Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-01-08

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Sat, Jan 8
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,423 head
33 vs last sale 4,390 1,473 vs year ago 2,950 · +49.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was a special Saturday feeder calf sale. Compared to Wednesday: steer calves 600 to 800 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 4.00 higher on 700 to 750 lbs. Heifer calves 600 to 750 lbs mostly steady. Other weight classes not well compared. Good to very good demand for a large offering of many packages and loads, like Wednesday, calves which fit grass type programs see excellent demand. Varied flesh today, from light to moderate plus. Quality similar to Wednesday with many attractive quality cattle to choose from. An active market with many of the normal buyers attending, as well as some farmer feeders. Cold wind chills persist today, a warm up is expected by mid week. Regular feeder cattle sale Wednesday, January 12.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.97/cwt on 2,520 head.
Average price
$175.97
2,520 head · 701 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,233
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$23.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.67
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1705176.841,2472,311
Medium and Large 1-2613168.001,029186
Large 11,021153.251,56523
One grade step is worth $23.59/cwt here — about −$318 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 sale2,520 hd
175.97
SD average8 barns · 19,051 hd
173.30
+2.67
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

42 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1573168.12/cwt156.00–174.00963358
HeifersMedium and Large 1815144.34/cwt138.75–147.001,17660
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487158.11/cwt151.00–162.0077020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640147.22/cwt136.00–149.0094229
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2401174.00/cwt174.00–174.0069810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2394177.00/cwt177.00–177.0069719
SteersMedium and Large 1482210.14/cwt199.00–214.001,013101
SteersMedium and Large 1618184.02/cwt173.00–190.001,137165
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed518224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,16032
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned555188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0437
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned607169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,02914
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC833170.25/cwt170.25–170.251,41866
SteersMedium and Large 1769161.68/cwt151.50–165.001,243206
SteersMedium and Large 1868159.45/cwt153.00–166.001,384220
SteersMedium and Large 1820164.48/cwt161.00–165.501,349231
SteersMedium and Large 1385214.49/cwt214.00–215.008268
SteersMedium and Large 1536200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,0758
SteersMedium and Large 1905160.84/cwt155.50–164.501,45681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2481177.50/cwt167.00–186.0085418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525188.03/cwt180.00–193.0098718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2692158.56/cwt150.50–159.501,09758
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625165.57/cwt163.50–167.001,03569
SteersMedium and Large 1-2826147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,2184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2704149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0495
SteersLarge 11,021153.25/cwt153.25–153.251,56523
SteersMedium and Large 1580199.46/cwt193.00–204.501,157284
SteersMedium and Large 1680176.69/cwt170.00–184.001,201344
SteersMedium and Large 1719172.56/cwt163.50–178.751,241419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2384208.00/cwt208.00–208.007996
SteersMedium and Large 1-2429183.00/cwt183.00–183.007858
HeifersMedium and Large 1622166.26/cwt159.00–169.751,034255
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned675145.50/cwt145.50–145.5098230
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned545163.00/cwt163.00–163.0088813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned592155.50/cwt155.50–155.5092126
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy745161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,19914
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy582182.71/cwt173.00–187.501,063111
HeifersMedium and Large 1730152.34/cwt146.50–157.751,112284
HeifersMedium and Large 1437189.00/cwt189.00–189.008265
HeifersMedium and Large 1785145.52/cwt144.75–147.501,14232
HeifersMedium and Large 1517175.37/cwt165.00–179.0090753
HeifersMedium and Large 1483181.81/cwt177.00–186.00878136
HeifersMedium and Large 1673153.28/cwt147.50–161.251,032195

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.