Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-04-12

Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-12

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 12

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Mar 29Apr 12Apr 19 →

Receipts

6,563 head

▼ 1,221 vs last sale 7,784▲ 5,145 vs year ago 1,418 · +362.8%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to blizzard conditions, compared to two weeks ago: steers 550 to 599 lbs and 750 to 799 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher, 650 to 749 and 800 to 950 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 higher, 600 to 649 lb steers not well compared. Heifers 600 to 850 lbs 10.00 to 14.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's large offering. Many strings, loads, and packages of both home raised and backgrounded cattle offered including many light cattle and several consignments of fall calves. Flesh varied, from light to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. More tag this week as the mud has arrived. Between the blizzard and Holy week last week there were very few opportunities to buy cattle which made for a very active market this week with many buyers and farmer feeders competing for cattle. Lots of optimism in the industry right now with predictions of even higher prices to come. After a two day blizzard and lower temps last week, the area is finally seeing some warm, spring like weather this week. Lots of muddy roads and yards this week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 19.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $219.80/cwt on 3,162 head.

Average price

$219.80

3,162 head · 783 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$31.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.70

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	662	224.79	1,489	90
Medium and Large 1	787	220.15	1,733	3,016
Large 1	745	193.14	1,439	56

One grade step is worth $31.64/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 sale3,162 hd

219.80

—

SD average5 barns · 6,656 hd

209.10

+10.70

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,083	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	281.70/cwt	277.00–286.00	1,211	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,091	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,228	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	273.77/cwt	269.00–280.50	1,333	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	262.71/cwt	247.50–268.00	1,416	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	259.59/cwt	248.00–271.00	1,493	203
Steers	—	Large 1	588	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,252	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	235.97/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,456	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	647	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,443	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	670	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,487	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,451	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	240.17/cwt	231.00–245.75	1,640	317
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	235.34/cwt	229.00–246.00	1,716	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	729	221.93/cwt	220.50–224.00	1,618	49
Steers	—	Large 1	734	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,424	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	225.92/cwt	215.50–230.00	1,749	277
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	786	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,639	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	789	202.72/cwt	202.00–205.00	1,599	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	213.19/cwt	203.25–215.50	1,733	288
Steers	—	Large 1	823	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,514	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	202.66/cwt	192.00–211.00	1,785	778
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	199.22/cwt	196.25–202.25	1,827	591
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	961	193.77/cwt	185.50–194.50	1,862	63
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	909	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	235.94/cwt	230.00–248.00	1,123	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,030	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	244.85/cwt	229.00–249.50	1,254	108
Heifers	—	Large 1	520	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,040	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,257	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	229.70/cwt	219.50–239.00	1,332	221
Heifers	—	Large 1	624	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,123	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	216.39/cwt	204.00–220.00	1,359	238
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	214.52/cwt	205.50–217.50	1,444	220
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	207.37/cwt	198.50–212.50	1,487	735
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	198.23/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,520	182
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,285	16
Heifers	—	Large 1	784	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,419	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	191.71/cwt	181.00–196.25	1,572	566
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	883	182.46/cwt	178.50–186.00	1,611	188

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Hub City Livestock Auction - Aberdeen, SD

Wed Apr 12, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 6,563Last week 7,784Year ago 1,418

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	520	200.00	200.00
18	—	624	180.00	180.00
32	—	784	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	477	216.00	216.00
12	—	421	216.00	216.00
16	—	779	165.00	165.00
17	—	574	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
221	—	580	219.50–239.00	229.70
735	—	717	198.50–212.50	207.37
220	—	673	205.50–217.50	214.52
238	—	628	204.00–220.00	216.39
566	—	820	181.00–196.25	191.71
182	—	767	190.00–205.00	198.23
188	—	883	178.50–186.00	182.46
49	—	476	230.00–248.00	235.94
108	—	512	229.00–249.50	244.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
591	—	917	196.25–202.25	199.22
778	—	881	192.00–211.00	202.66
122	—	487	269.00–280.50	273.77
288	—	813	203.25–215.50	213.19
91	—	617	232.00–245.00	235.97
203	—	575	248.00–271.00	259.59
317	—	683	231.00–245.75	240.17
36	—	430	277.00–286.00	281.70
40	—	539	247.50–268.00	262.71
63	—	961	185.50–194.50	193.77
277	—	774	215.50–230.00	225.92
121	—	729	229.00–246.00	235.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	789	202.00–205.00	202.72
16	—	474	259.00	259.00
5	—	678	214.00	214.00
5	—	447	244.00	244.00
10	—	380	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	823	184.00	184.00
8	—	588	213.00	213.00
28	—	734	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	729	220.50–224.00	221.93
11	—	647	223.00	223.00
12	—	670	222.00	222.00
17	—	786	208.50	208.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.