Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-03-24

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 24
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,399 head
1,030 vs last sale 3,369 1,657 vs year ago 6,056 · 27.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers of different weight classes than last week with best test on steers 700 to 750 lbs and 850 to 950 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Best test on heifers 550 to 750 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's offering. Many packages and loads featured, most of the cattle today were home raised. Flesh varied again this week, from light to moderate plus, many light fleshed cattle which could fit grass programs were available again this week. Slightly less demand for replacements today as quality was not as attractive as seen in previous weeks. An active market seen for this offering with buyers taking multiple loads of cattle when offered. Some of the state saw some rain yesterday, however much of the area is very dry and this is a concern as grass time gets closer. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 31.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.59/cwt on 2,387 head.
Average price
$143.59
2,387 head · 800 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,148
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$559
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$37.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.56
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2463165.0276421
Medium and Large 1790144.251,1402,244
Large 11,035127.811,323122
One grade step is worth $37.21/cwt here — about −$559 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 sale2,387 hd
143.59
SD average6 barns · 8,408 hd
142.03
+1.56
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
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy740126.00/cwt126.00–126.009325
SteersLarge 11,067127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,36035
SteersLarge 11,022127.94/cwt125.75–129.001,30887
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy764121.00/cwt121.00–121.0092430
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy638147.27/cwt147.00–147.5094024
HeifersMedium and Large 1864127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,10210
HeifersMedium and Large 1530148.41/cwt144.00–150.00787126
HeifersMedium and Large 1678133.20/cwt130.00–140.00903158
SteersMedium and Large 1764142.85/cwt136.00–146.001,091312
SteersMedium and Large 1935134.74/cwt131.75–136.501,260337
HeifersMedium and Large 1713133.74/cwt130.50–135.00954121
HeifersMedium and Large 1912128.74/cwt125.50–129.251,17476
SteersMedium and Large 1971127.41/cwt124.00–129.251,237158
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement834135.60/cwt130.25–138.001,13148
SteersMedium and Large 1532171.97/cwt162.00–177.0091568
SteersMedium and Large 1624156.25/cwt153.00–162.0097572
HeifersMedium and Large 1628143.56/cwt135.50–146.75902189
SteersMedium and Large 1473185.92/cwt181.50–195.0087953
SteersMedium and Large 1876137.18/cwt133.50–139.501,202408
HeifersMedium and Large 1823128.15/cwt124.50–129.001,055166
SteersMedium and Large 1823138.09/cwt134.50–139.751,136396
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement713970.00/cwt970.00–970.006,91653
HeifersMedium and Large 1581140.45/cwt133.50–144.00816102
SteersMedium and Large 1570168.66/cwt162.00–171.50961184
HeifersMedium and Large 1427156.32/cwt149.00–159.0066722
HeifersMedium and Large 1464159.36/cwt154.00–161.0073927
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement8281,088.41/cwt1,070.00–1,200.009,012222
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement7911,020.00/cwt1,020.00–1,020.008,06812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581148.00/cwt148.00–148.008609
SteersMedium and Large 1668153.98/cwt148.50–159.001,029142
SteersMedium and Large 1715148.25/cwt140.50–154.001,06075
SteersMedium and Large 1444195.50/cwt195.50–195.5086810
HeifersMedium and Large 1775130.76/cwt124.75–136.501,013201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2374177.79/cwt177.00–179.0066512

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.