Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-10-13

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,743 head
▼ 701 vs last sale 4,444▼ 2,395 vs year ago 6,138 · −39.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 1000 lbs and heifers 850 to 900 lbs steady. Calves too lightly tested today for comparison. Good to very good demand for many strings, loads, and packages of yearlings. Just like last week, quality varied but many attractive yearlings to choose from. Flesh light to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times, cattle came both off grass and out of yards again this week. Just a couple consignments of spring calves, these were met with mostly moderate demand with best demand seen for a consignment of Red Angus calves. The area received quite a bit of moisture over the weekend and again today which kept most of the spring calves at home. Inches of rain have made for muddy roads and lots and have brought harvest to a halt for now. There is little interest in putting calves into these wet and muddy conditions. An active market for yearlings, moderate at best for calves. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 20.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.22/cwt on 2,192 head.
Average price
$156.22
2,192 head · 908 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,419
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.87
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1871159.911,3921,234
Large 11,028152.891,572704
Medium and Large 1-2758147.501,118254
One grade step is worth $12.42/cwt here — about $275 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 sale2,192 hd
156.22
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SD average8 barns · 19,414 hd
178.09
−21.87
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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2388152.00/cwt152.00–152.0059010
Steers—Medium and Large 1393182.00/cwt182.00–182.007156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465164.00/cwt164.00–164.0076312
Steers—Medium and Large 1521183.00/cwt183.00–183.0095341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582150.00/cwt150.00–150.0087337
Steers—Medium and Large 1609170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,03585
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2741144.67/cwt143.50–145.001,072103
Steers—Medium and Large 1788156.86/cwt152.50–159.501,23677
Steers—Medium and Large 1833155.95/cwt150.00–159.001,299145
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2859146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,25430
Steers—Medium and Large 1880157.87/cwt153.50–159.751,389209
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy908146.24/cwt141.00–147.001,32865
Steers—Medium and Large 1924160.76/cwt150.50–163.251,485240
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2958147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,41362
Steers—Medium and Large 1964159.88/cwt154.50–161.251,541366
Steers—Large 11,028152.89/cwt147.00–155.251,572704
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1392158.91/cwt155.00–162.006239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466150.00/cwt150.00–150.006996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1502144.93/cwt144.00–147.0072829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement608168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,02164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy635135.00/cwt135.00–135.008576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686151.84/cwt148.50–153.001,04258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722145.81/cwt142.00–149.001,05341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764150.13/cwt148.50–154.001,14737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy795141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,12574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830151.75/cwt144.75–154.501,260125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1876149.35/cwt143.50–150.501,308203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy885140.17/cwt139.75–140.501,241104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed891153.75/cwt153.75–153.751,370120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1923141.16/cwt138.00–146.501,303224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1963141.46/cwt135.00–145.001,362146
Heifers—Large 11,016141.28/cwt141.00–142.501,43522

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.