Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-05-26

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 26
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,842 head
▼ 1,387 vs last sale 5,229▼ 404 vs year ago 4,246 · −9.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 750 to 800 lbs and 850 to 900 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher with instances up to 9.00 higher, 901 to 1000 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Best test on heifers 550 to 650 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher, 800 to 850 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's offering of many packages and loads including several packages of fall calves. Quality similar to last week with many attractive cattle to choose from. Less light fleshed cattle offered today, most cattle in moderate to heavy flesh. A few consignments of replacement heifers again this week with some of these in town due to the dry conditions. An active market seen for today's offering. Rain and cooler weather expected for the rest of the week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, June 2.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.29/cwt on 1,822 head.
Average price
$139.29
1,822 head · 859 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,197
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$23.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.08
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1838141.271,1841,668
Large 11,090117.861,285154
One grade step is worth $23.41/cwt here — about −$101 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 sale1,822 hd
139.29
—
SD average7 barns · 10,857 hd
136.21
+3.08
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

40 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 1Fleshy—1,014113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,14628
HeifersLarge 1—1,014120.52/cwt116.50–121.001,22248
SteersLarge 1—1,000119.75/cwt119.75–119.751,19829
SteersLarge 1—1,065119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,27333
SteersLarge 1—1,105117.03/cwt116.50–117.251,29350
SteersLarge 1—1,155116.25/cwt116.25–116.251,34342
HeifersMedium and Large 1—492155.50/cwt155.50–155.5076518
SteersMedium and Large 1—868138.80/cwt131.00–143.001,205305
SteersMedium and Large 1—421177.61/cwt173.00–180.0074840
SteersMedium and Large 1—963129.77/cwt126.75–132.001,250320
SteersMedium and Large 1—712148.38/cwt142.00–153.001,056118
SteersMedium and Large 1—488170.00/cwt170.00–170.0083013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—972118.22/cwt117.25–118.501,14962
SteersMedium and Large 1—839142.34/cwt134.00–145.001,19498
HeifersMedium and Large 1—927119.42/cwt119.10–119.851,10791
HeifersMedium and Large 1—834127.43/cwt125.50–130.501,063107
HeifersMedium and Large 1—777132.82/cwt130.00–135.501,03264
SteersMedium and Large 1—664161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,06914
SteersMedium and Large 1—619166.04/cwt162.00–168.501,02875
SteersMedium and Large 1—591168.39/cwt167.25–174.0099595
SteersMedium and Large 1—931133.07/cwt130.50–135.751,239402
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—9241,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0010,16437
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—8661,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.009,52652
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517158.66/cwt153.00–161.5082049
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562154.27/cwt150.00–157.25867121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—807110.00/cwt110.00–110.0088816
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—8331,070.67/cwt1,055.00–1,105.008,919237
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632144.62/cwt140.00–148.50914255
SteersMedium and Large 1—760149.54/cwt144.50–153.251,137134
HeifersMedium and Large 1—713139.65/cwt136.00–140.00996183
HeifersLarge 1—1,065115.60/cwt115.60–115.601,231144
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—759133.69/cwt123.00–138.501,01526
HeifersMedium and Large 1—867117.89/cwt117.00–121.501,02230
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420154.44/cwt154.00–155.0064934
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—833118.00/cwt118.00–118.009836
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—984117.75/cwt117.75–117.751,15928
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—689128.00/cwt128.00–128.0088212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—7801,080.00/cwt1,080.00–1,080.008,42421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—452135.00/cwt135.00–135.0061010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—678141.08/cwt140.50–142.0095767

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.