Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2023-11-01

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 1
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
2,949 head
▼ 945 vs last sale 3,894▼ 1,355 vs year ago 4,304 · −31.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Few good comparisons to last week on either yearlings or calves, best test on steer calves 500 to 549 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower and best test on heifer calves 400 to 449 lbs mostly steady. Moderate to good demand for yearlings today. Many packages and a handful of loads made up the yearling offering, quite a few of these still coming off grass. Lots of plain quality yearlings on offer as producers clean up for the season. Moderate to good demand for calves this week, again hide color and shot records determine what buyers are willing to give for a calf. A few weaned consignments again this week, however, the majority of the calves were off the cow. Slightly more flesh overall on calves, but mostly light to moderate flesh. More interest in calves this week as last weeks' bout of winter weather has passed and temps are expected to improve throughout the week. A moderate to active market for both yearlings and calves, both buyers and a few farmer feeders in the seats. Quite a bit of crop still out in the field and producers are pushing to get it all harvested. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 8.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $277.18/cwt on 1,577 head.
Average price
$277.18
1,577 head · 671 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,860
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$639
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$54.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.87
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1607287.311,7431,240
Medium and Large 1-2576260.741,50288
Large 11,024232.532,382249
One grade step is worth $54.78/cwt here — about −$639 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 sale1,577 hd
277.18
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SD average12 barns · 28,700 hd
284.05
−6.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 1-2295327.50/cwt327.50–327.509669
Steers—Medium and Large 1356329.84/cwt318.00–334.001,17442
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2389292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,13813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,2458
Steers—Medium and Large 1429340.81/cwt322.50–356.001,462168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,19015
Steers—Medium and Large 1485317.17/cwt296.00–323.001,538188
Steers—Medium and Large 1538290.07/cwt275.50–295.001,561160
Steers—Medium and Large 1585284.78/cwt275.00–296.001,66695
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2603242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4596
Steers—Medium and Large 1611274.01/cwt265.00–278.501,674221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,7129
Steers—Medium and Large 1692265.36/cwt257.00–266.501,83683
Steers—Medium and Large 1716260.73/cwt253.00–265.001,86717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,76112
Steers—Medium and Large 1778247.44/cwt240.00–249.501,92568
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2821227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,8648
Steers—Medium and Large 1846241.80/cwt233.00–247.002,04651
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2861227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,9548
Steers—Medium and Large 1881249.87/cwt247.25–252.002,201114
Steers—Medium and Large 1918240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,2036
Steers—Medium and Large 1954221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,10827
Steers—Large 11,021234.01/cwt233.85–234.502,389233
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,075211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,26816
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290272.50/cwt272.50–272.5079024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,10328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427289.53/cwt275.00–292.001,236101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433264.64/cwt261.00–268.001,14629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471277.92/cwt268.00–285.001,30937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement492306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,50616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531257.87/cwt242.00–272.001,36971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572262.00/cwt244.00–265.001,49984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614246.33/cwt239.00–254.501,51255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,53320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,71415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770232.75/cwt227.50–236.501,79288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814231.25/cwt226.00–233.001,88273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865236.00/cwt230.50–242.002,041124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1915225.17/cwt220.50–228.002,060140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1985217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,13710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy991211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,09116

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.