Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-05-24

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
2,094 head
1,528 vs last sale 3,622 2,651 vs year ago 4,745 · 55.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 849 lbs 3.00 higher, 850 to 949 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Best test on heifers 700 to 749 lbs 3.00 higher. Most other weight classes saw higher undertones. Very good demand for this lighter offering featuring a couple strings of steers and many packages including quite a few fall calves. Quality mostly average to attractive today and flesh varied, mostly light to moderate plus. An active market with buyers determined to own cattle as numbers coming to town dwindle each week and they are determined to keep up inventory to market this fall. Grass conditions look very good in this part of the country, farmers are getting crops planted while going around the low spots. No feeder cattle next Wednesday as there will be a special pair sale. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $234.44/cwt on 1,299 head.
Average price
$234.44
1,299 head · 804 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,886
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$187
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$41.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.55
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1802234.951,8841,281
Medium and Large 1-2786209.001,6435thin
Large 11,070193.502,07013thin
One grade step is worth $41.45/cwt here — about −$187 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 sale1,299 hd
234.44
SD average5 barns · 7,974 hd
223.89
+10.55
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

27 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 1836202.87/cwt199.00–204.001,69630
HeifersMedium and Large 1549248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,36232
HeifersMedium and Large 1692225.06/cwt223.00–229.001,557131
HeifersMedium and Large 1930199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,85110
HeifersMedium and Large 1438254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,11312
HeifersMedium and Large 1490254.15/cwt243.00–262.001,24522
SteersMedium and Large 1581259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,50521
SteersMedium and Large 1473279.65/cwt273.00–287.501,32329
SteersMedium and Large 1405255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0334
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy653235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,53810
SteersLarge 11,070193.50/cwt193.50–193.502,07013
SteersMedium and Large 1770239.03/cwt226.00–247.001,84182
SteersMedium and Large 1619254.04/cwt246.00–262.001,57361
SteersMedium and Large 1921215.78/cwt214.50–218.001,987349
SteersMedium and Large 1-2786209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6435
HeifersMedium and Large 1575238.58/cwt236.00–243.001,37234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4444
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement973203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,98025
SteersMedium and Large 1535268.27/cwt261.00–271.001,43542
SteersMedium and Large 1831224.58/cwt219.75–227.001,866215
SteersMedium and Large 1950215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,04364
HeifersMedium and Large 1734223.44/cwt217.00–228.001,64081
HeifersMedium and Large 1609240.87/cwt232.00–243.001,46786
HeifersMedium and Large 1784212.71/cwt208.00–215.001,668128
SteersMedium and Large 1681262.18/cwt258.00–267.001,78588
SteersMedium and Large 1867225.07/cwt213.00–227.501,951122
SteersMedium and Large 1737256.71/cwt250.50–264.001,892194

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.