Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Few good comparisons to last week on either yearlings or calves, best test on steer calves 500 to 549 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower and best test on heifer calves 400 to 449 lbs mostly steady. Moderate to good demand for yearlings today. Many packages and a handful of loads made up the yearling offering, quite a few of these still coming off grass. Lots of plain quality yearlings on offer as producers clean up for the season. Moderate to good demand for calves this week, again hide color and shot records determine what buyers are willing to give for a calf. A few weaned consignments again this week, however, the majority of the calves were off the cow. Slightly more flesh overall on calves, but mostly light to moderate flesh. More interest in calves this week as last weeks' bout of winter weather has passed and temps are expected to improve throughout the week. A moderate to active market for both yearlings and calves, both buyers and a few farmer feeders in the seats. Quite a bit of crop still out in the field and producers are pushing to get it all harvested. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 8.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $277.18/cwt on 1,577 head.

Average price

$277.18

1,577 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,860

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$639

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$54.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.87

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	607	287.31	1,743	1,240
Medium and Large 1-2	576	260.74	1,502	88
Large 1	1,024	232.53	2,382	249

One grade step is worth $54.78/cwt here — about −$639 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 sale1,577 hd

277.18

—

SD average12 barns · 28,700 hd

284.05

−6.87

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

42 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	991	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,091	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,714	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,533	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,103	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	277.92/cwt	268.00–285.00	1,309	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	246.33/cwt	239.00–254.50	1,512	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	274.01/cwt	265.00–278.50	1,674	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	241.80/cwt	233.00–247.00	2,046	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	247.44/cwt	240.00–249.50	1,925	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	290.07/cwt	275.50–295.00	1,561	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	340.81/cwt	322.50–356.00	1,462	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	329.84/cwt	318.00–334.00	1,174	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	966	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,712	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	317.17/cwt	296.00–323.00	1,538	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,203	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	260.73/cwt	253.00–265.00	1,867	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,108	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,245	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,864	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	265.36/cwt	257.00–266.50	1,836	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	284.78/cwt	275.00–296.00	1,666	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	249.87/cwt	247.25–252.00	2,201	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,954	8
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,075	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,268	16
Steers	Large 1	—	1,021	234.01/cwt	233.85–234.50	2,389	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,761	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,138	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,190	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,459	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	257.87/cwt	242.00–272.00	1,369	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	232.75/cwt	227.50–236.50	1,792	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	289.53/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,236	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	236.00/cwt	230.50–242.00	2,041	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	225.17/cwt	220.50–228.00	2,060	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	492	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,506	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,295	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	790	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	264.64/cwt	261.00–268.00	1,146	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,137	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	231.25/cwt	226.00–233.00	1,882	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	262.00/cwt	244.00–265.00	1,499	84

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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