Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-07-14

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 14
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
2,958 head
909 vs last sale 2,049 1,390 vs year ago 1,568 · +88.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 1000 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 5.00 higher on 900 to 950 lbs. Heifers not well compared, higher undertones noted on heifers. Good to very good demand for today's offering which sold on an active market. Several strings and many loads offered, mostly light to moderate plus flesh today. Quite a few consignments off grass again this week, most of these were heifers. These are in town due to the drought as many of these would not normally come off grass until fall. One consignment of spring calves offered today, these were met with good demand. Quality mostly average to attractive overall. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, July 21.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.68/cwt on 1,528 head.
Average price
$149.68
1,528 head · 764 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,144
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$26
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.19
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1760150.321,1421,491
Medium and Large 1-2941124.121,16837
One grade step is worth $26.20/cwt here — about −$26 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 sale1,528 hd
149.68
SD average6 barns · 8,835 hd
143.49
+6.19
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

26 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 11,009144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,453108
HeifersMedium and Large 1535160.00/cwt160.00–160.008567
HeifersMedium and Large 1249193.00/cwt193.00–193.0048110
HeifersMedium and Large 1578152.70/cwt148.00–158.5088329
HeifersMedium and Large 1351171.00/cwt171.00–171.0060038
HeifersMedium and Large 1639156.86/cwt154.50–160.251,00298
SteersMedium and Large 1814150.71/cwt145.25–152.501,227104
SteersMedium and Large 1878150.44/cwt143.00–154.001,321195
SteersMedium and Large 1378199.00/cwt199.00–199.0075234
HeifersMedium and Large 1753151.17/cwt139.50–152.751,138176
SteersMedium and Large 1519184.80/cwt178.00–186.5095947
SteersMedium and Large 1619170.24/cwt170.00–171.001,05417
SteersMedium and Large 1712164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1689
SteersMedium and Large 1969145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,40598
SteersMedium and Large 1916149.40/cwt145.00–153.251,369375
HeifersMedium and Large 1822142.02/cwt139.25–146.501,167220
HeifersMedium and Large 1670157.22/cwt155.25–158.751,053249
SteersMedium and Large 1285214.00/cwt214.00–214.0061010
HeifersMedium and Large 1966140.95/cwt140.75–141.351,362166
HeifersMedium and Large 1730153.68/cwt146.50–157.251,122357
SteersMedium and Large 1-2481174.00/cwt174.00–174.008378
SteersMedium and Large 1-2918137.30/cwt136.50–138.501,26030
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2989123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,22114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2912124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,13523
HeifersMedium and Large 1939138.41/cwt135.00–141.351,300141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2891136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,21614

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.