Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-08-02

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 2
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
2,543 head
1,598 vs last sale 945 135 vs year ago 2,408 · +5.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 949 lbs steady to 1.00 higher with other weight classes of steers and heifers not well compared today. Today's feature consignment was 1250 head of attractive black hided heifers off grass from one family operation. These heifers, as well as a few packages and loads of steers and heifers from other consignors also off grass, saw very good demand. Moderate to good demand for the reminder of loads and packages in the offering. Most were out of yards and quality varied quite a bit, especially on packages. Flesh ranged from light to some heavy on these cattle. An active market seen for this offering. Hot weather again this week with high humidity. Rain has been spotty. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, August 9.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $239.25/cwt on 1,467 head.
Average price
$239.25
1,467 head · 834 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,996
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$939
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$42.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.62
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500244.191,22021
Medium and Large 1820242.261,9871,336
Large 11,070201.832,159110
One grade step is worth $42.36/cwt here — about −$939 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 sale1,467 hd
239.25
SD average5 barns · 2,878 hd
236.64
+2.62
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

24 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 1Fleshy1,021184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,87912
HeifersLarge 1Fleshy1,114192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,13958
HeifersLarge 11,061212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,25511
HeifersLarge 11,005224.81/cwt223.50–225.502,25929
HeifersMedium and Large 1685252.99/cwt247.50–263.001,73344
HeifersMedium and Large 1877239.22/cwt231.50–241.002,098336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2363320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1628
SteersMedium and Large 1861260.74/cwt258.75–262.752,245130
SteersMedium and Large 1931241.84/cwt237.00–243.002,252310
SteersMedium and Large 1618286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,7676
SteersMedium and Large 1675273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,84328
SteersMedium and Large 1718269.73/cwt269.00–271.001,93731
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy876237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,07628
SteersLarge 11,002230.75/cwt230.75–230.752,31259
SteersMedium and Large 1766267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,04950
SteersMedium and Large 1811253.75/cwt253.75–253.752,05867
SteersMedium and Large 1981235.75/cwt235.75–235.752,313112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2770250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9255
HeifersMedium and Large 1771246.10/cwt235.00–248.751,897444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2154
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2342267.50/cwt267.50–267.509156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2621225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3977
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,2684
HeifersMedium and Large 1837240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,009512

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.