Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle sale last week due to Thanksgiving, compared to two weeks ago: steer calves 450 to 600 lbs 6.00 to 7.00 higher, 601 to 700 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 higher, best test on yearling steers 950 to 1000 lbs steady. Heifer calves 400 to 550 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 higher, 551 to 600 lbs mostly steady, best test on yearling heifers 900 to 950 lbs steady with instances up to 6.00 higher. Good to very good demand for both yearlings and calves this week. A couple strings as well as many packages and loads made up the yearling offering. Quality varied, but many plain to average yearlings today. Flesh ranged from moderate to heavy. Many packages and quite a few loads of calves with the majority still coming off the cow. Preconditioning comparable to recent weeks with most calves having full preconditioning or at least a full round of fall shots. Quality on calves mostly average to attractive and less flesh overall than two weeks ago. An active market which got stronger throughout the day, many buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. Special weaned calf sale in Saturday, December 3, expecting 5500, and regular feeder cattle sale Wednesday, December 7.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $205.28/cwt on 3,101 head.

Average price

$205.28

3,101 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$531

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$32.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.10

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	208.36	1,349	2,538
Medium and Large 1-2	571	202.65	1,158	329
Large 1	1,070	175.64	1,880	234

One grade step is worth $32.71/cwt here — about −$531 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 sale3,101 hd

205.28

—

SD average3 barns · 5,700 hd

195.18

+10.10

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

51 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	173.38/cwt	172.00–174.00	1,417	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	902	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,655	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	896	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,644	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	175.17/cwt	174.50–175.50	1,345	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	193.94/cwt	183.00–197.00	1,373	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	179.36/cwt	177.00–183.00	1,139	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	892	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,476	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	243.27/cwt	240.00–245.50	1,051	158
Steers	Large 1	—	1,023	178.40/cwt	175.00–179.00	1,825	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	744	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,265	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	214.10/cwt	203.50–223.00	1,220	430
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	203.42/cwt	195.00–212.50	1,261	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	225.67/cwt	211.00–231.00	1,189	383
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	223.43/cwt	223.00–224.00	929	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	197.91/cwt	195.50–201.00	1,138	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	182.53/cwt	181.75–183.50	1,508	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	179.22/cwt	176.75–180.25	1,686	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	220.22/cwt	217.50–224.00	1,086	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	254.09/cwt	243.00–259.50	973	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	772	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,121	20
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,163	162.10/cwt	162.10–162.10	1,885	189
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,148	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,788	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	707	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,138	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	667	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,081	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,258	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	184.89/cwt	171.00–191.00	910	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,005	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	174.10/cwt	169.00–181.75	1,422	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	211.67/cwt	204.00–217.50	787	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	197.77/cwt	187.00–204.50	1,022	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	207.42/cwt	202.00–217.50	873	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	172.06/cwt	161.50–176.00	1,669	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	186.45/cwt	176.50–190.00	1,061	259
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,018	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,614	58
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,073	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,781	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	180.95/cwt	177.00–184.00	928	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	177.48/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,111	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	172.75/cwt	172.75–172.75	1,282	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	920	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,647	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	172.82/cwt	162.00–175.75	1,595	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,331	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	197.46/cwt	197.00–198.00	869	11
Steers	Large 1	—	1,089	174.56/cwt	171.00–176.35	1,901	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	177.32/cwt	174.75–180.25	1,706	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	191.60/cwt	182.50–205.50	1,289	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	206.86/cwt	201.00–213.50	978	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	156.68/cwt	152.50–157.50	1,426	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,429	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	203.58/cwt	190.50–207.50	1,065	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	235.27/cwt	226.00–241.00	1,127	255

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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