Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-03-17

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 17
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,369 head
2,646 vs last sale 6,015 2,744 vs year ago 625 · +439.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 600 to 650 lbs, 700 to 750 lbs, and 850 to 1000 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher with other weight classes of steers not well compared today. Heifers 500 to 600 lbs mostly steady, 601 to 750 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher except 650 to 700 lbs not well compared. Good to very good demand for today's offering of packages and loads, including several packages of replacement heifers. Mostly average to attractive quality cattle to choose from today, overall quality slightly more attractive than last week. Flesh mostly light to moderate plus today, many cattle available that would be able to fit into summer grass programs. Some tag showing on the offering today as the area has seen mixed precipitation the last week and very little to no sun to dry things out and lot conditions have become sloppy. An active market seen for today's offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 24.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.42/cwt on 1,606 head.
Average price
$146.42
1,606 head · 779 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,140
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$390
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$36.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.07
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2593158.9694272
Medium and Large 1776146.731,1381,476
Large 11,084122.941,33358
One grade step is worth $36.02/cwt here — about −$390 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 sale1,606 hd
146.42
SD average7 barns · 11,074 hd
146.36
+0.07
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

34 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 11,078123.75/cwt123.75–123.751,33447
SteersLarge 11,110119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,32611
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy631150.50/cwt150.50–150.5095013
HeifersMedium and Large 1879126.96/cwt126.50–127.501,11613
HeifersMedium and Large 1768127.62/cwt126.00–130.5098034
HeifersMedium and Large 1997120.25/cwt120.25–120.251,19959
HeifersMedium and Large 1619144.09/cwt138.00–149.50892241
HeifersMedium and Large 1676138.66/cwt131.00–140.00937261
SteersMedium and Large 1538184.94/cwt180.00–188.00995129
SteersMedium and Large 1669154.66/cwt147.00–160.751,03551
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement854131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,12315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement761140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,06934
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement8221,310.00/cwt1,310.00–1,310.0010,76827
SteersMedium and Large 1970130.61/cwt127.00–133.601,267117
SteersMedium and Large 1623162.63/cwt156.00–165.751,013153
SteersMedium and Large 1777138.57/cwt137.50–143.501,07786
SteersMedium and Large 1558169.77/cwt164.00–176.0094726
SteersMedium and Large 1462183.11/cwt181.00–184.0084627
SteersMedium and Large 1428185.35/cwt181.00–188.0079319
SteersMedium and Large 1-2638150.56/cwt147.00–152.0096141
HeifersMedium and Large 1583143.16/cwt137.00–145.50835140
HeifersMedium and Large 1816125.25/cwt124.00–127.001,02270
HeifersMedium and Large 1726134.76/cwt130.00–136.00978180
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed606174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,05422
HeifersMedium and Large 1479153.49/cwt148.00–157.0073562
HeifersMedium and Large 1530150.40/cwt148.00–153.5079763
SteersMedium and Large 1720147.41/cwt140.00–153.001,061195
SteersMedium and Large 1920132.39/cwt123.00–133.601,218278
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement708140.00/cwt140.00–140.0099175
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement7991,030.00/cwt1,030.00–1,030.008,23064
SteersMedium and Large 1836136.48/cwt130.00–138.501,14155
SteersMedium and Large 1875134.54/cwt125.50–138.001,177305
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2703121.92/cwt121.50–123.0085751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2533170.08/cwt164.50–175.0090731

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.