Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-03-09

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 9
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
7,393 head
▼ 1,163 vs last sale 8,556▲ 1,378 vs year ago 6,015 · +22.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 600 to 800 lbs mostly steady, 801 to 850 lbs and 901 to 950 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 851 to 900 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Heifers 600 to 850 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Another large offering of feeder cattle today including a long string of 1400 head of backgrounded Char cross heifers as well as many packages and loads of home raised cattle. Grass type cattle continue to see very good demand, good to very good demand for feeding type cattle and replacement quality heifers. Varied flesh today, from light to heavy. Quality mostly average to attractive, slightly less attractive quality overall than last week. Cleaner hides this week as things have froze up again for a few days. An active market seen for the offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 16.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.51/cwt on 2,931 head.
Average price
$146.51
2,931 head · 757 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,110
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$139
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$13.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.95
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2620148.85923156
Medium and Large 1764146.911,1232,651
Large 1787135.001,062124
One grade step is worth $13.85/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale2,931 hd
146.51
—
SD average9 barns · 15,988 hd
153.45
−6.95
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

50 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
SteersLarge 1—808140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,13130
SteersMedium and Large 1—823157.10/cwt147.75–160.501,293431
SteersMedium and Large 1—867147.39/cwt140.00–154.501,278777
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—649166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,08119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—803131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,05611
SteersMedium and Large 1—767160.43/cwt154.00–166.001,230459
SteersMedium and Large 1—456218.00/cwt218.00–218.009948
SteersLarge 1—1,117136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,51933
SteersMedium and Large 1—956149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,43260
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—391199.00/cwt199.00–199.0077810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—850133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,13520
SteersMedium and Large 1—672179.11/cwt171.50–187.751,204210
SteersMedium and Large 1—634181.56/cwt173.00–191.001,151206
SteersMedium and Large 1—568206.08/cwt204.50–206.501,171124
SteersLarge 1—1,097137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,50353
SteersMedium and Large 1—528202.24/cwt200.00–205.001,06822
SteersMedium and Large 1—724166.22/cwt157.50–175.001,203434
SteersMedium and Large 1—441226.00/cwt226.00–226.0099717
SteersMedium and Large 1—931148.37/cwt143.25–149.751,381325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—645143.90/cwt143.00–145.0092829
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—657140.59/cwt136.00–144.5092422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—396183.19/cwt170.00–189.0072523
HeifersLarge 1—674136.00/cwt136.00–136.0091732
HeifersLarge 1—1,011126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,27418
HeifersLarge 1—781136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,06874
HeifersMedium and Large 1—832140.51/cwt135.75–146.001,169818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—513163.00/cwt163.00–163.0083610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632159.47/cwt158.00–162.001,008149
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578169.09/cwt167.00–175.00977145
HeifersMedium and Large 1—925135.36/cwt126.00–138.751,252191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—740138.17/cwt135.00–139.251,02255
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510177.12/cwt168.00–181.0090360
HeifersMedium and Large 1—672154.37/cwt145.00–160.001,037207
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—917140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,28413
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—7801,192.55/cwt1,060.00–1,230.009,302218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—464147.50/cwt147.50–147.506849
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—559148.00/cwt148.00–148.008278
HeifersMedium and Large 1—493165.90/cwt162.00–178.0081828
HeifersMedium and Large 1—863135.18/cwt132.50–136.751,167224
SteersLarge 1—1,002137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,37826
SteersLarge 1—671142.00/cwt142.00–142.0095312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—765144.72/cwt135.25–149.001,107418
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715151.80/cwt142.00–158.001,085411
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—746155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,1607
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—797148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,18019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—714150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,07113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—581171.00/cwt171.00–171.0099425
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—8061,250.56/cwt1,240.00–1,285.0010,080182
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—7351,138.28/cwt1,130.00–1,150.008,36664
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—520196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,01920

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.