Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-10-12

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 12
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,991 head
▲ 221 vs last sale 3,770▲ 248 vs year ago 3,743 · +6.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 850 to 900 lbs and 950 to 1000 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 1001 to 1050 lbs steady. Best test on yearling heifers 800 to 850 lbs mostly steady. Good demand for another large offering of yearlings. Lots of strings and loads again this week but also quite a few packages. Overall quality less attractive than last week with more plain cattle in the offering, especially on packages. Flesh similar to last week with most of the yearlings coming off grass. About 1500 head of attractive quality spring calves today which were met with good demand. Varied preconditioning on the calves but most had at least one good round of fall shots. An active market with both order buyers and farmer feeders as well as several producers interested in replacement heifers in the seats today. Many farmers are busy with harvest, beans are mostly done and corn well underway. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 19.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $188.23/cwt on 1,919 head.
Average price
$188.23
1,919 head · 808 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$52.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.66
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1756192.771,4581,507
Large 11,025174.851,792299
Medium and Large 1-2856168.751,44590
Large 1-21,151140.501,61723
One grade step is worth $52.27/cwt here — about −$159 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 sale1,919 hd
188.23
—
SD average8 barns · 9,461 hd
204.89
−16.66
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

38 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 1Fleshy—432185.00/cwt185.00–185.0079918
HeifersLarge 1—1,071161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,72410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—778162.25/cwt162.25–162.251,26213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—809153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,23816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—627166.77/cwt165.50–171.001,04638
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—729168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,22810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—913168.49/cwt168.00–169.501,53860
SteersMedium and Large 1—376228.21/cwt219.00–235.0085815
SteersMedium and Large 1—568211.97/cwt199.00–217.001,204263
SteersMedium and Large 1—527203.09/cwt193.00–208.001,070108
SteersMedium and Large 1—667198.25/cwt193.00–201.001,322103
SteersMedium and Large 1—977175.62/cwt168.75–177.901,716409
SteersMedium and Large 1—461220.45/cwt220.00–222.001,01635
SteersLarge 1-2—1,151140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,61723
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—500190.00/cwt190.00–190.009506
SteersLarge 1—1,025174.85/cwt172.00–175.251,792299
SteersMedium and Large 1—904177.16/cwt175.25–179.001,602116
SteersMedium and Large 1—818178.73/cwt177.00–179.251,46243
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—682152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0379
SteersMedium and Large 1—877180.34/cwt173.00–184.751,582195
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—523204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,06736
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—555204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,13295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—732182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,33214
SteersMedium and Large 1—428226.93/cwt221.00–230.0097115
HeifersMedium and Large 1—760173.65/cwt173.25–179.001,32072
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—442211.00/cwt211.00–211.0093315
HeifersMedium and Large 1—356194.00/cwt194.00–194.006914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—831172.08/cwt168.50–177.001,430105
SteersMedium and Large 1—633208.29/cwt207.00–209.501,318184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—841166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,3967
HeifersMedium and Large 1—349210.00/cwt210.00–210.007334
HeifersMedium and Large 1—882171.94/cwt161.50–174.251,517224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—490195.70/cwt184.00–201.50959106
HeifersMedium and Large 1—922170.45/cwt165.50–174.251,572466
HeifersMedium and Large 1—716185.75/cwt185.75–185.751,33042
HeifersMedium and Large 1—538186.04/cwt174.00–189.001,00171
HeifersMedium and Large 1—979168.88/cwt160.50–169.601,653399
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426202.52/cwt195.00–208.0086337

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.