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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Dec 13

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Dec 6Dec 13Dec 20 →

Receipts

3,747 head

▼ 623 vs last sale 4,370▼ 1,117 vs year ago 4,864 · −23.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steer calves 550 to 649 lbs mostly steady and yearling steers 900 to 949 lbs steady. Heifer calves 500 to 549 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady. Good demand for both yearlings and calves today. Several strings and loads of yearlings, most in moderate plus flesh with some heavy flesh at times. More big, weaned type calves offered than last week with about two thirds of the today's calf offering being weaned, most 60 days or over. The majority of the calves had full preconditioning, those without still see discounts at times. Varied flesh on calves today but more flesh overall than last week. Mild weather continues to make it much easier for calves to gain. An active market seen for this offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, December 20, this will be the last feeder cattle sale of 2023.

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 $237.50/cwt on 2,670 head.

Average price

$237.50

2,670 head · 782 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,858

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$672

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

$48.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.69

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	550	254.76	1,401	154
Medium and Large 1	792	237.12	1,877	2,460
Large 1	1,004	206.50	2,073	56

One grade step is worth $48.26/cwt here — about −$672 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 sale2,670 hd

237.50

—

SD average8 barns · 17,974 hd

248.19

−10.69

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

Every lot

38 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	311	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,042	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	311.21/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,304	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	258.13/cwt	251.00–269.00	1,203	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	296.95/cwt	278.00–305.00	1,428	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	294.37/cwt	289.00–304.00	1,560	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	262.16/cwt	252.00–275.00	1,403	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	552	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,435	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	273.02/cwt	265.50–286.00	1,586	188
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	254.68/cwt	249.00–258.00	1,498	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	251.52/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,564	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	630	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,474	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	261.91/cwt	240.00–266.50	1,723	367
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	229.80/cwt	229.00–230.00	1,579	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	236.79/cwt	228.00–246.00	1,705	104
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	228.63/cwt	219.00–232.00	1,760	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	226.36/cwt	219.50–227.50	1,847	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	895	218.53/cwt	212.00–224.00	1,956	929
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	216.70/cwt	215.50–217.00	2,007	119
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	976	215.85/cwt	214.00–217.00	2,107	310
Steers	—	Large 1	1,004	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	2,073	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	940	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	252.38/cwt	252.00–253.00	1,073	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	268.46/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,246	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,109	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	254.35/cwt	243.00–263.00	1,315	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	251.90/cwt	239.00–260.00	1,476	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,292	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	247.11/cwt	243.25–260.00	1,527	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	227.78/cwt	222.00–234.00	1,442	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	228.17/cwt	223.00–232.00	1,661	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	201.30/cwt	196.00–208.00	1,574	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	885	202.12/cwt	195.00–208.00	1,789	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	205.26/cwt	196.00–208.00	1,872	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	994	193.87/cwt	192.75–202.00	1,927	72
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,011	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,042	30
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,082	189.89/cwt	186.00–190.50	2,055	176
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,176	182.78/cwt	177.50–183.75	2,149	176
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,222	183.75/cwt	183.75–183.75	2,245	50

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 Dec 13, 2023

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

Receipts 3,747Last week 4,370Year ago 4,864

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	1,082	186.00–190.50	189.89
176	—	1,176	177.50–183.75	182.78
30	—	1,011	202.00	202.00
50	—	1,222	183.75	183.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	782	196.00–208.00	201.30
92	—	618	243.25–260.00	247.11
13	—	425	252.00–253.00	252.38
42	—	728	223.00–232.00	228.17
56	—	586	239.00–260.00	251.90
113	—	517	243.00–263.00	254.35
58	—	464	250.00–273.00	268.46
110	—	885	195.00–208.00	202.12
72	—	994	192.75–202.00	193.87
77	—	912	196.00–208.00	205.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	493	225.00	225.00
4	—	590	219.00	219.00
6	—	382	246.00	246.00
25	—	633	222.00–234.00	227.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	770	219.00–232.00	228.63
43	—	419	300.00–319.00	311.21
929	—	895	212.00–224.00	218.53
367	—	658	240.00–266.50	261.91
47	—	481	278.00–305.00	296.95
119	—	926	215.50–217.00	216.70
110	—	622	240.00–261.00	251.52
310	—	976	214.00–217.00	215.85
83	—	816	219.50–227.50	226.36
188	—	581	265.50–286.00	273.02
104	—	720	228.00–246.00	236.79
14	—	311	335.00	335.00
48	—	530	289.00–304.00	294.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	466	251.00–269.00	258.13
24	—	687	229.00–230.00	229.80
27	—	588	249.00–258.00	254.68
63	—	535	252.00–275.00	262.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,004	206.50	206.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	630	234.00	234.00
15	—	552	260.00	260.00

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.