Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-03-10

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 10
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
6,015 head
▼ 1,503 vs last sale 7,518▲ 433 vs year ago 5,582 · +7.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 600 lbs steady, 601 to 950 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower with instances up to 9.00 lower on 650 to 700 lbs. Heifers 550 to 800 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower except 650 to 700 lbs not well compared. Moderate to good demand seen for today's offering of both back grounded and home raised steers and heifers selling mostly in packages and loads and a few multiple loads. Several packages and loads of replacement quality heifers offered which were met with good to very good demand. Quality varied more today than last week, from plain to attractive, slightly less attractive quality overall than last week. Varied flesh again this week, mostly light to moderate plus. A moderate market seen for this offering. The state is under a winter weather advisory today with varying amounts of snowfall across the state making travel more difficult today. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 17.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.04/cwt on 3,253 head.
Average price
$139.04
3,253 head · 773 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,074
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$374
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$31.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.97
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558151.39845154
Medium and Large 1782138.561,0833,077
Large 11,014120.251,21922
One grade step is worth $31.14/cwt here — about −$374 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 sale3,253 hd
139.04
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SD average7 barns · 15,028 hd
143.01
−3.97
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375183.50/cwt183.50–183.5068818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2446161.00/cwt161.00–161.0071810
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned456169.50/cwt169.50–169.5077335
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471160.19/cwt155.00–165.0075418
Steers—Medium and Large 1487178.34/cwt178.00–179.0086972
Steers—Medium and Large 1522171.13/cwt168.00–180.0089315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529159.68/cwt149.50–163.0084525
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned530159.50/cwt159.50–159.5084548
Steers—Medium and Large 1557167.15/cwt160.00–171.0093187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2596145.44/cwt137.50–154.0086729
Steers—Medium and Large 1628156.40/cwt149.00–160.50982166
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629139.00/cwt139.00–139.0087421
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy639146.50/cwt146.50–146.5093618
Steers—Medium and Large 1662145.38/cwt142.00–150.50962234
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683133.00/cwt133.00–133.0090833
Steers—Medium and Large 1719141.80/cwt134.50–145.251,020347
Steers—Medium and Large 1772136.34/cwt131.50–144.001,053594
Steers—Medium and Large 1816131.97/cwt123.00–134.501,077446
Steers—Medium and Large 1873131.02/cwt122.50–133.501,144378
Steers—Medium and Large 1925129.29/cwt126.00–130.501,196454
Steers—Medium and Large 1984125.18/cwt117.00–127.351,232183
Steers—Large 11,014120.25/cwt120.25–120.251,21922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1442158.50/cwt158.50–158.5070138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473158.33/cwt150.50–159.7574994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526150.35/cwt146.00–152.5079183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy544130.00/cwt130.00–130.0070710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572142.74/cwt136.50–147.75816106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2597132.00/cwt132.00–132.007885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement612148.00/cwt148.00–148.0090616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628138.03/cwt135.00–143.00867230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655136.28/cwt135.00–136.7589368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy690118.00/cwt118.00–118.0081430
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement692935.00/cwt935.00–935.006,47046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy707122.50/cwt122.50–122.5086620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725129.82/cwt124.75–133.25941343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement7461,107.21/cwt985.00–1,150.008,26042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2754117.00/cwt117.00–117.008828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement768139.59/cwt132.00–146.001,07240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement7691,077.79/cwt1,020.00–1,125.008,288217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780127.38/cwt126.50–127.7599466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement8121,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.008,81055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy822115.94/cwt115.00–116.7595333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829125.29/cwt121.00–127.001,039216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement8601,130.00/cwt1,130.00–1,130.009,71834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1887124.08/cwt119.50–126.251,101169
Heifers—Large 11,000113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,13516
Heifers—Large 11,087113.56/cwt113.25–113.751,23478
Heifers—Large 11,115113.75/cwt113.75–113.751,268181

This sale against other markets

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.