Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-11-08

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 8
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
5,109 head
▲ 2,160 vs last sale 2,949▲ 1,069 vs year ago 4,040 · +26.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: yearling cattle not well compared. Best test on steers calves 450 to 499 lbs mostly steady, 500 to 549 lbs 5.00 to 9.00 higher, 600 to 649 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Lower undertones noted on heifer calves. Moderate to good demand for a couple strings and several loads and packages of yearlings, mostly steers. Quality similar to last week, mostly plain to average, with more flesh on the cattle today as quite a few came out of lots. Moderate to good demand for calves with load lots seeing the best demand. Almost all the calves were off the cow and preconditioning varied, those without all their shots are discounted at times resulting in wide price spreads. Flesh varied, quite a few creep fed calves today and some tag at times. A moderate to active market seen for this offering. Quite a bit of crop in the country yet and producers are busy trying to wrap up harvest. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 15.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $265.71/cwt on 3,107 head.
Average price
$265.71
3,107 head · 686 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$444
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$48.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.76
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1675269.151,8172,604
Medium and Large 1-2575263.691,517318
Large 11,024220.742,261185
One grade step is worth $48.41/cwt here — about −$444 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 sale3,107 hd
265.71
—
SD average9 barns · 28,807 hd
280.47
−14.76
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

49 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—576269.71/cwt258.00–283.001,554226
SteersMedium and Large 1—680261.66/cwt250.00–273.001,779174
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—576240.78/cwt238.00–244.501,38737
SteersMedium and Large 1—477317.32/cwt304.00–326.001,514207
SteersLarge 1—1,009218.79/cwt214.25–220.002,208127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—717225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,61312
SteersMedium and Large 1—895236.38/cwt236.25–236.502,116130
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—816234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,90932
SteersMedium and Large 1—908231.76/cwt222.50–236.252,10499
SteersMedium and Large 1—380326.62/cwt315.00–332.501,24152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—483292.76/cwt283.00–296.001,41434
SteersMedium and Large 1—977226.51/cwt220.00–229.502,213355
SteersMedium and Large 1—420336.66/cwt334.00–340.001,41422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—628248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,55714
SteersMedium and Large 1—519300.45/cwt285.00–309.001,559139
SteersMedium and Large 1—712266.09/cwt263.00–269.501,895153
SteersMedium and Large 1—627275.02/cwt260.00–281.501,724664
SteersMedium and Large 1—339327.96/cwt322.50–330.001,11247
HeifersMedium and Large 1—870223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,94021
HeifersMedium and Large 1—906225.50/cwt225.50–225.502,04314
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—554234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,29622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—428246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,0538
HeifersMedium and Large 1—305276.30/cwt270.00–285.0084319
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—451279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,25831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—683218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,48923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—615224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,37810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—578225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,30118
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370283.40/cwt270.00–292.501,04947
HeifersMedium and Large 1—654239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,56684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—475238.98/cwt236.00–240.001,13545
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532246.76/cwt240.00–254.501,313274
HeifersMedium and Large 1—606249.78/cwt247.00–250.001,514101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—525230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,20811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—355262.00/cwt262.00–262.0093010
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—481299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,43855
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—323257.50/cwt257.50–257.508329
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—590293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,72938
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572245.72/cwt240.00–250.501,406309
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469252.76/cwt247.00–261.001,185110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—714221.26/cwt219.00–224.001,58053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—381301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,14719
HeifersMedium and Large 1—438257.14/cwt249.50–277.501,126171
SteersLarge 1—1,058225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,38158
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—588248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,45885
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—894220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,97164
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—976214.50/cwt214.50–214.502,0947
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—781221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,72615
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—603292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,76487
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—534272.88/cwt256.00–279.501,457155

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.