Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2024-01-24

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 24
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
6,100 head
4,254 vs last sale 1,846 457 vs year ago 6,557 · 7.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 550 to 599 lbs, and 650 to 749 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher. Best test on heifers 550 to 649 lbs 10.00 to 13.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's large offering featuring many packages and loads with best demand seen for cattle suitable for summer grass, especially those selling in loads. Flesh varied, from light to some heavy flesh at times, but there were some very green cattle today as they have just come through the last week of very cold temperatures on lower quality feedstuffs. Lots of attractive quality cattle today, the majority of them were home raised and long time weaned. An active market with buyers and farmer feeders competing to get cattle bought. The weather has improved greatly from last weeks' sub zero temps and windchills. This week has much milder temps in the 30's with the promise of 40 degrees and warmer for the ten day outlook. This is a much needed break for livestock and their caretakers. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 31.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $267.44/cwt on 3,670 head.
Average price
$267.44
3,670 head · 718 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,921
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$817
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$86.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.51
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2494299.841,482174
Medium and Large 1708269.141,9043,288
Large 11,078213.362,299208
One grade step is worth $86.48/cwt here — about −$817 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 sale3,670 hd
267.44
SD average8 barns · 15,357 hd
252.93
+14.51
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

50 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 1565312.04/cwt296.00–319.001,763113
SteersMedium and Large 1624299.06/cwt281.50–305.251,866383
SteersMedium and Large 1874231.74/cwt228.00–234.502,025151
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy639275.87/cwt275.50–277.001,763105
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy547306.12/cwt302.00–307.001,67428
SteersMedium and Large 1811240.56/cwt227.50–243.751,951482
SteersMedium and Large 1535323.45/cwt316.00–330.001,730323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned392307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,20510
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed552325.50/cwt325.50–325.501,79734
SteersLarge 11,063212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,25952
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy681258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,76022
SteersMedium and Large 1469332.89/cwt325.00–343.001,56192
SteersMedium and Large 1437344.75/cwt332.50–348.001,50758
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed379329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,24728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,66824
SteersMedium and Large 1771248.29/cwt234.50–255.751,914325
SteersMedium and Large 1725251.73/cwt243.25–263.501,825426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2464305.13/cwt296.00–313.001,41666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565288.65/cwt285.00–290.001,63146
HeifersMedium and Large 1531292.73/cwt282.50–301.001,55447
HeifersLarge 11,003204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,04650
HeifersLarge 11,104194.00/cwt194.00–194.002,1428
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy710209.93/cwt203.00–214.001,49132
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy764192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4678
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy553302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,670108
SteersMedium and Large 1918217.27/cwt207.00–224.501,995131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2690216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,49062
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579260.11/cwt254.00–264.001,50677
SteersMedium and Large 1989218.80/cwt208.75–222.252,164150
SteersMedium and Large 1669273.19/cwt262.50–283.751,828438
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed417284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,18419
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy818220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,80027
HeifersMedium and Large 1721230.10/cwt227.00–233.501,65989
HeifersMedium and Large 1366325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1908
SteersLarge 11,021218.89/cwt206.00–222.252,23571
SteersLarge 11,134209.26/cwt208.00–211.002,37385
HeifersMedium and Large 1632258.28/cwt251.00–267.001,632213
HeifersMedium and Large 1980198.43/cwt196.00–200.001,94520
HeifersMedium and Large 1825204.14/cwt201.50–206.001,684111
HeifersMedium and Large 1665253.37/cwt245.00–256.001,68591
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned509276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,40530
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475280.44/cwt278.00–285.001,33255
HeifersMedium and Large 1760207.48/cwt204.00–213.001,57760
HeifersMedium and Large 1866197.58/cwt194.00–202.001,71183
HeifersMedium and Large 1329327.50/cwt326.00–330.001,07727
HeifersMedium and Large 1562284.50/cwt276.00–288.501,599198
HeifersMedium and Large 1429301.27/cwt291.00–318.001,292168
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed350299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,04718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,12512
HeifersMedium and Large 1481311.05/cwt298.00–318.001,496138

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.