Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 700 to 850 lbs and 901 to 950 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 5.00 lower on 800 to 850 lbs and 901 to 950 lbs, 851 to 900 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Best test on heifers 700 to 850 lbs unevenly steady. Good to very good demand for today's large offering of packages and loads and a handful of strings of both home raised and backgrounded cattle with best demand seen for light fleshed cattle which will fit grass programs. Quality varied more than last week, from plain to attractive. Similar flesh to last week, from light to some heavy flesh at times. Cattle showed some tag today as widespread moisture this past weekend has made lots and yards muddy. More rain forecasted for the weekend. Temps remain cool for this time of year. These cool, wet conditions have made calving conditions miserable, especially farther north where there were large amounts of snowfall. However, most producers are simply thankful to be receiving moisture. An active market with a large crowd of buyers and some farmer feeders again this week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 4.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.17/cwt on 3,932 head.

Average price

$156.17

3,932 head · 860 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,344

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$290

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$24.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.42

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	710	159.64	1,134	85
Medium and Large 1	840	158.76	1,333	3,416
Large 1	1,055	134.98	1,424	431

One grade step is worth $24.66/cwt here — about −$290 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 sale3,932 hd

156.17

—

SD average7 barns · 10,650 hd

158.59

−2.42

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	918	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,040	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,383	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	145.31/cwt	143.00–147.00	905	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	892	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,124	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	956	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	201.58/cwt	196.00–203.00	1,218	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	186.87/cwt	178.00–194.50	1,271	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	161.53/cwt	152.50–165.00	1,250	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	155.45/cwt	149.00–162.25	1,278	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	172.58/cwt	163.00–180.75	1,255	356
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	779	173.94/cwt	170.75–175.00	1,355	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,219	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,119	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	153.63/cwt	150.00–156.25	1,346	554
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	148.70/cwt	143.00–155.75	1,370	897
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	204.56/cwt	197.50–216.00	1,078	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	140.64/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,363	416
Steers	Large 1	—	1,019	136.12/cwt	134.50–138.50	1,387	160
Steers	Large 1	—	1,070	134.49/cwt	130.25–136.00	1,439	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,013	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	598	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,184	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	147.02/cwt	142.00–150.50	1,091	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	162.85/cwt	159.00–165.50	1,122	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	861	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	10,332	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	922	1,240.00/cwt	1,240.00–1,240.00	11,433	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	845	1,230.00/cwt	1,230.00–1,230.00	10,394	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	728	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,128	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	623	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,103	56
Steers	Large 1	—	1,102	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,471	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	137.50/cwt	132.00–147.00	1,206	365
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	143.36/cwt	136.00–149.00	1,110	373
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	177.78/cwt	174.00–181.50	763	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	153.54/cwt	149.00–154.50	1,009	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	154.27/cwt	150.00–162.00	980	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	132.37/cwt	130.00–132.75	1,231	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	163.27/cwt	162.00–164.00	872	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	811	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	161.37/cwt	160.50–168.00	900	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	136.23/cwt	131.00–139.00	1,123	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	172.11/cwt	171.00–173.00	840	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	149.92/cwt	144.00–155.50	1,097	228

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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