Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-07-19

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 19
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,281 head
1,996 vs last sale 1,285 1,566 vs year ago 1,715 · +91.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 949 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 1000 to 1049 lbs mostly steady. Heifers not well compared. Very good demand for cattle again this week. Today's offering consisted of mostly strings and loads with cattle coming both off grass and out of yards. Flesh similar to last week with most cattle in light to moderate plus flesh. Lots of attractive cattle to choose from, including several strings that were home raised. A very active market seen for the offering again this week. Grass and crop conditions remain very good, hot weather is forecasted for next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, July 26.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $245.77/cwt on 2,345 head.
Average price
$245.77
2,345 head · 887 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,181
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$707
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$23.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.60
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2639253.871,62258
Medium and Large 1880247.282,1772,052
Large 11,010230.642,329235
One grade step is worth $23.23/cwt here — about −$707 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 sale2,345 hd
245.77
SD average4 barns · 6,308 hd
229.18
+16.60
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

21 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
HeifersLarge 11,071199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,1317
HeifersMedium and Large 1790229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,81337
HeifersMedium and Large 1659251.59/cwt247.00–255.501,65838
HeifersMedium and Large 1734247.04/cwt242.50–252.001,813117
HeifersMedium and Large 1916230.65/cwt229.50–233.002,113189
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,39623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2549267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4696
SteersMedium and Large 1-2443287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,2748
SteersMedium and Large 1-2687245.90/cwt242.00–251.001,68944
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2773223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,7288
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,19112
HeifersMedium and Large 1835228.35/cwt222.00–231.001,907205
SteersMedium and Large 1820246.51/cwt236.50–252.252,021555
SteersMedium and Large 1915248.17/cwt245.25–250.502,271781
SteersMedium and Large 1989239.39/cwt235.00–240.502,368289
HeifersMedium and Large 1869225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9559
HeifersMedium and Large 1607253.48/cwt252.00–257.001,53924
SteersLarge 11,010230.64/cwt226.50–235.002,329235
SteersMedium and Large 1651278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,8109
SteersMedium and Large 1884245.18/cwt240.50–249.252,167197
SteersMedium and Large 1774256.99/cwt247.00–264.501,989221

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.