Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-03-30

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 30
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
5,011 head
1,949 vs last sale 6,960 1,702 vs year ago 6,713 · 25.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 600 to 650 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher, 651 to 850 lbs and 901 to 950 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 2.00 higher on 700 to 750 lbs and 800 to 850 lbs, 851 to 900 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers 500 to 600 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, 601 to 650 lbs not well compared, 651 to 850 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's offering of many loads and packages of both home raised and backgrounded cattle, Grass type cattle continue to see very good demand. Several loads and packages of bangs vaccinated replacement heifers included today, quite a few of these still go out for feed. The lack of moisture so far has made producers cautious about adding numbers. Quality mostly average to attractive today and flesh ranged from light to some heavy, less flesh overall than seen last week. An active market seen for the offering. The area saw some heavy wet snow last night and this morning, a welcome sight as most places are still in need of moisture. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 6.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.63/cwt on 2,440 head.
Average price
$162.63
2,440 head · 820 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,333
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$364
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$36.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.51
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2617176.581,08919thin
Medium and Large 1814163.301,3292,341
Large 11,041139.641,45380
One grade step is worth $36.94/cwt here — about −$364 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 sale2,440 hd
162.63
SD average7 barns · 12,905 hd
164.14
−1.51
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

35 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 1567168.41/cwt164.50–175.5095592
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2636148.00/cwt148.00–148.009418
HeifersMedium and Large 1821139.27/cwt136.00–141.001,143156
HeifersMedium and Large 1919135.98/cwt132.50–137.751,25089
HeifersLarge 1726134.00/cwt134.00–134.0097313
HeifersLarge 1857126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,08015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2771133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,02520
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2467165.82/cwt165.00–166.0077432
HeifersMedium and Large 1533178.73/cwt173.00–183.50953122
HeifersMedium and Large 1624159.53/cwt155.00–161.50995147
SteersMedium and Large 1771163.14/cwt156.50–168.751,258212
SteersMedium and Large 1733169.58/cwt164.00–176.001,243221
SteersMedium and Large 1610197.70/cwt187.25–203.501,206168
SteersMedium and Large 1481211.30/cwt200.00–218.001,01658
SteersMedium and Large 1583198.94/cwt195.00–203.001,160111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2598163.00/cwt163.00–163.009757
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,15912
SteersMedium and Large 1678179.76/cwt171.00–183.501,219122
SteersMedium and Large 1816160.57/cwt151.75–162.751,310165
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement9101,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0011,83064
SteersMedium and Large 1859154.74/cwt150.00–158.751,329430
SteersLarge 11,061137.25/cwt137.25–137.251,45629
SteersLarge 11,029141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,45151
SteersMedium and Large 1974144.85/cwt140.50–146.001,411527
SteersMedium and Large 1524205.98/cwt198.00–214.001,07938
HeifersMedium and Large 1768148.14/cwt141.00–152.001,138372
SteersMedium and Large 1917150.71/cwt144.25–152.751,382289
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement847145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,22850
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement7761,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.008,73015
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement9971,310.00/cwt1,310.00–1,310.0013,06113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement8421,195.00/cwt1,195.00–1,195.0010,06264
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415173.00/cwt173.00–173.007184
HeifersMedium and Large 1673155.53/cwt148.00–159.001,047309
HeifersMedium and Large 1725150.54/cwt141.50–155.251,091382
HeifersMedium and Large 1870139.71/cwt133.00–141.751,215130

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.