Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2019-06-12

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jun 12
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,898 head
2,304 vs last sale 2,594 4,898 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 750 to 800 lbs, 850 to 900 lbs, and 951 to 1000 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 901 to 950 lbs steady. Too few heifers last week to compare to today's larger heifer offering and develop an accurate trend. Good demand for today's large offering of many strings, loads, and packages. Packages were mostly weaned fall calves. Quality varied, but mostly plain to average. Quality on loads and strings mostly attractive with slightly more flesh on these kind of cattle than last week, flesh was heavy at times. An active market with many buyers and producers attending the auction today. Another negative day on the CME live and feeder cattle futures. Next feeder cattle sale is next Wednesday, June 19.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.49/cwt on 2,220 head.
Average price
$122.49
2,220 head · 865 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,060
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$8.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.42
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1841123.771,0411,900
Large 11,010114.861,160320
One grade step is worth $8.91/cwt here — about −$119 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 sale2,220 hd
122.49
SD average5 barns · 6,417 hd
130.91
−8.42
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

36 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 11,010114.86/cwt112.75–115.701,160320
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy779110.00/cwt110.00–110.0085710
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy669124.00/cwt124.00–124.0083012
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy895112.25/cwt112.25–112.251,00559
HeifersMedium and Large 1470156.39/cwt156.00–157.0073515
HeifersMedium and Large 1546155.00/cwt155.00–155.0084615
HeifersMedium and Large 1374162.00/cwt162.00–162.0060624
HeifersMedium and Large 1577148.61/cwt145.00–152.5085728
HeifersMedium and Large 1723135.68/cwt129.00–138.5098152
HeifersMedium and Large 1641143.76/cwt137.50–151.0092277
HeifersMedium and Large 1691136.12/cwt130.50–139.0094189
HeifersMedium and Large 1968116.66/cwt115.60–117.751,129125
HeifersMedium and Large 1879120.07/cwt115.50–124.501,055164
HeifersMedium and Large 1767128.33/cwt123.25–131.50984193
HeifersMedium and Large 1832123.65/cwt122.00–125.751,029326
HeifersMedium and Large 1923117.65/cwt114.50–120.251,086711
HeifersMedium and Large 18881,040.00/cwt1,040.00–1,040.009,23571
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement9411,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0010,35131
SteersLarge 11,108114.25/cwt114.25–114.251,26686
SteersLarge 11,176112.85/cwt111.00–115.001,327101
SteersLarge 11,015121.82/cwt121.50–122.101,236117
SteersLarge 11,071115.70/cwt112.75–121.501,239302
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy760130.50/cwt130.50–130.5099227
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy988114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,12643
SteersMedium and Large 1540161.50/cwt161.50–161.508727
SteersMedium and Large 1373172.00/cwt172.00–172.0064210
SteersMedium and Large 1573151.00/cwt151.00–151.0086514
SteersMedium and Large 1453181.00/cwt181.00–181.0082020
SteersMedium and Large 1656154.29/cwt152.75–156.501,01237
SteersMedium and Large 1622159.15/cwt154.00–163.5099047
SteersMedium and Large 1831140.73/cwt135.00–142.001,16991
SteersMedium and Large 1771140.23/cwt136.75–143.501,081171
SteersMedium and Large 1891130.37/cwt125.00–134.001,162229
SteersMedium and Large 1933128.31/cwt124.85–132.751,197368
SteersMedium and Large 1970125.77/cwt121.50–128.701,220604
SteersMedium and Large 1-2610141.00/cwt141.00–141.0086012

How this sale compares

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.