Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-12-15

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Dec 15
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
5,671 head
▲ 1,426 vs last sale 4,245▲ 2,886 vs year ago 2,785 · +103.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 850 to 900 lbs mostly steady with other weight classes of yearling steers and heifers not well compared. Steer calves 500 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower, 601 to 700 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves 500 to 600 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, 601 to 650 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for a few loads and packages of yearling steers and heifers in today's offering. Quality on yearlings mostly plain to average this week. Good to very good demand for a large calf offering. Many loads and many, many packages offered. Lots of variety in calves today, from longtime weaned, big calves in moderate plus to heavy flesh, to light weight, light to moderate fleshed calves off the cow, and everything in between. Calf quality mostly average to attractive and the majority of the calves had a good shot record. An active market on both calves and yearlings. Some winter weather forecasted for tonight and into tomorrow. Very high winds predicted along with rain or snow depending on the area. This is the last feeder cattle sale of 2021. There will be two feeder cattle sales the first week of January, one on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, and one Saturday, January 8. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.30/cwt on 2,921 head.
Average price
$172.30
2,921 head · 699 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,204
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$351
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.05
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1697173.411,2092,658
Medium and Large 1-2634162.501,031206
Large 11,000156.001,56057
One grade step is worth $17.41/cwt here — about −$351 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 sale2,921 hd
172.30
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SD average8 barns · 20,337 hd
174.35
−2.05
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327220.00/cwt220.00–220.0071923
Steers—Medium and Large 1442215.71/cwt201.00–219.0095342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443186.00/cwt186.00–186.008246
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470176.23/cwt170.00–182.0082819
Steers—Medium and Large 1475200.30/cwt191.75–209.00951124
Steers—Medium and Large 1528190.78/cwt182.00–199.501,007267
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2548152.00/cwt152.00–152.008335
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy565168.56/cwt162.00–173.5095254
Steers—Medium and Large 1583185.43/cwt178.00–191.001,081305
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617154.29/cwt151.00–157.0095222
Steers—Medium and Large 1625179.06/cwt171.50–188.501,119273
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy640163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,04352
Steers—Medium and Large 1658174.65/cwt167.00–180.751,149274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663152.42/cwt151.00–157.001,01186
Steers—Medium and Large 1719167.35/cwt159.00–172.501,203276
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy730150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,09511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2746153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,14522
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy772146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,12756
Steers—Medium and Large 1777161.57/cwt155.50–171.001,255217
Steers—Medium and Large 1829164.70/cwt154.00–170.001,365251
Steers—Medium and Large 1873163.49/cwt160.00–165.751,427211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy909147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,34113
Steers—Medium and Large 1933156.06/cwt150.50–163.001,456114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2948144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,36523
Steers—Medium and Large 1959157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,510118
Steers—Large 11,000156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,56057
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2387179.00/cwt179.00–179.0069310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426177.13/cwt164.00–184.2575552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy439161.28/cwt161.00–161.5070814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy464165.00/cwt165.00–165.007667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472148.00/cwt148.00–148.006998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477176.07/cwt173.00–187.00840186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525171.26/cwt165.00–175.00899193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575168.62/cwt161.00–173.00970339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy577158.04/cwt157.00–158.5091232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614163.49/cwt159.25–167.001,004266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement619172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,06550
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2647143.75/cwt143.75–143.7593020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672157.05/cwt148.50–161.001,05586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,00031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1739154.14/cwt150.00–160.501,139127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772146.75/cwt142.75–155.001,133216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1832149.67/cwt141.50–151.501,24543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2846137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,15918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy907138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,258123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2934138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,28927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1951156.75/cwt156.75–156.751,49165
Heifers—Large 11,144140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,60250

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.