Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2022-12-07

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Dec 7
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,864 head
▲ 130 vs last sale 4,734▲ 619 vs year ago 4,245 · +14.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 900 to 1000 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Best test on yearling heifers 900 to 950 lbs mostly steady. Calves compared to Saturday: steer calves 500 to 600 lbs 8.00 to 12.00 lower, 601 to 650 lbs 2.00 lower. Best test on heifer calves 450 to 500 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 550 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Good to very good demand for a large offering of yearlings today. A couple strings as well as many loads and packages offered, overall quality on yearlings more attractive than last week. Flesh similar, from moderate to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. Good demand for calves today. A smaller offering than Saturday, with many packages and a handful of loads, roughly one third of today's calves were weaned. Flesh varied, from moderate to some heavy. Overall quality less attractive than Saturday. A moderate to active market for today's offering. Some areas saw light snow overnight with larger accumulations farther north. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, December 14.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $194.82/cwt on 2,743 head.
Average price
$194.82
2,743 head · 769 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,499
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$668
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$26.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.43
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559202.451,131131
Medium and Large 1764195.631,4952,453
Large 11,022176.051,799159
One grade step is worth $26.40/cwt here — about −$668 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 sale2,743 hd
194.82
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SD average9 barns · 28,887 hd
202.25
−7.43
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1367245.36/cwt243.00–250.0090038
Steers—Medium and Large 1426246.61/cwt239.00–253.001,05140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431227.50/cwt227.50–227.509814
Steers—Medium and Large 1479235.87/cwt228.00–240.501,13061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,04416
Steers—Medium and Large 1525218.72/cwt210.00–228.501,148196
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543204.88/cwt204.00–207.001,11272
Steers—Medium and Large 1567211.19/cwt199.00–216.001,197243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578194.08/cwt192.00–195.001,12234
Steers—Medium and Large 1625204.01/cwt195.00–212.501,275297
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy636189.75/cwt189.75–189.751,20730
Steers—Medium and Large 1663195.03/cwt193.00–200.251,293173
Steers—Medium and Large 1768172.71/cwt171.00–174.001,32632
Steers—Medium and Large 1834185.09/cwt176.50–187.751,544120
Steers—Medium and Large 1873186.08/cwt179.00–189.251,624510
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy894165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,47513
Steers—Medium and Large 1923182.42/cwt175.25–187.001,684249
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2981170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,6735
Steers—Medium and Large 1982181.58/cwt179.25–187.751,783451
Steers—Large 11,004179.56/cwt177.25–181.201,80399
Steers—Large 11,052170.25/cwt170.25–170.251,79160
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1394217.96/cwt214.00–222.0085912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424202.82/cwt198.00–210.0086095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488199.55/cwt197.00–202.00974127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488175.00/cwt175.00–175.0085411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512196.66/cwt184.00–203.001,00789
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542176.68/cwt176.00–177.0095825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572190.84/cwt186.75–196.251,092285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621170.08/cwt166.00–175.001,05640
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,11829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,17518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1788167.10/cwt165.00–168.501,317106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822170.59/cwt166.00–174.501,40240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full846163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,37917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1862173.82/cwt170.00–176.001,498169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1935172.10/cwt167.50–173.751,609149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1958171.92/cwt166.00–173.751,647212
Heifers—Large 11,002157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,57315
Heifers—Large 1-21,014151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,53152
Heifers—Large 11,084164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,78359
Heifers—Large 11,146153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,75913

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.