Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-08-11

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 11
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,584 head
290 vs last sale 3,294 732 vs year ago 2,852 · +25.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 1000 lbs mostly steady except 900 to 950 lbs not well compared. Best test on heifers 800 to 900 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's large offering featuring many steers and heifers off grass selling in loads and strings. Flesh on these varied, mostly light to moderate with some moderate plus at times. Good demand seen for loads of cattle out of yards, most of these in moderate to moderate plus flesh. Overall quality today mostly attractive. An active market seen for this offering, with buyers procuring multiple loads when offered. Some areas received rain over the weekend, however for most producers the hot and dry weather continues. Some areas have started chopping corn. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, August 18.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.15/cwt on 1,788 head.
Average price
$155.15
1,788 head · 907 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,408
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$34
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$19.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.30
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1892157.101,4021,608
Large 11,042137.801,436180
One grade step is worth $19.30/cwt here — about −$34 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 sale1,788 hd
155.15
SD average6 barns · 8,633 hd
154.85
+0.30
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
SteersMedium and Large 1930154.65/cwt146.50–157.751,438692
SteersMedium and Large 1832161.08/cwt159.25–163.001,340290
HeifersMedium and Large 1932144.47/cwt135.75–147.501,346501
HeifersMedium and Large 1888148.06/cwt144.00–149.501,315320
SteersMedium and Large 1980150.55/cwt147.00–154.251,475245
SteersMedium and Large 1862159.74/cwt155.25–163.001,377217
SteersMedium and Large 1739168.12/cwt164.00–168.751,24294
SteersMedium and Large 1765164.69/cwt163.75–167.501,26070
SteersLarge 11,029138.38/cwt137.50–139.251,424106
SteersLarge 11,060136.97/cwt135.75–137.501,45274
HeifersMedium and Large 1960142.13/cwt136.00–146.101,364214
HeifersMedium and Large 1828146.41/cwt139.50–150.001,212169
HeifersMedium and Large 1774149.43/cwt148.25–150.251,15779
HeifersMedium and Large 1742150.25/cwt150.25–150.251,11573
HeifersLarge 11,061132.64/cwt132.00–137.001,407126
HeifersLarge 11,036132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,36865

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.