Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-05-11

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,113 head
1,028 vs last sale 3,085 2,750 vs year ago 6,863 · 40.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 950 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 1000 to 1050 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifers 700 to 800 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's large offering with best demand seen for cattle fitting grass programs. Several strings and many loads and packages of both backgrounded and home raised cattle offered. Quality on packages varied quite a bit, from plain to attractive, mostly average to attractive on loads. Flesh condition ranged from light to some heavy flesh, less flesh overall than last week. Cattle carry tag again this week as the rain has kept coming and yards remain muddy. An active market seen for this offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 18.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.86/cwt on 2,202 head.
Average price
$146.86
2,202 head · 790 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,161
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$167
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$21.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.04
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2437161.007045thin
Medium and Large 1794146.961,1672,157
Large 1624139.6487140
One grade step is worth $21.36/cwt here — about −$167 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 sale2,202 hd
146.86
SD average6 barns · 9,322 hd
149.91
−3.04
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

40 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 1Fleshy654148.50/cwt148.50–148.509718
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700141.50/cwt141.50–141.509918
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy775138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,07314
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy916125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,14519
HeifersLarge 1540142.00/cwt142.00–142.0076713
HeifersLarge 1664138.50/cwt138.50–138.5092027
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned705167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1777
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned635160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,01625
SteersMedium and Large 1521208.91/cwt199.00–213.001,08843
SteersMedium and Large 1883157.04/cwt146.50–158.601,387454
SteersMedium and Large 1676172.82/cwt170.50–175.001,16818
SteersMedium and Large 1741174.12/cwt170.00–180.501,29023
SteersMedium and Large 1962145.89/cwt141.75–149.251,403168
SteersMedium and Large 1832155.52/cwt152.50–162.001,29447
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed680193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,31644
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed716189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3537
SteersLarge 11,030145.81/cwt142.50–146.001,502368
SteersLarge 1603142.00/cwt142.00–142.0085612
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned638141.00/cwt141.00–141.0090015
HeifersMedium and Large 1497168.50/cwt168.50–168.5083718
SteersMedium and Large 1629182.71/cwt180.00–186.251,14945
SteersMedium and Large 1577188.11/cwt183.00–191.001,08565
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy866141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,22517
SteersMedium and Large 1917153.27/cwt148.00–156.251,405120
HeifersMedium and Large 1429177.67/cwt176.00–180.0076215
HeifersMedium and Large 1529169.11/cwt163.00–175.5089574
SteersMedium and Large 1762165.35/cwt163.00–170.001,26073
SteersMedium and Large 1-2438215.00/cwt215.00–215.009425
HeifersMedium and Large 1614166.56/cwt155.00–169.501,023124
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned585136.00/cwt136.00–136.007965
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2437161.00/cwt161.00–161.007045
HeifersMedium and Large 1821142.64/cwt134.00–146.001,171410
HeifersMedium and Large 1579165.29/cwt161.50–168.0095756
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy798150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1978
HeifersMedium and Large 1920135.65/cwt129.00–137.801,248414
HeifersMedium and Large 1864141.70/cwt134.75–144.501,224495
HeifersMedium and Large 1787144.23/cwt140.00–148.001,135154
HeifersMedium and Large 1670166.04/cwt151.00–169.001,112200
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement827151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,25343
HeifersMedium and Large 1733149.78/cwt145.00–155.001,09885

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.