Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-03-08

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 8
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
6,386 head
▲ 536 vs last sale 5,850▼ 1,007 vs year ago 7,393 · −13.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 600 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 601 to 650 lbs not well compared, 651 to 800 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher, 801 to 900 lbs mostly steady, 901 to 950 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Heifers 500 to 550 lbs mostly steady, 551 to 650 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 651 to 700 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 701 to 750 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for another large offering of feeder cattle this week. Many loads and packages offered, as well as a few consignments of replacement quality heifers. Similar quality to last week, form plain to attractive. Flesh varied, from light to moderate plus with some heavy flesh seen at times. Some tag on the cattle as lot conditions are getting dirty. An active market for this offering with slightly less enthusiasm than last week. More winter weather in the area this week with several storms coming on within days of each other bringing more snow and wind, producers are busy digging out between storms and keeping cattle fed and bedded. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 15, expecting another large run.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $202.71/cwt on 3,839 head.
Average price
$202.71
3,839 head · 747 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$32.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.79
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1751203.001,5243,698
Medium and Large 1-2587201.901,186111
Large 1867170.051,47430
One grade step is worth $32.95/cwt here — about $50 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 sale3,839 hd
202.71
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SD average8 barns · 16,936 hd
203.50
−0.79
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0165
Steers—Medium and Large 1482239.50/cwt235.00–241.001,15437
Steers—Medium and Large 1519236.55/cwt231.50–249.001,228209
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539224.48/cwt224.00–225.001,21023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566203.42/cwt202.00–207.001,15129
Steers—Medium and Large 1594220.56/cwt216.50–232.001,310213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy600206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,23624
Steers—Medium and Large 1629218.27/cwt212.00–228.501,373192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631189.88/cwt183.00–202.001,19854
Steers—Medium and Large 1677213.17/cwt206.50–222.001,443480
Steers—Medium and Large 1724197.78/cwt191.00–210.501,432466
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed730218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5917
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy740186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,37611
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC753212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,60079
Steers—Medium and Large 1782198.07/cwt187.00–209.501,549894
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed800204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,63219
Steers—Medium and Large 1819187.63/cwt182.75–195.751,537170
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC827205.87/cwt205.25–206.501,703148
Steers—Large 1845176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,49121
Steers—Medium and Large 1872190.63/cwt180.50–194.501,662373
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy902164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,47922
Steers—Large 1918155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,4239
Steers—Medium and Large 1936185.41/cwt177.00–189.501,735293
Steers—Medium and Large 1959186.25/cwt186.25–186.251,78661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1442233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,03015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478226.70/cwt213.00–233.001,08495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy495211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541211.10/cwt205.00–220.001,142175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574201.05/cwt197.00–211.001,154136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy574184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,01111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy625182.59/cwt181.00–184.001,14131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630199.90/cwt189.50–205.251,259285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668181.62/cwt172.00–188.501,213509
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721182.13/cwt173.00–188.001,313224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement729209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,52471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy734168.53/cwt166.00–169.001,23769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769174.91/cwt171.50–178.501,345119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement779189.44/cwt186.25–193.001,47666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement814184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,49869
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2823156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829176.26/cwt174.75–177.751,461207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy835161.56/cwt160.00–162.501,34934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870159.64/cwt157.75–160.501,38959

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.