Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-09-01

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 1
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,941 head
1,328 vs last sale 3,269 931 vs year ago 2,872 · 32.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 950 lbs and heifers 800 to 850 lbs mostly steady with other weight classes not well compared. Good to very good demand for today's yearling offering featuring a couple of strings and many loads and packages. Many packages of tested open heifers again this week as producers get their pregnancy testing out of the way. Yearlings both off grass and out of yards again this week, flesh varied, but mostly light to moderate plus. More variation in quality this week, from plain to attractive. A couple consignments of spring calves this week, these saw light demand. The majority of these calves were off the cow and had no preconditioning. An active market on yearlings with much interest, a light market on calves with a couple farmer feeders interested in these. The area has received some nice rainfall the past week or so with some areas getting large hail and wind. More rain expected tomorrow. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 8.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.57/cwt on 849 head.
Average price
$160.57
849 head · 898 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,442
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$5.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.97
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1888161.031,429775
Large 11,011155.701,57474
One grade step is worth $5.33/cwt here — about −$144 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 sale849 hd
160.57
SD average7 barns · 8,902 hd
163.54
−2.97
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

29 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
BullsMedium and Large 1509166.00/cwt166.00–166.0084510
BullsMedium and Large 1353202.00/cwt202.00–202.007134
BullsMedium and Large 1403186.00/cwt186.00–186.007506
HeifersLarge 11,082123.50/cwt122.50–124.501,33612
HeifersLarge 11,020134.06/cwt130.00–135.501,36715
HeifersMedium and Large 1676161.27/cwt153.00–162.501,09070
SteersMedium and Large 1937161.89/cwt152.50–165.751,517369
SteersMedium and Large 1790156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,23611
SteersMedium and Large 1733158.80/cwt156.00–161.001,16416
SteersMedium and Large 1862167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,44468
SteersLarge 11,055149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,57212
SteersMedium and Large 1638178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,13920
SteersMedium and Large 1555182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,01011
SteersMedium and Large 1845158.25/cwt149.00–160.001,33792
SteersMedium and Large 1677162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,09732
HeifersMedium and Large 1479150.00/cwt150.00–150.007195
SteersMedium and Large 1963154.40/cwt152.50–156.251,487126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed584152.00/cwt152.00–152.0088813
HeifersMedium and Large 1645154.00/cwt154.00–154.0099331
SteersMedium and Large 1Full983140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,38113
SteersMedium and Large 1Full628165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,03917
HeifersMedium and Large 1870145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,26213
SteersLarge 11,002157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,57362
HeifersMedium and Large 1773147.96/cwt145.00–155.001,14466
HeifersMedium and Large 1568166.89/cwt164.00–169.0094828
HeifersMedium and Large 1965138.63/cwt134.00–141.251,33841
HeifersMedium and Large 1737163.74/cwt163.50–164.001,207141
HeifersMedium and Large 1934141.39/cwt136.00–145.501,32163
HeifersMedium and Large 1831154.44/cwt145.00–155.501,283267

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.