Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-12-20

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Dec 20
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,483 head
2,264 vs last sale 3,747 2,540 vs year ago 4,023 · 63.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too light an offering to compared to last week and develop an accurate price trend, higher undertones noted on calves. Good demand for both yearlings and calves today. Just a couple loads and some packages of yearlings with quite a few tested open heifers. Less flesh overall on yearlings this week. Mostly packages of calves today. Not quite half of the calves were weaned, some only for a short time. Most calves had some preconditioning and flesh varied, mostly light to moderate overall. An active market with a few less buyers and farmer feeders attending the sale. This is the last feeder cattle sale of 2023, next feeder cattle sale will be January 3, 2024. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $235.06/cwt on 604 head.
Average price
$235.06
604 head · 725 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$513
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$54.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.47
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1653243.621,591509
Large 11,113189.172,10595
One grade step is worth $54.45/cwt here — about −$513 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 sale604 hd
235.06
SD average5 barns · 5,344 hd
222.59
+12.47
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

28 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 1Full357270.00/cwt270.00–270.009647
HeifersLarge 11,091190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,07310
HeifersLarge 11,024193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,97611
HeifersLarge 11,161188.02/cwt187.50–189.002,18326
HeifersLarge 11,111188.75/cwt188.75–188.752,09748
HeifersMedium and Large 1963202.58/cwt197.00–205.251,951102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,35748
SteersMedium and Large 1-2341328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,1189
SteersMedium and Large 1481310.99/cwt297.50–318.001,49658
SteersMedium and Large 1995211.87/cwt207.00–213.502,10871
SteersMedium and Large 1736239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,75960
SteersMedium and Large 1393326.89/cwt321.00–337.001,28532
HeifersMedium and Large 1523276.41/cwt263.00–285.001,44683
HeifersMedium and Large 1903200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8069
SteersMedium and Large 1663245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6248
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,37712
SteersMedium and Large 1Full472294.58/cwt293.00–295.001,39034
SteersMedium and Large 1527303.49/cwt292.00–311.001,59956
HeifersMedium and Large 1316306.27/cwt302.00–313.0096821
HeifersMedium and Large 1631238.86/cwt238.00–239.001,50750
SteersMedium and Large 1603269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,62216
SteersMedium and Large 1560283.97/cwt279.50–291.501,590182
HeifersMedium and Large 1796205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,63213
HeifersMedium and Large 1590246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,4516
HeifersMedium and Large 1421277.41/cwt268.50–290.001,16854
HeifersMedium and Large 1808206.91/cwt190.00–209.001,67274
HeifersMedium and Large 1874197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,7226
HeifersMedium and Large 1480270.48/cwt267.50–280.001,29884

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.