Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-02-25

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Sat, Feb 25
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,692 head
5,080 vs last sale 6,772 6,458 vs year ago 8,150 · 79.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's sale rescheduled from Wednesday due to blizzard conditions. A light offering with many producers still digging out from the week, best test on steers 750 to 800 lbs mostly steady, 900 to 950 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Best test on heifers 600 to 650 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Good to very good demand for this offering of many packages and a handful of loads. Grass type cattle continue to see excellent demand. Varied flesh today, but mostly moderate to moderate plus and quality average to attractive. Some dirty hides today from the weather this week. An active market with good attendance even though it was not a regular sale day. Lot of optimism as the fall futures look promising. Lots of snow, wind, and bitter temperatures this past week have been hard on livestock and their care takers. Regular sale on Wednesday, March 1, expecting over 6000 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $192.28/cwt on 839 head.
Average price
$192.28
839 head · 808 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$268
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.04
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1802192.751,545815
Large 11,027176.501,81324
One grade step is worth $16.25/cwt here — about −$268 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 sale839 hd
192.28
SD average3 barns · 4,565 hd
193.32
−1.04
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

21 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 1771169.27/cwt168.50–171.001,30572
HeifersMedium and Large 1475201.95/cwt201.00–203.009598
HeifersMedium and Large 1628190.96/cwt181.50–197.751,199253
HeifersMedium and Large 1530186.48/cwt186.00–189.0098842
HeifersMedium and Large 1697179.52/cwt173.00–183.001,25169
HeifersMedium and Large 1879162.25/cwt162.25–162.251,42632
SteersMedium and Large 1633214.12/cwt205.50–216.501,35598
SteersMedium and Large 1879184.05/cwt181.50–184.501,618104
SteersMedium and Large 1836185.13/cwt171.00–189.501,548120
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement820174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,42768
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement697196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,36621
HeifersMedium and Large 1834164.63/cwt162.50–166.751,373102
SteersMedium and Large 1688204.10/cwt202.25–209.501,40419
SteersMedium and Large 1986179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,7654
SteersMedium and Large 1927179.74/cwt177.00–181.001,666193
HeifersMedium and Large 1724178.41/cwt176.50–178.751,29271
SteersLarge 11,027176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,81324
SteersMedium and Large 1737196.45/cwt189.00–200.751,44893
SteersMedium and Large 1772196.73/cwt194.00–198.751,519158
SteersMedium and Large 1452229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0359
SteersMedium and Large 1527238.27/cwt232.00–241.001,25617

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.