Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-09-20

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 20
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,141 head
518 vs last sale 3,623 320 vs year ago 3,821 · +8.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 849 lbs and 900 to 949 lbs steady. Best test on heifers 800 to 899 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Very good demand for another large offering of yearlings off grass this week. Flesh similar to last week, mostly light to moderate, with some fill on the cattle at times. Quite a few home raised consignments today. Most of the heifers offered were either tested open or spayed. Quality varied a bit more than last week, but still plenty of attractive cattle to choose from. An active market with buyers taking all loads of a cut on many occasions enabling them to fill pens with one man's cattle. Rain forecasted for the next few days and through the weekend will put a damper on harvest. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 27.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $253.83/cwt on 2,271 head.
Average price
$253.83
2,271 head · 913 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,316
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$638
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$22.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.37
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2730257.911,88464
Medium and Large 1899255.982,3011,966
Large 11,072235.262,522241
One grade step is worth $22.66/cwt here — about −$638 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 sale2,271 hd
253.83
SD average7 barns · 9,750 hd
249.47
+4.37
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 1917238.27/cwt234.00–239.502,185103
HeifersMedium and Large 1995229.98/cwt229.50–232.502,28849
HeifersMedium and Large 1760247.60/cwt247.00–248.001,88220
HeifersMedium and Large 1670260.07/cwt254.00–265.001,74216
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full630244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,53714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2504235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,18414
SteersMedium and Large 1868256.18/cwt252.50–258.252,224268
SteersMedium and Large 1-2799253.50/cwt253.50–253.502,02539
SteersLarge 11,069237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,534220
SteersMedium and Large 1922252.00/cwt246.25–254.802,323823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,57415
SteersMedium and Large 1826267.35/cwt261.25–271.252,208370
HeifersMedium and Large 1627266.22/cwt257.00–269.001,66960
HeifersMedium and Large 1881242.40/cwt236.00–244.752,136848
SteersMedium and Large 1971250.86/cwt247.25–251.502,436391
SteersMedium and Large 1777270.42/cwt262.00–272.252,10182
HeifersMedium and Large 1822246.06/cwt238.00–249.002,023312
HeifersMedium and Large 1742247.46/cwt246.00–250.501,83660
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy870244.50/cwt244.50–244.502,12726
SteersLarge 11,104217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,39621
SteersMedium and Large 1723277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,0036
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,73010

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.