Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-09-22

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 22
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,609 head
1,509 vs last sale 3,118 2,644 vs year ago 4,253 · 62.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: different weight classes of steers and heifers than last week with best on steers 950 to 1000 lbs steady to 2.00 lower and heifers not well compared. Demand for yearlings remains good to very good with best demand seen for those off grass. Quality varied today, from plain to attractive. Many packages of tested opens again this week. Flesh mostly light to moderate plus. A couple consignments of spring calves this week met with moderate demand. Calves had shots and one consignment was weaned. An active market for yearlings, moderate for calves with mostly farmer feeders interested in these again this week. Bean harvest is getting started in this area and some corn has been harvested as well. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 29.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.57/cwt on 891 head.
Average price
$150.57
891 head · 898 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,352
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$11.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.26
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1895151.091,352846
Medium and Large 1-2703146.001,0269thin
Large 11,028139.501,43436
One grade step is worth $11.59/cwt here — about −$82 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 sale891 hd
150.57
SD average5 barns · 4,863 hd
155.83
−5.26
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

32 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 11,133126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,4289
HeifersLarge 11,028139.90/cwt136.25–142.501,43819
HeifersLarge 11,052138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,45726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629137.00/cwt137.00–137.008626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560142.50/cwt142.50–142.5079810
HeifersMedium and Large 1773143.92/cwt142.00–146.501,11385
SteersMedium and Large 1689156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,0788
SteersMedium and Large 1614162.42/cwt160.00–166.0099723
SteersMedium and Large 1873154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,34917
SteersMedium and Large 1460179.71/cwt179.00–180.0082718
Dairy SteersLarge 397875.00/cwt75.00–75.0073410
Dairy SteersLarge 382478.00/cwt78.00–78.0064314
SteersMedium and Large 1540171.00/cwt171.00–171.0092322
SteersMedium and Large 1751158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1877
HeifersMedium and Large 1396159.00/cwt159.00–159.006305
HeifersMedium and Large 1484140.50/cwt140.50–140.5068014
SteersMedium and Large 1719161.20/cwt157.00–163.501,15923
SteersMedium and Large 1823162.72/cwt153.00–165.601,33995
SteersMedium and Large 1922144.13/cwt142.50–145.751,329133
SteersMedium and Large 1966147.12/cwt143.75–154.251,421494
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2849128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,08716
HeifersMedium and Large 1679143.20/cwt139.50–152.0097264
SteersMedium and Large 1399182.00/cwt182.00–182.007266
SteersMedium and Large 1-2703146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0269
HeifersMedium and Large 1740146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,08017
HeifersMedium and Large 1620147.70/cwt144.00–153.5091621
HeifersMedium and Large 1993139.49/cwt137.00–144.001,38551
HeifersMedium and Large 1827146.28/cwt143.50–147.501,21060
HeifersMedium and Large 1576132.00/cwt132.00–132.0076014
SteersLarge 11,028139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,43436
HeifersMedium and Large 1905144.35/cwt144.25–144.501,30628
HeifersMedium and Large 1877146.25/cwt141.00–147.001,28348

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.