Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-08-09

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 9
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
2,261 head
▼ 282 vs last sale 2,543▼ 147 vs year ago 2,408 · −6.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 950 to 999 lbs mostly steady, other weight classes of steers and heifers not well compared. Very good demand for cattle again this week. Lots of strings and loads again this week, packages of tested open heifers are starting to come to town also. More flesh overall than last week as there were more yard cattle and less grass cattle. Overall quality more attractive than last week with most cattle average to attractive in quality. An active market with buyers determined to own cattle as the future looks very bright at this point. Last weekend brought widespread rain to the area. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, August 16.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.68/cwt on 1,195 head.
Average price
$228.68
1,195 head · 880 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,013
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$18.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.60
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1853231.711,977994
Large 11,014213.702,166201
One grade step is worth $18.00/cwt here — about −$189 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 sale1,195 hd
228.68
—
SD average5 barns · 3,083 hd
228.08
+0.60
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

26 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 1Fleshy—785226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,77486
HeifersLarge 1—843218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,8429
HeifersLarge 1—1,054213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,2459
HeifersLarge 1—1,020213.50/cwt212.00–214.002,178183
HeifersMedium and Large 1—936223.91/cwt222.50–229.002,096298
HeifersMedium and Large 1—553260.67/cwt256.00–263.001,44221
SteersMedium and Large 1—976233.03/cwt232.50–234.502,274233
SteersMedium and Large 1—541320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,73111
SteersLarge 1—1,043230.50/cwt230.50–230.502,40453
SteersMedium and Large 1—670281.20/cwt274.00–286.001,88418
SteersMedium and Large 1—745256.26/cwt254.50–263.001,90962
SteersMedium and Large 1—836257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,14965
SteersLarge 1—1,053230.50/cwt230.50–230.502,427159
SteersMedium and Large 1—770257.44/cwt253.50–264.001,982122
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613262.48/cwt256.00–265.501,60943
HeifersMedium and Large 1—804235.47/cwt230.00–237.001,89362
SteersMedium and Large 1—475335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,59117
SteersMedium and Large 1—620291.27/cwt289.00–292.001,80633
HeifersMedium and Large 1—967220.98/cwt220.00–221.002,137174
SteersLarge 1—582259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,50710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—729250.68/cwt246.75–253.001,82784
HeifersMedium and Large 1—890226.53/cwt222.00–230.002,016169
SteersMedium and Large 1—915233.86/cwt228.00–239.002,14032
SteersMedium and Large 1—894243.89/cwt242.00–244.002,18070
HeifersMedium and Large 1—436281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,22520
HeifersMedium and Large 1—685253.60/cwt252.50–256.001,73737

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.