Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-01-19

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 19
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
6,866 head
▲ 730 vs last sale 6,136▲ 1,964 vs year ago 4,902 · +40.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 700 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 701 to 850 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 550 to 700 lbs mostly steady, 701 to 750 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Another large offering this week featuring many packages and loads of mostly home raised steers and heifers. Cattle suitable for grass programs saw very good demand again this week, feeding type cattle saw good to very good demand as well, mostly depending on flesh condition. Flesh and quality very similar to last week, mostly average to attractive quality and varied flesh, from light to some heavy. An active market seen for the offering. Some cattle coming to town earlier than they normally would due to tighter feed supplies. A very cold day today with wind chills well below zero. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 26.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.73/cwt on 3,777 head.
Average price
$174.73
3,777 head · 700 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,223
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$663
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$32.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.27
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2504183.4492467
Medium and Large 1697175.001,2203,644
Large 11,050151.201,58766
One grade step is worth $32.23/cwt here — about −$663 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 sale3,777 hd
174.73
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SD average8 barns · 23,104 hd
171.46
+3.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned381175.00/cwt175.00–175.006679
Steers—Medium and Large 1404214.00/cwt214.00–214.008657
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2404199.50/cwt199.50–199.508066
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned446180.00/cwt180.00–180.0080314
Steers—Medium and Large 1471210.60/cwt207.00–217.0099282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479196.74/cwt185.00–199.0094230
Steers—Medium and Large 1527193.61/cwt187.50–199.001,02020
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned556183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,01762
Steers—Medium and Large 1575191.28/cwt185.50–201.251,100401
Steers—Medium and Large 1616184.68/cwt177.00–194.501,138466
Steers—Medium and Large 1675179.13/cwt172.25–183.901,209847
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy695163.97/cwt163.00–166.501,140102
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy710158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,12511
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned721147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,06018
Steers—Medium and Large 1727171.77/cwt160.00–177.251,249637
Steers—Medium and Large 1776163.04/cwt154.50–170.001,265408
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy782150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,17712
Steers—Medium and Large 1822161.46/cwt151.75–165.751,327359
Steers—Medium and Large 1879153.42/cwt152.00–155.501,349179
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2911137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2488
Steers—Medium and Large 1957149.40/cwt144.50–151.001,43033
Steers—Large 11,018154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,57336
Steers—Large 11,088147.25/cwt147.25–147.251,60230
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned316177.00/cwt177.00–177.0055910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned413152.00/cwt152.00–152.0062814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423173.37/cwt169.00–176.0073322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468191.16/cwt186.75–195.5089569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478151.00/cwt151.00–151.0072215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned524159.00/cwt159.00–159.0083360
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538167.72/cwt166.00–172.5090284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574172.05/cwt161.50–176.00988331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy586153.51/cwt151.00–157.0090041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627163.50/cwt159.50–171.501,025420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631143.00/cwt143.00–143.0090223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy634153.50/cwt153.50–153.5097332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677156.37/cwt147.00–160.251,059279
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726150.67/cwt144.50–154.251,094247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned747137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,02315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1787146.03/cwt145.00–147.001,14944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2801139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,11721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1897146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,31035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2916137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,25522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1966146.54/cwt144.25–147.751,41686
Heifers—Large 11,123142.27/cwt136.50–143.201,598242
Heifers—Large 11,168142.60/cwt141.75–143.201,66641

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.