Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-06-09

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jun 9
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,489 head
▲ 748 vs last sale 2,741▼ 635 vs year ago 4,124 · −15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 950 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher with an instance up to 9.00 higher on 900 to 950 lbs, 951 to 1000 lbs and 1050 to 1100 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 6.00 higher on 951 to 1000 lbs. Best test on heifers 650 to 700 lbs, 750 to 800 lbs and 900 to 950 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Good demand for another large offering this week. Many loads and multiple loads offered as well as many packages including more fall calves. Several consignments in town due to the drought again this week. Flesh mostly light to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. Quality mostly average to attractive today. An active market with a good crowd of buyers. Temperatures have been in the 90's all week with no rainfall for most of the area. Grass conditions are deteriorating rapidly and many producers are hauling water to pastures. More high temps are expected for the next week as well. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, June 16.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.77/cwt on 1,881 head.
Average price
$135.77
1,881 head · 904 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,228
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$564
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$41.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.63
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2464165.007667thin
Medium and Large 1874137.901,2061,581
Large 11,076123.621,330293
One grade step is worth $41.38/cwt here — about −$564 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 sale1,881 hd
135.77
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SD average5 barns · 11,021 hd
147.40
−11.63
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464165.00/cwt165.00–165.007667
Steers—Medium and Large 1468173.00/cwt173.00–173.008105
Steers—Medium and Large 1589162.90/cwt159.00–166.0095939
Steers—Medium and Large 1627157.64/cwt155.00–161.5098832
Steers—Medium and Large 1715156.61/cwt147.50–158.001,12053
Steers—Medium and Large 1775143.29/cwt139.50–145.251,110129
Steers—Medium and Large 1822143.95/cwt136.25–147.751,183294
Steers—Medium and Large 1884138.87/cwt131.50–141.201,228322
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy891124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,10517
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy907127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,15224
Steers—Medium and Large 1920136.20/cwt130.50–141.201,253177
Steers—Medium and Large 1967128.15/cwt125.25–136.001,239489
Steers—Large 11,000125.25/cwt125.25–125.251,25358
Steers—Large 11,091123.28/cwt123.00–123.501,345184
Steers—Large 11,106123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,36051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395147.00/cwt147.00–147.0058114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1446148.00/cwt148.00–148.0066014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484153.45/cwt147.00–154.5074328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed530161.50/cwt161.50–161.5085653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535145.80/cwt143.50–151.0078014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584146.74/cwt141.00–154.5085796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620143.41/cwt141.50–144.0088931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643132.00/cwt132.00–132.008497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687142.02/cwt136.50–144.25976124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy690120.00/cwt120.00–120.008285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734135.10/cwt129.00–138.7599288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764132.94/cwt126.00–136.501,016156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1828127.08/cwt122.50–130.501,052192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1882121.16/cwt120.25–121.501,06994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1920120.79/cwt118.50–122.501,111159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1956120.05/cwt119.00–121.101,148119
Heifers—Large 11,039115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,19526

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.