Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-02-03

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 3
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
7,062 head
▲ 1,087 vs last sale 5,975▲ 2,209 vs year ago 4,853 · +45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 900 lbs mostly steady except 600 to 700 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Heifers 500 to 600 lbs mostly steady, 601 to 700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 701 to 750 lbs not well compared, 751 to 800 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's large offering of packages and loads of both home raised and backgrounded cattle. More flesh overall than last week as this week's offering featured more finishing type cattle than last week, flesh ranged from moderate to heavy. Quality similar to last week, mostly average to attractive. An active market with the normal crowd of buyers and some farmer feeders attending the auction today. Foggy and damp weather has plagued the area the last few days and there have been several reports of power outages today. Very cold weather forecasted for this weekend. Next feeder sale is Wednesday, February 10.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.49/cwt on 3,882 head.
Average price
$144.49
3,882 head · 746 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,079
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$227
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.68
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1744144.901,0783,783
Medium and Large 1-2780129.291,00969
Large 11,025127.251,30430
One grade step is worth $17.65/cwt here — about −$227 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 sale3,882 hd
144.49
—
SD average7 barns · 15,874 hd
148.17
−3.68
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

41 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
SteersLarge 1—1,025127.25/cwt127.25–127.251,30430
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—590135.00/cwt135.00–135.0079723
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—643135.00/cwt135.00–135.0086814
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—658124.00/cwt124.00–124.0081621
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—751127.00/cwt127.00–127.0095443
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—582154.86/cwt145.50–157.00901108
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418165.00/cwt165.00–165.006908
SteersMedium and Large 1—724149.48/cwt140.25–154.001,082434
SteersMedium and Large 1—679151.48/cwt143.00–156.251,029477
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—736143.90/cwt140.00–146.001,05995
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473151.56/cwt147.00–156.0071736
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—689147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,01348
HeifersMedium and Large 1—737126.14/cwt120.50–132.00930340
SteersMedium and Large 1—977128.96/cwt127.75–131.251,260213
SteersMedium and Large 1—573164.94/cwt159.00–177.00945130
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669136.46/cwt129.50–142.50913510
SteersMedium and Large 1—623156.87/cwt150.00–166.25977267
SteersMedium and Large 1—449199.00/cwt199.00–199.0089414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632142.08/cwt135.50–150.25898502
HeifersMedium and Large 1—766124.45/cwt121.00–129.50953380
SteersMedium and Large 1—873131.87/cwt125.50–134.751,151317
HeifersMedium and Large 1—581145.11/cwt137.00–154.75843367
SteersMedium and Large 1—477181.66/cwt178.50–188.0086765
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518159.91/cwt154.50–165.50828115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—647123.13/cwt121.50–129.0079723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—813122.39/cwt119.75–125.00995113
SteersMedium and Large 1—916129.99/cwt124.00–132.001,191186
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—705119.00/cwt119.00–119.008396
SteersMedium and Large 1—544178.14/cwt178.00–182.00969241
SteersMedium and Large 1—779137.38/cwt133.00–142.001,070573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—611124.00/cwt124.00–124.0075810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—892114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,0217
SteersMedium and Large 1—821133.70/cwt128.25–141.001,098562
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—720137.19/cwt133.50–139.00988118
HeifersMedium and Large 1—864126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,09313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—766130.74/cwt127.50–132.501,00126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—821126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,04118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—716135.50/cwt135.50–135.5097018
HeifersMedium and Large 1—911119.73/cwt118.00–120.251,091110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—509138.00/cwt138.00–138.007025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—662122.32/cwt117.00–125.5081021

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.