Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-08-18

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 18
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,120 head
464 vs last sale 3,584 1,185 vs year ago 1,935 · +61.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 900 lbs mostly steady, 901 to 950 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 951 to 1000 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifers of different weight classes than last week so not well compared for a trend. Good to very good demand for another large yearling offering of loads and strings, the majority of these off grass. A few packages of tested open heifers coming off grass as well. Less flesh overall than last week, mostly light to moderate flesh this week. Quality similar to last week, mostly attractive. An active market seen for this offering. Another week of very hot and dry conditions this past week. Many producers are busy cutting silage. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, August 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.08/cwt on 1,841 head.
Average price
$159.08
1,841 head · 903 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,437
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$16
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$18.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.06
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1902159.361,4371,814
Large 11,011140.501,42027
One grade step is worth $18.86/cwt here — about $16 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 sale1,841 hd
159.08
SD average5 barns · 10,915 hd
154.02
+5.06
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

18 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1826145.01/cwt142.00–148.001,19823
HeifersMedium and Large 1977140.27/cwt138.25–145.001,37050
HeifersLarge 11,053132.70/cwt132.70–132.701,39756
HeifersLarge 11,029134.45/cwt132.70–138.501,383239
HeifersMedium and Large 1544166.50/cwt166.50–166.5090611
HeifersMedium and Large 1714154.75/cwt154.75–154.751,10567
HeifersMedium and Large 1675151.19/cwt149.00–158.001,02181
HeifersMedium and Large 1920145.16/cwt143.50–146.001,33585
HeifersMedium and Large 1862151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,302127
HeifersMedium and Large 1781154.44/cwt152.75–156.001,206343
SteersMedium and Large 1706175.75/cwt175.75–175.751,24114
SteersMedium and Large 1766166.85/cwt166.85–166.851,27877
SteersMedium and Large 1831161.84/cwt159.50–163.001,345254
SteersMedium and Large 1927157.83/cwt153.00–159.751,463403
SteersMedium and Large 1967157.03/cwt149.50–157.751,518513
SteersMedium and Large 1879160.03/cwt158.75–161.001,407553
SteersLarge 11,011140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,42027
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed518171.00/cwt171.00–171.0088624

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.