Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 1000 lbs steady. Best test on heifers 850 to 900 lbs and 951 to 1000 lbs mostly steady, 901 to 950 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Good to very good demand for another large offering of yearlings with best demand seen for several strings of black steers off grass. Cattle both off grass and out of yards with flesh similar to last week, from light to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. Quite a few packages of home raised cattle today, many of these tested opens. Quality mostly average to attractive again this week. An active market with lots of buyers in attendance. Dry weather continues in this area with cooler temps forecasted for the rest of the week. Next feeder cattle sale is September 28.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $188.53/cwt on 2,177 head.

Average price

$188.53

2,177 head · 913 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$196

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$8.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.25

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	886	190.25	1,685	1,712
Medium and Large 1-2	650	188.54	1,226	28
Large 1	1,035	181.82	1,881	437

One grade step is worth $8.43/cwt here — about −$196 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 sale2,177 hd

188.53

—

SD average7 barns · 5,988 hd

184.28

+4.25

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

24 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,066	168.43/cwt	166.00–169.00	1,795	21
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,015	166.24/cwt	164.25–172.25	1,687	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,400	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	191.75/cwt	191.75–191.75	1,206	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	173.01/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,369	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,045	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	188.59/cwt	181.00–195.00	1,431	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	198.07/cwt	197.50–199.00	1,345	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	204.62/cwt	204.00–205.25	1,455	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	188.93/cwt	186.75–193.50	1,668	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	184.05/cwt	172.50–187.30	1,785	311
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	195.11/cwt	186.00–196.75	1,604	415
Steers	Large 1	—	1,052	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,862	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,205	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,362	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,142	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,199	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	189.00/cwt	185.00–190.25	1,748	589
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	169.96/cwt	164.75–175.00	1,492	329
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	168.26/cwt	164.00–172.50	1,560	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	164.79/cwt	162.25–173.00	1,622	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	177.40/cwt	170.50–182.50	1,203	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	181.62/cwt	180.50–182.50	1,322	66
Steers	Large 1	—	1,032	182.57/cwt	174.00–184.00	1,884	378

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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