Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-01-26

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 26
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,727 head
2,139 vs last sale 6,866 1,248 vs year ago 5,975 · 20.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 700 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower, 701 to 800 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 550 to 700 lbs mostly steady with an instance up to 6.00 higher on 700 to 750 lbs. Good to very good demand for light fleshed calves suitable for grass, moderate to good demand for feeding type cattle. Varied flesh again this week, from light to some heavy flesh at times. Quality similar to recent weeks, mostly average to attractive. An active market seen for the offering. A warmer day today with temperatures in the 30's and 40's expected for the rest of the week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, February 2.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.34/cwt on 2,110 head.
Average price
$173.34
2,110 head · 700 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,214
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.42
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1706173.561,2252,008
Medium and Large 1-2593169.181,004102
One grade step is worth $4.38/cwt here — about $221 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 sale2,110 hd
173.34
SD average8 barns · 15,609 hd
172.92
+0.42
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

41 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,02416
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed533214.28/cwt214.00–214.501,14231
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned578167.00/cwt167.00–167.009656
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy664134.00/cwt134.00–134.008904
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy790135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,06711
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy542155.27/cwt154.00–156.0084225
HeifersLarge 11,020138.15/cwt136.00–140.501,40917
HeifersMedium and Large 1419176.00/cwt176.00–176.007379
HeifersMedium and Large 1913142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,29614
SteersMedium and Large 1878155.64/cwt149.00–159.751,367102
SteersMedium and Large 1592190.09/cwt185.00–195.001,125136
SteersMedium and Large 1813154.67/cwt153.00–157.751,257137
SteersMedium and Large 1770167.64/cwt160.00–172.251,291306
SteersMedium and Large 1476209.10/cwt208.00–212.0099521
SteersMedium and Large 1531199.15/cwt194.00–205.501,05793
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy837145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,21412
SteersMedium and Large 1449208.00/cwt208.00–208.0093418
SteersMedium and Large 1920154.48/cwt152.00–156.001,421123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2666162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,08249
SteersMedium and Large 1-2491176.00/cwt176.00–176.0086412
SteersMedium and Large 1633181.39/cwt174.00–192.501,148317
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy592172.19/cwt170.00–174.001,01911
SteersMedium and Large 1721169.09/cwt163.50–176.001,219273
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy777155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,20418
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy508191.00/cwt191.00–191.009709
SteersMedium and Large 1-2409185.00/cwt185.00–185.007577
SteersMedium and Large 1676175.56/cwt166.50–180.501,187386
HeifersMedium and Large 1519167.06/cwt162.50–169.5086765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525176.81/cwt174.00–181.0092818
HeifersMedium and Large 1573165.44/cwt158.50–176.50948397
HeifersMedium and Large 1480172.41/cwt167.00–176.00828121
HeifersMedium and Large 1618161.05/cwt151.50–169.50995149
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned594152.00/cwt152.00–152.0090312
HeifersMedium and Large 1672154.85/cwt147.50–160.251,041721
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy671157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0539
HeifersMedium and Large 1780146.10/cwt144.50–147.501,14038
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2628144.94/cwt144.50–145.5091075
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480153.61/cwt150.00–156.0073715
HeifersMedium and Large 1865142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,23045
HeifersMedium and Large 1732148.64/cwt141.00–160.001,088276
HeifersMedium and Large 1832142.89/cwt142.00–144.501,189108

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.