Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2024-01-17

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,846 head
▼ 4,088 vs last sale 5,934▼ 3,776 vs year ago 5,622 · −67.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 550 to 599 lbs and 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifers 500 to 599 lbs mostly steady, 600 to 649 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Good demand for today's calf offering selling almost entirely in packages. Flesh similar to last week, from moderate to some heavy. Most of the calves today were home raised and all were weaned. Hides were clean and open haired as few days have been extremely cold and lots are frozen hard. An active market seen for this offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 24.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $264.91/cwt on 965 head.
Average price
$264.91
965 head · 675 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$272
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.69
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2573268.721,53883
Medium and Large 1684264.561,810882
One grade step is worth $4.16/cwt here — about −$272 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 sale965 hd
264.91
—
SD average7 barns · 8,764 hd
244.22
+20.69
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

30 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 1—574255.67/cwt244.50–267.501,468126
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623251.49/cwt241.00–256.001,567193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—501255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2785
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—589224.50/cwt216.00–235.001,3229
HeifersMedium and Large 1—779210.35/cwt208.00–211.001,63951
HeifersMedium and Large 1—683234.30/cwt224.00–238.001,60056
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—709220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5608
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—531282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4979
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—643239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,53710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—415305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,26611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—685249.03/cwt248.00–249.501,70616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—570271.01/cwt259.00–276.001,54520
SteersMedium and Large 1—578297.08/cwt287.00–302.501,717201
SteersMedium and Large 1—669266.51/cwt253.00–277.001,783237
SteersMedium and Large 1—533298.55/cwt289.00–310.001,59113
SteersMedium and Large 1—816229.10/cwt227.00–232.251,86934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—456309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4094
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—378324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,2255
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—568275.25/cwt275.25–275.251,56325
SteersMedium and Large 1—634267.27/cwt262.00–281.001,69440
SteersMedium and Large 1—480334.63/cwt333.00–338.001,60647
SteersMedium and Large 1—913217.38/cwt216.50–218.501,98581
SteersMedium and Large 1—783235.70/cwt234.50–239.001,84698
SteersMedium and Large 1—729241.74/cwt232.00–247.751,762131
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,57913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522280.86/cwt271.00–285.501,466119
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370295.70/cwt292.00–300.001,09411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480274.36/cwt270.00–277.001,31725
HeifersMedium and Large 1—439288.79/cwt286.00–290.001,26833
HeifersMedium and Large 1—802200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,60848

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.