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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 5

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Apr 28May 5May 12 →

Receipts

5,500 head

▲ 856 vs last sale 4,644▲ 2,023 vs year ago 3,477 · +58.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 950 lbs mostly steady, 951 to 1000 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Best test on heifers 900 to 950 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Good demand for today's large offering which included many loads and strings of both backgrounded and home raised cattle. Quality today was mostly attractive. Flesh varied again this week, but mostly moderate to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. An active market seen for today's offering. Buyers had many opportunities to procure multiple loads of the same man's cattle and did so many times. Conditions remain dry in this area with some light showers today. Corn planting is well under way. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 12.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.49/cwt on 3,945 head.

Average price

$132.49

3,945 head · 870 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,153

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$365

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$20.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.39

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	618	141.85	876	78
Medium and Large 1	844	134.66	1,136	3,198
Large 1	1,025	121.05	1,241	669

One grade step is worth $20.80/cwt here — about −$365 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 sale3,945 hd

132.49

—

SD average4 barns · 6,251 hd

132.11

+0.39

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	872	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	551	159.07/cwt	158.00–160.00	876	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	817	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	885	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	150.39/cwt	150.00–150.50	966	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	664	142.23/cwt	140.00–145.00	944	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	154.36/cwt	148.50–156.75	1,043	221
Steers	—	Large 1	712	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	858	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	143.66/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,034	335
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	786	141.53/cwt	136.50–142.00	1,112	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	134.46/cwt	130.50–142.00	1,115	578
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	132.79/cwt	129.50–135.00	1,147	670
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	898	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,105	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	128.55/cwt	121.50–129.75	1,181	865
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	995	123.07/cwt	120.25–124.00	1,225	287
Steers	—	Large 1	1,017	122.03/cwt	118.50–124.30	1,241	350
Steers	—	Large 1	1,074	119.90/cwt	119.50–120.50	1,288	284
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	139.28/cwt	138.00–142.50	667	32
Heifers	—	Large 1	495	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	599	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	138.35/cwt	136.50–140.50	711	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	136.47/cwt	136.25–137.75	805	59
Heifers	—	Large 1	595	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	711	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	130.31/cwt	130.00–131.00	820	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	630	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	765	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	132.29/cwt	127.00–134.50	884	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	129.17/cwt	124.00–130.00	929	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	119.59/cwt	119.00–120.00	938	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	786	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	8,843	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	119.17/cwt	116.00–120.00	986	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	831	1,087.50/cwt	985.00–1,130.00	9,037	194
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	941	116.92/cwt	115.00–117.50	1,100	325

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Hub City Livestock Auction - Aberdeen, SD

Wed May 5, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 5,500Last week 4,644Year ago 3,477

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	495	121.00	121.00
15	—	595	119.50	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	719	124.00–130.00	129.17
76	—	668	127.00–134.50	132.29
59	—	590	136.25–137.75	136.47
34	—	784	119.00–120.00	119.59
96	—	827	116.00–120.00	119.17
325	—	941	115.00–117.50	116.92
38	—	629	130.00–131.00	130.31
32	—	479	138.00–142.50	139.28
20	—	514	136.50–140.50	138.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
194	—	831	985.00–1,130.00	1,087.50
29	—	786	1,125.00	1,125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	630	121.50	121.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	712	120.50	120.50
284	—	1,074	119.50–120.50	119.90
350	—	1,017	118.50–124.30	122.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	898	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
670	—	864	129.50–135.00	132.79
28	—	551	158.00–160.00	159.07
91	—	786	136.50–142.00	141.53
287	—	995	120.25–124.00	123.07
17	—	545	160.00	160.00
865	—	919	121.50–129.75	128.55
50	—	642	150.00–150.50	150.39
221	—	676	148.50–156.75	154.36
335	—	720	137.00–144.00	143.66
578	—	829	130.50–142.00	134.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	556	147.00	147.00
67	—	628	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	664	140.00–145.00	142.23

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.