Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-07-28

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 28
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,682 head
677 vs last sale 2,359 895 vs year ago 787 · +113.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers and heifers of different weight classes than last week so an accurate price trend can not be established, higher undertones noted on heifers. Good to very good demand for today's offering featuring mostly loads and one long string of heifers off grass. Flesh varied again this week depending on where the cattle came from , best demand seen for light fleshed cattle off grass. Overall quality mostly attractive today. An active market seen for this offering. Very hot temperatures this week with heat advisories in effect and no moisture for most areas. These are very harsh conditions for livestock, as well as further deteriorating grass and crop conditions. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, August 4.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.74/cwt on 1,037 head.
Average price
$148.74
1,037 head · 844 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,256
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$15.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.20
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1821151.141,240850
Medium and Large 1-2597148.4688726
Large 11,008136.141,372161
One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about −$132 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 sale1,037 hd
148.74
SD average6 barns · 5,172 hd
145.55
+3.20
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

16 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 11,008136.14/cwt135.00–138.001,372161
HeifersMedium and Large 1651163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0616
HeifersMedium and Large 1586173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0147
HeifersMedium and Large 1611167.80/cwt160.00–172.501,02519
HeifersMedium and Large 1705156.25/cwt156.25–156.251,10230
SteersMedium and Large 1677170.11/cwt169.25–172.001,15216
SteersLarge 11,044139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,45643
SteersMedium and Large 1616180.20/cwt172.00–186.001,11010
SteersMedium and Large 1796165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,31365
HeifersMedium and Large 1790151.57/cwt144.75–153.001,197207
HeifersMedium and Large 1863148.79/cwt148.25–149.001,284443
HeifersMedium and Large 1804153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,230138
SteersMedium and Large 1842153.27/cwt152.25–159.501,29192
SteersMedium and Large 1887154.25/cwt154.25–154.251,368182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full558146.00/cwt146.00–146.0081510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622150.00/cwt150.00–150.0093316

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.