Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-03-23

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 23
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
6,960 head
1,174 vs last sale 5,786 2,561 vs year ago 4,399 · +58.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 600 to 650 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, 651 to 800 lbs mostly steady, 801 to 950 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers 600 to 650 lbs and 701 to 750 lbs mostly steady, 651 to 700 and 751 to 800 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Another large offering this week featuring many packages and loads of mostly home raised cattle. Very good demand for grass type cattle, good to very good demand for feeding types. This weeks sale very similar to last weeks in quality and flesh, from plain to attractive and light to some heavy flesh at times. Many colored cattle featured this week as well. An active market seen for this offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 30.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.97/cwt on 3,876 head.
Average price
$164.97
3,876 head · 780 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,287
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$412
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$37.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.67
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2588177.891,04668
Medium and Large 1769166.091,2783,603
Large 11,035140.881,458205
One grade step is worth $37.02/cwt here — about −$412 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 sale3,876 hd
164.97
SD average5 barns · 12,176 hd
161.30
+3.67
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

38 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 1408170.56/cwt165.00–176.0069636
HeifersMedium and Large 1525171.65/cwt167.00–177.50901204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679138.17/cwt136.50–140.0093845
HeifersMedium and Large 1872133.84/cwt131.00–136.251,1679
HeifersMedium and Large 1573166.48/cwt161.00–170.50954152
HeifersMedium and Large 1624161.22/cwt150.00–166.001,006322
SteersMedium and Large 1931146.34/cwt143.00–152.751,362600
SteersMedium and Large 1483203.00/cwt203.00–203.0098023
SteersMedium and Large 1731168.28/cwt158.00–174.501,230357
SteersMedium and Large 1631184.63/cwt176.00–190.001,165371
SteersMedium and Large 1970145.99/cwt139.50–147.251,416136
SteersMedium and Large 1573191.68/cwt184.00–202.501,098184
SteersMedium and Large 1870151.55/cwt148.25–153.251,318410
SteersMedium and Large 1678178.42/cwt171.00–185.501,210414
SteersMedium and Large 1532198.88/cwt190.00–202.501,058122
SteersMedium and Large 1822158.56/cwt153.50–161.001,303332
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC659187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,23216
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC736180.25/cwt180.25–180.251,32765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2676165.68/cwt161.00–167.001,12035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2509182.00/cwt182.00–182.009268
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy890146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,30645
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy938139.88/cwt138.50–140.001,31271
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490193.68/cwt192.00–194.0094925
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC610199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,21770
SteersMedium and Large 1Full643170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,09337
SteersLarge 11,064142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,51626
HeifersMedium and Large 1664159.13/cwt152.00–169.501,057478
HeifersMedium and Large 1722145.86/cwt138.00–155.001,053265
SteersLarge 11,031140.64/cwt139.50–143.001,450179
SteersMedium and Large 1759165.89/cwt153.00–169.501,259287
HeifersMedium and Large 1764147.46/cwt137.50–154.501,127458
HeifersMedium and Large 1819138.74/cwt132.00–141.251,136205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2636135.26/cwt133.50–140.0086034
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement761162.83/cwt159.00–164.501,239100
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy844148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,25324
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy626171.38/cwt171.00–171.501,07339
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2563143.97/cwt142.00–146.0081112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2721133.94/cwt131.00–136.0096626

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.