Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-09-08

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 8
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,513 head
428 vs last sale 1,941 2,020 vs year ago 3,533 · 57.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Different weight classes of steers and heifers than last week so an accurate price trend can not be established. Good to very good demand for today's yearling offering featuring one string, a hand full of loads, and many packages. Similar to recent weeks, many tested open heifers in town today as producers get PG testing out of the way. Quality and flesh similar to last week, from plain to attractive, flesh mostly light to moderate plus. An active market with a few less buyers than normal in attendance today. Widespread rain across the area the last few weeks have greened things up. Some yard cattle today even showed some tag as lot conditions have gotten really muddy in some areas. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 15.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.60/cwt on 1,038 head.
Average price
$149.60
1,038 head · 821 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,228
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$238
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.91
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1802151.121,213941
Medium and Large 1-2671141.0094621
Large 11,089133.221,45176
One grade step is worth $17.89/cwt here — about −$238 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 sale1,038 hd
149.60
SD average4 barns · 4,361 hd
158.51
−8.91
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

21 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 11,046128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,3399
HeifersLarge 11,120129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,44527
HeifersLarge 11,078137.25/cwt137.25–137.251,48040
HeifersMedium and Large 1615166.80/cwt166.00–168.501,02625
HeifersMedium and Large 1669158.12/cwt154.50–165.001,05840
HeifersMedium and Large 1961143.16/cwt139.50–144.251,37684
SteersMedium and Large 1699164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,15013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2858132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,13315
SteersMedium and Large 1855159.07/cwt156.50–161.501,36031
HeifersMedium and Large 1873147.15/cwt143.50–152.501,285157
HeifersMedium and Large 1727151.66/cwt150.00–155.001,10340
HeifersMedium and Large 1766153.01/cwt151.25–158.001,172523
SteersMedium and Large 1782157.99/cwt156.50–160.501,23513
SteersMedium and Large 1987151.75/cwt151.75–151.751,49820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2686156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0707
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2671141.00/cwt141.00–141.0094621
HeifersMedium and Large 1910145.67/cwt144.25–146.751,32672
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy668158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,05918
SteersMedium and Large 1739156.34/cwt154.25–158.501,15597
SteersMedium and Large 1908151.25/cwt151.25–151.251,373122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed758140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,06113

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.