Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-03-22

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 22
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
5,242 head
2,449 vs last sale 7,691 1,718 vs year ago 6,960 · 24.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 600 lbs mostly steady, 601 to 700 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 701 to 750 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 751 to 950 lbs steady except for 800 to 850 lbs 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers 550 to 600 lbs and 700 to 750 lbs mostly steady, 601 to 650 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower with other weight classes of heifers not well compared. Very good demand for grass type cattle again this week. Good demand for feeding type cattle. Many loads and packages of home raised cattle offered as well as several strings of backgrounded cattle. Flesh varied, less flesh overall than seen last week. Quality mostly average to attractive and cattle had cleaner hides today, pens have frozen up again. An active market seen for this offering. About 1100 head of cancellations due to snow and icy roads yet again this week. Weather remains colder than normal for this time of year, lots of snow around which has not really started to melt. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 29.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $201.28/cwt on 3,359 head.
Average price
$201.28
3,359 head · 771 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,551
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$555
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$40.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.42
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2578217.091,255165
Medium and Large 1777200.851,5603,143
Large 11,024176.751,81051
One grade step is worth $40.34/cwt here — about −$555 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 sale3,359 hd
201.28
SD average6 barns · 10,351 hd
201.70
−0.42
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

38 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 1Fleshy591196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,15824
HeifersMedium and Large 1860166.30/cwt166.00–167.001,43023
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2594194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,15517
HeifersMedium and Large 1755183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,38264
HeifersMedium and Large 1636194.83/cwt190.50–199.001,239217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2549191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0498
SteersMedium and Large 1586229.38/cwt224.00–235.001,344120
SteersMedium and Large 1616222.17/cwt217.00–232.501,369242
SteersMedium and Large 1709204.94/cwt203.00–207.751,453272
SteersMedium and Large 1-2684202.22/cwt201.50–203.501,38372
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned378245.00/cwt245.00–245.0092612
SteersMedium and Large 1446253.50/cwt253.50–253.501,13114
SteersMedium and Large 1510251.49/cwt247.00–253.501,28335
SteersMedium and Large 1-2441228.60/cwt227.00–230.001,00819
SteersLarge 11,024176.75/cwt176.75–176.751,81051
SteersMedium and Large 1781199.50/cwt193.00–205.501,558646
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned457234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,06917
SteersMedium and Large 1911183.08/cwt178.25–185.501,668531
SteersMedium and Large 1989174.16/cwt172.00–174.501,72258
SteersMedium and Large 1874186.08/cwt180.50–186.501,626486
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned369209.00/cwt209.00–209.0077112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement715194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,38778
SteersMedium and Large 1668222.13/cwt216.50–226.501,484282
SteersMedium and Large 1813195.89/cwt183.00–199.001,593363
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy728187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,36116
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy628206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,29420
HeifersMedium and Large 1719185.86/cwt181.50–188.001,336363
HeifersMedium and Large 1478212.63/cwt210.00–215.001,01632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536225.42/cwt221.00–228.001,20862
SteersMedium and Large 1471253.92/cwt253.00–256.001,19641
HeifersMedium and Large 1443219.53/cwt219.00–221.0097339
HeifersMedium and Large 1674185.64/cwt182.00–190.501,251107
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned428205.00/cwt205.00–205.0087734
HeifersMedium and Large 1511214.00/cwt202.50–220.501,09482
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement767198.89/cwt193.00–202.501,525143
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed603214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,29012
HeifersMedium and Large 1569209.26/cwt201.00–214.001,191150
HeifersMedium and Large 1823177.93/cwt173.00–180.501,46472

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.