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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-02

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Sat, Dec 2

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Nov 29Dec 2Dec 6 →

Receipts

4,777 head

▼ 100 vs last sale 4,877▲ 43 vs year ago 4,734 · +0.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Saturday weaned and preconditioned calf sale today. Compared to calves on Wednesday: steers 450 to 499 and 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady, 500 to 599 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers 400 to 549 lbs mostly steady, 550 to 599 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Good to very good demand for this large calf offering featuring many packages and loads. Calves were long time weaned, fully preconditioned, and home raised. Flesh varied quite a bit, from light to some heavy flesh at times, depending on what kind of ration the producer is feeding, the mild temps have made it much easier for the calves to gain. Quality varied, but many attractive quality cattle to choose from, colored cattle continue to see some discrimination at times. A moderate to active market with a very nice crowd of buyers and farmer feeders for a Saturday. Regular feeder cattle sale Wednesday, December 6.

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 $269.58/cwt on 2,820 head.

Average price

$269.58

2,820 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$289

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

$9.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.23

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	505	277.97	1,403	265
Medium and Large 1	630	268.71	1,692	2,555

One grade step is worth $9.26/cwt here — about −$289 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 sale2,820 hd

269.58

—

SD average9 barns · 17,572 hd

264.35

+5.23

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

Every lot

33 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	313	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,017	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	337.83/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,105	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,030	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	362	331.22/cwt	326.00–335.00	1,199	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	329.36/cwt	321.00–339.00	1,400	187
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	300.93/cwt	287.00–307.50	1,297	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,332	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	310.85/cwt	301.00–322.00	1,501	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	308.99/cwt	299.50–315.50	1,625	307
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	273.40/cwt	259.00–285.00	1,471	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	551	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,355	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	277.69/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,616	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	254.08/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,486	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	266.95/cwt	251.00–275.00	1,655	475
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	632	246.89/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,560	199
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	252.53/cwt	239.00–263.50	1,694	201
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	245.27/cwt	230.00–252.25	1,771	691
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	234.61/cwt	225.00–239.50	1,797	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	232.62/cwt	221.50–237.50	1,912	104
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	888	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,905	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	333	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	912	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	304.96/cwt	302.50–308.00	1,131	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	268.79/cwt	261.00–274.00	1,029	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	999	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	276.90/cwt	264.00–280.00	1,199	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	258.28/cwt	250.00–274.00	1,209	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	249.74/cwt	238.00–264.00	1,319	416
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	243.79/cwt	231.00–251.50	1,404	189
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	238.09/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,493	289
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	227.39/cwt	221.50–230.00	1,519	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,584	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	213.71/cwt	213.00–215.00	1,652	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,603	15

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

Sat Dec 2, 2023

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

Receipts 4,777Last week 4,877Year ago 4,734

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	835	192.00	192.00
22	—	371	302.50–308.00	304.96
79	—	735	215.50	215.50
91	—	468	250.00–274.00	258.28
416	—	528	238.00–264.00	249.74
94	—	433	264.00–280.00	276.90
95	—	668	221.50–230.00	227.39
113	—	773	213.00–215.00	213.71
189	—	576	231.00–251.50	243.79
289	—	627	230.00–249.00	238.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	383	261.00–274.00	268.79
12	—	333	274.00	274.00
4	—	413	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	585	250.00–258.00	254.08
10	—	450	296.00	296.00
49	—	431	287.00–307.50	300.93
132	—	538	259.00–285.00	273.40
14	—	313	325.00	325.00
7	—	355	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	888	214.50	214.50
27	—	327	335.00–340.00	337.83
33	—	362	326.00–335.00	331.22
101	—	766	225.00–239.50	234.61
104	—	822	221.50–237.50	232.62
108	—	483	301.00–322.00	310.85
475	—	620	251.00–275.00	266.95
691	—	722	230.00–252.25	245.27
99	—	582	271.00–285.00	277.69
187	—	425	321.00–339.00	329.36
201	—	671	239.00–263.50	252.53
307	—	526	299.50–315.50	308.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
199	—	632	243.00–248.00	246.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	551	246.00	246.00

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.