Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-06-07

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jun 7
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
5,270 head
▲ 3,176 vs last sale 2,094▲ 3,275 vs year ago 1,995 · +164.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle last week, compared tp two weeks ago: best test on steers 800 to 899 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher with instances up to 20.00 higher on 800 to 849 lbs. Best test on heifers 650 to 699 lbs and 750 to 799 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Very good demand for this large offering featuring a wide variety of cattle, including replacement quality heifers, fall calves, and several strings of big, backgrounded yearling cattle. Flesh varied quite a bit, from light to heavy flesh at times. An active market with buyers taking multiple loads of the same man's cattle to get pens filled. Temps have continued to be higher than normal these last few weeks with some areas seeing spotty rain but most of the area has gotten dry and is in need of rain. Crop and grass conditions still look decent so far, first cut alfalfa is getting started. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, June 14.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $217.23/cwt on 2,621 head.
Average price
$217.23
2,621 head · 838 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,821
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$497
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$33.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.74
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1789221.241,7462,303
Large 11,192188.182,244318
One grade step is worth $33.06/cwt here — about −$497 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 sale2,621 hd
217.23
—
SD average5 barns · 11,108 hd
227.97
−10.74
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2214
Steers—Medium and Large 1474313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,48425
Steers—Medium and Large 1504311.04/cwt309.00–313.001,56835
Steers—Medium and Large 1583298.38/cwt283.00–300.001,740205
Steers—Medium and Large 1638281.52/cwt279.00–286.001,796104
Steers—Medium and Large 1679261.40/cwt252.00–267.001,77567
Steers—Medium and Large 1719250.98/cwt242.00–256.501,80550
Steers—Medium and Large 1786245.84/cwt244.50–247.501,93280
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2806224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,80532
Steers—Medium and Large 1820244.27/cwt233.00–250.002,003106
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy844229.86/cwt229.00–230.001,94078
Steers—Medium and Large 1892235.50/cwt233.50–237.502,101124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2894216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,93149
Steers—Medium and Large 1939219.21/cwt217.50–222.502,058104
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy970205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,989170
Steers—Medium and Large 1975225.31/cwt213.50–225.752,197165
Steers—Large 11,012219.74/cwt203.50–225.752,224220
Steers—Large 11,086206.39/cwt200.00–209.752,24184
Steers—Large 11,114208.31/cwt198.50–209.752,321380
Steers—Large 11,156199.50/cwt199.50–199.502,30626
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1451283.77/cwt279.00–292.001,28030
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566268.19/cwt254.50–271.001,518137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy598240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,43517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639238.49/cwt228.00–244.501,524104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675239.03/cwt226.00–245.001,613219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740226.45/cwt223.50–229.501,67688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770217.45/cwt207.00–229.501,674368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy812195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,58315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1834213.59/cwt205.50–217.501,781653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy866198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,71535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1876211.52/cwt204.50–217.501,853431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1919206.74/cwt197.50–212.251,900206
Heifers—Large 11,174188.37/cwt182.00–190.002,211253
Heifers—Large 11,226179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,19510
Heifers—Large 11,271189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,40255

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.