Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-01-25

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 25
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
6,557 head
▲ 935 vs last sale 5,622▲ 1,830 vs year ago 4,727 · +38.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 600 lbs mostly steady, 601 to 750 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 751 to 800 lbs steady to 3.00 higher with instances up to 7.00 higher, 801 to 850 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 500 to 600 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower, 601 to 650 lbs mostly steady, 651 to 750 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Yearling cattle not well compared. Good to very good demand for this large offering featuring many packages and loads of both home raised and backgrounded calves and a handful of loads and packages of yearlings, mostly heifers. Less flesh than last week, especially on big cattle, and lots of grass types to choose from today. Quality varied, more attractive quality overall than last week. A few less colored cattle this week. An active market seen for this offering. Cold weather will return next week, some areas farther south could see more snow. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, February 1.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $199.21/cwt on 3,341 head.
Average price
$199.21
3,341 head · 676 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,346
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.13
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1676199.221,3463,335
Medium and Large 1-2580195.001,1316thin
One grade step is worth $4.22/cwt here — about $215 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 sale3,341 hd
199.21
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SD average9 barns · 17,430 hd
192.08
+7.13
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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1395234.00/cwt234.00–234.0092434
Steers—Medium and Large 1430232.70/cwt221.00–237.001,00180
Steers—Medium and Large 1486232.42/cwt226.00–237.501,13082
Steers—Medium and Large 1524224.21/cwt211.00–230.501,175273
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,08829
Steers—Medium and Large 1577213.79/cwt206.50–226.501,234370
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1316
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,10824
Steers—Medium and Large 1631208.08/cwt196.00–212.751,313784
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy636190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,2128
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy665179.22/cwt179.00–180.001,19237
Steers—Medium and Large 1671197.00/cwt191.50–203.501,322382
Steers—Medium and Large 1731185.57/cwt182.50–192.501,357251
Steers—Medium and Large 1775182.54/cwt175.00–191.501,415393
Steers—Medium and Large 1828177.36/cwt173.00–181.001,469295
Steers—Medium and Large 1872175.23/cwt174.50–175.501,52890
Steers—Medium and Large 1913172.82/cwt169.75–175.001,578144
Steers—Medium and Large 1957174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,66559
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329207.00/cwt207.00–207.0068110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340199.00/cwt199.00–199.0067711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367191.44/cwt190.00–193.0070327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429195.75/cwt189.00–201.0084073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned441186.00/cwt186.00–186.008206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472201.06/cwt188.50–208.00949180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned496181.00/cwt181.00–181.0089838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522187.00/cwt179.50–193.00976316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542171.50/cwt171.50–171.5093017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580168.00/cwt168.00–168.0097421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583179.55/cwt170.50–188.501,047324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned593160.50/cwt160.50–160.5095218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy615164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,00913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619182.60/cwt170.00–188.001,130119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666175.99/cwt168.50–179.251,172586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy676160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,08213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677141.00/cwt141.00–141.0095526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727147.67/cwt145.00–152.001,07429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729171.63/cwt163.50–174.251,251181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761167.77/cwt167.50–168.001,27726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2788142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,11939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1804165.07/cwt161.00–167.501,32716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1872155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,35841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1974149.05/cwt147.00–152.001,452168
Heifers—Large 11,078158.02/cwt150.50–159.001,703185
Heifers—Large 11,110149.49/cwt142.00–150.001,659109
Heifers—Large 11,157152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,76421

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.