Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2024-01-03

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 3
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,136 head
2,653 vs last sale 1,483 711 vs year ago 3,425 · +20.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to Christmas and different weight classes compared to two weeks ago so an accurate price trend can not be established. Good to very good demand for calves today depending on flesh and hide color. Lots of packages and loads of home raised calves on offer, a few consignments still coming off the cow but the majority were long time weaned. Flesh varied, from moderate to heavy at times. Quite a few colored cattle in the mix today. Some tag today as the area received rain and snow after Christmas and yard conditions really deteriorated. Despite this bout of weather, temperatures have remained above normal for this time of year. An active market seen for today's offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 10.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $253.58/cwt on 2,116 head.
Average price
$253.58
2,116 head · 725 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,838
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$464
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$51.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.01
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2607260.611,582114
Medium and Large 1726254.241,8451,955
Large 1979208.892,04647
One grade step is worth $51.72/cwt here — about −$464 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 sale2,116 hd
253.58
SD average4 barns · 5,648 hd
237.57
+16.01
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

41 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
HeifersLarge 1641220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4108
HeifersMedium and Large 1444279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,23916
HeifersMedium and Large 1387288.39/cwt285.00–292.501,11640
HeifersMedium and Large 1467269.92/cwt261.00–281.001,26168
HeifersMedium and Large 1778218.86/cwt216.50–220.251,703255
HeifersMedium and Large 1612239.46/cwt228.00–246.001,465239
SteersMedium and Large 1873228.02/cwt216.00–234.251,991103
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned582261.29/cwt261.00–262.001,52179
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned701229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,6099
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC768246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,89363
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4586
SteersMedium and Large 1904218.52/cwt215.75–223.001,975169
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467304.27/cwt304.00–305.001,42139
SteersMedium and Large 1-2693242.36/cwt239.00–250.001,68050
SteersMedium and Large 1-2509280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4254
SteersMedium and Large 1664270.69/cwt253.00–277.501,797252
SteersMedium and Large 1334354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,1826
SteersMedium and Large 1524313.96/cwt310.00–317.001,64569
SteersMedium and Large 1476332.99/cwt322.00–342.501,58561
SteersMedium and Large 1721253.70/cwt245.50–260.501,829100
SteersMedium and Large 1958207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,98855
SteersLarge 1903206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,86015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,49015
SteersMedium and Large 1433317.86/cwt315.00–319.001,37648
SteersMedium and Large 1571281.85/cwt271.00–292.001,609106
SteersMedium and Large 1642271.93/cwt268.75–276.501,746173
SteersMedium and Large 1781230.50/cwt222.00–233.001,800226
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned571244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,39329
SteersLarge 11,015210.25/cwt210.25–210.252,13432
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy588305.50/cwt305.50–305.501,79663
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy718235.39/cwt234.00–236.001,69027
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy893205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,83540
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy806206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,6648
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2499255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2725
SteersMedium and Large 1834233.38/cwt230.50–237.251,946298
HeifersMedium and Large 1581256.23/cwt248.00–268.001,489117
HeifersMedium and Large 1732219.18/cwt215.00–225.001,604142
HeifersMedium and Large 1681230.20/cwt219.00–240.001,568255
HeifersMedium and Large 1865202.74/cwt201.75–204.001,754155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2548240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3155
HeifersMedium and Large 1518279.72/cwt274.00–285.001,449182

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.