Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-07-13

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 13
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,715 head
470 vs last sale 2,185 1,243 vs year ago 2,958 · 42.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to the 4th of July holiday. Different weight classes today than two weeks ago so an accurate price trend can not be established, higher undertones noted on both steers and heifers. Good to very good demand for today's offering. Quality varied, especially on packages, from plain to attractive. Flesh mostly moderate to moderate plus with some heavy flesh. An active market with a few less buyers attending, farmer feeders are busy haying and such. This part of the country has seen plenty of rain the last few weeks and grass and crop conditions look very good, although there were storms with hail and high winds in some areas. A huge contrast to this time last year, when yearlings were coming off grass and to town since the grass was used up and conditions were extremely dry. Hot and humid weather forecasted for the rest of the week. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.27/cwt on 1,005 head.
Average price
$170.27
1,005 head · 972 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$41.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.58
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1918177.341,628576
Medium and Large 1-2815175.821,43342
Large 11,071159.891,712375
Large 1-21,050136.001,42812thin
One grade step is worth $41.34/cwt here — about $200 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 sale1,005 hd
170.27
SD average5 barns · 7,052 hd
170.85
−0.58
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

26 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
HeifersLarge 11,093137.06/cwt134.50–139.251,49889
HeifersMedium and Large 1824158.94/cwt156.75–163.501,31042
HeifersMedium and Large 1571182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,03910
HeifersLarge 1-21,068126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,34613
HeifersMedium and Large 1868154.81/cwt153.00–156.501,34445
HeifersMedium and Large 1962149.00/cwt145.50–154.501,43384
SteersMedium and Large 1-2541216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1695
SteersLarge 1828165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3664
SteersMedium and Large 1883182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,60747
SteersMedium and Large 1-2769180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,38417
SteersMedium and Large 1810184.25/cwt184.25–184.251,49265
SteersMedium and Large 1992164.31/cwt156.00–167.251,630183
SteersLarge 11,117154.17/cwt152.50–155.251,72241
SteersLarge 1-21,050136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,42812
HeifersMedium and Large 1932150.35/cwt149.50–150.501,40133
HeifersMedium and Large 1682178.02/cwt176.00–179.001,21444
SteersMedium and Large 1667206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,37411
SteersMedium and Large 1930180.64/cwt179.00–181.501,680248
SteersLarge 11,018167.25/cwt167.25–167.251,703176
SteersMedium and Large 1726198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,43714
SteersLarge 11,220146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,78448
SteersLarge 11,082155.87/cwt155.50–156.251,687106
SteersMedium and Large 1-2923162.22/cwt159.00–163.001,49720
SteersMedium and Large 1611214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3088
HeifersMedium and Large 1644190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,22414
HeifersMedium and Large 1776167.16/cwt164.00–169.501,29726

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.