Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-10-19

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 19
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,183 head
▲ 192 vs last sale 3,991▼ 182 vs year ago 4,365 · −4.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 850 to 900 lbs steady to 2.00 higher with other weight classes of yearling steers not well compared. Best test on yearling heifers 800 to 900 lbs 3.00 higher, 901 to 1000 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Calves not well compared to develop an accurate price trend. Good to very good demand for loads of yearlings and calves, moderate to good demand for packages. Mostly strings and loads of yearlings off grass again this week. Like last week, quality varied most on packages, loads and strings mostly average to attractive. A slightly smaller calf offering than last week. The majority of the calves off the cow with at least one round of shots, usually given in the fall. Overall quality on calves less attractive than last week with more plain calves in the offering this week, especially on packages. Flesh varied more on calves this week as well, from light to some moderate plus. An active market with both order buyers and farmer feeders in the seats today. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 26.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $174.70/cwt on 1,776 head.
Average price
$174.70
1,776 head · 823 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,437
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$233
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$18.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.57
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1819175.751,4391,675
Medium and Large 1-2730157.331,14854
Large 11,063157.271,67247
One grade step is worth $18.48/cwt here — about −$233 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 sale1,776 hd
174.70
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SD average9 barns · 14,788 hd
185.27
−10.57
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1329246.00/cwt246.00–246.0080915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376224.80/cwt224.00–227.0084516
Steers—Medium and Large 1393250.00/cwt250.00–250.0098388
Steers—Medium and Large 1440222.99/cwt222.00–224.0098112
Steers—Medium and Large 1478225.86/cwt219.00–228.251,080157
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy489201.00/cwt201.00–201.009838
Steers—Medium and Large 1528214.08/cwt204.50–217.501,13065
Steers—Medium and Large 1578206.73/cwt200.70–210.001,19576
Steers—Medium and Large 1621194.16/cwt186.00–200.001,20654
Steers—Medium and Large 1681191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,30495
Steers—Medium and Large 1705189.96/cwt179.00–191.251,33988
Steers—Medium and Large 1781178.33/cwt175.00–185.251,393113
Steers—Medium and Large 1815188.04/cwt182.00–190.001,533218
Steers—Medium and Large 1877184.22/cwt180.75–186.751,616384
Steers—Medium and Large 1911182.75/cwt182.75–182.751,66539
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2947168.25/cwt168.25–168.251,59311
Steers—Medium and Large 1984181.99/cwt175.50–184.001,791208
Steers—Large 11,013178.33/cwt178.00–178.501,80693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391186.72/cwt182.50–193.5073013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410194.00/cwt194.00–194.0079512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489194.04/cwt179.00–198.0094995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523189.22/cwt180.00–197.0099058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590184.53/cwt181.00–186.001,08927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635176.59/cwt175.50–180.001,121116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2641166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,06411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1653169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,10410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,14215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1739168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,24279
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2757151.61/cwt142.00–156.001,14819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774171.68/cwt166.50–177.251,32965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2821151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,2409
Heifers—Medium and Large 1834177.44/cwt173.50–180.751,480262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881175.69/cwt170.00–178.251,548270
Heifers—Medium and Large 1919172.85/cwt169.25–175.751,588443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1961170.64/cwt167.00–173.001,640204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy966158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,52621
Heifers—Large 11,047155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,62811
Heifers—Large 11,059160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,69429
Heifers—Large 11,106148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,6457

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.