Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-08-31

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 31
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,448 head
2,038 vs last sale 1,410 1,507 vs year ago 1,941 · +77.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: different weight classes today than last week with only 700 to 750 lbs heifers with numbers to compare, these were steady to 1.00 higher. Very good demand for today's yearling offering featuring several strings as well as many loads and packages with cattle off grass seeing the best demand. Both yard and grass cattle again this week but with less variation in flesh, mostly light to moderate plus today. Quality average to attractive today but slightly more attractive overall than last week. Packages included quite a few tested open heifers. An active market with many buyers in the seats. Some producers starting on corn silage. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 7.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $176.71/cwt on 2,492 head.
Average price
$176.71
2,492 head · 878 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$671
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$35.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.74
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2562188.901,06121
Medium and Large 1830181.371,5052,046
Large 11,127153.651,732425
One grade step is worth $35.26/cwt here — about −$671 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 sale2,492 hd
176.71
SD average7 barns · 6,637 hd
171.97
+4.74
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

21 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 1Fleshy845167.75/cwt167.75–167.751,41747
HeifersLarge 11,033160.61/cwt153.25–166.251,65959
HeifersLarge 11,160152.40/cwt152.40–152.401,768102
HeifersLarge 11,136152.57/cwt150.50–153.701,733264
HeifersMedium and Large 1826178.95/cwt172.50–188.251,478300
HeifersMedium and Large 1915167.18/cwt164.50–175.001,53020
HeifersMedium and Large 1961170.38/cwt165.00–171.751,637124
HeifersMedium and Large 1729190.58/cwt186.50–193.751,389160
SteersLarge 11,006181.03/cwt176.50–185.501,821117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,03810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2514207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,06411
HeifersMedium and Large 1861178.30/cwt171.50–181.001,535852
SteersMedium and Large 1734202.53/cwt192.00–205.501,48727
SteersMedium and Large 1876185.31/cwt182.25–185.751,623136
SteersMedium and Large 1990180.16/cwt176.50–185.501,784291
HeifersMedium and Large 1785188.64/cwt180.00–190.251,481516
HeifersMedium and Large 1686194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,33110
HeifersMedium and Large 1620197.72/cwt195.50–201.001,22617
SteersMedium and Large 1817190.86/cwt184.00–193.251,55982
SteersLarge 1-21,145156.25/cwt156.25–156.251,78924
SteersMedium and Large 1-2979165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,61532

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.