Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 850 to 900 lbs mostly steady with other weight classes of yearling steers and heifers not well compared. Steer calves 500 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower, 601 to 700 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves 500 to 600 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, 601 to 650 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for a few loads and packages of yearling steers and heifers in today's offering. Quality on yearlings mostly plain to average this week. Good to very good demand for a large calf offering. Many loads and many, many packages offered. Lots of variety in calves today, from longtime weaned, big calves in moderate plus to heavy flesh, to light weight, light to moderate fleshed calves off the cow, and everything in between. Calf quality mostly average to attractive and the majority of the calves had a good shot record. An active market on both calves and yearlings. Some winter weather forecasted for tonight and into tomorrow. Very high winds predicted along with rain or snow depending on the area. This is the last feeder cattle sale of 2021. There will be two feeder cattle sales the first week of January, one on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, and one Saturday, January 8. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.30/cwt on 2,921 head.

Average price

$172.30

2,921 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,204

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$351

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$17.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.05

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	697	173.41	1,209	2,658
Medium and Large 1-2	634	162.50	1,031	206
Large 1	1,000	156.00	1,560	57

One grade step is worth $17.41/cwt here — about −$351 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 sale2,921 hd

172.30

—

SD average8 barns · 20,337 hd

174.35

−2.05

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

48 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	—	439	161.28/cwt	161.00–161.50	708	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	577	158.04/cwt	157.00–158.50	912	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	907	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,258	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	464	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	766	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,144	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,602	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	163.49/cwt	159.25–167.00	1,004	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	179.06/cwt	171.50–188.50	1,119	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	156.06/cwt	150.50–163.00	1,456	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	164.70/cwt	154.00–170.00	1,365	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	190.78/cwt	182.00–199.50	1,007	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	167.35/cwt	159.00–172.50	1,203	276
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	185.43/cwt	178.00–191.00	1,081	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	719	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	174.65/cwt	167.00–180.75	1,149	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,510	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	200.30/cwt	191.75–209.00	951	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	163.49/cwt	160.00–165.75	1,427	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	161.57/cwt	155.50–171.00	1,255	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	152.42/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,011	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	833	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	824	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	176.23/cwt	170.00–182.00	828	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	154.29/cwt	151.00–157.00	952	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,145	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,000	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,289	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	930	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	846	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,159	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	177.13/cwt	164.00–184.25	755	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	168.62/cwt	161.00–173.00	970	339
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	176.07/cwt	173.00–187.00	840	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	154.14/cwt	150.00–160.50	1,139	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	157.05/cwt	148.50–161.00	1,055	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,491	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	693	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	699	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	772	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,127	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	168.56/cwt	162.00–173.50	952	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	619	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,065	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	146.75/cwt	142.75–155.00	1,133	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	149.67/cwt	141.50–151.50	1,245	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	171.26/cwt	165.00–175.00	899	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,365	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	215.71/cwt	201.00–219.00	953	42
Steers	Large 1	—	1,000	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,560	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	730	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,095	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	640	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,043	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	909	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,341	13

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →