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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-20

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Dec 20

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Dec 13Dec 20Jan 3 →

Receipts

1,483 head

▼ 2,264 vs last sale 3,747▼ 2,540 vs year ago 4,023 · −63.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too light an offering to compared to last week and develop an accurate price trend, higher undertones noted on calves. Good demand for both yearlings and calves today. Just a couple loads and some packages of yearlings with quite a few tested open heifers. Less flesh overall on yearlings this week. Mostly packages of calves today. Not quite half of the calves were weaned, some only for a short time. Most calves had some preconditioning and flesh varied, mostly light to moderate overall. An active market with a few less buyers and farmer feeders attending the sale. This is the last feeder cattle sale of 2023, next feeder cattle sale will be January 3, 2024. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

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 $235.06/cwt on 604 head.

Average price

$235.06

604 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,705

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$513

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$54.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.47

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	653	243.62	1,591	509
Large 1	1,113	189.17	2,105	95

One grade step is worth $54.45/cwt here — about −$513 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 sale604 hd

235.06

—

SD average5 barns · 5,344 hd

222.59

+12.47

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

Every lot

28 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	341	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,118	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	326.89/cwt	321.00–337.00	1,285	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	472	294.58/cwt	293.00–295.00	1,390	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,357	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	310.99/cwt	297.50–318.00	1,496	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	303.49/cwt	292.00–311.00	1,599	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,377	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	283.97/cwt	279.50–291.50	1,590	182
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,622	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,624	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,759	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	995	211.87/cwt	207.00–213.50	2,108	71
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	316	306.27/cwt	302.00–313.00	968	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	357	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	964	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	277.41/cwt	268.50–290.00	1,168	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	270.48/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,298	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	276.41/cwt	263.00–285.00	1,446	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,451	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	238.86/cwt	238.00–239.00	1,507	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	796	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,632	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	206.91/cwt	190.00–209.00	1,672	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,722	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	903	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,806	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	963	202.58/cwt	197.00–205.25	1,951	102
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,024	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,976	11
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,091	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,073	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,111	188.75/cwt	188.75–188.75	2,097	48
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,161	188.02/cwt	187.50–189.00	2,183	26

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 20, 2023

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

Receipts 1,483Last week 3,747Year ago 4,023

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	357	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,091	190.00	190.00
11	—	1,024	193.00	193.00
26	—	1,161	187.50–189.00	188.02
48	—	1,111	188.75	188.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	963	197.00–205.25	202.58
83	—	523	263.00–285.00	276.41
9	—	903	200.00	200.00
21	—	316	302.00–313.00	306.27
50	—	631	238.00–239.00	238.86
13	—	796	205.00	205.00
6	—	590	246.00	246.00
54	—	421	268.50–290.00	277.41
74	—	808	190.00–209.00	206.91
6	—	874	197.00	197.00
84	—	480	267.50–280.00	270.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	476	285.00	285.00
9	—	341	328.00	328.00
12	—	540	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	481	297.50–318.00	310.99
71	—	995	207.00–213.50	211.87
60	—	736	239.00	239.00
32	—	393	321.00–337.00	326.89
8	—	663	245.00	245.00
56	—	527	292.00–311.00	303.49
16	—	603	269.00	269.00
182	—	560	279.50–291.50	283.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	472	293.00–295.00	294.58

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.