Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-02-15

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 15
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
6,772 head
▲ 972 vs last sale 5,800▼ 1,378 vs year ago 8,150 · −16.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 500 to 650 lbs steady, 651 to 800 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, 801 to 900 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 550 to 650 lbs mostly steady, 651 to 750 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Another large offering this week featuring many packages and loads of mostly home raised cattle. Quite a few green, grass type cattle again this week which were met with very good demand with black hided cattle seeing the best demand. Finishing type cattle see good to very good demand mostly depending on flesh condition. Quality similar to last week with many attractive quality cattle to choose from. Some tag again this week but cleaner hides than last week. An active market for this offering with both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. High winds overnight and into today with some mixed precipitation farther east had some travel impacts today. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, February 22.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $197.60/cwt on 4,060 head.
Average price
$197.60
4,060 head · 758 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,499
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$894
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$49.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.59
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2429224.82964124
Medium and Large 1741198.781,4733,591
Large 11,059175.521,858345
One grade step is worth $49.31/cwt here — about −$894 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 sale4,060 hd
197.60
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SD average8 barns · 19,393 hd
195.01
+2.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2336223.65/cwt221.00–235.0075141
Steers—Medium and Large 1409241.00/cwt241.00–241.0098638
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427232.38/cwt232.00–234.0099244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2458227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0408
Steers—Medium and Large 1479241.47/cwt235.00–245.001,157171
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed507262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,32815
Steers—Medium and Large 1511249.99/cwt241.00–251.001,27797
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526215.84/cwt211.00–220.001,13521
Steers—Medium and Large 1572227.43/cwt219.00–237.001,301176
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy585214.50/cwt214.50–214.501,25533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed591213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,26210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy606191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,15711
Steers—Medium and Large 1634210.85/cwt200.00–218.501,337215
Steers—Medium and Large 1676207.18/cwt198.00–218.001,401489
Steers—Medium and Large 1720201.94/cwt191.50–207.501,454528
Steers—Medium and Large 1768190.83/cwt177.00–199.001,466616
Steers—Medium and Large 1831183.31/cwt177.50–192.501,523348
Steers—Medium and Large 1870179.66/cwt172.25–185.251,563445
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy879168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,48164
Steers—Medium and Large 1916173.23/cwt170.75–177.751,587159
Steers—Medium and Large 1974178.31/cwt175.25–181.501,737178
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy977168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,6418
Steers—Large 11,032175.39/cwt171.50–176.501,810180
Steers—Large 11,083175.64/cwt175.25–175.751,902144
Steers—Large 11,120175.75/cwt175.75–175.751,96821
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2329210.39/cwt205.00–211.0069237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395217.00/cwt217.00–217.0085749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444212.00/cwt212.00–212.0094115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473209.46/cwt206.00–213.0099149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2498185.00/cwt185.00–185.0092115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517196.01/cwt184.00–199.001,013103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573188.51/cwt177.50–196.001,080163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626181.84/cwt174.00–189.001,138294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629157.00/cwt157.00–157.0098811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666188.32/cwt175.00–193.001,254494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy685158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,08211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement706194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,37346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725180.15/cwt170.00–186.501,306347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement7331,420.00/head1,420.00–1,420.001,42080
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762171.93/cwt167.00–174.501,31087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811173.03/cwt167.00–178.001,403254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy848158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,34461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1851162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,3798

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.