Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-11-03

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 3
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
5,675 head
▲ 2,625 vs last sale 3,050▲ 2,402 vs year ago 3,273 · +73.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 900 to 950 lbs mostly steady, other weight classes of yearlings and yearling heifers not well compared. Calves too lightly tested last week to compare to today's large calf offering. Good to very good demand for yearling cattle again this week with best demand seen for cattle still coming off grass. Flesh varied again this week, from moderate to heavy. A larger calf offering than last week met with moderate to good demand, mostly depending on shots. Calves with full preconditioning, or at least a full round of fall shots saw good to very good demand, calves with spring shots, even if it was a full round in the spring see moderate to good demand, sometimes light demand if it was just a 7 way in the spring. This report demonstrates a wider range of prices reflecting preconditioning. Flesh on calves mostly light to moderate plus. An active market on yearlings with order buyers interested, a moderate to active market on calves with buyers as well as some farmer feeders interested in calves today. This is the first dry Wednesday in four weeks and dry weather is expected to continue for the next week at least, with temperatures in the 60's predicted for the weekend. Harvest is slowly wrapping up in this area. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 10.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.58/cwt on 3,542 head.
Average price
$165.58
3,542 head · 724 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,199
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$190
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.88
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1719166.201,1943,412
Large 11,029151.941,56367
Medium and Large 1-2686146.431,00563
One grade step is worth $19.77/cwt here — about $190 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 sale3,542 hd
165.58
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SD average10 barns · 31,059 hd
174.45
−8.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 1346215.00/cwt215.00–215.007449
Steers—Medium and Large 1380208.86/cwt200.00–217.00794107
Steers—Medium and Large 1445190.64/cwt177.00–203.5084888
Steers—Medium and Large 1485180.80/cwt170.00–193.00877264
Steers—Medium and Large 1528169.53/cwt161.00–185.00895238
Steers—Medium and Large 1579165.27/cwt156.00–175.00957292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591144.40/cwt140.00–152.5085345
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy617152.00/cwt152.00–152.0093813
Steers—Medium and Large 1627166.30/cwt154.00–172.001,043584
Steers—Medium and Large 1677163.08/cwt152.00–167.501,104350
Steers—Medium and Large 1731152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,11519
Steers—Medium and Large 1758156.08/cwt150.00–159.001,183106
Steers—Medium and Large 1805165.75/cwt165.75–165.751,33432
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy874151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,32426
Steers—Medium and Large 1883160.80/cwt154.25–165.501,420416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2924151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,40018
Steers—Medium and Large 1939158.61/cwt154.00–164.201,489294
Steers—Medium and Large 1956159.03/cwt154.00–164.201,520574
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,022142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,45612
Steers—Large 11,030154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,58655
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374167.96/cwt152.00–172.5062883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419159.65/cwt156.00–161.0066942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483150.93/cwt140.00–160.00729429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507146.80/cwt144.00–151.0074445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy541138.50/cwt138.50–138.5074912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582144.91/cwt135.00–151.00843211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636148.47/cwt135.00–154.75944149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655152.27/cwt145.00–154.75997106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy674138.00/cwt138.00–138.0093011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718149.46/cwt144.50–151.001,07391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy718130.00/cwt130.00–130.0093313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy778127.00/cwt127.00–127.0098811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1791152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,20617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,21411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy846135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,14225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1893152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,35716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1965151.33/cwt145.75–152.001,46074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy990139.98/cwt139.75–140.001,386133
Heifers—Large 11,018141.62/cwt140.00–145.001,442205
Heifers—Large 11,066144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,54063

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.