Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-09-08

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 8
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,513 head
▼ 428 vs last sale 1,941▼ 2,020 vs year ago 3,533 · −57.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Different weight classes of steers and heifers than last week so an accurate price trend can not be established. Good to very good demand for today's yearling offering featuring one string, a hand full of loads, and many packages. Similar to recent weeks, many tested open heifers in town today as producers get PG testing out of the way. Quality and flesh similar to last week, from plain to attractive, flesh mostly light to moderate plus. An active market with a few less buyers than normal in attendance today. Widespread rain across the area the last few weeks have greened things up. Some yard cattle today even showed some tag as lot conditions have gotten really muddy in some areas. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 15.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.60/cwt on 1,038 head.
Average price
$149.60
1,038 head · 821 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,228
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$238
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.91
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1802151.121,213941
Medium and Large 1-2671141.0094621
Large 11,089133.221,45176
One grade step is worth $17.89/cwt here — about −$238 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 sale1,038 hd
149.60
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SD average4 barns · 4,361 hd
158.51
−8.91
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

21 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy668158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,05918
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0707
Steers—Medium and Large 1699164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,15013
Steers—Medium and Large 1739156.34/cwt154.25–158.501,15597
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed758140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,06113
Steers—Medium and Large 1782157.99/cwt156.50–160.501,23513
Steers—Medium and Large 1855159.07/cwt156.50–161.501,36031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2858132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,13315
Steers—Medium and Large 1908151.25/cwt151.25–151.251,373122
Steers—Medium and Large 1987151.75/cwt151.75–151.751,49820
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615166.80/cwt166.00–168.501,02625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669158.12/cwt154.50–165.001,05840
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671141.00/cwt141.00–141.0094621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727151.66/cwt150.00–155.001,10340
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766153.01/cwt151.25–158.001,172523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1873147.15/cwt143.50–152.501,285157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1910145.67/cwt144.25–146.751,32672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1961143.16/cwt139.50–144.251,37684
Heifers—Large 11,046128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,3399
Heifers—Large 11,078137.25/cwt137.25–137.251,48040
Heifers—Large 11,120129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,44527

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.