Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2019-08-28

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 28
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,135 head
3,135 vs last sale 0 3,135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks so an accurate trend can not be established. Good to very good demand for today's large offering consisting mostly of strings and loads, including one long string of 1200 steers off grass. Quality mostly average to attractive today and flesh varied depending on where the cattle were coming from as there were feed lot and grass cattle in the offering. Some tested open heifers in the mix today as some producers are getting fall PG testing underway. A moderate to active market with good buyer attendance today. Next feeder cattle sale is next Wednesday, September 4.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.31/cwt on 2,782 head.
Average price
$137.31
2,782 head · 965 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,325
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.37
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1916140.841,2891,690
Large 11,046131.941,3801,073
Medium and Large 1-2780127.0099119thin
One grade step is worth $13.84/cwt here — about $299 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 sale2,782 hd
137.31
SD average4 barns · 5,311 hd
133.94
+3.37
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

20 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural828138.20/cwt138.20–138.201,14462
SteersMedium and Large 1793142.79/cwt134.50–147.501,13281
HeifersMedium and Large 1709137.60/cwt134.50–138.5097627
HeifersMedium and Large 1913128.03/cwt123.35–136.001,169203
SteersMedium and Large 1668157.49/cwt156.00–160.001,05216
HeifersLarge 11,091123.21/cwt122.75–124.501,34475
HeifersMedium and Large 1778135.72/cwt127.00–140.751,056121
SteersMedium and Large 1821145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,19014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2780127.00/cwt127.00–127.0099119
HeifersLarge 11,036125.05/cwt122.50–125.251,29669
HeifersMedium and Large 1892125.38/cwt124.50–130.501,11878
SteersMedium and Large 1704145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0217
SteersMedium and Large 1913139.97/cwt131.75–142.101,2781,023
SteersMedium and Large 1886143.79/cwt142.00–145.001,27494
HeifersMedium and Large 1987130.69/cwt122.25–132.501,29034
HeifersMedium and Large 1824128.36/cwt125.50–131.501,05850
SteersLarge 11,036131.71/cwt126.75–135.901,365679
SteersMedium and Large 1964141.06/cwt135.25–143.251,360455
HeifersMedium and Large 1666139.02/cwt135.00–143.5092645
SteersLarge 11,064132.33/cwt130.50–134.201,408394

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.