Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-02-09

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 9
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
7,065 head
1,354 vs last sale 5,711 4,107 vs year ago 2,958 · +138.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 650 lbs mostly steady, 651 to 700 lbs not well tested last week for comparison, 701 to 800 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 801 to 900 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers 500 to 700 lbs mostly steady, 701 to 800 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Good to very good demand for all classes of cattle in today's large offering. Many attractive cattle to choose from with many load lots available today, plus many part loads and packages. Varied flesh again this week, from light fleshed, hay fed calves to calves in moderate plus to heavy flesh. An active market for this offering with order buyers and farmer feeders attending the sale and eager to buy cattle. Some tag seen on the cattle today as the weather has been much warmer than normal for February and lots are thawing and getting sloppy. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, February 16.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.81/cwt on 4,401 head.
Average price
$175.81
4,401 head · 731 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,286
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$226
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$14.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.15
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2566189.191,070240
Medium and Large 1741175.031,2974,161
One grade step is worth $14.16/cwt here — about −$226 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 sale4,401 hd
175.81
SD average6 barns · 11,223 hd
172.66
+3.15
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 1Fleshy572160.00/cwt160.00–160.009156
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy721149.21/cwt148.00–149.751,07642
HeifersMedium and Large 1470174.01/cwt168.00–185.0081878
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418156.00/cwt156.00–156.0065216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623154.00/cwt154.00–154.0095921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513167.32/cwt165.50–168.0085866
SteersMedium and Large 1482225.29/cwt219.00–233.501,08675
SteersMedium and Large 1517219.53/cwt215.00–227.501,13586
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425213.00/cwt213.00–213.0090510
SteersMedium and Large 1975155.02/cwt153.00–155.501,511150
SteersMedium and Large 1576199.59/cwt191.00–209.501,150210
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed602202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,21954
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,04916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2674161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,08523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618167.90/cwt166.00–176.001,03847
SteersMedium and Large 1631186.23/cwt180.00–192.501,175603
SteersMedium and Large 1723174.84/cwt167.00–181.501,264774
SteersMedium and Large 1423223.42/cwt220.50–228.0094525
SteersMedium and Large 1913154.27/cwt150.00–156.001,408223
SteersMedium and Large 1870161.33/cwt154.50–166.001,404312
SteersMedium and Large 1776169.94/cwt165.75–177.001,319361
SteersMedium and Large 1684177.15/cwt171.00–190.251,212419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2591184.77/cwt170.00–188.001,09254
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525202.94/cwt196.00–208.001,06590
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement633175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,11150
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement763167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,27873
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy821154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,26410
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy744165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,22821
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy798158.67/cwt158.50–158.751,26648
SteersMedium and Large 1820164.93/cwt156.25–169.501,352790
HeifersMedium and Large 1723159.48/cwt152.50–161.251,153199
HeifersMedium and Large 1628162.56/cwt158.00–169.001,021213
HeifersMedium and Large 1571176.16/cwt170.50–179.001,006216
HeifersMedium and Large 1672162.27/cwt153.00–166.001,090302
HeifersMedium and Large 1432199.00/cwt199.00–199.0086012
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement660171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,12943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564150.00/cwt150.00–150.008468
HeifersMedium and Large 1892142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,26723
HeifersMedium and Large 1778151.64/cwt145.00–155.501,180396
HeifersMedium and Large 1818150.40/cwt143.00–152.501,230136
HeifersMedium and Large 1532177.19/cwt170.00–183.50943154
HeifersMedium and Large 1906146.37/cwt141.00–147.001,326103

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.