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

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 3
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
7,518 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 7,643▲ 2,447 vs year ago 5,071 · +48.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers under 600 lbs not well compared, 601 to 700 lbs mostly steady, 701 to 800 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 801 to 900 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 901 to 1000 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 550 to 600 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 601 to 700 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 701 to 750 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for another large offering this week. Many attractive cattle to choose from, both home raised and backgrounded, available in packages, loads, and strings. Quite a few loads and packages of replacement type heifers available today and these were met with excellent demand. Similar to last week, flesh varied quite a bit again today, from light to heavy. Some tag on some of the cattle again this week. An active market seen for this offering. Very nice weather today with the area seeing temps in the upper 60's. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 10.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.33/cwt on 4,127 head.
Average price
$141.33
4,127 head · 789 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,115
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$564
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$66.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.74
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2379190.0972024
Medium and Large 1782141.711,1083,950
Large 11,037123.921,284153
One grade step is worth $66.17/cwt here — about −$564 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 sale4,127 hd
141.33
—
SD average8 barns · 22,176 hd
144.08
−2.74
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

47 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—1,063118.44/cwt118.00–119.501,25934
SteersLarge 1—1,029125.48/cwt123.25–127.751,291119
HeifersLarge 1—1,229112.75/cwt112.75–112.751,38625
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—761127.00/cwt127.00–127.009666
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—746131.00/cwt131.00–131.009777
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—560151.00/cwt151.00–151.0084614
SteersMedium and Large 1—916129.16/cwt124.00–133.751,183449
SteersMedium and Large 1—871129.88/cwt123.50–136.251,131530
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—716144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,03128
SteersMedium and Large 1—575167.32/cwt164.50–171.0096297
HeifersMedium and Large 1—958107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,02525
SteersMedium and Large 1—966129.17/cwt123.00–133.001,248238
SteersMedium and Large 1—483183.60/cwt179.50–184.5088748
HeifersMedium and Large 1—766127.60/cwt120.50–131.50977152
SteersMedium and Large 1—675150.64/cwt143.00–158.251,017378
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626139.17/cwt132.50–143.00871365
SteersMedium and Large 1—767141.51/cwt133.00–146.251,085542
SteersMedium and Large 1—713148.33/cwt146.25–153.501,058239
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—759117.75/cwt117.75–117.758947
HeifersMedium and Large 1—818122.46/cwt121.00–123.501,002111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415161.64/cwt160.00–163.0067113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—923116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,07120
SteersMedium and Large 1—634160.53/cwt154.00–167.001,018332
SteersMedium and Large 1—409175.00/cwt175.00–175.007165
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—630126.21/cwt125.00–127.0079515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—582146.16/cwt137.00–151.25851448
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—379190.09/cwt185.00–193.0072024
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—666139.61/cwt137.00–140.5093016
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—636151.70/cwt150.00–152.5096552
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—7311,043.00/cwt1,000.00–1,130.007,624247
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—825127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,04840
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—531139.25/cwt139.25–139.2573932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—372161.00/cwt161.00–161.0059917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—509123.00/cwt123.00–123.0062610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—415145.00/cwt145.00–145.006027
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—6911,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.008,29276
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532147.62/cwt142.00–153.5078580
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—685122.98/cwt117.00–127.0084232
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—8071,047.95/cwt1,035.00–1,080.008,45731
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—9231,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0010,15310
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—7751,142.72/cwt1,010.00–1,225.008,856306
SteersMedium and Large 1—820138.55/cwt131.00–141.251,136870
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463156.43/cwt151.00–161.0072437
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725132.27/cwt128.50–139.50959203
HeifersMedium and Large 1—672136.95/cwt131.50–144.00920308
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—8661,226.29/cwt975.00–1,290.0010,620204
SteersMedium and Large 1—530164.99/cwt161.00–171.0087487

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.