Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-06-14

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jun 14
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,597 head
673 vs last sale 5,270 985 vs year ago 3,612 · +27.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 899 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower, 901 to 1149 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower except 1050 to 1099 not well compared. Best test on heifers 750 to 799 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower, 800 to 899 steady to 2.00 higher, 900 to 949 5.00 to 7.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower. Good demand for another large offering this week. Quite a few loads and strings again but also plenty of packages to choose from, lots of home raised cattle included in the offering today. Flesh similar to last week, from light to some heavy. A few consignments coming off grass, mostly replacement heifers, as some areas are getting very dry and producers are running out of grass. A moderate to active market with lower futures putting some pressure on the market today. Buyers are being more cautious this week. Temps continue to be hotter than normally seen this time of year and rain has been very spotty. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, June 21.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $220.50/cwt on 2,224 head.
Average price
$220.50
2,224 head · 903 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,992
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$683
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$48.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.33
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2593251.001,48811thin
Medium and Large 1859225.221,9351,742
Large 11,073202.352,171471
One grade step is worth $48.65/cwt here — about −$683 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 sale2,224 hd
220.50
SD average5 barns · 9,057 hd
223.83
−3.33
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

36 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 1Fleshy833186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,54910
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy876190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,66940
HeifersMedium and Large 1918197.59/cwt190.00–200.001,814261
HeifersMedium and Large 1788216.61/cwt209.50–219.251,707285
HeifersMedium and Large 1614257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,57817
HeifersMedium and Large 1507268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,35919
SteersMedium and Large 1784236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8504
SteersMedium and Large 1676257.19/cwt255.00–260.001,73918
SteersMedium and Large 1558279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,56028
SteersMedium and Large 1477285.30/cwt284.00–290.001,36133
SteersMedium and Large 1869221.59/cwt211.00–228.001,926255
SteersMedium and Large 1927212.37/cwt206.00–218.751,969320
SteersMedium and Large 1972211.31/cwt200.00–218.752,054585
SteersMedium and Large 1538271.24/cwt268.00–273.001,45965
SteersMedium and Large 1617259.84/cwt250.00–269.001,603118
SteersMedium and Large 1821229.98/cwt224.00–238.251,888120
SteersMedium and Large 1721255.39/cwt251.50–259.501,841124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,48811
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy969191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,85150
SteersLarge 11,106203.66/cwt203.50–203.752,252134
SteersLarge 11,017205.51/cwt193.75–211.002,090216
SteersLarge 11,217192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,33715
SteersLarge 11,193192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,29150
SteersLarge 11,065199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,11956
HeifersMedium and Large 1419244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0229
HeifersMedium and Large 1477246.54/cwt241.00–255.001,17613
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement955192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,83835
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed463286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,32445
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed854219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,87517
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy870197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,71422
HeifersMedium and Large 1985178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,75345
HeifersMedium and Large 1680235.86/cwt223.00–244.001,604126
HeifersMedium and Large 1577251.32/cwt240.00–261.001,450187
HeifersMedium and Large 1870202.00/cwt193.00–214.751,757224
HeifersMedium and Large 1738223.17/cwt215.50–228.001,647109
HeifersMedium and Large 1822209.60/cwt197.00–222.001,723349

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.