Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 850 to 900 lbs steady to 2.00 higher with other weight classes of yearling steers not well compared. Best test on yearling heifers 800 to 900 lbs 3.00 higher, 901 to 1000 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Calves not well compared to develop an accurate price trend. Good to very good demand for loads of yearlings and calves, moderate to good demand for packages. Mostly strings and loads of yearlings off grass again this week. Like last week, quality varied most on packages, loads and strings mostly average to attractive. A slightly smaller calf offering than last week. The majority of the calves off the cow with at least one round of shots, usually given in the fall. Overall quality on calves less attractive than last week with more plain calves in the offering this week, especially on packages. Flesh varied more on calves this week as well, from light to some moderate plus. An active market with both order buyers and farmer feeders in the seats today. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 26.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $174.70/cwt on 1,776 head.

Average price

$174.70

1,776 head · 823 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,437

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$233

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$18.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.57

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	819	175.75	1,439	1,675
Medium and Large 1-2	730	157.33	1,148	54
Large 1	1,063	157.27	1,672	47

One grade step is worth $18.48/cwt here — about −$233 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 sale1,776 hd

174.70

—

SD average9 barns · 14,788 hd

185.27

−10.57

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

39 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	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	966	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,526	21
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,106	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,645	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,047	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,628	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,059	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,694	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	171.68/cwt	166.50–177.25	1,329	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	184.53/cwt	181.00–186.00	1,089	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	182.75/cwt	182.75–182.75	1,665	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	206.73/cwt	200.70–210.00	1,195	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	809	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	983	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	189.96/cwt	179.00–191.25	1,339	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,304	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	188.04/cwt	182.00–190.00	1,533	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	947	168.25/cwt	168.25–168.25	1,593	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	178.33/cwt	175.00–185.25	1,393	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	172.85/cwt	169.25–175.75	1,588	443
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	194.04/cwt	179.00–198.00	949	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	151.61/cwt	142.00–156.00	1,148	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	181.99/cwt	175.50–184.00	1,791	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	184.22/cwt	180.75–186.75	1,616	384
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	222.99/cwt	222.00–224.00	981	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	189.22/cwt	180.00–197.00	990	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	795	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	186.72/cwt	182.50–193.50	730	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	225.86/cwt	219.00–228.25	1,080	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	224.80/cwt	224.00–227.00	845	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	214.08/cwt	204.50–217.50	1,130	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	170.64/cwt	167.00–173.00	1,640	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,104	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	176.59/cwt	175.50–180.00	1,121	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	489	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	983	8
Steers	Large 1	—	1,013	178.33/cwt	178.00–178.50	1,806	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	194.16/cwt	186.00–200.00	1,206	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,242	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	177.44/cwt	173.50–180.75	1,480	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,240	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,064	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,142	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	175.69/cwt	170.00–178.25	1,548	270

How this sale compares

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