Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-01-27

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 27
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
5,975 head
1,073 vs last sale 4,902 854 vs year ago 5,121 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 500 to 900 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher with instances up to 9.00 higher on 550 to 600 lbs and 650 to 700 lbs. Heifer calves 500 to 800 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher except 700 to 750 lbs not well tested this week for comparison. Good to very good demand for today's large offering of packages and loads. This offering featured many light fleshed, light weight cattle, with quite a few load lots available, and these cattle are met with excellent demand. Less flesh overall today than last week's offering, which featured many finishing type cattle, flesh today mostly light to moderate plus. Quality similar to last week, from average to attractive. An active market with many buyers and some farmer feeders in the seats today. Weather has turned colder this week and the temps are in the more normal range for this time of year. Some of the area received snow over the weekend. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, February 3.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.16/cwt on 3,504 head.
Average price
$151.16
3,504 head · 694 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,049
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.12
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1696151.521,0543,344
Medium and Large 1-2664143.55953160
One grade step is worth $7.97/cwt here — about $102 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3,504 hd
151.16
SD average8 barns · 17,998 hd
151.04
+0.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

46 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1435193.32/cwt187.00–202.5084139
SteersMedium and Large 1584162.32/cwt153.50–169.25948396
SteersMedium and Large 1875133.77/cwt132.00–136.251,170312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2617128.50/cwt128.50–128.507938
HeifersMedium and Large 1970118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,14968
SteersMedium and Large 1626158.87/cwt153.50–169.00995244
SteersMedium and Large 1809138.34/cwt133.50–141.001,119274
SteersMedium and Large 1381201.61/cwt200.00–202.0076821
SteersMedium and Large 1900130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,17045
HeifersMedium and Large 1520160.28/cwt149.50–163.00833162
HeifersMedium and Large 1418165.82/cwt153.00–169.00693140
SteersMedium and Large 1673153.62/cwt147.00–160.001,034830
SteersMedium and Large 1729146.81/cwt140.00–150.751,070452
HeifersMedium and Large 1373172.00/cwt172.00–172.0064218
SteersMedium and Large 1764140.50/cwt138.00–143.251,073275
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed562178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,00063
SteersMedium and Large 1469190.37/cwt184.00–196.7589361
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy730134.75/cwt134.75–134.7598416
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy881125.75/cwt125.75–125.751,10812
HeifersLarge 11,182109.39/cwt107.25–110.251,29367
HeifersLarge 11,089111.63/cwt107.75–113.251,21673
HeifersLarge 11,019106.75/cwt106.75–106.751,08838
HeifersLarge 11,126111.62/cwt111.50–112.501,257110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2652120.00/cwt120.00–120.0078228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486151.33/cwt151.00–152.0073518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576144.68/cwt144.00–146.5083323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2886113.25/cwt113.25–113.251,00313
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy649132.50/cwt132.50–132.5086019
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy818131.58/cwt131.50–131.751,07644
SteersMedium and Large 1Full856130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,11351
HeifersMedium and Large 1804129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,04181
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy679142.30/cwt137.50–143.2596642
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy637142.94/cwt134.50–147.7591119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2389183.00/cwt183.00–183.007128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2782117.50/cwt117.50–117.5091970
HeifersMedium and Large 1485164.59/cwt163.25–170.00798106
HeifersMedium and Large 1721128.25/cwt127.00–131.5092521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540159.06/cwt158.00–163.0085924
SteersMedium and Large 1-2766132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,01779
HeifersMedium and Large 1563145.93/cwt140.00–152.50822224
HeifersMedium and Large 1769127.10/cwt120.25–129.75977216
HeifersMedium and Large 1617148.90/cwt139.50–152.25919375
HeifersMedium and Large 1671138.32/cwt130.50–149.00928312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2414180.00/cwt180.00–180.007457
SteersMedium and Large 1-2321190.00/cwt190.00–190.006106
SteersMedium and Large 1525177.60/cwt168.00–180.50932148

How this sale compares

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.