Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-10-05

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 5
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,770 head
859 vs last sale 4,629 674 vs year ago 4,444 · 15.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 950 lbs 2.00 higher with an instance 6.00 higher on 900 to 950 lbs, 951 to 1050 lbs steady to 1.00 lower with an instance 7.00 lower on 1000 to 1050 lbs. Heifers too lightly tested today for comparison. Good demand for today's yearling offering consisting mostly of strings and loads of steers off grass. A couple loads of heifers but mostly packages of tested opens, all coming off grass. Less variety in flesh this week with most cattle in light to moderate flesh. Lots of attractive quality cattle to choose from again this week. An active market with a slightly lighter attendance than last week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 12, expecting another large offering of yearlings as well as some spring calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.85/cwt on 2,886 head.
Average price
$180.85
2,886 head · 933 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$10.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.46
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1912182.701,6652,392
Large 11,038171.891,784494
One grade step is worth $10.81/cwt here — about −$118 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 sale2,886 hd
180.85
SD average9 barns · 13,849 hd
185.30
−4.46
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

16 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 11,071157.63/cwt154.50–160.001,68828
HeifersLarge 11,014164.00/cwt161.50–165.251,66357
HeifersMedium and Large 1975165.48/cwt164.00–166.251,61332
HeifersMedium and Large 1870166.72/cwt166.50–168.501,45063
HeifersMedium and Large 1926169.72/cwt167.50–170.501,572116
SteersMedium and Large 1920181.00/cwt173.00–187.501,665846
SteersMedium and Large 1798188.87/cwt186.25–189.501,50792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2873160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,40117
HeifersMedium and Large 1829176.32/cwt168.50–177.251,462155
HeifersMedium and Large 1791178.56/cwt168.00–180.751,412165
HeifersLarge 11,104158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,7505
SteersLarge 11,061170.03/cwt159.50–171.751,804238
SteersLarge 11,016173.61/cwt167.00–175.001,764256
SteersMedium and Large 1838185.48/cwt179.50–187.101,55497
SteersMedium and Large 1970178.96/cwt170.00–183.251,736593
SteersMedium and Large 1880186.39/cwt180.00–187.501,640764

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.