Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 900 to 950 lbs mostly steady, other weight classes of yearlings and yearling heifers not well compared. Calves too lightly tested last week to compare to today's large calf offering. Good to very good demand for yearling cattle again this week with best demand seen for cattle still coming off grass. Flesh varied again this week, from moderate to heavy. A larger calf offering than last week met with moderate to good demand, mostly depending on shots. Calves with full preconditioning, or at least a full round of fall shots saw good to very good demand, calves with spring shots, even if it was a full round in the spring see moderate to good demand, sometimes light demand if it was just a 7 way in the spring. This report demonstrates a wider range of prices reflecting preconditioning. Flesh on calves mostly light to moderate plus. An active market on yearlings with order buyers interested, a moderate to active market on calves with buyers as well as some farmer feeders interested in calves today. This is the first dry Wednesday in four weeks and dry weather is expected to continue for the next week at least, with temperatures in the 60's predicted for the weekend. Harvest is slowly wrapping up in this area. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 10.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.58/cwt on 3,542 head.

Average price

$165.58

3,542 head · 724 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,199

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$19.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.88

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	719	166.20	1,194	3,412
Large 1	1,029	151.94	1,563	67
Medium and Large 1-2	686	146.43	1,005	63

One grade step is worth $19.77/cwt here — about $190 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 sale3,542 hd

165.58

—

SD average10 barns · 31,059 hd

174.45

−8.88

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

40 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	541	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	749	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	718	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	933	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	674	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	930	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	778	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	988	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	846	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,142	25
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,066	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,540	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	180.80/cwt	170.00–193.00	877	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	165.27/cwt	156.00–175.00	957	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	190.64/cwt	177.00–203.50	848	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,400	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	163.08/cwt	152.00–167.50	1,104	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	1,334	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,115	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	144.40/cwt	140.00–152.50	853	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	160.80/cwt	154.25–165.50	1,420	416
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	169.53/cwt	161.00–185.00	895	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	156.08/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,183	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	208.86/cwt	200.00–217.00	794	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,357	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,206	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	158.61/cwt	154.00–164.20	1,489	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	166.30/cwt	154.00–172.00	1,043	584
Steers	Large 1	—	1,030	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,586	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	159.03/cwt	154.00–164.20	1,520	574
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,214	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	150.93/cwt	140.00–160.00	729	429
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	617	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	938	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	744	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	167.96/cwt	152.00–172.50	628	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	148.47/cwt	135.00–154.75	944	149
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,018	141.62/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,442	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	144.91/cwt	135.00–151.00	843	211
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,022	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,456	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	874	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,324	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	990	139.98/cwt	139.75–140.00	1,386	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	151.33/cwt	145.75–152.00	1,460	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	149.46/cwt	144.50–151.00	1,073	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	152.27/cwt	145.00–154.75	997	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	146.80/cwt	144.00–151.00	744	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	159.65/cwt	156.00–161.00	669	42

How this sale compares

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