Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-05-19

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 19
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
5,229 head
▼ 1,634 vs last sale 6,863▼ 601 vs year ago 5,830 · −10.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 900 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 901 to 1000 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifers 600 to 650 lbs mostly steady, 651 to 950 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher except 700 to 750 and 850 to 900 lbs not well compared. Good to very good demand for another large offering this week. Light fleshed cattle which can go to grass continue to see very good demand. Several strings available again this week, as well as many loads and packages, all selling on an active market. Quality slightly less attractive overall than last week, but still many attractive quality cattle to choose from. Flesh varied again today, from light to heavy. A few consignments in town this week due to dry conditions and producers trying to save grass for the cow herd. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 26.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.40/cwt on 3,028 head.
Average price
$135.40
3,028 head · 888 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,202
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$19.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.35
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1828140.201,1612,264
Medium and Large 1-2732132.4096938
Large 11,080120.611,303726
One grade step is worth $19.58/cwt here — about −$142 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 sale3,028 hd
135.40
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SD average5 barns · 8,746 hd
135.76
−0.35
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1411179.00/cwt179.00–179.007367
Steers—Medium and Large 1471175.85/cwt170.00–179.5082847
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511158.50/cwt158.50–158.5081011
Steers—Medium and Large 1514173.62/cwt171.00–175.0089253
Steers—Medium and Large 1557166.86/cwt160.50–170.00929102
Steers—Medium and Large 1605167.93/cwt159.00–171.501,016239
Steers—Medium and Large 1670148.18/cwt146.00–149.2599321
Steers—Medium and Large 1718148.87/cwt143.00–153.001,06927
Steers—Medium and Large 1770141.50/cwt140.00–144.501,090103
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy782135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,05645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2822121.76/cwt118.00–124.001,00127
Steers—Medium and Large 1828140.67/cwt134.00–143.751,165222
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy843129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,08731
Steers—Medium and Large 1879133.14/cwt131.25–134.001,170224
Steers—Medium and Large 1922131.33/cwt124.00–135.201,211850
Steers—Medium and Large 1966126.51/cwt122.00–128.251,222293
Steers—Large 11,016123.37/cwt121.50–124.001,253272
Steers—Large 11,081121.42/cwt117.25–122.251,313183
Steers—Large 11,122117.98/cwt115.75–121.251,324225
Steers—Large 11,255114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,43146
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445156.00/cwt156.00–156.0069416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465154.32/cwt153.00–155.0071834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518148.22/cwt143.50–150.5076834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576148.01/cwt142.00–151.00853115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582137.50/cwt137.50–137.5080011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631143.44/cwt140.00–145.50905108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668141.32/cwt136.00–144.00944230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721135.97/cwt127.00–138.5098073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736115.50/cwt115.50–115.508506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764133.14/cwt126.50–139.001,017216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825128.31/cwt124.75–129.251,059390
Heifers—Medium and Large 1877123.55/cwt121.00–124.501,08494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy884116.25/cwt116.25–116.251,02822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1919121.60/cwt120.00–122.751,118192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement9251,155.00/cwt1,155.00–1,155.0010,68464
Heifers—Large 11,016117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,19415

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.