Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steer calves 500 to 600 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, 601 to 650 lbs steady, yearling steers not well compared. Best test on heifer calves 450 to 600 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher on 550 to 600 lbs, best test on yearling heifers 900 to 950 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Good to very good demand for both yearlings and calves today. Yearlings sold mostly in loads and strings today with flesh ranging from moderate to heavy. Quality varied, from plain to attractive. Many, many packages and quite a few loads in today's calf offering. A few more weaned packages this week, from 25 days and up, but the majority of the calves off the cow again this week. Flesh varied, from moderate to some heavy flesh at times. Similar preconditioning as last week, with most calves having at least one round of fall shots. An active market with more buyers and farmer feeders at the sale today. The weather has turned cold and the precip last week has left an ice covering over much of the area. Yards and side roads remain slippery and some areas are having issues with power outages. At least there is no more dust-haha. No feeder cattle next week due to Thanksgiving, next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 30. Happy Thanksgiving!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $197.20/cwt on 2,601 head.

Average price

$197.20

2,601 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,384

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$749

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$28.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.59

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	520	203.25	1,057	212
Medium and Large 1	660	200.70	1,324	2,016
Large 1	1,033	174.87	1,806	373

One grade step is worth $28.38/cwt here — about −$749 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 sale2,601 hd

197.20

—

SD average7 barns · 12,486 hd

196.61

+0.59

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

37 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	—	1,021	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,715	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	175.15/cwt	169.00–177.00	842	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	173.26/cwt	170.75–174.00	1,535	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,310	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	179.98/cwt	175.00–185.00	761	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	176.46/cwt	176.00–177.00	919	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,261	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	231.68/cwt	225.00–242.00	873	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	233.33/cwt	230.00–241.00	971	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	191.95/cwt	189.75–193.50	1,305	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	219.21/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,129	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	189.75/cwt	189.75–189.75	1,433	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	200.77/cwt	197.50–203.50	976	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	218.20/cwt	217.00–220.00	759	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	174.08/cwt	170.00–179.75	1,523	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,366	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	194.76/cwt	185.00–200.50	1,209	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	206.97/cwt	200.00–214.50	1,188	421
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	212.44/cwt	210.00–216.00	950	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	193.57/cwt	188.00–198.00	925	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	204.01/cwt	192.00–206.00	1,098	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	921	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,584	129
Steers	Large 1	—	1,057	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,866	51
Steers	Large 1	—	1,029	174.61/cwt	167.50–179.75	1,797	322
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	177.12/cwt	171.50–180.00	1,727	286
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	199.35/cwt	196.00–200.00	779	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	224.68/cwt	214.00–233.50	1,076	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	176.87/cwt	170.00–178.00	1,206	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	733	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	185.14/cwt	180.00–195.00	976	378
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	179.06/cwt	176.00–186.00	1,107	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	201.56/cwt	195.00–207.50	861	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	583	194.47/cwt	191.50–197.50	1,134	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	171.53/cwt	163.50–175.00	1,597	444
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	167.71/cwt	164.00–169.00	1,657	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	183.81/cwt	178.00–194.50	1,029	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	183.25/cwt	183.25–183.25	1,420	44

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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