Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-08-30

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 30
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
962 head
751 vs last sale 1,713 2,486 vs year ago 3,448 · 72.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few cattle this week to compare and develop an accurate price trend. Mostly packages and just a couple loads made up today's light offering with quite a few of the packages being tested open heifers. The majority of the cattle were off grass, flesh mostly light to moderate today. Lots of home raised cattle today, quality varied but mostly average to attractive. A moderate to active market with a more limited crowd of buyers in the seats. Hot weather expected for the holiday weekend. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 6.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $239.10/cwt on 339 head.
Average price
$239.10
339 head · 822 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,965
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$280
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$21.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.30
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1829239.941,989298
Medium and Large 1-2657239.141,57129
Large 11,041218.002,26912thin
One grade step is worth $21.94/cwt here — about −$280 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 sale339 hd
239.10
SD average6 barns · 4,262 hd
234.80
+4.30
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

19 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 1-2782226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,76710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2601242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,45412
HeifersMedium and Large 1911235.54/cwt228.00–236.002,14669
HeifersMedium and Large 1861235.06/cwt232.50–235.752,02445
SteersMedium and Large 1629288.00/cwt286.00–290.001,81241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4527
SteersMedium and Large 1749266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,99667
SteersMedium and Large 1678275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,86511
SteersMedium and Large 1770266.50/cwt266.50–266.502,05210
SteersMedium and Large 1888244.97/cwt244.75–245.252,175119
SteersMedium and Large 1813257.25/cwt257.25–257.252,09164
HeifersMedium and Large 1821236.98/cwt233.50–239.001,94647
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4875
HeifersMedium and Large 1705256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,80542
HeifersMedium and Large 1978226.22/cwt224.00–230.002,21237
HeifersMedium and Large 1780249.29/cwt249.00–250.001,94423
HeifersMedium and Large 1671249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,67123
HeifersMedium and Large 1643246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,58212
HeifersLarge 11,041218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,26912

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.