Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-08-23

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 23
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,713 head
262 vs last sale 1,975 303 vs year ago 1,410 · +21.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: both steers and heifers of different weight classes this week than last week so an accurate price trend can not be established. Very good demand for today's offering featuring mostly packages and loads. Quality varied, especially on packages, from plain to attractive. Less flesh overall than last week with most of this weeks' cattle coming off grass, sometimes cattle were almost ugly green. An active market seen for this offering. Some very hot and humid days this week with much of the area under a heat advisory today, cooler temps expected for the end of the week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, August 30.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $239.81/cwt on 840 head.
Average price
$239.81
840 head · 796 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,909
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.55
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1800239.871,918794
Medium and Large 1-2738238.701,76146
One grade step is worth $1.17/cwt here — about $157 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 sale840 hd
239.81
SD average4 barns · 3,481 hd
238.26
+1.55
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

22 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 1572236.66/cwt233.00–242.001,35415
HeifersMedium and Large 1529273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,44417
HeifersMedium and Large 1863229.83/cwt224.50–237.001,98337
HeifersMedium and Large 1621264.43/cwt251.00–270.001,64242
HeifersMedium and Large 1662257.12/cwt255.50–258.001,70249
HeifersMedium and Large 1923220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,03159
SteersMedium and Large 1533305.48/cwt303.00–307.001,62818
SteersMedium and Large 1710258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,8326
HeifersMedium and Large 1989218.32/cwt217.00–218.502,15960
SteersMedium and Large 1-2769254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,9576
SteersMedium and Large 1673281.15/cwt278.00–284.001,892104
SteersMedium and Large 1775268.24/cwt266.00–270.502,079144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3295
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2698238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,6658
SteersMedium and Large 1872253.92/cwt248.00–257.502,214287
SteersMedium and Large 1445321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,42814
HeifersMedium and Large 1779244.59/cwt241.00–247.501,905153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780236.28/cwt229.00–238.501,84333
HeifersMedium and Large 1830237.63/cwt233.00–240.751,972302
HeifersMedium and Large 1719246.56/cwt246.50–247.001,77360
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586276.07/cwt274.00–277.001,61816
SteersMedium and Large 1565301.99/cwt294.00–310.001,70685

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.