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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-18

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 18

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Oct 11Oct 18Oct 25 →

Receipts

2,977 head

▼ 2,237 vs last sale 5,214▼ 1,206 vs year ago 4,183 · −28.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers not well tested this week for comparison. Best test on heifers 850 to 899 lbs and 950 to 999 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Calves not well compared. Good demand for yearlings today. Like previous weeks, most yearlings sold in strings and loads and came off grass, the only difference being this weeks' yearlings were mostly heifers. Mostly average to attractive quality yearlings in the strings and loads, packages offered had more varied quality with more plain cattle included in these. Moderate demand for a few consignments of calves, including one weaned consignment. Most of the calves had a decent shot record. An active market for yearlings, moderate market for calves. A few more farmer feeders in the seats this week for calves but most are still trying to harvest. Some areas saw quite a bit of rain at the end of last week, lots and fields are slow to dry this time of year. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 25.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $232.94/cwt on 2,176 head.

Average price

$232.94

2,176 head · 901 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,098

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1,143

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

$29.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.19

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	427	242.50	1,035	5thin
Medium and Large 1	884	235.88	2,085	1,887
Large 1	1,022	213.20	2,179	284

One grade step is worth $29.30/cwt here — about −$1,143 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 sale2,176 hd

232.94

—

SD average10 barns · 15,844 hd

258.13

−25.19

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,304	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	453	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,513	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	289.05/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,549	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	597	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,707	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,698	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	739	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,744	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,895	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,967	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	252.71/cwt	249.50–253.75	2,166	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	860	232.28/cwt	232.00–233.00	1,998	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	250.11/cwt	249.75–250.75	2,319	102
Steers	—	Large 1	1,011	223.01/cwt	222.50–225.00	2,255	59
Steers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,042	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,230	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	397	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,175	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,035	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,348	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,399	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	247.35/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,536	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,630	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,673	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	744	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,622	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	796	232.25/cwt	232.25–232.25	1,849	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	797	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,881	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	236.57/cwt	233.00–238.50	1,947	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	870	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,910	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	237.75/cwt	231.50–244.00	2,087	695
Heifers	—	Large 1	881	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,995	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	921	234.28/cwt	231.00–237.25	2,158	315
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	937	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,057	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	961	232.78/cwt	227.50–236.25	2,237	507
Heifers	—	Large 1	977	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,101	115
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,025	213.11/cwt	211.00–215.00	2,184	33
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,058	212.60/cwt	212.50–213.00	2,249	66
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,127	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,310	51
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	356	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,068	8

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 Oct 18, 2023

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

Receipts 2,977Last week 5,214Year ago 4,183

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	356	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	870	219.50	219.50
21	—	744	218.00	218.00
35	—	937	219.50	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	796	232.25	232.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,127	205.00	205.00
66	—	1,058	212.50–213.00	212.60
115	—	977	215.00	215.00
19	—	881	226.50	226.50
33	—	1,025	211.00–215.00	213.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	621	247.00–248.00	247.35
315	—	921	231.00–237.25	234.28
507	—	961	227.50–236.25	232.78
695	—	878	231.50–244.00	237.75
10	—	656	248.50	248.50
13	—	397	296.00	296.00
16	—	478	282.00	282.00
110	—	823	233.00–238.50	236.57
22	—	721	232.00	232.00
17	—	536	261.00	261.00
9	—	797	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	427	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	857	249.50–253.75	252.71
11	—	597	286.00	286.00
22	—	613	277.00	277.00
44	—	536	280.00–292.50	289.05
4	—	395	330.00	330.00
32	—	782	251.50	251.50
102	—	927	249.75–250.75	250.11
6	—	743	255.00	255.00
18	—	453	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	739	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,011	222.50–225.00	223.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,042	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	860	232.00–233.00	232.28

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.