648▲ 2,054 vs year ago 1,483 · +138.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 450 to 499 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower, 500 to 549 lbs not well compared, 550 to 599 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher, 600 to 649 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower, 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifer calves 500 to 599 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 5.00 higher on 550 to 599 lbs. Yearling cattle not well tested today for comparison. Good to very good demand for both yearlings and calves. A much lighter yearling offering this week with just a handful of loads, mostly heifers, and some packages. Varied quality on packages but mostly attractive on loads. A large calf offering featuring many packages and quite a few loads. Only about a quarter of the calves today were off the cow with the majority being weaned, most of them for over 30 days. Most had several rounds of shots, a few with no shots or just one round. Flesh ranged from light to moderate plus. Weather has been fairly mild and long time weaned calves have had lots of good days to put on weight, calves competing with cows for feed are staying greener. An active market with most of the usual crowd of order buyers but a few less farmer feeders in the seats. This is the last feeder cattle sale of 2024, next feeder cattle sale will be a special Saturday sale on Saturday, January 4, 2025, and regular sale on Wednesday, January 8. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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 $342.59/cwt on 555 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −145.62 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$342.59

555 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$404

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$57.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.14

vs SD average

+15.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	347.12	1,903	479
Medium and Large 1-2	559	321.49	1,797	58
Large 1	517	290.00	1,499	18thin

One grade step is worth $57.12/cwt here — about $404 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 sale555 hd

342.59

—

SD average7 barns · 3,960 hd

341.45

+1.14

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+15.96

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−145.62

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

40 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,492	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,582	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	385.99/cwt	367.50–402.50	1,486	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	396.57/cwt	382.50–407.50	1,634	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,505	4
Steers	450–500	Large 1	451	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,502	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	373.42/cwt	362.00–381.00	1,748	138
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	349.36/cwt	342.00–356.00	1,680	38
Steers	500–550	Large 1	517	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,499	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	350.12/cwt	339.00–366.00	1,856	255
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	330.37/cwt	329.00–332.00	1,761	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	343.71/cwt	333.00–355.00	1,956	224
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	310.56/cwt	304.00–313.00	1,835	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	309.83/cwt	298.50–317.00	1,958	377
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	304.09/cwt	291.50–310.50	2,080	357
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	287.44/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,104	57
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	276.49/cwt	276.00–278.00	2,146	103
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	260.75/cwt	260.75–260.75	2,362	43
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,036	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,657	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,342	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,243	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	370.92/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,391	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	348.17/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,438	62
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	429	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,257	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	316.73/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,384	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	309.77/cwt	308.00–313.00	1,444	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	333.62/cwt	321.00–343.00	1,558	110
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	282.36/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,434	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	323.47/cwt	308.00–335.00	1,689	194
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	309.36/cwt	294.00–321.00	1,745	175
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	573	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,547	54
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	283.08/cwt	277.00–296.00	1,749	45
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	279.21/cwt	271.00–286.00	1,890	86
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	254.25/cwt	254.25–254.25	1,983	49
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,255	134
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,010	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	2,452	60
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,094	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,483	60
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,480	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,702	37

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 Dec 18, 2024

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

Receipts 3,537Last week 4,648Year ago 1,483

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	429	345.00	345.00
37	500–550	549	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	429	293.00	293.00
32	450–500	490	280.00	280.00
54	550–600	573	270.00	270.00
60	1000–1050	1,010	242.75	242.75
60	1050–1100	1,094	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	342	392.50	392.50
31	350–400	375	360.00–377.50	370.92
62	400–450	413	340.00–360.00	348.17
110	450–500	467	321.00–343.00	333.62
194	500–550	522	308.00–335.00	323.47
175	550–600	564	294.00–321.00	309.36
45	600–650	618	277.00–296.00	283.08
86	650–700	677	271.00–286.00	279.21
49	750–800	780	254.25	254.25
134	900–950	902	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	371	335.00	335.00
17	400–450	437	310.00–326.00	316.73
32	450–500	466	308.00–313.00	309.77
13	500–550	508	270.00–290.00	282.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	385	367.50–402.50	385.99
4	400–450	433	347.50	347.50
38	450–500	481	342.00–356.00	349.36
32	500–550	533	329.00–332.00	330.37
26	550–600	591	304.00–313.00	310.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	440.00	440.00
13	350–400	354	447.00	447.00
19	400–450	412	382.50–407.50	396.57
138	450–500	468	362.00–381.00	373.42
255	500–550	530	339.00–366.00	350.12
224	550–600	569	333.00–355.00	343.71
377	600–650	632	298.50–317.00	309.83
357	650–700	684	291.50–310.50	304.09
57	700–750	732	270.00–290.00	287.44
103	750–800	776	276.00–278.00	276.49
43	900–950	906	260.75	260.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	451	333.00	333.00
18	500–550	517	290.00	290.00
56	1000–1050	1,036	256.50	256.50

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.