Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-07-27

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 27
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
2,408 head
693 vs last sale 1,715 726 vs year ago 1,682 · +43.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not reported last week due to light feeder cattle receipts. Compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 900 to 950 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 951 to 1000 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for today's offering featuring mostly loads and strings of average to attractive steers and heifers. A couple consignments off grass, but most cattle came out of yards today. Flesh mostly moderate to moderate plus overall. An active market with buyers taking multiple loads of a weight class when available. Grass and crop conditions remain very good in this area. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.23/cwt on 1,207 head.
Average price
$160.23
1,207 head · 911 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,460
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$10.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.17
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1904160.821,4541,141
Large 11,033149.941,54866
One grade step is worth $10.88/cwt here — about −$94 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 sale1,207 hd
160.23
SD average5 barns · 4,254 hd
160.05
+0.17
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

22 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 11,053137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,44310
HeifersLarge 11,029152.25/cwt152.25–152.251,56756
HeifersMedium and Large 1509180.50/cwt180.50–180.509197
HeifersMedium and Large 1588186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,09410
HeifersMedium and Large 1725179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,30113
HeifersMedium and Large 1791170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,34923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed480219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,05412
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural955182.25/cwt182.25–182.251,74056
SteersMedium and Large 1-2678194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,31524
SteersMedium and Large 1888172.70/cwt170.00–174.501,534140
SteersMedium and Large 1958175.65/cwt173.00–177.001,683180
SteersMedium and Large 1939175.74/cwt172.75–177.001,650202
HeifersMedium and Large 1972154.25/cwt153.50–154.751,499364
HeifersMedium and Large 1652182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,1875
SteersMedium and Large 1580227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,31714
SteersMedium and Large 1690204.57/cwt203.00–212.001,412102
HeifersMedium and Large 1644182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,17534
HeifersMedium and Large 1810168.75/cwt168.75–168.751,36735
HeifersMedium and Large 1880163.35/cwt161.50–167.751,437300
HeifersMedium and Large 1924159.84/cwt154.50–163.251,477350
SteersMedium and Large 1629212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,33751
SteersMedium and Large 1710198.91/cwt198.00–201.501,41295

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.