Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-01-18

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 18
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
5,622 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 5,698▼ 1,244 vs year ago 6,866 · −18.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 550 to 650 lbs mostly steady, 651 to 800 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Heifers calves 450 to 700 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Too few yearlings these last two weeks for an accurate trend. Another large calf offering this week featuring many loads and packages of home raised calves. Moderate to good demand for calves carrying some flesh, good to very good demand for greener calves, especially black hides which could fit grass programs. Like last week, flesh varied, from light to some heavy. More colored cattle in the offering today, quality similar to last week, from plain to attractive. Moderate to active market activity today. More storms and snow to the south in Nebraska, this winter seems to have been one snowstorm after another in some parts, somewhat limiting where cattle can be sent at times. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 25.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $195.17/cwt on 3,263 head.
Average price
$195.17
3,263 head · 691 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,348
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$665
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$40.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.27
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559199.691,117406
Medium and Large 1699195.391,3662,789
Large 11,121159.001,78268
One grade step is worth $40.69/cwt here — about −$665 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 sale3,263 hd
195.17
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SD average7 barns · 17,544 hd
192.90
+2.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372212.00/cwt212.00–212.007895
Steers—Medium and Large 1386237.00/cwt237.00–237.0091519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned411209.00/cwt209.00–209.008596
Steers—Medium and Large 1431230.81/cwt229.00–232.0099513
Steers—Medium and Large 1480229.34/cwt224.00–239.001,101158
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482212.92/cwt205.00–219.001,02669
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned485192.00/cwt192.00–192.0093133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522209.66/cwt209.50–210.001,09438
Steers—Medium and Large 1528222.53/cwt215.00–227.001,17563
Steers—Medium and Large 1568220.10/cwt208.00–228.501,250300
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583199.38/cwt185.00–205.001,162161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned596181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,07923
Steers—Medium and Large 1637213.83/cwt202.00–217.501,362377
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2648193.24/cwt181.00–195.251,25263
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned654182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,19024
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy663184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,22023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy666166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1068
Steers—Medium and Large 1672196.82/cwt187.00–206.001,323244
Steers—Medium and Large 1714191.67/cwt181.50–195.501,369450
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy717174.40/cwt172.00–176.001,25093
Steers—Medium and Large 1776178.60/cwt173.00–183.751,386545
Steers—Medium and Large 1823176.98/cwt171.50–180.001,457229
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy849165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,40522
Steers—Medium and Large 1882175.25/cwt172.25–177.501,546190
Steers—Medium and Large 1939172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,62032
Steers—Medium and Large 1973160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5577
Steers—Large 11,073159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,70620
Steers—Large 11,141159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,81448
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393207.75/cwt207.00–208.0081616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431201.41/cwt192.00–207.0086874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462191.21/cwt183.00–195.00883143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2496177.50/cwt177.50–177.5088023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2501175.00/cwt175.00–175.0087721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533194.20/cwt184.00–201.001,035246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned538165.00/cwt165.00–165.0088839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579182.96/cwt173.50–194.001,059151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy614165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,01316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement619197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,22394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624180.35/cwt172.75–189.001,125273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675170.04/cwt166.00–172.251,148247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,06826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730166.88/cwt164.25–170.501,218238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement737190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,40475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy748159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,19313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761162.67/cwt162.00–162.751,23868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1914149.49/cwt146.50–152.001,36626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1990159.66/cwt151.50–162.251,58149
Heifers—Large 11,020161.94/cwt161.00–162.751,65219
Heifers—Large 11,073156.67/cwt152.50–159.501,68182
Heifers—Large 11,106160.95/cwt155.00–163.001,78074

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.