Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-03-31

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 31
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
6,713 head
2,314 vs last sale 4,399 1,123 vs year ago 5,590 · +20.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 650 to 750 lbs, 801 to 850 lbs, and 951 to 1000 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher on 951 to 1000 lbs, 751 to 800 lbs mostly steady, 851 to 950 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifers 600 to 850 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's large offering of many packages, loads, and strings of both home raised and backgrounded cattle including a long string of 1300 backgrounded heifers. Several loads and packages of replacement heifers offered again this week, demand for these is being pressured a bit by the dry conditions the area is experiencing. Flesh similar to last week, from light to moderate plus, with many light fleshed, grass type cattle available again this week. An active market for this offering which strengthened throughout the day today. Warm temperatures expected for the rest of the week and weekend with little chance of moisture. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 7, expecting another large offering of 6000 plus.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.33/cwt on 2,666 head.
Average price
$135.33
2,666 head · 770 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,043
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$195
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$28.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.46
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2460157.0072213thin
Medium and Large 1773135.301,0452,624
Large 1715128.2591729
One grade step is worth $28.75/cwt here — about −$195 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 sale2,666 hd
135.33
SD average8 barns · 12,958 hd
139.79
−4.46
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

33 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
HeifersLarge 1715128.25/cwt128.25–128.2591729
SteersLarge 11,083126.02/cwt124.50–126.501,365147
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy580157.00/cwt157.00–157.0091122
HeifersMedium and Large 1472166.46/cwt162.00–170.0078636
HeifersMedium and Large 1530156.71/cwt153.50–165.0083155
HeifersMedium and Large 1577147.12/cwt142.00–152.5084978
SteersMedium and Large 1821142.27/cwt134.00–147.501,168620
SteersMedium and Large 1563165.34/cwt161.00–171.0093121
SteersMedium and Large 1870140.17/cwt136.00–142.001,219249
SteersMedium and Large 1-2448183.00/cwt183.00–183.008206
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement9081,216.83/cwt1,120.00–1,330.0011,049133
HeifersMedium and Large 1725135.74/cwt130.50–141.75984502
SteersMedium and Large 1775144.77/cwt140.50–146.501,122168
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement7821,113.77/cwt1,090.00–1,120.008,710105
HeifersMedium and Large 1907129.54/cwt128.25–130.501,175456
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562155.22/cwt153.50–156.0087220
SteersMedium and Large 1626164.31/cwt154.50–169.001,029222
HeifersMedium and Large 1623146.69/cwt140.00–150.50914225
HeifersMedium and Large 1783130.48/cwt127.00–132.501,022208
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement8131,080.87/cwt1,060.00–1,110.008,787381
SteersMedium and Large 1670161.42/cwt152.50–167.001,082155
HeifersMedium and Large 1884127.18/cwt123.00–130.501,124200
SteersMedium and Large 1535172.21/cwt168.00–178.5092144
HeifersMedium and Large 1676142.86/cwt137.50–145.50966266
HeifersMedium and Large 1818129.96/cwt124.25–133.251,063457
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement888132.99/cwt131.50–133.251,181141
SteersMedium and Large 1920136.54/cwt132.50–138.751,256597
SteersMedium and Large 1969137.64/cwt132.25–139.501,334357
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460157.00/cwt157.00–157.0072213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2452162.00/cwt162.00–162.0073213
SteersMedium and Large 1712157.93/cwt148.25–164.001,124295
SteersMedium and Large 1451175.00/cwt175.00–175.007898
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement9511,170.00/cwt1,170.00–1,170.0011,12760

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.