Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 700 to 1040 lbs mostly steady, except 950 to 1000 lbs not well compared. Best test on heifers 600 to 899 lbs mostly steady except 800 to 849 lbs not well compared. Good to very good demand for another large offering with light, grass type cattle seeing excellent demand again this week. Several loads and packages of replacement type heifers met with very good demand. Flesh condition similar to last week, from light to some heavy flesh at times. Quality varied most in packages with more plain cattle included in these, strings and loads were mostly average to attractive in quality. An active market seen for this offering, both order buyers and farmer feeders in the seats as well as a few producers interested in heifers to breed. Rainy and cloudy conditions today and cooler conditions expected for the rest of the week, it looks to finally warm up next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $212.31/cwt on 3,344 head.

Average price

$212.31

3,344 head · 831 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$469

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$41.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.45

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	626	227.89	1,426	153
Medium and Large 1	816	215.09	1,755	2,804
Large 1	1,018	186.08	1,894	387

One grade step is worth $41.81/cwt here — about −$469 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 sale3,344 hd

212.31

—

SD average7 barns · 11,630 hd

210.86

+1.45

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

50 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	Large 1	—	1,012	186.85/cwt	182.75–188.00	1,891	336
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,082	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,316	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	865	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,566	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	803	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,469	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	207.66/cwt	207.00–208.00	1,593	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	211.66/cwt	211.00–212.00	1,293	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	238.33/cwt	223.00–246.00	1,706	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	646	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,809	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	242.72/cwt	236.00–251.00	1,502	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	273.49/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,439	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,170	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	200.07/cwt	188.50–206.25	1,747	651
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	194.88/cwt	189.50–199.00	1,793	673
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	266.23/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,584	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	226.08/cwt	222.00–233.00	1,293	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,599	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	204.63/cwt	196.00–218.00	1,686	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	187.76/cwt	186.75–189.50	1,838	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,435	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	259.27/cwt	248.00–262.00	1,117	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	197.87/cwt	189.00–201.50	1,549	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	242.57/cwt	230.00–250.50	1,281	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	200.31/cwt	195.00–212.00	1,474	315
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,180	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,148	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	206.29/cwt	200.00–210.50	1,419	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,240	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,300	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	222.24/cwt	217.00–226.00	1,278	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,190	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,508	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	212.50/cwt	209.00–220.00	1,337	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	818	1,660.00/head	1,660.00–1,660.00	1,660	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	779	1,668.52/head	1,650.00–1,680.00	1,669	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,277	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	187.83/cwt	185.00–191.00	1,615	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	186.47/cwt	172.00–188.50	1,559	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	865	1,660.00/head	1,660.00–1,660.00	1,660	95
Steers	Large 1	—	1,058	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,915	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	727	213.82/cwt	213.50–214.00	1,554	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	756	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,572	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	863	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,696	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	686	1,510.00/head	1,510.00–1,510.00	1,510	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	701	1,520.00/head	1,520.00–1,520.00	1,520	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	261.23/cwt	260.50–262.00	1,724	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	224.38/cwt	211.00–232.00	1,739	395
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	656	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,496	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	604	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,413	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	248.17/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,273	40

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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