Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-09-14

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 14
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,170 head
2,647 vs last sale 1,523 1,052 vs year ago 3,118 · +33.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 950 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Best test on heifers 900 to 950 lbs mostly steady, instances up to 4.00 lower. Good to very good demand for this large offering of yearlings. Much of the offering sold in loads and strings with cattle both off grass and out of yards. Flesh light to moderate plus, less flesh overall than last week. Quality similar to last week, from average to attractive. An active market with a full house today. Producers are busy with corn silage and pregnancy checking, lots of tested open heifers coming to town. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 21.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.57/cwt on 2,026 head.
Average price
$173.57
2,026 head · 888 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,541
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$10.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.41
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1885174.291,5431,792
Medium and Large 1-2691174.141,204100
Large 11,064163.631,741134
One grade step is worth $10.66/cwt here — about −$198 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 sale2,026 hd
173.57
SD average7 barns · 8,285 hd
173.16
+0.41
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

28 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
SteersMedium and Large 1918188.44/cwt180.00–191.001,730491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2724166.29/cwt165.50–167.001,20427
SteersMedium and Large 1894185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,65867
SteersMedium and Large 1829187.08/cwt177.00–189.751,551187
SteersMedium and Large 1975180.88/cwt171.75–187.001,764304
SteersMedium and Large 1581217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,26114
HeifersLarge 11,009170.13/cwt165.50–171.351,71779
HeifersLarge 11,093158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,7329
HeifersLarge 11,211147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,78011
HeifersLarge 11,135155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,76535
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2819165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,35115
SteersMedium and Large 1697211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,47116
HeifersMedium and Large 1772179.69/cwt179.25–181.001,38763
HeifersMedium and Large 1668188.93/cwt184.50–191.001,26270
SteersLarge 11,158162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,876184
SteersMedium and Large 1733206.65/cwt205.50–209.001,51561
SteersLarge 11,008176.78/cwt176.00–180.001,782149
SteersMedium and Large 1-2745176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,31114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2643180.15/cwt179.00–182.001,15858
HeifersMedium and Large 1722185.07/cwt180.00–188.251,336195
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,18011
SteersLarge 11,078167.05/cwt166.75–167.501,801252
HeifersMedium and Large 1979166.66/cwt156.00–173.751,632559
HeifersMedium and Large 1826174.38/cwt168.50–179.501,440155
HeifersMedium and Large 1928174.97/cwt172.00–175.501,624561
HeifersMedium and Large 1632189.32/cwt185.00–197.501,19739
HeifersMedium and Large 1867173.03/cwt170.00–175.501,500150
SteersLarge 11,141162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,84846

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.