Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-03-15

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 15
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
7,691 head
1,305 vs last sale 6,386 1,905 vs year ago 5,786 · +32.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 500 to 750 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher, 751 to 950 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers 550 to 600 lbs and 651 to 700 lbs steady to 4.00 higher, 601 to 650 and 700 to 850 lbs steady except 750 to 800 lbs not well compared. Another large offering of feeder cattle this week with many loads, multiple loads, and packages offered. Feeding type cattle met with mostly good demand depending on flesh and tag, grass type cattle saw very good demand. More flesh overall than seen last week. Quality varied quite a bit, from plain to attractive. More tag on the cattle this week as lot conditions continue to worsen. A mostly active market for this offering with another day of losses on both CME feeder and live cattle putting some pressure on the market. Winter does not seem to want to leave the area, some snow, high winds, and cold temps expected for the rest of the week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 22.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $197.95/cwt on 4,739 head.
Average price
$197.95
4,739 head · 785 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$448
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$51.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.22
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2508227.131,154151
Medium and Large 1790197.701,5624,437
Large 1910176.071,603151
One grade step is worth $51.06/cwt here — about −$448 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 sale4,739 hd
197.95
SD average5 barns · 12,261 hd
198.17
−0.22
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

53 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 1Fleshy761183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,39324
SteersMedium and Large 1425266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,13158
SteersMedium and Large 1-2326252.00/cwt252.00–252.0082225
SteersMedium and Large 1967173.71/cwt170.00–181.001,680196
SteersMedium and Large 1592235.95/cwt230.00–236.501,397105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2413225.52/cwt220.00–234.0093113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,34426
SteersLarge 11,055162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,70950
SteersMedium and Large 1-2592213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,26144
SteersMedium and Large 1635229.09/cwt216.50–238.001,455154
SteersMedium and Large 1-2396265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,04913
SteersMedium and Large 1515251.06/cwt248.00–253.001,293126
SteersMedium and Large 1876182.86/cwt177.50–191.251,602579
SteersMedium and Large 1820186.64/cwt179.50–190.001,530842
SteersMedium and Large 1767198.77/cwt187.00–204.751,525683
SteersMedium and Large 1463255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1818
SteersMedium and Large 1928182.07/cwt171.00–186.001,690683
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC656230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,51267
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC567244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,38343
SteersMedium and Large 1725205.72/cwt196.50–213.001,491353
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637179.64/cwt179.00–181.001,14422
HeifersMedium and Large 1868163.05/cwt160.50–172.501,41552
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480196.00/cwt196.00–196.0094115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy890157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,39719
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy780167.45/cwt166.00–168.501,30687
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy806153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,2334
HeifersMedium and Large 1520216.77/cwt214.00–218.001,12755
HeifersMedium and Large 1478222.39/cwt220.00–228.001,06323
HeifersMedium and Large 1722182.34/cwt175.50–189.501,316395
HeifersMedium and Large 1770179.67/cwt172.75–185.501,383313
HeifersMedium and Large 1682187.24/cwt177.00–195.501,277245
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2559184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,02910
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement771192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,48055
HeifersMedium and Large 1831172.23/cwt160.50–177.751,431246
HeifersMedium and Large 1579209.82/cwt202.50–216.001,215125
HeifersMedium and Large 1435237.11/cwt227.00–239.001,03131
HeifersMedium and Large 1629193.12/cwt185.00–206.001,215189
HeifersMedium and Large 1909161.56/cwt160.50–164.501,46998
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy677203.00/cwt201.00–206.001,37439
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2326240.00/cwt240.00–240.0078214
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy885173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,53517
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,101152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,6747
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC630213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,34257
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC515223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,14847
SteersMedium and Large 1679216.32/cwt209.00–229.501,469405
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement834182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,51842
SteersLarge 1792185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,46948
SteersLarge 1680200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,36324
SteersLarge 11,029168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,73422
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy813175.90/cwt174.50–176.501,43024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488217.44/cwt214.00–219.001,06113
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy928168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,56431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532233.05/cwt232.00–234.001,24017

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.