Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-02-01

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 1
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,978 head
2,579 vs last sale 6,557 1,733 vs year ago 5,711 · 30.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 850 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 500 to 700 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's offering of many packages and loads. A few loads of backgrounded cattle, but mostly home raised cattle this week. More big, backgrounding type cattle than last week and less grass types, overall more flesh on the cattle this week. Lots of attractive quality cattle to choose from. An active market seen for the offering. Cold weather at the beginning of the week with a warm up expected for the end of the week and weekend. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, February 8.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $193.25/cwt on 2,294 head.
Average price
$193.25
2,294 head · 732 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,415
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$341
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.43
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2514210.141,08040
Medium and Large 1736192.951,4202,254
One grade step is worth $17.20/cwt here — about −$341 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 sale2,294 hd
193.25
SD average7 barns · 13,793 hd
193.68
−0.43
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

29 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,17725
HeifersMedium and Large 1409218.77/cwt210.00–221.0089521
HeifersMedium and Large 1463203.05/cwt199.00–204.0094058
HeifersMedium and Large 1708166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,17911
HeifersMedium and Large 1775172.47/cwt163.00–173.501,337142
SteersMedium and Large 1480235.98/cwt231.00–240.001,13338
SteersMedium and Large 1571218.61/cwt213.00–223.001,248178
SteersMedium and Large 1525231.08/cwt224.00–236.001,21350
SteersMedium and Large 1766188.22/cwt179.75–191.751,442478
SteersMedium and Large 1-2384219.00/cwt219.00–219.008415
SteersMedium and Large 1672204.54/cwt199.00–212.501,375251
SteersMedium and Large 1726189.29/cwt178.00–195.751,374169
SteersMedium and Large 1835175.77/cwt170.00–179.001,468405
SteersMedium and Large 1932178.88/cwt171.00–181.501,667135
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed667192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,28133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428218.58/cwt217.00–221.0093610
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy742176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,30614
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy698188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,31621
SteersMedium and Large 1633204.93/cwt199.00–216.001,297335
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy503180.00/cwt180.00–180.0090510
HeifersLarge 11,021151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,54710
HeifersMedium and Large 1817170.25/cwt168.50–170.501,39133
SteersMedium and Large 1872177.20/cwt172.50–179.251,545159
HeifersMedium and Large 1632184.36/cwt173.00–190.001,165278
HeifersMedium and Large 1661179.89/cwt173.00–187.501,189376
HeifersMedium and Large 1572193.92/cwt181.00–196.501,109231
HeifersMedium and Large 1527193.91/cwt184.00–200.001,022170
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement660198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,30715
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,28321

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.